Aug
20
What Arcade Games Looked Like Before Video Games: Photos From 1968
In the days before video games, amusement arcades were filled with a panoply of …
Author: RHP
Aug
6
The Miracle of Dunkirk in Rare Historical Pictures
Dunkirk was the largest of the multiple evacuations of British, French and Belgi…
Jul
31
Detroit Riot of 1967 in Rare Historical Pictures
On July 23, 1967, a police raid on an unlicensed bar resulted in the arrest of 8…
Jul
26
Rare Photos That Show the Attack on Pearl Harbor From the Japanese Perspective
By the time the first Japanese bomber appeared over Pearl Harbor on December 7, …
Jul
26
When London Parks Used Sheep as Natural Lawnmowers: Photos From 1926-1938
In the 1920s and 1930s, sheep were routinely introduced into London parks to kee…
Jul
19
Remembering the Hysteria Over Windows 95 Launch: Photos From 1995
On Aug. 24, 1995, Microsoft—at that time a tech company with around $6 billion i…
Jul
18
Apollo 11 Preparation in Rare Photos, 1969
Apollo 11 was the climax of the Apollo program, which pushed human spaceflight f…
Jul
18
Vintage Photos Show France in the Final Year of World War I, 1918
It’s 1918 and France was caught in the final year of World War I. American photo…
Jul
11
The First Armistice Day in Rare Historical Pictures, 1918
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or tem…
Jun
30
The Racist Signs of Apartheid Seen Through Rare Photographs From 1950-1990
There are few words more closely associated with 20th-century South African hist…
Jun
21
Vintage Photographs Show the Massive FBI’s Fingerprint Files, 1944
These photos picture the overflow filling facility that the FBI’s Identification…
Jun
20
Rare Photographs From Coded World of Russian Criminal Tattoos, 1960-1990
In jails and prisons around the world, tattoos can become a significant part of …
Jun
16
Franca Viola: The Woman Who Defied the Italian Tradition by Refusing to Marry Her Rapist, 1966
In 1966, Italy was rocked by one woman’s courageous efforts to challenge the cou…
Jun
16
Vintage Photographs that Show the State of the Art Gym on the Titanic, 1912
At the beginning of the 20th century, the shipping route across the Atlantic was…
Jun
14
Remembering the Deadly Spanish Flu Through Rare Photos From 1918-1920
From January 1918 to December 1920, a deadly influenza outbreak infected 500 mil…
Jun
12
Dr. Zbigniew Religa Monitors His Patient’s Vitals After a 23 Hour Long Heart Transplant Surgery, 1987
Amidst a tangle of wires, Dr. Zbigniew Religa anxiously watches a screen to see …
Jun
4
Chernobyl Disaster in Rare Pictures, 1986
On April 26, 1986, a series of explosions destroyed Chernobyl’s reactor No. 4, and s…
Jun
2
Dior Models in the Streets of Soviet Moscow: Photos From 1959
At the end of 1950s a real sensation happened in Moscow: Christian Dior models c…
May
28
The “Falling Cat” Phenomenon that Helped NASA Prepare Astronauts for Zero Gravity, 1969
It is a well-known fact that a cat which is falling upside down, has the ability…
May
26
The Freaky High School Fashion of the Hippie Era Seen Through Rare Photos, 1969
These photographs, taken for LIFE magazine in the fall of 1969, explored the "fr…