For years, people in Russia talked about how Joseph Stalin had a “twin” who took his place in some instances. The decoy eventually spoke up decades after Stalin died. Felix Dadaev, who used to be a dancer and juggler, was sent to work at the Kremlin as Stalin’s body double. Dadaev stayed quiet for more than fifty years because he…
Rocco Morabito took this picture in 1967. It’s dubbed “The Kiss of Life.” It shows J.D. Thompson, a utility worker, giving mouth-to-mouth to his coworker Randall G. Champion after he passed out after touching a low voltage wire. While doing normal maintenance, Champion accidentally touched one of the low-voltage cables at the top of the utility pole. His safety gear…
Mara Corday, who was born Marilyn Joan Watts on January 3, 1930, is an American celebrity recognised for her work as a showgirl, model, actress, Playboy Playmate, and cultural symbol in the 1950s. Corday was born in Santa Monica, California, and as a teenager, she wanted to work in Hollywood. She started off as a showgirl at the Earl Carroll…
The narrative of the Titanic and the White Star Line is one of the saddest short stories ever. The globe had been eagerly waiting for its debut and then for its sailing. It had read about how big it was and how complete and luxurious it was. It had been a wonderful pleasure to know that such a pleasant and,…
An iron lung, also known as a negative pressure ventilator, is a medical device that helps a person breathe when they can’t control their muscles or when breathing is too hard for them. It lowers the pressure surrounding the thorax, which makes the rib cage bigger and pulls air into the lungs. Polio causes the body to lose control of…
After France was freed, French women who made friends with the Nazis, whether they wanted to or not, were picked out for terrible punishment. French residents are shaving the skull of this woman, who is thought to have been a prostitute who serviced German soldiers, to mark her publicly. On August 29, 1944, this photo was taken in Montelimar, France….
Demi Moore was a new star in the 1980s, a decade full of high goals and bold fashion. These pictures take us back to that exciting time, when Demi was just starting to get famous and was surrounded by a world of big hair, daring choices, and raw ambition. Moore’s inherent charisma and magnetism filled up every frame long before…
In the Victorian era, a woman’s hair was an important element of her looks and showed her position and femininity. It was general known that a woman’s hair was her crowning feature, and women of that time were often expected to grow it long. People grew their hair long so that they could use the thick hair that grew to…
Barack Obama was a bright-eyed child with a contagious smile and a bright future ahead of him in the 1960s and 1970s, long before he became famous. These rare childhood images reveal his early years and feature beautiful, daily moments that show how close and affectionate his family life was. Barack Obama grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia, which gave…
The long history of coal mining in Pennsylvania John Collier, a photographer for the Office of War Information, took the photographs in this article. They show the hard lives of miners working in the Pittsburgh Coal Company’s Montour No. 4 Mine. Collier wrote about the miners’ lives underground, as they laid tracks, set up apparatus, drilled, and blasted with dynamite…