Oct
22
The Real Story of the “Wait for Me, Daddy” Photograph From 1940
“Wait for Me, Daddy” is an iconic photo taken by Claude P. Dettloff on October 1…
Author: RHP
Oct
22
Captured Soviet Soldier Dressed in SN-42 Body Armor, 1944
Portrait of a young Soviet prisoner of war in a steel breastplate SN-42, made of…
Oct
22
A 17-Year-Old Marcus Sarjeant Shoots Blanks at the Queen, 1981
On 13 June 1981, Marcus Sarjeant joined the crowds for Trooping the Colour,…
Oct
20
Fidel Castro at the Lincoln Memorial: Photo From 1959
Shortly after Fidel Castro took power in Cuba in 1959, he visited the United Sta…
Oct
20
Unboxing the Statue of Liberty Through Rare Photographs Taken in 1885
The Statue of Liberty was completed in Paris in June 1884, presented to America …
Oct
20
The Commander of an M48 Patton Tank Looks Through His Lens, 1967
Private First Class Kerry Nelson, an American M48 tank gunner of the 3rd Squadro…
Oct
18
Street Vendor Selling Mummies in Egypt: Rare Photo From 1865
During the Victorian era of the 1800s, Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt threw open t…
Oct
18
Dr. John Britton with the .357 Magnum He Carried for Protection When Visiting the Pensacola Ladies’ Centre to Perform Abortions, 1993
John Bayard Britton was an American physician who was murdered in Pensacola, Flo…
Oct
14
A Police Officer Issuing a Woman a Ticket for Wearing a Bikini on an Italian Beach, 1957
The name for the bikini design was coined in 1946 by French engineer Louis Réard…
Oct
14
Lviv Pogroms: Jewish People Chased and Brutally Murdered by Men and Youth Armed with Clubs, 1941
Chased by youth armed with clubs, this woman is fleeing from a "death dealer" wh…
Oct
14
The Story Behind the “Vive le Québec Libre” Photograph, 1967
On 24 July 1967, during a state visit to Expo '67, General Charles de Gaulle, pr…
Oct
13
French Cavalry with a Plane Flying Overhead, 1916
The old and the new in one picture. You can really see the direction warfare was…
Oct
13
Death Mask of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel: Taken in 1944
A death mask is a mold taken from a person's face after they have died. Death ma…
Oct
13
Saundra Brown, the First Black Woman on the Oakland Police Force, Gets Instructions on How to Shoot a Shotgun, 1970
This picture might look like marketing material based on the way she's holding t…
Oct
7
Vice President Rockefeller Gives the Middle Finger, 1976
Rockefeller, then vice-president of the United States, was on a campaign swing t…
Oct
7
Soviet Gym Teachers Parade in Moscow: An Odd Photo From 1956
The Russian word used in the original title, "физкультурники", is now usually tr…
Oct
7
V-J Day Kiss in Times Square: The Story Behind an Iconic Photograph, 1945
After four years of blackout, all the lights in Times Square went on as Mayor La…
Oct
5
A Weird Photo: Ku Klux Klan on a Ferris Wheel in 1926
On April 27, 1926, the Cañon City Daily Record ran a surprising bulletin on its …
Oct
5
Grigori Rasputin, Bishop Hermogenes and Hieromonk Iliodor in Tsaritsyn: Photo From 1906
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was a Russian peasant, mystical faith healer, and tr…
Oct
5
A Papuan Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel Guiding an Injured Australian Soldier Home, 1942
An Australian soldier, George "Dick" Whittington, is aided by Papuan orderly Rap…