May
24
Czeslawa Kwoka: The 14-Year-Old Inmate of Auschwitz, 1942
Czeslawa Kwoka, age 14, appears in a prisoner identity photo provided by the Aus…
Author: RHP
May
20
Flooded Paris Through Rare Photographs From 1910
In late January 1910, following months of high rainfall, the Seine River flooded…
May
17
Chinese Americans Labeling Themselves to Avoid Being Confused with the Hated Japanese Americans, 1941
World War II brought momentous change to America's Chinese community. For decade…
May
14
The Fall of the Soviet Union in Rare Pictures, 1991
In December of 1991, as the world watched in amazement, the Soviet Union disinte…
May
9
Vintage Mugshots From 1920s Australia That Look Straight Out of a Movie
Dressed in their finest suits and ties with their top hats cocked towards the ca…
May
7
Vintage Photos of Everyday Life in the 1950s New York
These vintage photographs capture a timeless energy and diversity that is charac…
May
3
Political Commissar Alexey Yeremenko Leads His Men Into Combat: He Was Killed Minutes after this Photo Was Taken, 1942
"Politruk" (political commissar) Alexey Yeremenko (220th Rifle Regiment/4th Rifl…
Apr
28
Africans in German Imperial Army: Photos From 1870-1918
The Germans, as the only colonial power amongst the Central Powers, used plenty …
Apr
28
Chief John Smith, Reputed to Be 138 Years Old When He Died, 1784-1922
The Minneapolis Morning Tribune obituary says Ga-Be-Nah-Gewn-Wonce (variously kn…
Apr
26
Hiroo Onoda: The Japanese Soldier Who Refused to Surrender, 1974
Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda is the most famous of the so-called Japanese holdouts, a …
Apr
21
The Story of Two Soviet Prisoners of War Who Were Killed in the Murmansk Foothills, 1941
It was the night of June 29, 1941, in the foothills of Murmansk, Soviet Union. C…
Apr
20
One of the Last Cowboys of the Dying Old West Chilling in Texas, 1910
The most fascinating part about this picture is how it conveys the rapid social …
Apr
14
The German Occupation of Kharkov in Color Photographs, 1941
These photos taken by Johannes Hähle depict the civilian population of Kharkov u…
Apr
12
A Race Education Class at a School for German Girls: Photo From 1943
The three groups displayed on the poster are, from top to bottom, "ostbaltische …
Apr
10
US Marine Discovers a Near-Dead Baby in a Cave in the Jungle of Saipan Island, 1944
In a photo that somehow comprises both tenderness and horror, an American Marine…
Apr
7
The Inflatable Dummy Tanks of Battlefields: Photos From 1918-1945
What use is an inflatable dummy tank in a very real war? A lot, if the enemy bel…
Mar
30
Photographs of Petain Meeting Hitler in 1940
Few men over the last century can have experienced such a change of fortune as P…
Mar
24
Protesters Flee After Police Fires Machine Guns into a Crowd During the Infamous July Days in Russia, 1917
In the first days of July 1917, a spontaneous uprising erupted in Petrograd. The…
Mar
13
The Internment of Japanese-Americans in Historical Pictures, 1942-1944
The internment of Japanese-Americans into camps during World War II was one of t…
Mar
10
Wilhelm ‘Willi’ Hübner: One of the Youngest Recipients of the Iron Cross, 1945
As casualties mounted during the Second World War, Germany was forced to call up…