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

Archive / 1921Added Dec 2, 2025

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

LBJ visiting Eisenhower at Walter Reed after Ike's 7th heart attack in 1968.

Archive / 1922Added Dec 2, 2025

LBJ visiting Eisenhower at Walter Reed after Ike's 7th heart attack in 1968.

“Bhopal gas disaster girl”, taken on December 4th, 1984, a day after the disaster, killed thousands .

Archive / 1923Added Dec 2, 2025

“Bhopal gas disaster girl”, taken on December 4th, 1984, a day after the disaster, killed thousands .

Young Girl 1947, drives about in her Tiny Car, NYC

Archive / 1924Added Dec 1, 2025

Young Girl 1947, drives about in her Tiny Car, NYC

Dukakis in search of a running mate (1988)

Archive / 1925Added Dec 1, 2025

Dukakis in search of a running mate (1988)

Winston Churchill seen in 1928 building a cottage at his Chartwell estate, used bricklaying to balance his writing, joking he produced “200 bricks and 2,000 words a day.” Later that year he even joined the Amalgamated Union of Building Trades Workers as a bricklayer. .

Archive / 1926Added Dec 1, 2025

Winston Churchill seen in 1928 building a cottage at his Chartwell estate, used bricklaying to balance his writing, joking he produced “200 bricks and 2,000 words a day.” Later that year he even joined the Amalgamated Union of Building Trades Workers as a bricklayer. .

2 suspect in police custody following their failed robbery of a Manhattan restaurant,1956

Archive / 1927Added Dec 1, 2025

2 suspect in police custody following their failed robbery of a Manhattan restaurant,1956

My grandma and her brothers in front of their fathers store, 1939

Archive / 1928Added Dec 1, 2025

My grandma and her brothers in front of their fathers store, 1939

My mom and her best friend, 1967

Archive / 1929Added Dec 1, 2025

My mom and her best friend, 1967

16th October, 1946. Hermann Goering lay dead after committing suicide by swallowing a cyanide pill he smuggled into his cell, 2 hours before he was due to be hung. Photo by Edward F. McLaughlin.

Archive / 1930Added Nov 30, 2025

16th October, 1946. Hermann Goering lay dead after committing suicide by swallowing a cyanide pill he smuggled into his cell, 2 hours before he was due to be hung. Photo by Edward F. McLaughlin.

A North Vietnamese Army officer laughs at the peace symbol necklace of a captured American soldier, North Vietnam, 1973.

Archive / 1931Added Nov 30, 2025

A North Vietnamese Army officer laughs at the peace symbol necklace of a captured American soldier, North Vietnam, 1973.

If This Muslim Woman Offends You, You Are A Bigot, Racist, Sexist, Islamphobe (2017)

Archive / 1932Added Nov 30, 2025

If This Muslim Woman Offends You, You Are A Bigot, Racist, Sexist, Islamphobe (2017)

Boy posing proudly in his double breasted winter coat, Worcester, circa, 1902.

Archive / 1933Added Nov 30, 2025

Boy posing proudly in his double breasted winter coat, Worcester, circa, 1902.

Picture of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved up to 100.000 Hungarian Jews by issuing Swedish protective passports, June 1944

Archive / 1934Added Nov 30, 2025

Picture of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved up to 100.000 Hungarian Jews by issuing Swedish protective passports, June 1944

The Picture shows Hitler smiling after hearing about France surrender June 17, 1940

Archive / 1935Added Nov 29, 2025

The Picture shows Hitler smiling after hearing about France surrender June 17, 1940

Crisp glass negative of an irish family, 21 of May 1919.

Archive / 1936Added Nov 29, 2025

Crisp glass negative of an irish family, 21 of May 1919.

Adolf Hitler’s Walther PP (.32 ACP), a 50th-birthday gift from the Walther family in 1939, features gold inlays and ivory grips. It sold to a private collector in 1987 for $114,000 and is now estimated to be worth millions.

Archive / 1937Added Nov 29, 2025

Adolf Hitler’s Walther PP (.32 ACP), a 50th-birthday gift from the Walther family in 1939, features gold inlays and ivory grips. It sold to a private collector in 1987 for $114,000 and is now estimated to be worth millions.

A woman paying for her groceries with a check, 1970s.

Archive / 1938Added Nov 29, 2025

A woman paying for her groceries with a check, 1970s.

Portugal is not a small country! A 1950s postcard comparing Portugal to the USA.

Archive / 1939Added Nov 29, 2025

Portugal is not a small country! A 1950s postcard comparing Portugal to the USA.

Soviet soldier Bakhretdin Khakimov. Left: 1980 (declared KIA). Right: 2013 (found living as a healer in Herat). He had forgotten the Russian language entirely.

Archive / 1940Added Nov 29, 2025

Soviet soldier Bakhretdin Khakimov. Left: 1980 (declared KIA). Right: 2013 (found living as a healer in Herat). He had forgotten the Russian language entirely.