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…
Author: RHP
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…
May
23
Civil War Veteran Poses with a Fighter Jet, 1955
This interesting picture shows a supposed Civil War veteran from Florida enjoyin…
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You would think that dueling was an outdated ritual consigned to the 19th centur…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…