Historical photos – Flippant, Comic, and Serious

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Golden Gate bridge)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things The Golden Gate Bridge during its construction in the 1930s.

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Charles Darwin)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things Legendary scientist Charles Darwin, best known as the father of evolution. Date unknown

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Alfred Hitchcock)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things Alfred Hitchcock directing on the set of The Birds, released in 1963.

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Hindenburg)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things The German airship Hindenburg bursts into flames in Manchester Township, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937 after static electricity ignited the hydrogen gas used to keep the craft afloat.

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (smoke helmet)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things A London fireman wearing a smoke helmet. 1908

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (coca cola)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (western mining)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (lunch)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (washing)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (bison)

A mountain of bison skulls Taken sometime in the 1870s, this massive hill of bison skulls is a horrific monument to the U.S. Army’s insane mission to wipe out the Indigenous people of the United States. At the time, it was believed that the country’s native people relied solely on bison for their food, clothingContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (bison)”