Category: History

A Greek shower vase? Given how intelligent and innovative the ancient Greeks were, it is little wonder that they created a shower vase. The article…

Propaganda and fake news stories played a huge part of the Great War and the German people were often stuck at the sharp end of…

You might not think much of the lowly wooden toothpick, but over a hundred years ago, the toothpick was a hotly debated topic in newspapers…

The Morris roller boat, pictured below, is a tube-like boat invented in 1902. It was hoped that the shape of the boat would make it…

The early 1900s saw a lot of experimentation with coffins, including glass coffins that were vacuum sealed. The following article was published in 1909 and…

The following article and image is about a suit for the victims of a shipwreck. The way it was designed not only made people look…

The following article about the preservation of the Wisconsin mounds was originally published in 1907 when people were beginning to recognize the importance of saving…

Burglar-proof and ghoul-proof coffins were highly popular in the early 1900s due to so many bodies being stolen after their burial. The following ad first…

At one time, the skeletons in the universities and colleges were made from real human bones. They were given names, made into mascots, and were…

What is the history of the handkerchief? How did it evolve? The article below covers some possible answers to such a once common object. This…