History is important; and many Americans agree. A whopping 96% believe it's important to look back at history to inform our future. And Millennials are paving the way with their growing interest in ...

It's hard to pinpoint when humans started recording and sharing knowledge of the past. But it's estimated that they started early on. At first, there were cave paintings, and then language, which ...

An Irish artist is breathing new life into old black and white photographs with technology that animates historical figures and family members. Matt Loughrey launched My Colorful Past in 2014 to ...

In this new series, Remaking History, academics take a look at the ways they are recreating historical practices, and how this impacts their research today. Cased daguerreotypes are among the oldest ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection consists of approximately 1.46 cubic feet of historical maps and photographs collected by Dieter Gröschel. The maps, which are ...

Introduction: Images of the Country and its History -- The Coming of Photography -- I. Historic Personalities: from Tewodros to Haile Sellassie -- II. Historic Towns: North, South, East and West -- ...

Photographs may be one of the most intimate passports to historical eras, providing rare glimpses at the way people lived and socialized. “Islip Through the Eye of His Lens: The Edgar Van Sicklen ...

The photos are part of the Historical Society’s 500,000-photo collection, which dates back to the 1950s and includes photos donated by the Newport Daily News A collection of more than 8,000 treasured ...

A lawyer looking for a new office stumbled upon a trove of historic photographs when he discovered a secret attic in the three-story building he bought last December in Geneva, New York. Among the ...