Photography

These tumblrs are dedicated to vintage photography.

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General History and Misc Topics

These tumblrs are dedicated to either general history - history without a specific time period or topic -  or miscellanous topics not found in other posts.

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Tags: history list

Entertainment

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


 

People

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

Art

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

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Mythology

These tumblrs explore the mythology of the past.

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Specific Time Periods and Centuries

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

Historical Fashion

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