Behold, the cosplayers of 100 years ago! These are the officers of the high school T.H.B. Boys club, whatever that is. You can see every page of the first yearbook published by the students of Texarkana High School in Ar...

The Charles Howard’s Santa Claus School has been training Santas since 1937, and is still operating today! In 1961, LIFE magazine published an article about a class of Santas, with photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt...

If you already follow the Lifestyles of the Cute a...  ...like people. But when you manage to find them in vintage photos, things are all the more delightful. That'...  ...ou really shouldn't miss this great collection of vintage

The 2012 Tour de France is the 100th such race, as it began in 1903 and was skipped during the World War I and II years. The origin of the race is an interesting story, involving anti-semitism, treason, and journalistic...

From the 1880s to the 1940s, manufacturers put stiffening cards into cigarette packs, sometimes decorated with advertising, art, or trivia. A couple of companies put tips for better living on their cards (which are highl...

In 1902-04, the magazine Vanity Fair (unrelated to the current magazine of the same name) was a precursor to the "girly magazines" that followed. One of the raciest things they could publish was women wearing pants, mean...

If you love vintage fashion, but really love geek clothing, then head...

The reason mad scientists are pictured in film in labs with interconnected beakers and machinery that does incomprehensible things is because that's the way labs looked at one time. io9 has a collection of pictures of th...

People's obsession with cats did not begin with th...  ...the internet. Collector's Weekly has a roundup of vintage cat items on eBay that include plates, jewelry, e...

Thirty-seven years ago, I took a train trip from Kansas City to Oklahoma City (and back) and decided that was the best way to travel ever. Sadly, there are fewer passenger trains and routes now, so fewer people ride, and...