History Magazine

Paperblog Editor's Pick

• Newt 1968: Gingrich Led Protests Against Nude Censorship

  

  Newt Gingrich as professor at West Georgia College, circa 1975. In the continuing spirit of our recent posts on the 2012 Republican candidates, we give you... Read more

  The 26 January 2012 by   Kena
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• Making History Books

  

  Obviously, I need no persuading on the value of local history; but I do love new ways of exploring it. One of the most creative is artist Amy Lord's The Takeawa... Read more

  The 26 January 2012 by   Carolineld
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• GUEST BLOGGER: Joe Farris on a Soldier's-eye View of World War II

  

  Long before becoming a popular cartoonist for The New Yorker and other top magazines, Joe Farris shipped out to World War II from his home in Danbury,... Read more

  The 19 January 2012 by   Kena
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• Everything You Know About Corsets Is False

  

  image credit Did women really use corsets to achieve 13-inch waists? Did men demand such obscenely tiny waists? Did women make themselves sick misshaping... Read more

  The 19 January 2012 by   Gerard
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• Elephant House: U.K., U.S.A., France

  

  Birthplace of Harry Potter, Edinburgh, Scotland Lucy the Elephant, still there in Margate City, New Jersey Did you know that Paris might have had an enormous... Read more

  The 18 January 2012 by   Sedulia
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• Old Photos Of Children Posing With Toys

  

  William Notman was born in Paisley, Scotland in 1826, the same year in which photography was born in France. He moved to Montreal in 1856. An amateur... Read more

  The 17 January 2012 by   Gerard
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• Predictions For The Future From 1900

  

  John Elfreth Watkins was a civil engineer working for American railroads of the 19th century. After suffering a disabling accident in 1873, he became a clerk fo... Read more

  The 16 January 2012 by   Gerard
  

• York's Public Clocks

  

  Like London's, York's streets are well-supplied with clocks for the use of passers-by. Here are some favourites noticed on recent visits. The street facade of S... Read more

  The 15 January 2012 by   Carolineld
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• Scenes Of Dutch Daily Life In 1906

  

  image credit Pictures of the Netherlands taken from a book written in Dutch called De Aarde en Haar Volken (The Earth and Its People) written in 1906. The... Read more

  The 13 January 2012 by   Gerard
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• Yakhchal: Ancient Refrigerators

  

  image credit By 400 BC, Persian engineers had mastered the technique of storing ice in the middle of summer in the desert. The ice was brought in during the... Read more

  The 11 January 2012 by   Gerard
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