Sep
10
Major General Horatio Gordon Robley with His Collection of Tattooed Maori Heads, 1895
Major-General Horatio Gordon Robley was a British army officer and artist who se…
Author: RHP
Sep
9
Rare Photo of Kim Il-Sung’s Baseball Sized Tumor on His Neck, 1984
Kim Il-sung holds a unique position in North Korea; although dead since 1994, he…
Sep
9
Rare Photographs Capture the Assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia in 1934
The assassination of Alexander, first King of Yugoslavians, by Vlado Chernozemsk…
Sep
9
A Dutch Woman Entering Military Captivity with Her Husband, a German Soldier, 1944
A Dutch woman is seen here with her husband, a German soldier that she had marri…
Sep
9
The Dangerous Playgrounds of the Past Through Vintage Photographs, 1880s-1940s
If it seems like today’s kids have gotten “softer” compared to the kids decades …
Sep
8
John F. Kennedy Jr. Salutes his Father’s Casket in Washington, 1963
In the wake of JFK’s assassination, people around the world mourned and tried to…
Sep
7
A Beggar Running Alongside King George V’s Coach, 1920
It’s surprising that anyone could get so close to the king, considering that jus…
Sep
7
Night Fishing in Hawaii: A Cool Photo from 1948
Hawaiians used spears to fish in shallows or along rocky ledges, or underwater t…
Sep
2
The Prague Spring: Soviet Soldier Chasing Young Man Who Had Thrown Stones at a Tank, 1968
Prague Spring was a brief period of liberalization in Czechoslovakia under Alexa…
Sep
1
Aircraft Detection Before Radar: Old Photos from 1917-1940
Acoustic location was used from mid-WW1 to the early years of WW2 for the passiv…
Aug
26
Rare Photographs of the Reichstag Fire Incident in 1933
The Reichstag fire came amid “a campaign of unparalleled violence and bitterness…
Aug
25
Kiss of Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and East German President Honecker, 1986
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev embraces Erich Honecker, hardline communist and …
Aug
24
The British Concorde Fleet in One Picture, 1986
First flown in 1969, Concorde entered service in 1976 and continued commercially…
Aug
24
A Nazi DJ Spins Records at a Radio Exhibition in Berlin: A Bizarre Photo from 1932
The Nazi booth at a radio exhibition which started in Berlin on August 19, 1932.…
Aug
22
These Photos Show Niagara Falls Without Water, 1969
For six months in the summer and fall of 1969, Niagara’s American Falls were “de…
Aug
19
A Native American Overlooks the Newly Completed Transcontinental Railroad in Sacramento, c. 1867
In this photograph by Alfred Hart taken between 1865 - 1869, a Native American l…
Aug
19
Nazi Rally in Buenos Aires Through Rare Photographs, 1938
Before the war Argentina hosted a strong, very-well-organized pro-Nazi element t…
Aug
17
Mine Worker X-Rayed for Diamond Check in 1954
South African mineworkers being x-rayed before leaving the diamond mines. A trai…
Aug
15
Murderous Mary: The Elephant that was Hanged for Murder in 1916
Mary was a five-ton Asian elephant, also known as Murderous Mary, who performed …
Aug
13
Packing Up Human Skulls: A Bizarre Photo from 1948
Attendants from the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College Of Surgeons packing up…