Aug
26
The Five Races of Mankind According to This German Poster from 1911
The picture/poster shows five men representing five different cultural spheres: …
Author: RHP
Aug
23
Rare Color Photos from Pre-War Nazi Germany, 1933-1939
The photos on display here are taken by Hugo Jager, a former personal photograph…
Aug
23
The Falling Soldier: The Story Behind this Iconic Photograph, 1936
The Falling Soldier became famous for the way it seems to capture, with terrifyi…
Aug
22
Vintage Photos of Lesbian Couples at Le Monocle Nightclub, Paris, 1932
During the 1920s Paris had gained a reputation for the variety of its nighttime …
Aug
18
The Remains of the Astronaut Vladimir Komarov, a Man who Fell from Space, 1967
Mankind's road to the stars had its unsung heroes. One of them was the Soviet co…
Aug
17
Simone Segouin in Photos: The 18-year-old French Resistance Fighter, 1944
Members of the French Resistance are photographed in the midst of a battle again…
Aug
13
Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces with Gas Masks and Rubber Gloves during a Chemical Attack, Battle of Shanghai, 1937
Japanese marines landed north and south of Shanghai. This picture may have been …
Aug
10
A Refugee Carrying his Cholera-Stricken Wife Away from the Fighting during the Bangladesh War, 1971
This photo is taken during the Bangladesh Liberation War. The atrocities of this…
Aug
7
Margaret Thatcher in Falkland Islands after Argentina’s Surrender, 1983
Thatcher is surrounded by troops on a visit to Goose Green in January 1983, wher…
Aug
3
Rare Photos of Stalin’s Body Double from the 1940s
For decades, rumors circulated in Russia that Joseph Stalin had a “twin” who rep…
Aug
1
Terrifying Photo of a Shell Shocked Soldier from 1916
A shell shocked soldier in a trench during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette durin…
Jul
29
The Priest and the Dying Soldier: The Story of an Iconic Photo from 1962
Navy chaplain Luis Padilla gives last rites to a soldier wounded by sniper fire …
Jul
27
A Jewish Woman who is Concealing her Face Sits on a Park Bench Marked “Only for Jews”, 1938
The Holocaust was a gradual process. The Nazis didn't start mass extermination w…
Jul
19
NASA Scientists with their Board of Calculations, 1957
Before the days of computers, employees at NASA would have to go about conveying…
Jul
17
Conrad Schumann Defects to West Berlin, 1961: Story and Photos
Conrad Schumann was immortalized in this photograph as he leapt across the barri…
Jul
15
The Post-War Ruins of Dresden Through Rare Photographs, 1945
At the end of World War II, the city of Dresden was in ruins, all its buildings …
Jul
12
Candid Photographs of Einstein at the Beach in 1939
Pictured here in September 1939, Einstein relaxes on the beach near his Long Isl…
Jul
10
The Story Behind the Female IRA Fighter Photograph, 1970s
The photo was taken by the Irish photographer Colman Doyle. The original caption…
Jul
5
Body of Frozen Soviet Soldier Propped up by Finnish Fighters to Intimidate Soviet Troops, 1939
Finnish defenders sometimes, though very rarely, took fallen frozen Russian sold…
Jul
3
Photographs of Hitler’s Triumphant Tour of Paris in 1940
One day after France signed the armistice with Germany in June 1940, Adolf Hitle…