In 1911 Hiram Bingham went to Peru looking for Vilcabamba, the last Inca city to fall to the Spanish. Instead he found a set of overgrown ruins on a hilltop. The locals called it “Machu picchu” meaning “old mountain”. This is the first picture ever taken, before the brush was burned away.[1601×1201] Comment Vintage Source
On October 7, 1955, Alan Ginsberg read “Howl” (Howl for Carl Solomon) publicly for the first time at ‘6 Gallery’ in San Francisco, and blew the lid off post-WW2 American poetry. Shown here at a reading in SF the following month. [800×812] Comment Vintage Source
Marcel MARCEAU, French mime artist who created the figure of “Bip” a tragic white clown, in his dressing room with American actor Stan LAUREL. Paris 1958. Photo Erich Lessing [675 x 704][OS] 2 Comments Vintage Source
A German POW Helps British Walking Wounded During the Battle of the Somme, July 19th 1916. Colorized. [3508×2459] 2 Comments Vintage Source
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on the 28th of June 1914, the day they were assassinated [1000×681] Comment Vintage Source
Shackleton’s Expedition,a group of men are gathered around the ship’s stove during the night watch. (1915) (1200×909) 1 Comment Vintage Source
