Sep
21
Splatter Mask Worn by French Tank Gunners During WWI: A Cool Photo from 1918
A British splatter mask worn by a French tank gunner. It was designed to help pr…
Author: RHP
Sep
21
Colonial Belgian Congo: A Slave Father Gazing at His Daughter’s Severed Hand and Foot, 1904
The photograph was taken by Alice Seeley Harris, the man's name is Nsala. Here i…
Sep
19
Wormwood Street in London After the IRA Had Detonated a Truck Bomb, 1993
Bishopsgate, in the heart of the City of London, was the scene of a devastating …
Sep
17
The Big Three at the Tehran Conference, 1943
The Tehran was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and W…
Sep
17
SS Morro Castle Burnt and Shipwrecked Off the Coast of New Jersey, 1934
The SS Morro Castle, named after a fortress that guards Havana Bay, was a luxury…
Sep
13
Einstein Sticking His Tongue Out: The Story Behind an Iconic Photo, 1951
The shot was taken on Einstein’s 72nd birthday right after an event in his honor…
Sep
13
Atomic Annie Firing the First Atomic Artillery Shell in 1953: Rare Photos
The development of nuclear artillery was part of a broad push by nuclear weapons…
Sep
12
A German Woman Facing Public Humiliation Because of a Romantic Affair with a Polish Man, 1942
German racial laws were strictly enforced and sexual relationships between Germa…
Sep
10
Major General Horatio Gordon Robley with His Collection of Tattooed Maori Heads, 1895
Major-General Horatio Gordon Robley was a British army officer and artist who se…
Sep
9
Rare Photo of Kim Il-Sung’s Baseball Sized Tumor on His Neck, 1984
Kim Il-sung holds a unique position in North Korea; although dead since 1994, he…
Sep
9
Rare Photographs Capture the Assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia in 1934
The assassination of Alexander, first King of Yugoslavians, by Vlado Chernozemsk…
Sep
9
A Dutch Woman Entering Military Captivity with Her Husband, a German Soldier, 1944
A Dutch woman is seen here with her husband, a German soldier that she had marri…
Sep
9
The Dangerous Playgrounds of the Past Through Vintage Photographs, 1880s-1940s
If it seems like today’s kids have gotten “softer” compared to the kids decades …
Sep
8
John F. Kennedy Jr. Salutes his Father’s Casket in Washington, 1963
In the wake of JFK’s assassination, people around the world mourned and tried to…
Sep
7
A Beggar Running Alongside King George V’s Coach, 1920
It’s surprising that anyone could get so close to the king, considering that jus…
Sep
7
Night Fishing in Hawaii: A Cool Photo From 1948
Hawaiians used spears to fish in shallows or along rocky ledges, or underwater t…
Sep
2
The Prague Spring: Soviet Soldier Chasing Young Man Who Had Thrown Stones at a Tank, 1968
Prague Spring was a brief period of liberalization in Czechoslovakia under Alexa…
Sep
1
Aircraft Detection Before Radar: Old Photos from 1917-1940
Acoustic location was used from mid-WW1 to the early years of WW2 for the passiv…
Aug
26
Rare Photographs of the Reichstag Fire Incident in 1933
The Reichstag fire came amid “a campaign of unparalleled violence and bitterness…
Aug
25
Kiss of Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and East German President Honecker, 1986
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev embraces Erich Honecker, hardline communist and …