Mar
7
Tsarevich Nicholas (Future Tsar Nicholas II) at Nagasaki During His Eastern Journey, 1891
In the spring of 1891, the 23-year-old Russian prince Nicholas went to Far Easte…
Author: RHP
Mar
3
Building the Hoover Dam Seen Through Rare Photographs, 1931-1936
Hoover Dam is as tall as a 60-story building. It was the highest dam in the worl…
Mar
3
The Final Moments of a Japanese Dive Bomber: Photo From 1945
A Japanese plane caught squarely by antiaircraft fire leaves a trail of smoke an…
Feb
24
The Battle of the Somme in Historical Pictures
The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, was one of the large…
Feb
22
Photos of Young Boris Yeltsin: 1940s-1980s
Boris Yeltsin, who became president of Russia in 1991, was one of the most compl…
Feb
22
Two Female Bootleggers: A Photo From 1921
Women bootleggers enjoyed many advantages over men. Many states had laws specifi…
Feb
14
Troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance Lined Up in a Propaganda Picture, 1900
This photograph shows soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900, left-to-rig…
Feb
13
Daily Life in the Warsaw Ghetto Through Rare Photographs, 1941
On 2 October 1940, Ludwig Fischer, Governor of the Warsaw District in the occupi…
Feb
9
Rare Color Photos of the Russian Empire by Prokudin-Gorsky, 1905-1915
The Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection features color photographic …
Feb
7
A Mongolian Woman Reaches Out From the Porthole of a Crate in Which She Is Imprisoned, 1913
This photo was taken in July 1913 by French photographer Stéphane Passet who was…
Feb
4
Proving that London’s Double-Decker Buses Were Not a Tipping Hazard, 1933
For those who have visited London and wondered how they know their double-decker…
Feb
4
Spyros Louis: The First Marathon Race Winner of the Modern Olympic Games, 1896
When the modern Olympics began in 1896, the initiators and organizers were looki…
Feb
3
Young Stalin in Rare Historical Pictures, 1894-1919
On December 18, 1879, in the Russian peasant village of Gori, Georgia, Iosif Vis…
Feb
2
The Moment Jack Ruby Shot Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas: Iconic Photo From 1963
On November 24, 1963, two days after Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the assa…
Jan
27
German Commandos Captured in American Uniform are Prepared for Execution, 1944
The soldiers in the picture were executed after a military trial found them in v…
Jan
26
The Reichstag Building in Berlin Just Before the First Restoration Began, 1958
The Reichstag had not been in use since when it burned in February 1933 and its …
Jan
25
The Story of the Iconic Migrant Mother Photograph From 1936
Dorothea Lange took this photograph in 1936, while employed by the U.S. governme…
Jan
24
Manfred von Richthofen “The Red Baron” Petting His Dog on an Airfield, 1916
Manfred von Richthofen earned widespread fame as a World War I ace fighter pilot…
Jan
24
A Lithuanian Book Smuggler From the 19th Century
After the Polish-Lithuanian insurrection of 1863, the Russian Imperial governmen…
Jan
20
People Being Crushed Against a Fence During a Human Crush at Hillsborough Stadium, 1989
The 1989 Hillsborough disaster was an incident that occurred during the FA Cup s…