Playful Photos by Meryl Meisler Document America in the 1970s
Meryl Meisler is perhaps best-known for capturing disco nightlife in New York City in the 1970s but a new book shows her talent for documenting wider American life.
These 1910s New York Crime Scene Photos Were Never Meant for the Public
These macabre set of photographs taken by the New York City Police Department in the 1910s were used to solve grisly murders and were never meant for public consumption.
Eye-Opening Photos Reveal Child Workers’ Lives in 1911 Virginia Glass Factories
These photos taken by Lewis Hine for the National Child Labor Committee at Virginian glass factories in 1911 show poor, exhausted young boys doing dangerous jobs.
The 1924 Paris Olympics Featured Titanic Survivors and Flying Fins
The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris begins tonight and as is now tradition here at PetaPixel on a Friday, we look at a set of historical photographs.
Photos From 1911 Show New York Struggling in Deadly Heatwave
It is getting hot. Depending on where you are in the world, it could be as high as 100 degrees Fahrenheit -- the same temperature it got to in New York City in 1911.