Feb
27
The Brutal Lebanese Civil War in Photographs, 1975-1989
The Lebanese Civil War was both an internal Lebanese affair and a regional confl…
Author: RHP
Feb
25
The ‘White’ Slave Children of New Orleans in Rare Photographs, 1863
On January 30, 1864, Harper’s Weekly started to publish portraits of children captio…
Feb
17
An Unknown and Young Madonna in Michael McDonnell’s Photoshoots, 1978-1979
Born in 1958 in Bay City, Michigan with the official name of Madonna Louise Ciccone,…
Feb
16
When Paris Was Protected with Sandbags and Masking Tape: Photos from 1914-1918
By the first week of September 1914, the Germans had come within thirty kilomete…
Feb
8
The Story of Tupperware Parties in Historical Pictures from the 1950s
When an amateur inventor and designer named Earl Silas Tupper first invented Tup…
Feb
8
Paris in Vivid Color Images by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont, 1923
These colored photos by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont will take you back through t…
Feb
7
The Only Known Picture of President Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe Together, 1962
This black and white image, taken by White House photographer Cecil Stoughton, i…
Feb
3
The Cowgirls of the West in Rare Photographs, 1860-1930
Before anyone ever heard the word “cowgirl,” there were women who ventured west.…
Feb
1
The Black Monday of 1987 in Historical Photographs
It’s difficult to convey to a modern audience the emotional impact of the stock …
Jan
30
Rare Photographs of Early Visitors to America’s National Parks, 1870-1920
The process that led up to the national park idea is complex. From arts and lite…
Jan
26
Canada’s First Nations People in Rare Historical Photos by Harry Pollard
In the early 1910s, photographer Harry Pollard traveled around Canada to take a …
Jan
25
Street Life of Victorian London in Rare Historical Photographs, 1873-1877
These rare historical photographs were taken from 1873 to 1877 and are part of S…
Jan
20
Mugshots of Child Criminals of Edwardian Britain, 1900-1910
These mugshots of Edwardian Britain depict minors arrested for petty crimes and …
Jan
19
A Photographic Album of Polish Pilots Who Flew in the Battle of Britain, 1940-1943
By the outbreak of the Second World War, Poland’s Military Aviation, quite commo…
Jan
14
The Story of Two Armenian Women Posing with Their Rifles Before Going to Battle Against the Ottomans, 1895
The story behind the famous picture of two Armenian women posing with their rifl…
Jan
7
The Zoo Director Tries to Convince Sami the Chimpanzee to Return Home After He Escaped, 1988
Sami, the chimpanzee of Belgrade Zoo, became a media sensation when he managed t…
Jan
6
Early Tourists Visiting the Pyramids and The Ruins of Ancient Egypt, 1860-1930
By the late eighteenth century, Egypt had been reduced to nothing more than an i…
Dec
31
Hand-Colored Photographs of Japan on the Brink of Modernity, 1870s
In this article, we’ve collected a few rare photographs from the 1870s taken by …
Dec
29
The Destructive Ironclad Ships of the U.S. Civil War in Rare Photographs, 1861-1864
For thousands of years, warships were built of wood and powered by human muscles…
Dec
22
When People Scrapped Metals to Help the War Effort: Photos from 1942
During the Second World War, the United States government encouraged the America…