It’s hard to pinpoint when humans started recording and sharing knowledge of the past. But it’s estimated that they started early on. At first, there were cave paintings, and then language, which ...

Photographs may be one of the most intimate passports to historical eras, providing rare glimpses at the way people lived and socialized. “Islip Through the Eye of His Lens: The Edgar Van Sicklen ...

Anyone interested in photography, Indigenous cultures, or the times and influences that shaped the lives of Indigenous ...

Photographs make time travel possible. They often provide a blast from the past that gives us a sliver of an idea of how life ...

Local photographer and cultural historian Scott Herring, also known as “The Last Anthracite Photographer,” hosted an in-depth presentation on Thursday about the coal region’s ethnic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today, I’m excited to announce the launch of KCStarPhotos.org, a new project from the Kansas City Public Library and The Kansas ...

Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Caption from Stephan Lowentheil Collection. Early photograph of nineteenth-century travelers of the Silk Road. The ancient trade route connected East and West, ...

A lawyer looking for a new office stumbled upon a trove of historic photographs when he discovered a secret attic in the three-story building he bought last December in Geneva, New York. Among the ...

In its third year, the Historic Photographer of the Year contest has quickly become one of the most captivating photo competitions on the annual calendar. This year’s set of winning and shortlisted ...