Oct
28
Rare Pictures of the First Flight Expedition Over Everest in 1933
Originally the idea for a flight expedition over Mount Everest was proposed in 1…
Author: RHP
Oct
27
Rare Photographs: When European Refugees Fled to Egypt in 1944
When the Germans and their allies invaded Southeastern Europe, a large number of civ…
Oct
22
These Photographs Show the Everyday Life Along the Berlin Wall, 1985-1986
In the 1950s, the communist German Democratic Republic (GDR) – that part of Germany …
Oct
20
Autogyro: The Photographic Story of Early Plane-Helicopter Hybrids, 1925-1940
A Spanish engineer and aeronautical pioneer, Juan de la Cierva, developed the or…
Oct
16
When New Yorkers Heard About the D-Day Invasion: Photos From 1944
By the time the sun rose in New York City on the morning of June 6, 1944, the fi…
Oct
14
The Spectacular World’s Fair Exposition Universelle in Rare Pictures, 1899
The 1889 World Fair in Paris was symbolically important, since the year 1889 mar…
Oct
14
Rare Hand-Colored Photos of the Everyday Life in Meiji Japan in the 1890s
After centuries of isolation and several unsuccessful attempts by the Western na…
Oct
8
The Strange World of Military Research at Natick Soldier Systems Center, 1970-1990
The Natick Soldier Systems Center (NSSC) is responsible for the technology, rese…
Oct
8
Sketches Used by the Soviet Police to Identify Suspects Based on Ethnicity, 1960s
This card was used by police in the Soviet Union to identify different nationali…
Oct
8
These Rare Photographs Show the Everyday Life on a Navy Ship During the World War Two, 1942-1945
In 1942, shortly after the US entry into the war, the Navy established a special…
Oct
7
The Billboards that Sold the American Way, 1937-1940
Many Americans first encountered the phrase “the American Way” on huge billboard…
Sep
30
Rare Color Photos from the Second World War, 1941-1945
These are rarely seen color pictures from the Second World War featured in the b…
Sep
30
Veterans of Four Different Wars from the Same Town of Geary, Oklahoma, 1940s
We can only imagine the horrors seen and shared between the four of these men. T…
Sep
24
The Only Two Illegal Photos Taken Inside The US Supreme Court In Session, 1932-1937
There are only two known photos in existence taken inside the US Supreme Court w…
Sep
21
The Extraordinary Early Prostheses Made by James Gillingham: Photos from 1900
James Gillingham lived in Chard, England, where he had a small shoe-making busin…
Sep
17
Scars of Gordon: The Story of a Whipped Louisiana Slave From 1863
The famous “whipped slave” photograph pictures the runaway slave Gordon exposing…
Sep
11
Thylacine: Rare Photos of the Last Tasmanian Tiger, 1910-1933
The thylacine, most commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger because of its striped…
Sep
9
Vivid Photochromes of Tyrol from the 1890s
These amazing postcards depict the Princely County of Tyrol, an mountainous regi…
Sep
6
Rare Photographs of Military Observation Balloons of World War I, 1914-1918
Observation was an incredibly important role in aerial warfare in World War I. A…
Sep
5
Old Photographs of Jerusalem in a Rare Heavy Snow, 1921
It's not that uncommon to get snow in Jerusalem but the storm on February 25th, 1921…