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AArts and design
A vintage photo shows a hot air balloon lifting off before a large crowd. Beside it, a man in a suit and top hat sits in a balloon basket, holding sandbags, against a cloudy sky.
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Photography Pioneer Nadar Went on a Mad Balloon Ride That Ended in Near-Catastrophe

  • April 3, 2026
Le Géant gas balloon, left, and Félix Nadar, right. Le Géant was an enormous 196-foot-tall gas balloon that…
AArts and design
Two panoramic black-and-white photos show the same city square decades apart, with a park in the center, surrounding streets, historic buildings, trees, and people visible in both images; the top scene appears much older.
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Photographers Recreate 115-Year-Old Panoramic Photo of Their Hometown Using the Same Camera

  • March 6, 2026
Morristown, NJ, in 1910, top, and as it looks today on the same camera, bottom. Two New Jersey…
AArts and design
This Polaroid Chemist Tested 5,000 Bottles to Invent Instant Color Photography
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This Polaroid Chemist Tested 5,000 Bottles to Invent Instant Color Photography

  • February 27, 2026
Chemist Howard G. Rogers posing with his Polaroid colleagues and the 5,000 bottles of chemical compounds they tested…
MMovies
A split-screen image shows the same elderly woman. On the left, she smiles cheerfully with tidy hair and clean face; on the right, she appears distressed, with messy hair and a dark, dirty face, both in black and white.
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The Camera Trick Behind an Iconic 1937 Film Visual Effect

  • October 31, 2025
Nanny reveals her villainous ways in Sh! The Octopus. Sh! The Octopus may not be remembered as a…
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