Sometimes, the spectacular moments of history aren’t found in grand events, but in the weird, eerie, or poetic interactions of everyday people at a bus stop or a storefront. Such a moment can be found ...

Several inventors came up with a simple toy that made it possible for a series of pictures to be viewed in rapid succession, creating the illusion of motion.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some historical photos are remarkable because they captured a world-changing event. Others are fascinating simply because the ...

Introduction: Pictures, Art and History -- Pictures and Reality -- Making Marks -- Shadows and Deception -- Picturing Time and Space -- Brunelleschi's Mirror and Alberti's window -- Mirrors and ...

Too many people don't know or care about our history. This isn't a particularly new issue, as even in 1943, The New York Times reported that college students showed "a striking ignorance of even the ...

Jamel Shabazz, “East Flatbush 1982” (1982) (all images via Brooklyn Visual Heritage) History nerds and Brooklynophiles, rejoice! The Brooklyn Historical Society, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Brooklyn ...