At WorthPoint, we admire the worth of historical past. From collectibles and antiques to a wealth of sources and references, WorthPoint gives 1000’s of knowledge factors that can assist you establish and assess the worth of your assortment. Nonetheless, we offer much more advantages to our customers by the HIP website. Take a look at the video above to be taught extra!
Historical past in Pictures (HIP) is a repository of historic images, that includes over 50,000 photographic negatives that our CEO, Will Seippel, has bought. We’ve restored a whole lot of them and have them usually, together with content material from curators, artists, historians, and collectors. We’ve researched the origins of lots of the images and, with some assist, have added context and details about the place and once they had been taken and the actions and places within the photos. We’ve added the content material so the location isn’t simply snapshots, however has background info and historic context for these unbelievable photographs.
HIP’s treasure trove of classic photographs lets our readers be taught concerning the previous, and probably analysis comparable images they personal. It’s about fostering a group for us, not just for our present-day photograph collectors and fanatics, however as a option to protect the historical past and life-style of these bygone days.
The HIP images present us not solely the clothes and traditions of the previous but in addition the individuals who lived in that period and what their lives had been like.
Brenda Kelley Kim lives within the Boston space. She is the writer of Sink or Swim: Tales From the Deep Finish of All over the place and writes a weekly syndicated column for The Marblehead Weekly Information/Essex Media Group. When not writing or strolling her snorty pug, Penny, she enjoys yard gross sales, flea markets, and badminton.
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