Historical images

The yummy mummies of Instagram were far from the first to capture photographs of themselves breastfeeding, as these portraits of Victorian women in America demonstrate.

These days, when cameras are everywhere, from our phones to security cams in public spaces, it’s easy to forget that the major part of history has passed without them. Only in 1888, when Kodak released the first commercial camera, did they slowly begin permeating our lives.

I should be doing my taxes, but instead I made doodles from a new book. Historic Photos of Paris is full of evocative images of Paris y...

“Miles de personas en Times Square celebrando el fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. 07 de mayo de 1945.”

Who doesn’t love a glimpse into the past? These old breastfeeding images from around the world prove that not only is breastfeeding a tale as old as time, whipping a boob out – even in public – isn’t a big to-do, nor has it been for a long time. We partnered up with My Brest Friend because they too are timeless (and badass) by supporting breastfeeding over 25 years with their award-winning nursing pillows. They are the #1 choice of lactation consultants and millions of moms in more than 35…

Stunning historical photos, some more than 150 years old, show Australian Aboriginal men young and old dressed for war or ceremony the same way they were for centuries before European arrival.

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Nothing instilled more fear in the tomb raiders of times past, than the possibility of encountering a curse that warned of dire consequences for those that did not heed its warning. In ancient Egypt, curses were sometimes placed on tomb entrances to protect the sacred monument from being disturbed or looted.

In the mid-2000s, historian Anna Pegler-Gordon said that visual media often seems more accessible to her students than the written record. They claimed images make the past seem more accessible, giving concrete shape to a world that sometimes seems intangible. Not to mention the immediacy of the image, which often conveys information more quickly than a primary document written in an unfamiliar, or even a foreign, language. But according to Pegler-Gordon, this immediacy also works well in…