Photography
These tumblrs are dedicated to vintage photography.
These tumblrs are dedicated to either general history - history without a specific time period or topic - or miscellanous topics not found in other posts.
These tumblrs are dedicated to the entertainment of the past - music, book, films, comics, and others! For specific actors or actresses, see the People page. Updated 7/21/10
Film
The Loudest Voice A tumblr dedicated to silent film
Old Hollywood Old Hollywood
Printed Word (Books, Magazines, Etc)
I Love Old Magazines By people who love old magazines for people who love old magazines.
Comically Vintage It’s about comics. Old comics.
Music
Freaky Go-Go, Man 60’s girls freaking out! Sixties dance videos
These tumblrs are about historical people - actresses, queens, and everything in between.
Royalty and Leaders
The Most Happy Anne Boleyn
treasure for your pleasure All things Marie-Antoinette!
Dead Presidents Historical facts, thoughts, ramblings and collections on the Presidency and about the Presidents of the United States.
At its best Weekly pictures of John F. Kennedy and friends
Writers
Once upon a midnight dreary The Poe Blog
Actors and Singers
All About Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe
Miscellaneous
F*ck yeah, Walter Disney A dedication to the man behind Mickey Mouse
Hotties from History Hotties from history
These tumblrs are dedicated to historical art. Paintings, sculpture, and more!
General Art History
F*ck Yeah, Art History! General art history
Height of Decadence A Tumblr Blog for Paintings, etchings, and studies spanning from the 16-19th centuries.
Specific Mediums
Blessed Relief A simple blog of engravings and reliefs.
F*ck Yeah, Woodcuts! Wood engravings of the past
Propaganda Posters Over the past year, I’ve amassed a fairly large collection of Propaganda posters on a thumbdrive from history research projects
These tumblrs are dedicated to specific areas of time, whether it’s a decade or an entire century! For tumblrs dedicated to fashion or other specific aspects of a period, please see the appropriate post. updated 7/28/10
B.C. History
The Ancient World The Ancient World
Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt
A.D. through the 15th century
Heian Kyaa! Japan’s Heian Era (794-1185) in literature, art, and pop culture.
15th through the 17th century
Tudor History Tudor England
F*ck Yeah, Restoration England! A blog dedicated to all things English, from the Restoration (1660) into the “long 18th century.”
18th century
18th Century History A daily source of anything and everything related to the 18th Century!
19th century
Appalachia A cultural region in the eastern United States […] Since its recognition as a distinctive region in the late 19th century, Appalachia has been a source of enduring myths and distortions regarding the isolation, temperament, and behavior of its inhabitants.
The Fin de Siècle It was The Gilded Age in America. The Yellow Nineties in Great Britain. The waning of the Victorian era. The closing of a century.
Turn of the Century welcome to the turn of the century.everything strange and beautiful from 1850s to 1920s
20th century
Edwardian Era Fashion and life from 1900-1914.
F*ck Yeah! 1920s! for all you live wires who carry a torch for niftiest decade there ever was—-and how!
[back to the ussr] All things Soviet (1922—1991)
I’m Remembering! Pop-Culture Nostalgery From The 80’s & Early 90’s
These tumblrs are dedicated to the fashions of the past.
General Historical Fashion
Historical Fashion A blog posting historical fashion garments, portraits, or drawings from the Middle Ages to the 1950s, and some special exceptions for later dates.
Defunct Fashion Historic Fashion and Exceptional Recreations
hats and laces a peek into the fashions of the past centuries
Ye Olde Fashion fashion from the past