History & Genealogy

07/11/2023

A train of covered wagons rumbles its way up the hill on Bridge Street in Helena, Montana. c.1865.

07/11/2023

A construction worker takes a break from building the Chrysler Building, New York, 1930.

07/11/2023

It's National Ice Cream Day! Here in the California Bay Area, we have a special spot in our hearts for Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, founded in 1928 by William Dreyer and Joseph Edy, right here in Oakland. They also claim to have invented Rocky Road ice cream during the Depression, "to put a smile on people's faces during this rocky road of life." (Several different people claim to have created the Rocky Road flavor, but we're not touching that one.) Whatever your taste, enjoy a frozen treat today!

07/11/2023

An unusual surname is a valuable tool for a genealogist. Discover six strategies to use oddball names in your tree to your greatest advantage.

07/11/2023

07/11/2023

On July 9, 1795, James Swan paid off the entire $2 million US debt. The debt was accrued during the Revolutionary War when the US borrowed money from France. He then resold the debts at a profit on domestic US markets. His actions gave our young country some much-needed financial stability.

07/11/2023

19-year-old Babe Ruth played his first major league baseball game on July 11, 1914, with the Boston Red Sox.

This photo (with Ruth on the left) comes from the Boston Globe's coverage of his debut, which described Ruth as having "a natural delivery, fine control and a curve ball that bothers the batsmen, but has room for improvement and will, undoubtedly, become a fine pitcher."

Read the Boston Globes full coverage on our site: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-boston-globe-coverage-o/21768488/

12/17/2022

Amazing how much bathing suits have changed.

The MOST LIKED Instagram Post of 2022: A crowded beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey, photographed in 1908.

Credit: sebcolorisation on Instagram

In December, have shared the most popular colorizations shared throughout 2022 on the HistoryColored Instagram page, and this is the post that received the most likes!

This colorization by Sébastien de Oliveira was posted on March 21st and received over 46,000 likes in the year!

Click the Link Below to see the full Top 15 Most Popular Colorized Photos of 2022
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https://historycolored.com/photos/9883/top-15-most-popular-colorized-photos-of-2022-instagram-edition/

12/17/2022

Can you imagine what kind of drug ingredients he carried that are now considered illegal?

Traveling medicine salesman in Oklahoma, 1895.