1800s america

pioneer woman 1880s - https://www.pinterest.com/thepioneerway/pioneer-history/

If you ever find yourself in Southern Ontario, Canada, take a day trip to the Oil Museum of Canada, located in Oil Springs. It is a marvelous quaint museum and celebrates the home of the very first commercial oil well in North America. Time well spent, as my father would say! The wonderful scratch texture is by Caro's Lines / Caroline - sorry for the late attribute

Whether by time, replacement, disaster, or destruction, many of the most interesting buildings that once called this city home have long since vanished. Here’s a look back at some of them.

These impressive vintage photographs that show laundry in New York from the early 20th century. Laundry, New York City, 1934 Lower ...

Ever since the invention of the camera in the early 1800s, photographers have documented everything, from wars and protest marches to scientific discoveries, and even space landings, allowing everyone to, in a way, "attend" these special events.

Easter Parade, Boardwalk, Atlantic City, 1905

Historians have characterized the mid-Victorian era, (1850–1870) as Britain's 'Golden Years.'.There was prosperity, as the national income per person grew