Shilpa Jain 
The bookmobile was a travelling library used to provide access to books to villages and city suburbs that had no library. It went from a simple horse-drawn cart in the 19th century to large customized vehicles that became part of American culture, which reached their height of popularity in the mid-20th century. Public library of … Read more
This was the Eastern Front in pictures. Soviet photographers took these harrowing images capturing the bloody horrors of World War II. A Russian anti-tank gun crew advances towards the German positions under cover of a smoke screen, somewhere in Russia, on July 23, 1943 Leningrad, 1942 1941 In February of 1943, a Soviet soldier stands … Read more
Life sometimes brings us strange surprises that are seemingly impossible to explain simply by referring to theories of probability.
The Mexican Revolution broke out in 1910 and ended in 1920. The war started at the dawn of modern photography, which made it one of the first conflicts in history to have been documented by war photographers. By 1913, all order in Mexico had broken down. Former President Francisco Madero was dead, which was said … Read more
When X-ray was discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in 1895, the New York Times was so skeptical that they referred to the medical breakthrough as the “alleged discovery of how to photograph the invisible”. It took a very long time for medical doctors and technologists to figure out safe treatments and new developing technology safely. … Read more
The plan to construct the Brooklyn Bridge was first thought to be un-buildable. But that’s what drew John Roebling to the project: having earned a reputation as a designer of suspension bridges, he made his major breakthrough on the Brooklyn. The construction started in 1872. When it opened in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the … Read more