Topics to Explore

We’ve picked out some of the most interesting photos, Tours and Collections that will be relevant and interesting to explore in the classroom or with local groups.

Collections

The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

This Collection of photos of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire gathers photos around a historical event.

The Facial Hair Through Time Collection

This Collection of facial hair from different times and places around the world gathers photos around a particular theme.

Fabulous Fashion

This Collection illustrates change over time through photos of fashionable outfits arranged in chronological order.

Codford Army Camps, Wiltshire, May-June 1919

This Collection is of family photos taken by the user’s relative who was in the army and took photos during his postings in the 1919.

University of Florida Homecoming

This Collection of Homecoming celebrations at the University of Florida gathers photos of an annual event through the years.

Sport in Reading

This Collection was created by a class of 13 year old students who collected photos around the theme of sporting events in their local area.

Tours

New York Immigration

This Tour explores a historical theme and illustrates 19th century immigration to the US with a snapshot of immigrant life in 19th century NYC.

World War Two

This Tour narrates a historical event and uses photos and audio clips to highlight key events during WWII from 1939-1945.

Tour of Hackney’s Past and Present

This Tour was created by a teacher and asks questions about historical photos of Hackney, London.

Queen Elizabeth II

This Tour narrates the biography or a person by highlighting key events of Queen Elizabeth II’s life.

A historical guided tour of Kew Gardens

This Tour takes you on a historical walking Tour around Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, UK.

The Grand Tour

This Tour illustrates a famous route using historical photos.

Photos, Videos and Audio clips

Occupy London camp in front of St Paul’s Cathedral, 16 October 2011

This photo captures a modern moment of history, showing the protest occupying St Paul’s Church Yard, London in October 2011.

Earthquake damage, 25 February 2011

This photo, overlaid on Street View, shows buildings damaged by the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand in February 2011, illustrating the damage done by natural disasters.

Damage on Piccadilly, 1940 - 1942

This video clip illustrates bomb damage to Picadilly, London in the early 1940s.

JFK’s Inaugural Speech, 20th January 1961

This audio clip plays an extract from John F Kennedy’s inaugural speech in 1961.

Historypin Repeats

This Channel has got some great Historypin Repeats - modern replicas of historical photos on Historypin, taken by people using the smartphone app.

Joe Voss, Jefferson Memorial, 1948 - 1952

This photo shows a Historypin Repeat. This Historypinner has pinned a photo of his Dad at Jefferson Memorial, Washington DC in the 1950s and used the Historypin app to take a photo of himself in the same spot in 2011.