Oct
28
Anna Coleman Ladd Making Masks Worn by French Soldiers with Mutilated Faces: Photos From 1918
World War I caused the death of millions of combatants and civilians, while coun…
Author: RHP
Oct
28
The Speed with Which They Built the Empire State Building in 1931
The idea for the Empire State Building is said to have been born of a competitio…
Oct
27
Queen Elizabeth II Addresses a Vast Gathering of More than a Quarter of a Million in India, 1961
The first monarch to be crowned after India’s independence from British colonial…
Oct
25
Three Schoolgirls Skating Home From School While Passing Blocks of Destroyed Houses in Essen, 1949
Three German girls skate home from school past blocks of houses destroyed by All…
Oct
22
Soviet Soldiers Openly Sexually Harass a German Woman in Leipzig, 1945
Soviet soldiers openly sexually harass a passing German woman near the West Hall…
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…
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…