The Vintage News Jul 26, 2018 Stefan Andrews Public execution and torture as criminal punishment goes back a long way in European history. Often the sentence was engineered to fit the crime, in some unthinkably gruesome ways. In France, during the period from 1789 to 1799, hundreds of thousands of men and women were arrested and … Read more
The Vintage News Aug 11, 2018 Barbara Stepko Horseshoe Falls Over the years, people have gone down Niagara Falls in a wide variety of contraptions: wooden barrels, a rubber ball, a kayak, even a Jet Ski. But the most impressive descent took place on July 9, 1960, when seven-year-old Roger Woodward went over the Falls wearing … Read more
The Vintage News Jan 11, 2018 Alex .A Found exclusively on the secluded Nilgiri plateau in Southern India, the Todas are among the most ancient people in the country who have lived in this particular region for centuries. Ever since the beginning of the 19th century when the Toda tribe made their first contact with Europeans, … Read more
The Vintage News Apr 5, 2018 Stefan Andrews The countries we come from, their names, are one of the most important ways we identify ourselves. But imagine if the current names of countries were replaced with versions conveying the literal meanings of the words. In an attempt to have some fun with the name of each … Read more
September 4, 2018 by Paulo Coelho In September 1970, two sites squared off for the title of the center of the world: Piccadilly Circus, in London, and Dam Square, in Amsterdam. But not everyone knew this: if you asked most people, they’d have told you: “The White House, in the US, and the Kremlin in the USSR.” … Read more
The Vintage News Aug 5, 2018 Dave Ray The power of images and propaganda is real. They have the strength to shape the views of entire civilizations and the influence to become embedded in the national psyche for centuries. For instance when the average person thinks of Napoleon Bonaparte, most likely a few key images come … Read more
The Vintage News Jul 31, 2018 Barbara Stepko Bette Cooper as ‘Miss America’ Don’t be deceived by the wholesome, apple pie image: The Miss America Pageant has seen its share of controversy and intrigue in its 90-some year history. But perhaps the biggest scandal happened in 1937, when a newly-crowned winner disappeared into the dead of … Read more
