Catherine the Great was a Prussian-born outsider who defied gender stereotypes of her time and achieved power by ousting her husband in a coup; how was she able to gain and maintain enough support to succeed? Would it be fair to call this period a ‘golden age’ of Russia? 3 Comments History Source
Union Square from the window of Ohrbach’s, New York City, ca. 1948. Photograph by Louis Faurer. [1242 × 1882] 1 Comment Vintage Source
Old town of San Juan, Puerto Rico ca 1900. Close-ups in comments [1920×1205] 4 Comments Vintage Source
The original Waldorf-Astoria hotel, Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, NYC, 1902 [2000 x 2451] 9 Comments Vintage Source
Vladimir Lenin and Alexander Bogdanov playing chess during a visit to Maxim Gorky in Capri, Italy (1908) [1280 × 803] 8 Comments Vintage Source
