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…
Author: RHP
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…
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…
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 …