NoShitBlog / History

The past is
never far away.

People, places, and moments worth remembering. Explore historical photographs and stories from the world before ours.

Browse the journal

People & portraits Places & cultures Moments & memories

From the archive

6,745 posts / Page 96

in 1991 Bernie Sanders delivered a speech to an empty U.S congress, advising against military intervention in the Gulf War.

Archive / 1901Added Dec 6, 2025

in 1991 Bernie Sanders delivered a speech to an empty U.S congress, advising against military intervention in the Gulf War.

Arrest photos of IRA members Reginald Dunne and Joseph O'Sullivan, taken after the two assassinated fanatically anti-Irish British Field Marshal Henry Wilson on his front doorstep in London. The ensuing crisis was the immediate trigger for the Irish Civil War (Wandsworth Prison, 1922) .

Archive / 1902Added Dec 6, 2025

Arrest photos of IRA members Reginald Dunne and Joseph O'Sullivan, taken after the two assassinated fanatically anti-Irish British Field Marshal Henry Wilson on his front doorstep in London. The ensuing crisis was the immediate trigger for the Irish Civil War (Wandsworth Prison, 1922) .

Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi sobbing during the funeral of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel-Nasser, 1970. Gaddafi idolized Nasser & considered him to be his personal hero, he was so distraught throughout the service that he fainted multiple times (856x820)

Archive / 1903Added Dec 5, 2025

Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi sobbing during the funeral of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel-Nasser, 1970. Gaddafi idolized Nasser & considered him to be his personal hero, he was so distraught throughout the service that he fainted multiple times (856x820)

Two students take a smoking break at the Chelsea Arts Ball in 1954.

Archive / 1904Added Dec 5, 2025

Two students take a smoking break at the Chelsea Arts Ball in 1954.

“Second Amendment Scoreboard” (2010)

Archive / 1905Added Dec 5, 2025

“Second Amendment Scoreboard” (2010)

American film actress Veronica Lake illustrates what can happen to women war workers who wear their hair long while working at their benches, in a factory somewhere in America, on November 9, 1943.

Archive / 1906Added Dec 5, 2025

American film actress Veronica Lake illustrates what can happen to women war workers who wear their hair long while working at their benches, in a factory somewhere in America, on November 9, 1943.

A Dutch athlete receives a portrait of Adolf Hitler as a prize from General Schumann, The Netherlands, 1941

Archive / 1907Added Dec 4, 2025

A Dutch athlete receives a portrait of Adolf Hitler as a prize from General Schumann, The Netherlands, 1941

My great great great grandma, 1938

Archive / 1908Added Dec 4, 2025

My great great great grandma, 1938

Ava Gardner, in her famous “mug” shot in 1942

Archive / 1909Added Dec 4, 2025

Ava Gardner, in her famous “mug” shot in 1942

An American solider, smoking on a ledge overlooking the German town of Cochem. January 9th, 1919.

Archive / 1910Added Dec 4, 2025

An American solider, smoking on a ledge overlooking the German town of Cochem. January 9th, 1919.

African-Americans protest against the Vietnam war during the Harlem Peace March, 1967

Archive / 1911Added Dec 4, 2025

African-Americans protest against the Vietnam war during the Harlem Peace March, 1967

Benito Mussolini with his nose in a bandage after being shot by Violet Gibson. He had turned his head at the last so the bullet merely grazed his nose. 1926 (1080x1080)

Archive / 1912Added Dec 4, 2025

Benito Mussolini with his nose in a bandage after being shot by Violet Gibson. He had turned his head at the last so the bullet merely grazed his nose. 1926 (1080x1080)

Two Children (Norwegian 1942)

Archive / 1913Added Dec 4, 2025

Two Children (Norwegian 1942)

Marguerite Headen sits with a photo of her late husband, John M. Smith, who went MIA with 2 other U.S. Marines in Okinawa in 1945. Their remains had just been identified. The three were murdered in retaliation for raping local women. Headen was in total denial of the story (Ohio, 2000) .

Archive / 1914Added Dec 3, 2025

Marguerite Headen sits with a photo of her late husband, John M. Smith, who went MIA with 2 other U.S. Marines in Okinawa in 1945. Their remains had just been identified. The three were murdered in retaliation for raping local women. Headen was in total denial of the story (Ohio, 2000) .

Pregnant woman modeling at a fashion show at San Jacinto Mall in Baytown, TX put on by Lee College fashion merchandising management class (1985)

Archive / 1915Added Dec 3, 2025

Pregnant woman modeling at a fashion show at San Jacinto Mall in Baytown, TX put on by Lee College fashion merchandising management class (1985)

US Army soldier Jonathan Millantz (left) and Lt. Phil Blanchard (right) smile as an Iraqi detainee is forced to hold up a large wooden board. Millantz claims the detainee held the board for 45 minutes until his wrists eventually broke from the strain. (Approx 2003)

Archive / 1916Added Dec 3, 2025

US Army soldier Jonathan Millantz (left) and Lt. Phil Blanchard (right) smile as an Iraqi detainee is forced to hold up a large wooden board. Millantz claims the detainee held the board for 45 minutes until his wrists eventually broke from the strain. (Approx 2003)

US WW1 Poster : True Blue. 1919.

Archive / 1917Added Dec 3, 2025

US WW1 Poster : True Blue. 1919.

"A child was born", a father pictured giving his newborn child thumbs-up from outside a window. Soviet Union 1977

Archive / 1918Added Dec 3, 2025

"A child was born", a father pictured giving his newborn child thumbs-up from outside a window. Soviet Union 1977

A Xenomorph chilling behind the scenes of Alien 3 (1992)

Archive / 1919Added Dec 2, 2025

A Xenomorph chilling behind the scenes of Alien 3 (1992)

Kodachrome shot of a lady ready to go out, 1955.

Archive / 1920Added Dec 2, 2025

Kodachrome shot of a lady ready to go out, 1955.