Aug
12
“Women of the Future” According to the French Artist Albert Bergeret: Photos from 1902
In 1902, a French manufacturer released a set of trading cards designed by artis…
Author: RHP
Aug
12
Venice in Beautiful Old Color Images from the 1890s
These photographs of Belle Époque Venice were processed and colored using the Ph…
Aug
6
The Bloody Mountain Warfare of the Italian Front Through Rare Photos, 1915-1918
In May 1915, Italy attacked Austria-Hungary along the Isonzo River and in the Tr…
Aug
6
Rural Puerto Rico in Rare Photographs From 1938-1943
In response to the Great Depression during which unemployment, poverty and the e…
Jul
30
Pablo Escobar Poses for a Family Photo Outside of the White House in 1981
In this infamous photograph, we see the notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Esco…
Jul
30
The Use of Masks During the Spanish Flu Pandemic Through Old Photographs, 1918
From the earliest recognition that a more deadly form of influenza was spreading…
Jul
27
Hans Hildenbrand: The German Front in Rare Color Photos from 1914-1918
These incredible color photographs of the German battlefront during the First Wo…
Jul
24
An Unauthorized Photo of Stalin: The Moment He Was Informed that the Germans Were About to Take Kiev, 1941
An unauthorized photo of Stalin inside the Kremlin shows the very moment he was …
Jul
20
“Tragedy by the Sea” Photo: A Dreadful Incident that Changed a Couple’s Life Forever, 1955
On the morning of April 2, 1954, Los Angeles Times photographer John Gaunt was l…
Jul
20
Rare Photographs Document the Carving the Iconic Mount Rushmore, 1927-1941
The idea of creating a monumental sculpture in the Black Hills was first suggest…
Jul
16
The Never Solved Bombing of Wall Street in Rare Pictures, 1920
On September 16, 1920, as hundreds of Wall Street workers headed out for lunch, …
Jul
13
Genevieve Naylor’s Post-War Fashion Photos in Stunning Colors, 1945-1959
Genevieve Naylor was born in 1915 in Springfield, Massachusetts. She attended Miss…
Jul
13
Alice Liddell: Rare Photographs of the Real Alice in Wonderland, 1858-1872
Alice Liddell was the middle daughter of Henry George Liddell, Dean of Christ Ch…
Jul
8
These Photos Show the Infamous New York City Blackout of 1977
The 1977 blackout that hit New York was a crisis that came amidst a sweltering h…
Jul
4
Evgeny Stepanovich Kobytev: A Soldier’s Face After Four Years of War, 1941-1945
These two pictures are shown side by side in the Andrei Pozdeev Museum. The muse…
Jun
29
The Terrifying Flamethrowers of World War I Through Rare Photographs, 1915-1918
The first flamethrower, in the modern sense, is usually credited to Richard Fied…
Jun
29
The Parallel World of American Advertising Targeted Toward African-Americans, 1950-1960
In the 1950s and 1960s, there existed a 'parallel world' of American advertising whe…
Jun
26
The Story Behind the Infamous Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield Photo, 1957
In 1957 one photo came to life that became an international sensation. It might …
Jun
23
Amazing Photographs of the Original Dapper Mad Men from the 1960s
Don Draper of the TV show “Mad Men” might have been fictional, but the reality w…
Jun
21
Mailing Babies: The Story of Kids Sent Through the U.S. Postal Service, 1913
It’s hard to believe it, for a brief period of 6 years, it was possible to mail …