1924: The Death of Lenin
On 21 January 1924, the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin died. Here's how the news was reported in Britain.
Snapshot
A collection of 27 Posts
1900: Mulberry Street, New York
A glimpse into Manhattan's teeming streets at the turn of the twentieth century
1918: Inside Amiens Cathedral
A journalist describes a poignant service in a barricaded and subdued church
1902: Gliding Over Kill Devil Hills
On this day 121 years ago the Wright Brothers, Wilbur and Orville, were having great success with their experiments in flight near Kitty Hawk Bay on the Outer Banks
1879: Frederick Douglass
How the most photographed man in America harnessed the portrait as a political tool
1899: A Slum in Amsterdam
Between 1830 and 1900, Amsterdam's population doubled in size, with the lower classes displaced and live in appalling conditions
1918: War's End on Wall Street
On November 7th, 1918, America prematurely celebrated the end of World War I, four days before the formal declaration of Armistice
1963: TWA Flight Center
An iconic, innovative 1960s airport terminal hailed as a critically-acclaimed architectural masterpiece