Brad Smithfield
Brad Smithfield is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News
Articles by Brad Smithfield:
The bizarre history of Colombia’s “Cocaine Hippos”
The Romans had a celebratory day where the roles of master and slave were reversed
The iconic dress Marilyn Monroe wore on the night she sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” was so tight she had to be sewn into it
The Confederados – At the end of the American Civil war 20,000 Confederates immigrated to Brazil, where slavery was legal, and formed a community
In 1885, a Victorian barmaid attempted a suicide and survived thanks to her crinoline skirt
Behold the mustache cup: The special tea cup used by the Victorian men to protect their mustache from getting dunked into the tea
Masabumi Hosono was the only Japanese person to survive the Titanic, he lost his job and was dubbed a coward in Japan for not dying with the other passengers
America’s first female self-made millionaire was an African American woman
Angel Oak is one of the oldest living things east of the Mississippi River
Investigative photos of Lewis Hine were instrumental in changing the child labor laws in the United States
