PopKulture's photos with the keyword: history

A nice dramatic cover - the heroine sort of reminds me of "The Perils of Pauline." Argosy - February 29, 1936 issue. Cover artist unknown.

Wonderful depiction of the Washburn Crosby Flour Mills in Minneapolis, Minnesota, circa 1894, from the back cover of their cookbook. Washburn Crosby was the cornerstone of what would become General Mills.

As storied and entrenched in history firma as the Civil War now stands, it's hard to believe it was ever just "happening." Somehow, these epochal events seem now so compartmentalized that it's difficult to imagine what it must have been like as they were unfolding, as everyday news, trickling down to the masses in a secondhand manner. No radio, no television, certainly no internet, and many Americans too poor or illiterate to lay witness to the tales of the day. Instead, word-of-mouth accounts, hearsay, or public readings from newspapers kept a populace appraised of the daily mire; accounts, mind you, which relied heavily on weary carriers or the sporadic telegram, and as such lagged days - if not weeks - and often well after the dust had settled and history had turned, as it did so often on the whim of the weather or the resolve of a beleaguered brigade or two. The American well-to-do followed events in lavishly illustrated newspaper magazines like the one pictured above, bearing a date one hundred fifty years to the day. While the battles at Gettysburg and Antietam justly echo in the annals of our history, the gallant exploits of Captain William E. Strong of the Second Wisconsin Volunteers survive only in obscurity - surviving in great part to the coverage afforded here, in the September 28, 1861 edition of Harper's Weekly.

Terrific view of an almost forgotten amusement park, fittingly named Phalen Park, on Lake Phalen in St. Paul, Minnesota - early 1900's. From an antique postcard folder published by A.G. Barnet, St. Paul, Minn.

Wonderful view of the "walk of light" at the almost forgotten amusement park - fittingly named Phalen Park - on Lake Phalen in St. Paul, Minnesota - early 1900's. From an antique postcard folder published by A.G. Barnet, St. Paul, Minn.

Fantastic view showing the veritable frenzy of excitement at the long-lost and nearly forgotten amusement park on Lake Phalen in St. Paul, Minnesota - these views dating from the very early 1900's. From an antique postcard folder published by A.G. Barnet, St. Paul, Minn.

Frontispiece and title page from volume 1 of Chief Justice John Marshall's biography of George Washington - revised edition, published by James Crissy in 1832, on the 100th anniversary of Washington's year of birth. "The Life of George Washington, Commander In Chief of the American Forces During The War Which Established The Independence of His Country, and First President of The United States, Compiled Under The Inspection of The Honorable Bushrod Washington, From Original Papers Bequeathed To Him By His Deceased Relative. By John Marshall. Second Edition, Revised and Corrected By The Author. In Two Volumes. Philadelphia: Published By James Crissy. 1832." Happy Presidents Day!

Antique copy of Demorest's Illustrated Monthly including Mme. Demorest's Mirror of Fashions from June 1865. This issue contains "The Nation In Tears," a tribute in music to the recently slain President Abraham Lincoln, along with engravings of his funeral procession and this fantastic portrait, which shows the imprint in striking relief of the music on the reverse. Happy Presidents Day!

Antique copy of Demorest's Illustrated Monthly including Mme. Demorest's Mirror of Fashions from June 1865. This issue contains "The Nation In Tears," a tribute in music to the recently slain President Abraham Lincoln, along with engravings of his funeral procession.