Mar
8
French Female Collaborators Punished by Having Their Heads Shaved to Publicly Mark Them, 1944
French women who befriended the Nazis, through coerced, forced, or voluntary rel…
Author: RHP
Mar
7
About 100 People Participate in a Lottery to Divide a 12 Acre Plot of Sand Dunes, that would Later become the City of Tel Aviv, 1909
In 1909 a number of Jewish residents decided to move to a healthier environment,…
Mar
6
Al Capone’s Soup Kitchen during the Great Depression, 1931
Al Capone started one of the first soup kitchens. The kitchen employed a few peo…
Feb
27
The Unbroken Seal on King Tutankhamun’s Tomb, 1922
This seal was actually a seal to King Tut’s fifth shrine. The king was buried in…
Feb
27
John F. Kennedy’s Coffin Lies in State in the Capitol Rotunda, 1963
On November 24, 1963, about 300,000 people watched a horse-drawn caisson, which …
Feb
27
Named by Life Magazine as the “The Most Beautiful Suicide”: Evelyn McHale Leapt to her Death from the Empire State Building, 1947
This powerful photo taken by Robert C. Wiles was published as a full-page image …
Feb
23
Two American Soldiers Inspect a Destroyed German King Tiger Tank, 1944
Two American soldiers inspect a destroyed German King Tiger tank and at the same…
Feb
21
Terry Sawchuk – The Face of a Hockey Goalie Before Masks Became Standard Game Equipment, 1966
This face belongs to Terry Sawchuk, a 36-year-old goalie for the Toronto Maple L…
Feb
19
American Nazi Organization Rally at Madison Square Garden, 1939
Supposedly 22,000 Nazi supporters attended a German American Bund rally at New Y…
Feb
19
A Punt Gun: Used for Duck Hunting but were Banned because they Depleted Stocks of Wild Fowl, 1910-1920
A punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th …
Feb
16
Nazi General Anton Dostler is Tied to a Stake Before his Execution by a Firing Squad, 1945
General Anton Dostler was a general of the infantry in the regular German Army d…
Feb
13
Photo of The Fat Man Atomic Bomb on Transport Carriage, 1945
It's so odd to see that an object roughly the same size as a large car can destr…
Feb
9
The German Embassy in Sweden Flying the Flag at Half Mast the Day Hitler Died, 1945
The embassy is an official state function and since the Third Reich outlived Hit…
Feb
7
Photos of Federal Ironclad USS Galena Showing Some Battle Damage, 1862
It’s amazing that this broadside ironclad was designed and built without the aid…
Feb
6
Adolf Hitler During his Stay in a Military Hospital, 1918
In October 1918, Hitler and several comrades were temporarily blinded due t…
Feb
5
Smart, Beautiful, and Deadly: 19-Year-Old Soviet Sniper Roza Shanina with 59 Confirmed Kills, 1945
Roza Shanina was a Soviet sniper during World War II who was credited with fifty…
Jan
30
German Soldiers Take Boots and Other Equipment from Dead American Soldiers at a Crossroads in Belgium, 1944
These American soldiers probably got ambushed by German machine guns when they w…
Jan
28
Photographs Capture the First Bananas in Norway, 1905
This is one of the first batches of bananas that was sent to Norway. It had a we…
Jan
28
Muhammad Ali Knocks Out Cleveland Williams at the Astrodome, Houston, 1966
A dramatic overhead shot by Neil Leifer, generally regarded as one of the greate…
Jan
22
Harold Agnew Carrying the Plutonium Core of the Nagasaki Fat Man Bomb, 1945
A somewhat odd photo and not terribly exciting unless you are aware of the detai…