Jul
30
Attack on Pearl Harbor in Rare Historical Pictures, 1941
The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor began just before 8 a.m. local time…
Author: RHP
Jul
26
MiG-21 Crashed Into an East German Apartment Block, 1975
On January 14th, 1975, Major Peter Makowicka, aged 33, was on a training mission…
Jul
23
Animals in World War One Seen Through Rare Photographs, 1914-1918
While the First World War witnessed the development of modern, technological war…
Jul
18
Battle of Britain in Rare Historical Pictures From 1940
In the summer and fall of 1940, German and British air forces clashed in the ski…
Jul
18
Building Liberty Ships for the War Effort: Rare Photos From 1941
When war broke out in Europe in September 1939, the American merchant fleet was …
Jul
16
The Discovery of Tutankhamun in Rare Color Pictures, 1922
During the early twentieth century, Howard Carter, a British Egyptologist, excav…
Jul
14
The Soviet War in Afghanistan in Rare Historical Pictures, 1979-1989
The Soviet War in Afghanistan was a nine-year period involving the Soviet forces…
Jul
13
“4 Children for Sale”: The Story Behind the Iconic 1948 Photo
The photo first appeared in The Vidette-Messenger of Valparaiso, Indiana on Augu…
Jul
12
The North African Campaign in Historical Pictures From 1940-1943
Fighting in North Africa stemmed from the area’s strategic importance to the Com…
Jul
11
Loading Passengers Onto an Airship From a Mooring Mast, 1930s
In the 1920s and 1930s airship mooring masts were built in many countries. A moo…
Jul
9
Aerial Warfare of First World War in Rare Photographs From 1914-1918
Aerial warfare was by no means a First World War invention. Balloons had already…
Jul
6
Photographs of Hiroshima Before and After the Atomic Bombing
At the time of its bombing, Hiroshima was a city of both industrial and military…
Jun
30
German Invasion of Western Europe and the Fall of France Through Rare Pictures From 1940
In the spring of 1940, an emboldened Germany asserted itself as a modern conquer…
Jun
20
First Flight of the Wright Brothers Through Rare Photographs, 1902-1909
On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet …
Jun
16
East German Soldier Helps a Little Boy Sneak Across the Berlin Wall, 1961
This is a photograph of an East German soldier helping a little boy cross the ne…
Jun
16
Anti-Armor Hand Grenade: A Shaped Charge, Packed in a Hollowed-Out Nerf Football, 1973
In 1973, the US Army started testing possible designs for an anti-tank grenade. …
Jun
11
The Fall of Imperial Japan in Rare Historical Pictures
By 1945, the Japanese had suffered an unbroken string of defeats for nearly two …
Jun
7
Old Photographs of Detroit During the Early 1940s
Thirty vivid, oversize black-and-white photos from the Library of Congress show …
Jun
1
The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis in Rare Historical Pictures
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontatio…
May
27
Rare Photographs of a Bygone Afghanistan From the 1950s and 1960s
This is Afghanistan of 1950s and 1960s. Lots of people would think that they wil…