Science fiction books in 1893 are where science fiction film was in 1977. In both cases, the genre was… perhaps “in the doldrums” is too harsh a judgment. Certainly, enough significant work had ...
In this 1893 photo, a man stands inside a "spiracle" in Iceland. With just his head popping out, it looks as if a random head has sprouted from a rock formation. The photo comes from the collection of ...
The Grand Plaza in front of the Administration Building, seen on Chicago Day, Oct. 9, 1893, the twenty-second anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. The Administration Building was a ...