Dec
11
The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire in Historical Pictures
In the spring of 1906 San Francisco was a city boasting 410,000 inhabitants — a …
Author: RHP
Dec
8
Futuristic Postcards: Life in the Year 2000 (As Predicted in 1900)
Apparently, back in 1900, Germans had high hopes for mankind and the inventions …
Dec
7
Swedish Major Eric Bonde Smokes a Cigarette After Being Ambushed and Shot Twice, Congo, 1961
Major Eric Bonde was part of the Swedish UN mission to Congo during the Congo Cr…
Nov
19
Four-Year-Old Michael Finder of East Germany Is Tossed by His Father into a Net Held by Firemen Across the Border in West Berlin, 1961
Four-year-old Michael Finder of East Germany is tossed by his father into a net …
Nov
18
The Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913 Through Rare Photographs
On March 3, 1913, over 5,000 women marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washingto…
Nov
10
A Concentration Camp Victim Identifies a SS Guard: Photo From 1945
The picture depicts a liberated Czech political inmate pointing an identifying a…
Nov
10
The United States During the World War One Through Rare Photographs
Isolation was a long American tradition. Since the days of George Washington, Am…
Nov
3
Child Labor in America as Photographed by Lewis Hine, 1908-1914
Lewis Hine, a photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, captured phot…
Oct
27
The Eruption of Mount St. Helens in Rare Pictures From 1980
Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980. The volcano, located in southwestern W…
Oct
24
Yang Kyoungjong,: The Only Known Soldier to Have Fought on Three Sides of a War, 1944
He was Korean – captured by the Japanese and pressed to fight the Soviets, captu…
Oct
19
Vietnam War: Escalation and Withdrawal Through Rare Photographs, 1968-1975
The decisive year was 1968. In the early morning of 30 January, Vietcong forces …
Oct
17
Vietnam War: The Early Years Through Rare Photographs, 1965-1967
On May 07, 1954, Viet Minh forces won the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and ended Fren…
Oct
11
The Wuppertaler Schwebebahn: The Oldest Electric Elevated Railway, 1913
On January 8, 1913 — a photographer in Wuppertal, Barmen (Germany), captured thi…
Oct
10
This Was the Wartime Weekly Food Ration for Two People in Britain in 1943
Around 1939, when World War II began, the United Kingdom imported two-thirds of …
Oct
7
The Story of Berlin Wall in Historical Pictures From 1961-1989
Erected in the dead of night on August 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall (known as Berli…
Oct
3
Grand Central Terminal in Rare Pictures From 1900s-1910s
New York Central's breathtaking Grand Central Terminal (or GCT) is a New York Ci…
Sep
30
American Prisoners of War Who Refused to Return to America at the End of the Korean War, 1960s
On 27 June 1953, the United Nations Command (UNC) and North Korean Communist for…
Sep
15
Operation Barbarossa in Rare Pictures, 1941
Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the German codename for Nazi G…
Sep
15
A Wheatfield in the Heart of Manhattan, 1982
Before the high-rises, condos and financial centers of Battery Park City, the ar…
Sep
12
The Trinity Test: Rare Photos From the Day the Nuclear Age Began
Until the atomic bomb could be tested, doubt would remain about its effectivenes…