Jul
8
Jewish Prisoners After Being Liberated from a Death Train, 1945
It's Friday, the 13th of April, 1945. A few miles northwest of Magdeburg there w…
Author: RHP
Jun
30
Iconic Photo of Kohl and Mitterand in Verdun, 1984
The Battle of Verdun is considered by many the most blood-stained battlefield in…
Jun
25
A Powerful Image of Harold Whittles Hearing Sound for the First Time, 1974
This emotional picture shows a rather astonished little boy: he isn’t sure what’…
Jun
23
Men Stand in a 45 Ton Steel Pipe Over the Hoover Dam, 1935
Conveying the officials in the photograph is a section of 30ft diameter steel pe…
Jun
22
Pyramid of Captured German Helmets: Displayed in New York in 1919
This interesting picture, taken in 1919, shows employees of the New York Central…
Jun
22
French Soldiers in the Ruhr: Photo from 1923
In January 1923 France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr, an industrial area of Germa…
Jun
20
Three Old School Archers in Japan: Photo from the 1860s
The men are practitioners of Kyudo, Japanese Zen archery. Their outfits and the …
Jun
19
Walter Kleinfeldt’s Album Showing the Aftermath of a Skirmish during the Battle of Somme in 1916
Hidden for 100 years, the astonishing photos by a 16-year-old soldier show how h…
Jun
19
Boxers Covered in Blood: A Photo from 1913
This picture shows the end of a brutal boxing match between Ray Campbell and Dic…
Jun
17
The Headquarters of Mussolini’s Italian Fascist Party, 1934
The building in the picture is Palazzo Braschi in Rome, the headquarters of the …
Jun
16
The Standoff at Checkpoint Charlie: Soviet Tanks Facing American Tanks, 1961
In October 1961, border disputes led to a standoff and for 16 hours the world wa…
Jun
14
Iconic Photo of Astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin on the Surface of the Moon, 1969
At 10:39 pm on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong opened the hatch of the lunar modul…
Jun
12
Kamikaze Pilots Posing with a Puppy the Day before their Suicide Missions, 1945
The photo shows Corporal Yukio Araki (age 17 years old) holding a puppy with fou…
Jun
11
B-24 Liberator in Flames after being Attacked over Austria in 1944
These are the last moments of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber of USAAF (Uni…
Jun
10
Omayra Sanchez: Young Victim of the Armero Tragedy in Colombia, 1985
On November 13, 1985, the Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted. Pyroclastic flows exp…
Jun
8
Hitler Reacts to a Kiss from Excited American Woman at the Berlin Olympics, 1936
Just before the finish of the men’s 1500-meter freestyle swimming event, a woman…
Jun
8
Rare Photo of the Trinity Explosion 0.016 Seconds after Detonation, 1945
On July 16, 1945, the United States became the first country to successfully det…
Jun
6
Princess Diana Shakes Hands with an AIDS Patient Without Gloves, 1991
By the time of this photograph, AIDS might have been more widely understood, but…
Jun
4
Acrobats Balance on Top of the Empire State Building: Behind the Famous 1934 Photo
The fearless ‘Three Jacksons,’ acrobats, Jarley Smith, Jewell Waddek, and Jimmy …
Jun
2
Under British Military Escort, Two Captured Luftwaffe Crewmen Walk Out of the London Underground, 1940
Under British military escort, two German Luftwaffe crewmen, an Unteroffizier (S…