The Vintage News Jun 8, 2018 Kristin Thomas If you know people who have tattoos, there’s a good chance at least one of them has a nautical-themed design somewhere on his or her body. Today, sailor tattoos, also referred to as “traditional tattoos” or “old school tattoos,” are seeing a resurgence. WW2 – sailors aboard USS … Read more
The Vintage News May 7, 2018 E.L. Hamilton In 1864, as the Civil War raged across the divided states, President Abraham Lincoln took time away from military matters long enough to sign a two-paragraph bill that would change the course of American landscape forever. The Yosemite Land Grant was the first ever to set aside land … Read more
Dec 21, 2017 E.L. Hamilton Photo Credit: Clotee Pridgen Allochuku CC By 2.0 When an L.A. hospital ceased operations on November 30, 2017, it closed its doors on a piece of Los Angeles history that stretched back nearly 150 years to the city’s dusty and dangerous birth. Founded to protect French expatriates from smallpox, the French … Read more
The Vintage News Dec 23, 2017 Magda Origjanska The State Hermitage Museum in Russia’s Saint Petersburg, one of the most famous art museums in the world, has a staff including numerous specialists in sculpture, history, painting, but also, believe it or not, a special kind of four-legged specialists that work under the Jordan Staircase in the … Read more
The idea of finding gold and silver and getting rich fast drew prospectors from all over the United States and the “Colorado Silver Boom” is the perfect example of it. The period is known for the expansion of the silver mining and it all began in 1879 – around twenty years after the Colorado Gold … Read more
The Vintage News Apr 18, 2018 E.L. Hamilton Juliette Gordon Low was a deaf, childless, middle-aged divorcee who could have easily lived out her last years in leisure on her family’s estate in Savannah, Georgia. Instead, she channeled her considerable drive and energy into an organization to help young girls find their own ways in life. … Read more
The Vintage News Jan 15, 2018 Stefan Andrews Photo By: Nasjonalbiblioteket CC BY 2.0 Long before Norway, Sweden, or Finland inscribed the names of their countries on the map of northern Europe, the Sami people roamed the Arctic terrains of Sápmi at the northern tip of the continent. They are traditionally known as the Lapps, or the … Read more
