Circus strongwoman Katie Sandwina aka the Lady Hercules holding up three men 1900’s

The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes,” is ratified, Januray 16, 1919

A hunter with a Thylacine, 1869

An immigrant family at Ellis Island, 1904

In 1877, the Nez Perce tribe was ordered to move to a reservation. The tribe refused to. Chief Joseph led them to Canada, fighting with the U.S. army over the entire 1,100 miles. Forty miles from the border, the tribe was trapped. After 5 days of fighting, the remaining 431 members of the tribe surrendered. This quote is from Chief Joseph’s surrender speech

Kaw-u-tz, a Caddo Native American, 1906

The bust of Tutankhamun being carried from the tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. Photo by Harry Burton.

A patient in a restraint chair at the West Ridding Asylum Wakefield Yorkshire, 1869

Bertha Boronda, arrested for cutting off her husband’s p*nis with a razor in 1907

The Belgium iron “Scolds Bridle mask from the 1550’s was used to punish mainly women, speaking out against authority, nagging, brawling with neighbors or lying.

It used to be legal to send kids in the mail. In 1913 it was legal to mail children. With stamps attached to their clothing, children rode trains to their destinations, accompanied by letter carriers

A Red Cross nurse is writing down the last words of a brittish soldier, 1917

Chester McDuffee and his ADS diving suit, aluminum alloy weighing 485lbs, 1911

Grand Canyon photographer suspended on a rope, 1908

B-17 bombers encounter heavy flak fire over Merseburg, Germany c.1944

Steve and Charlie Utter at the grave of Wild Bill Hickok. Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Dakota Territory, August 1876

Car mechanic at work in 1919