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The building was one of several around O'Connell Street associated with the display of wild animals in the early 19th century ...
As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.
Few prints are as joyously nostalgic yet enduringly timeless as polka dots. With origins tracing back to 19th-century Europe, ...
The setting for their flights was what became known as the “Blue Highway,” which ran up and down the Eastern Seaboard and ...
The wreck captures a tragic moment in maritime history during the 19th century Australian gold rushes. The 800-ton sailing ship was beginning its journey back to the Netherlands in June 1857 when ...
If you peer underneath the house, you’ll see charred wood nestled next to newer lumber – evidence of a 1953 fire that damaged parts of the 19th-century structure. The house is called Kaxátjaa Hít, or ...
Archaeologists are confident they have found the wreckage of an 800-ton Dutch merchant ship that sunk off the coast of Australia 168 years ago. The Koning Willem de Tweede was lost near Robe ...
The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...
Castlecomer became known for its coal mining industry, which began in the early 18th century and continued ... “It was on pulleys and we used to dry clothes on it. I bought this one to hang ...