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Carol waiting for her date, 1952

Archive / 1881Added Dec 10, 2025

Carol waiting for her date, 1952

On this day (1978) Microsoft took its first staff photo

Archive / 1882Added Dec 9, 2025

On this day (1978) Microsoft took its first staff photo

The Maiden, a child found frozen on the volcano Llullaillaco in Argentina, The photograph was taken shortly after her discovery in 1995

Archive / 1883Added Dec 9, 2025

The Maiden, a child found frozen on the volcano Llullaillaco in Argentina, The photograph was taken shortly after her discovery in 1995

“The Rape of Europa”, a painting by Ilya Glazunov, 2012

Archive / 1884Added Dec 9, 2025

“The Rape of Europa”, a painting by Ilya Glazunov, 2012

Darrell Night talks to the press after the convictions of two police officers who left him to die. He exposed the decades-long practice of "starlight tours", in which police drove indigenous people to the outskirts of cities and left them to die in sub-zero temperatures (Canada, 2001) .

Archive / 1885Added Dec 9, 2025

Darrell Night talks to the press after the convictions of two police officers who left him to die. He exposed the decades-long practice of "starlight tours", in which police drove indigenous people to the outskirts of cities and left them to die in sub-zero temperatures (Canada, 2001) .

6 sisters and 1 photobombing dad

Archive / 1886Added Dec 9, 2025

6 sisters and 1 photobombing dad

The body of Leander Shaw after his lynching. Roughly a dozen people scaled the rear walls of the jail, took Shaw from his cell, dragged him to a plaza, and hanged him from an electric pole. Shaw was then shot over 500 times (Florida, 1908) .

Archive / 1887Added Dec 8, 2025

The body of Leander Shaw after his lynching. Roughly a dozen people scaled the rear walls of the jail, took Shaw from his cell, dragged him to a plaza, and hanged him from an electric pole. Shaw was then shot over 500 times (Florida, 1908) .

Disneyland in 1955!

Archive / 1888Added Dec 8, 2025

Disneyland in 1955!

A photo of Congressman William A. Hall. Originally from Portland, Maine, he gained notoriety for presiding at the 1855 trial of Celia, a 19-year-old slave who killed her master, who'd been raping her for years. Celia was executed after Hall ruled that she had no right to defend herself .

Archive / 1889Added Dec 8, 2025

A photo of Congressman William A. Hall. Originally from Portland, Maine, he gained notoriety for presiding at the 1855 trial of Celia, a 19-year-old slave who killed her master, who'd been raping her for years. Celia was executed after Hall ruled that she had no right to defend herself .

Competing posters in the New York City subway, circa 2012.

Archive / 1890Added Dec 8, 2025

Competing posters in the New York City subway, circa 2012.

Pakistani dictator Yahya Khan dying under house arrest, late 1970's. in 1971 Khan presided over the Bangladeshi genocide, in which the Pakistani military murdered & raped hundreds of thousands of its own citizens. After years of extremely heavy drinking, Khan had a stroke & died in 1980 (1300x852)

Archive / 1891Added Dec 8, 2025

Pakistani dictator Yahya Khan dying under house arrest, late 1970's. in 1971 Khan presided over the Bangladeshi genocide, in which the Pakistani military murdered & raped hundreds of thousands of its own citizens. After years of extremely heavy drinking, Khan had a stroke & died in 1980 (1300x852)

1985 trailer park family

Archive / 1892Added Dec 8, 2025

1985 trailer park family

Grandma enjoyed a smoke and a drink after dinner in the 1960s

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Grandma enjoyed a smoke and a drink after dinner in the 1960s

A photo taken of Dr. Oskar Dirlewanger shortly before he was sent to a concentration camp for child molestation. Dirlewanger was later freed due to his Nazi Party connections and placed in charge of a Waffen-SS unit composed mainly of convicted murderers and rapists (Germany, 1934) .

Archive / 1894Added Dec 7, 2025

A photo taken of Dr. Oskar Dirlewanger shortly before he was sent to a concentration camp for child molestation. Dirlewanger was later freed due to his Nazi Party connections and placed in charge of a Waffen-SS unit composed mainly of convicted murderers and rapists (Germany, 1934) .

The serbian Black Hand terrorist group which later assasinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. 1911-1915.

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The serbian Black Hand terrorist group which later assasinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. 1911-1915.

Operators on a switchboard 1960s

Archive / 1896Added Dec 7, 2025

Operators on a switchboard 1960s

Suspected Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem being escorted by South Vietnamese soldiers, just moments before his infamous execution, which was caught on camera. Saigon during the Tet Offensive, February 1968.

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Suspected Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem being escorted by South Vietnamese soldiers, just moments before his infamous execution, which was caught on camera. Saigon during the Tet Offensive, February 1968.

"Some have no comment" (Dana Summers, 1988)

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"Some have no comment" (Dana Summers, 1988)

Soviet officials view the remains of cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov after the Soyuz 1 crash, USSR, April 1967

Archive / 1899Added Dec 6, 2025

Soviet officials view the remains of cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov after the Soyuz 1 crash, USSR, April 1967

Drivers license in 1974

Archive / 1900Added Dec 6, 2025

Drivers license in 1974