Aug
29
Bloody Saturday: A Crying Chinese Baby Amid the Bombed-Out Ruins of Shanghai’s South Railway Station, 1937
"Bloody Saturday" - Depicting a Chinese baby crying within the bombed-out ruins …
Author: RHP
Aug
9
Neil Armstrong Photographed Just Minutes after Becoming the First Man to Walk on the Moon, 1969
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to ever walk on the moon, …
Jul
24
Luftwaffe Aces Meet Hitler after an Awards Ceremony at the Berghof in 1944
Adolf Hitler chats with his flying aces from Luftwaffe after an awards ceremony …
Jun
23
The Burning Monk: The Story behind the 1963 Iconic Photo
In June of 1963, Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk Thích Quang Duc burned himsel…
May
25
Deputy Mayor Ernst Kurt Lisso and His Family after Committing Suicide by Cyanide to Avoid Capture by US Troops, 1945
As the Red Army and the Western Allies pressed closer and closer to Berlin suici…
Apr
27
A Guard of Honor Passes Out as Queen Elizabeth II Rides Past during the Trooping the Colour Parade, 1970
In the strict world of British military protocol, there are even rules on how to…
Mar
14
Emaciated British Soldiers after their Release from Japanese Captivity in Singapore, 1945
Five emaciated former prisoners of war sitting on the steps of an ambulance in S…
Jan
25
A Girl who Grew Up in a War Zone Draws a Picture of “Home” while Living in a Residence for Disturbed Children, 1948
This extraordinary picture taken in 1948 by David Seymour, one of Magnum Photos’…
Jan
18
John F. Kennedy Campaigns in Rural West Virginia, Precariously Perched on a High-Chair to Deliver his Speech, 1960
While part of every candidate's retinue, security was simply not the pressing pu…
Dec
13
The Solvay Conference: Probably the Most Intelligent Picture Ever Taken, 1927
The Solvay Conference, founded by the Belgian industrialist Ernest Solvay in 191…
Nov
23
Rudolf Hoess: The Commandant of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, is Hanged Next to the Crematorium at the Camp, 1947
Rudolf Hoess (Rudolf Höss) was the architect and commandant of the largest killi…
Nov
16
Highway of Death: The Result of American Forces Bombing Retreating Iraqi Forces in Kuwait, 1991
On Sunday 24, February 1991, allied forces launched a combined ground, air, and …
Oct
19
Italian Cavalry School Through Old Photographs from 1906
In the first decades of the 20th century, the Italian Cavalry School at Tor di Q…
Oct
4
Muslim Members of the Waffen-SS 13th Division at Prayer during their Training in Germany, 1943
The photo is taken during the division training at Neuhammer. The romantic notio…
Sep
25
The Story behind the Iconic Photo of a Soldier Wearing a Hand-Lettered “War is Hell” Slogan on his Helmet during the Vietnam War in 1965
AP photojournalist Horst Faas took this iconic photo on June 18, 1965, during th…
Sep
21
The Shells from an Allied Creeping Bombardment on German Lines, 1916
A lone soldier surrounded by a mountain of empty shell cases, France. This lone …
Sep
10
The Iconic Photo of a Mother and her Daughter Falling from a Fire Escape, 1975
A nineteen-year-old and her two-year-old niece and goddaughter are hurled off a …
Sep
6
A Bizarre Photo of an Elephant-Mounted Machine-Gun from 1914
An American corporal aims a Colt M1895 atop a Sri Lankan elephant. The reason wh…
Sep
3
Actress Marlene Dietrich Kisses a Soldier Returning Home from War, 1945
This photo shows Marlene Dietrich passionately kissing an American soldier as he…
Aug
29
An Old-School Method of Testing Football Helmets from 1912
In professional football, the only line of defense against head injury is the he…