May
23
Civil War Veteran Poses with a Fighter Jet, 1955
This interesting picture shows a supposed Civil War veteran from Florida enjoyin…
Author: RHP
May
8
The Last Sword Duel in History, France, 1967
You would think that dueling was an outdated ritual consigned to the 19th centur…
Feb
6
The Stockholm Telephone Tower with Approximately 5,500 Telephone Lines, 1890
In the late 19th century, the miracle device called the telephone had been inven…
Nov
25
When the Soviets Arrived to Crush the 1968 Prague Spring: Rare Photos
Some 250,000 Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia overnight from…
Nov
20
A Young Woman Writing a Thank You Note to Her Boyfriend in the Navy for the Skull of a Japanese Soldier that He Sent, 1944
A rare and disturbing picture, so much about this is still a mystery. We don't k…
Nov
17
A Lone African-American Man Attends a Klan Rally in Jackson, USA, 1950
A lone African-American boy, left foreground, stands in a sparse crowd that turn…
Sep
15
The Early Teen Bicycle Messengers: Photos From 1908-1917
In 1908, the National Child Labor Committee hired Lewis Hine, a New York sociolo…
Jul
12
Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa, Seated on His Tasteless Golden Throne for His Coronation, 1977
Jean-Bédel Bokassa was a military officer and the head of state of the Central A…
Jun
30
Rare Photos Inside the Nazi-Controlled Ghetto of Lodz, 1940-1944
The Lodz ghetto became the second largest ghetto created by the Nazis after thei…
Jun
15
The Bookmobiles: Vintage Photos of Traveling Libraries, 1910-1960
The bookmobile was a traveling library often used to provide books to villages a…
Jun
8
Rare Photographs Taken at the End of World War II, 1945-1947
At the end of the war, millions of people were dead and millions homeless, the E…
Jun
6
The Hindenburg Disaster in Rare Historical Photos From 1937
The Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937 brought an end t…
Jun
1
Rare Photos of the Dangerous New York City’s Subway System, 1970s-1980s
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, New York City’s subway system was one of …
May
23
Heinz Meixner Defects From East Germany by Driving Through Checkpoint Charlie after Removing His Windshield, 1963
In 1963, at the height of the Cold War, Heinz Meixner planned a daring escape fr…
May
23
The First Female Bodybuilders and Strongwomen Showing Off Their Gains: Photos From 1900s
The first "strongwomen" appeared in the 19th century but were almost unheard of …
May
18
The Propaganda Posters that Sold World War I to the American Public, 1914-1918
The United States entered World War I in 1917 as an associated power on the alli…
May
17
Deportation of the Roma People from Nazi Germany: Photos From 1938-1940
For centuries, Romani tribes had been subject to antiziganist persecution and hu…
May
15
New York City Snapshots of Chinatown in the Early 1980s
From 1981 to 1984, the photographer Bud Glick worked for the New York Chinatown …
May
15
This Japanese-American Fighting Unit Was One of WWII’s Most Decorated: Photos From 1943-1945
After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, many Americans were di…
May
4
The Allied Invasion of Europe in Rare Photographs From 1943-1945
Starting with the Invasion of Sicily in July of 1943, and culminating in the Jun…