Apr
28
Toffs and Toughs: The Photo that Illustrates the Class Divide in Pre-War Britain, 1937
"Toffs and Toughs" is a 1937 photograph of five boys: two dressed in the Harrow …
Author: RHP
Apr
27
A Japanese Boy Standing at Attention after having Brought his Dead Younger Brother to a Cremation Pyre, 1945
Joe O'Donnell, the man who took this photo at Nagasaki, was sent by the U.S. mil…
Apr
24
A Sea of Hats in New York, 1930
A picture of a crowd in New York and there is not one unhatted head. Margaret Bo…
Apr
19
German Soldiers React to Footage of Concentration Camps, 1945
The image shows the faces of German prisoners of war, captured by Americans, wat…
Apr
17
The Kiss of Life: A Utility Worker Giving Mouth-To-Mouth to Co-Worker after He Contacted a Low Voltage Wire, 1967
Taken in 1967 by Rocco Morabito, this photo called "The Kiss of Life" …
Apr
15
Slave Shackle Being Removed by a British Sailor, 1907
This photograph shows a sailor removing the manacle from a newly freed slave. …
Apr
13
Photographs Show Stalin’s Son Yakov Dzhugashvili Captured by the Germans, 1941
Yakov Dzhugashvili, Stalin's elder son, served in the Red Army during the Second…
Apr
3
Hitler in Disguise: US Intelligence Images of How Hitler Could Have Disguised Himself
Towards the end of World War II, U.S. intelligence officials were afraid that th…
Apr
1
Rare Photographs Capture Trench Rats Killed by Terrier Dogs, 1916
The trench soldier of World War I had to cope with millions of rats. The omnipre…
Mar
31
Photos from the Last Public Execution by Guillotine, 1939
In the early morning of 17 June 1939, Eugène Weidmann became the last person to …
Mar
26
Cow Shoes Used by Moonshiners in the Prohibition Days to Disguise their Footprints, 1924
During the alcohol prohibition (1919-1933), the transportation and brewing/culti…
Mar
25
The Socialist Fraternal Kiss between Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker, 1979
The socialist fraternal kiss became famous via Erich Honecker and Leonid Brezhne…
Mar
25
The Story behind the “Easter Eggs for Hitler” Photograph, 1945
The two men in this photograph are Technical Sergeant William E. Thomas and Priv…
Mar
20
Photo of the Tceberg that Sunk the Titanic, 1912
Just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the ocean liner Titanic struck an iceber…
Mar
18
Vasily Blokhin: History’s Most Prolific Executioner
Vasily Blokhin is recorded as having executed tens of thousands of prisoners by …
Mar
16
Haunting Photographs of Berlin at the End of the World War II
Berlin after the War was a post-apocalyptic world. One of the largest and most m…
Mar
16
The Lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, 1930
On a hot August night in 1930, a crowd gathered in front of an Indiana jail — me…
Mar
13
Allied Soldiers Mock Hitler Atop his Balcony at the Reich Chancellery, 1945
The Russians were coming from the East, the Brits and Americans from the West, a…
Mar
11
Advertisement for Atabrine, an Anti-Malaria Drug, 1941
This sign was posted at the 363rd Station Hospital during World War II, in Papua…
Mar
11
Cabinet Ministers Lined Up for Execution after a Coup D’état in Liberia, 1980
On April 12, 1980, Samuel Doe led a military coup, killing President William R. …