Aug
11
Polish Athlete Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz Shows his Famous Gesture to Soviet Fans Who Booed Him, 1980
By the late 1970s, it was clear that Russians were no longer particularly liked …
Author: RHP
Aug
11
Austro-Hungarian Aircraft Gunner with an Arranged Anti-Aircraft Gun Made Out from Mausers C-96, 1917
The Austro-Hungarian aircraft gunner in the picture is seen using a Mauser C96 p…
Aug
11
Machining a Space Shuttle Main Engine Injector: Photo from 1977
A workman reams holes to the proper size and alignment in the Space Shuttle Main…
Aug
7
Lina Medina: The Youngest Confirmed Mother in Medical History, 1939
In 1933, Lina Medina was born in Ticrapo, Peru. At the age of five years, Lina w…
Aug
5
Pilots of American 8th Bomber Command Wearing High Altitude Clothes, Oxygen Masks and Flight Goggles, 1942
During World War II, the now-legendary VIII Bomber Command (often referred to as…
Aug
5
Photos of the Russian Expeditionary Force Arriving at Marseilles in 1916
The Russian Expeditionary Force was a World War I military force sent to France …
Aug
5
The Man Who Modeled as Uncle Sam Poses in Front of the Iconic Poster in 1970
The term Uncle Sam is reputedly derived from Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from T…
Aug
5
The Kovno Garage Massacre: Lithuanian Nationalists Clubbing Jewish Lithuanians to Death, 1941
In June and July 1941, detachments of German Einsatzgruppen, together with Lithu…
Aug
3
US Soldiers in Full Field Equipment Learning the Chinpull Method of Saving Men from Drowning, 1942
The chin pull method is similar to a lifeguarding technique, basically, the sold…
Jul
31
Iron Lungs for Polio Victims: Photos from the 1930s-1950s
In the early 20th century, polio was one of the most feared diseases in industri…
Jul
29
An Artist Painting a Picture of the Ruins of the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
One of the most appalling disasters that have ever been recorded in American his…
Jul
29
RAF Pilot Getting a Haircut During a Break Between Missions, 1942
A Royal Air Force pilot getting a haircut and reading Greenmantle by John Buchan…
Jul
27
Factory Lectors: Vintage Photos That Reveal the Lives of Workplace Readers in the 1910s
The practice of reading aloud while others listen intently as they engage in man…
Jul
24
A Mother Shows a Picture of her Son to a Returning Prisoner of War, 1947
These iconic photographs were taken in 1947 at Vienna’s Southern Railway Station…
Jul
21
Inside a Nazi Christmas Party Hosted by Adolf Hitler, 1941
These images are chilling, bordering on surreal: as World War II raged on Decemb…
Jul
18
Red Army Soldiers in a Trench as a Soviet T-34 Tank Passes Over Them, 1943
Soviet soldiers duck under passing tanks during an intensive training before the…
Jul
16
HMS Invincible Returns Home Following the Falklands War, 1982
HMS Invincible was launched on 3 May 1977 as the seventh ship to carry the name.…
Jul
15
Romanian Revolution of 1989 in Rare Historical Pictures
Nicolae Ceausescu ruled Romania for 21 years, earning a reputation as a brutal d…
Jul
14
The Original Moulin Rouge the Year Before it Burned Down and Other Historical Images from 1890-1930
On 6 October 1889, the Moulin Rouge (English: The Red Mill) opened in the Jardin…
Jul
12
Italians Viewing Antique Emperor Caligula’s Nemi Ships, 1932
Between 1928 and 1932, two enormous wooden ships, which once belonged to Emperor…