History

“Restored my old 5th gen iPod Classic and Gameboy SP mum gave me 16 years ago when I was 13, love and miss you mum”

John Nash, from A Beautiful Mind. During the filming of this movie, the director decided that Nash’s hallucinations should be presented audibly and visually so that the audience could put themselves in the protagonist’s shoes. In real life, however, they were only auditory.

"Heavy metal device that has instructions to set on stove. Handle of the roller appears to have 1880 on it."

Adidas’ signature 3-stripe design came to be after the company purchased it from a Finnish athletic footwear brand, Karhu Sports, which had used it in their products during 1952’s Summer Olympics. Years later, in 1990, the company, which was started by Adolf Dassler, introduced the 3-bar logo designed by the Creative Director, Peter Moore.

"Flip phones. I remember when the Motorola Razr was cutting edge."

"Here Is My Great Great Grandfather’s Nashville House In 1896, Two Years Before My Grandfather Was Born. This Picture Has Always Been In The Family Of Course, But Only Today Did I Use Google Maps To Look Up The Address And Find It How It Looks Today. I’m Thrilled That I Found It."

“My father-in-law and my husband playing ColecoVision circa 1984, and my husband and our daughter playing the same ColecoVision in 2018”

Hey Arnold was the first Nickelodeon animation to be voiced by actual kids instead of adults — which meant they had to be recast regularly. Six different actors played Arnold.

“I found this old rusty toolbox in my garage when I bought my house.”

’’My grandma still has her 16-year-old Nokia.’’

"11:00 A. M . Monday, May 9th, 1910. Newsies at Skeeter’s Branch, Jefferson near Franklin. They were all smoking. Location: St. Louis, Missouri"

"MTV. It was so good back in the 90s. Actual music videos, shows that featured artists, MTV Unplugged, Daria, Beavis and Butthead, Aeon Flux, TRL, Celebrity Death Match… Then Pimp My Ride and Cribs were pretty fun though it was the start of reality tv style shows"

“1991 to 2021, back at the house I grew up in”

Nicole Kidman: Bush Christmas (1983) — Nine Perfect Strangers (2021)

Alexander the Great, Thomas Jefferson, Artemisia Gentileschi, Andrew Johnson...

“My grandparents have almost made it to 79 years of marriage.”

"Police Officer Unaware Of The Imminent Danger, Chicago, 1959"

Leonardo Da Vinci, Frederick Douglass, Bull Bear (Matau-Tathonca), Saladin...

“20 years on. Family is everything. Merry Christmas everyone.”

"The Statue Of Liberty At The 1878 Paris World Fair Before Being Fully Assembled And Shipped To The United States"

In 1512, Emperor Maximilian I ordered this armor to be made of gold and silver as a gift for his 12-year-old grandson. It took years to create it, and the gift turned out to be too small when it was complete.