Mar
29
Sleeping with the Enemy: Collaborator Girls of the German-Occupied Europe, 1940-1944
It’s 1942 and the Germans occupy and dominate the vast majority of Europe. They …
Author: RHP
Mar
24
A Stranded Dutch Warship Evaded the Enemy by Disguising Itself as an Island, 1942
In February 1942, in the midst of World War II, the Japanese fleet completely wr…
Mar
23
Rare Photographs of the First Modern Bodybuilders From the 1900s
In the early 1900s, there wasn’t really such a thing as bodybuilding, there were…
Mar
20
The Rise and Fall of The Communist Party of Great Britain Through Photos, 1928-1983
In 1920, a group of revolutionary socialists attended a meeting at the Cannon St…
Mar
16
Bizarre Images of Medical Treatments Through History, 1900-1940
The history of medicine is filled with wild stories of bizarre treatments method…
Mar
14
Germans at the Gates of Stalingrad: Rare Photos From 1942-1943
In June 1941 Hitler ordered a surprise invasion of the Soviet Union, and for mos…
Mar
11
When the Baby Boomers Were Actually in Diapers: Photos From 1945-1955
After the end of World War II, birth rates in the United States and other Wester…
Mar
6
A Nostalgic Glance at American Shopping Malls of the Late 1980s
In 1989, Michael Galinsky, then a 20-year-old student, took a month to traverse …
Mar
2
The Forgotten Era of the Airships in Rare Photographs From 1900s-1940s
The history of airships begins, like the history of hot air balloons, in France.…
Feb
27
The American Nazis of the German American Bund: Photos From 1930s
After Hitler’s rise to power in 1933, some German Americans formed groups to sup…
Feb
22
Rare Photographs Show the Tank Factories of the Second World War, 1940-1945
The story of the tank began in World War I when armored all-terrain fighting veh…
Feb
16
When Ronald Reagan Was a Hollywood Actor: Photos From 1940-1960
He was the 40th president of the United States, but first, he juggled monkeys fo…
Feb
16
A Lady Battles with Police as They Try to Prevent Her From Committing Suicide, 1942
The lady in the picture with the mirror held above her head – was Mrs. Edna Egbe…
Feb
7
The Exiles and Convicts of Tsarists Russia Seen Through Rare Photographs, 1885
These photographs are taken by George Kennan, an American explorer noted for his…
Feb
4
The Last Days of Nazi Germany Through Rare Photographs
By the beginning of 1945, the war which Germany had unleashed throughout the wor…
Feb
2
Magnificent Images of Egypt by Zangaki Brothers, 1870-1890
The Zangaki brothers were two Greek photographers, active between the 1870s-1890…
Jan
30
Photos From the Day a Computer Beat the Chess World Champion, 1997
It’s 1997, and Garry Kasparov is hunched over a chessboard, visibly frustrated. …
Jan
25
A Rare View of China’s Last Dynasty Through Old Photos, 1870-1880
These photographs of Peking, now known as Beijing, taken by Thomas Child in the …
Jan
23
A Starving Boy and a Missionary in Uganda, 1980
In 1980 Mike Wells took this powerful photograph of a Catholic missionary holdin…
Jan
21
Preparing and Printing the New York Times: Photos From 1942
Long before the age of computerized printing presses and journalists being able …