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The bodies of two young children lying together who starved to death in Bergen-belsen concentration camp, April of 1945

Archive / 1981Added Nov 21, 2025

The bodies of two young children lying together who starved to death in Bergen-belsen concentration camp, April of 1945

Crisp glass negative of a irish mother with her children (7, 3 boys, 4 girls), Circa 1900.

Archive / 1982Added Nov 21, 2025

Crisp glass negative of a irish mother with her children (7, 3 boys, 4 girls), Circa 1900.

Gary Oldman and Natalie Portman on set of "Léon: The Professional", 1994

Archive / 1983Added Nov 20, 2025

Gary Oldman and Natalie Portman on set of "Léon: The Professional", 1994

Adrian Street, a Welsh professional wrestler, pictured with his father, a coal miner in 1974. Street later became known for ripping out chunks of Jimmy Savile's hair during a wrestling match after Savile had bragged about assaulting underage girls. (1227x1055)

Archive / 1984Added Nov 20, 2025

Adrian Street, a Welsh professional wrestler, pictured with his father, a coal miner in 1974. Street later became known for ripping out chunks of Jimmy Savile's hair during a wrestling match after Savile had bragged about assaulting underage girls. (1227x1055)

1917 US anti-metric system poster

Archive / 1985Added Nov 20, 2025

1917 US anti-metric system poster

6-year-old Teddy Roosevelt watching Lincoln’s funeral procession going through Union Square, NYC, April 24 1865.

Archive / 1986Added Nov 20, 2025

6-year-old Teddy Roosevelt watching Lincoln’s funeral procession going through Union Square, NYC, April 24 1865.

A Native American Couple, c1900-1915.

Archive / 1987Added Nov 20, 2025

A Native American Couple, c1900-1915.

A Harvest of Death. Photograph of the dead taken in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1863).

Archive / 1988Added Nov 20, 2025

A Harvest of Death. Photograph of the dead taken in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1863).

Charles Fields, 30, is taken into custody after his recapture. While serving a life term for rape, he was allowed to carry a pistol as a prison trusty. Fields used it to escape, steal 3 trucks, murder a farmer, and rape another woman, all in the span of just 90 minutes (Arkansas, 1962) .

Archive / 1989Added Nov 19, 2025

Charles Fields, 30, is taken into custody after his recapture. While serving a life term for rape, he was allowed to carry a pistol as a prison trusty. Fields used it to escape, steal 3 trucks, murder a farmer, and rape another woman, all in the span of just 90 minutes (Arkansas, 1962) .

Would you have a drink with her? 1960s

Archive / 1990Added Nov 19, 2025

Would you have a drink with her? 1960s

The youngest US Serviceman to serve and fight during WWII, Calvin Graham, who was serving in the United States Navy in 1942 at 12 years old as a gunner on the USS South Dakota.

Archive / 1991Added Nov 19, 2025

The youngest US Serviceman to serve and fight during WWII, Calvin Graham, who was serving in the United States Navy in 1942 at 12 years old as a gunner on the USS South Dakota.

"Aw, take the day off, pal, what have you got to lose? - Lay-Offs cost lives! - KEEP'EM FIRING!" WWII Poster - 1942

Archive / 1992Added Nov 19, 2025

"Aw, take the day off, pal, what have you got to lose? - Lay-Offs cost lives! - KEEP'EM FIRING!" WWII Poster - 1942

A Pawnee family, 1889

Archive / 1993Added Nov 19, 2025

A Pawnee family, 1889

Back in the 70s we would TP places and even people! 1970s

Archive / 1994Added Nov 18, 2025

Back in the 70s we would TP places and even people! 1970s

US Marines use a flamethrower to clear a tunnel of Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima Island, 1945.

Archive / 1995Added Nov 18, 2025

US Marines use a flamethrower to clear a tunnel of Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima Island, 1945.

A French woman has her head shaved by civilians as a penalty for having consorted with German troops, 1944

Archive / 1996Added Nov 18, 2025

A French woman has her head shaved by civilians as a penalty for having consorted with German troops, 1944

Miner father gives a warm smile to his little baby, Bertha Hill, West Virginia, September of 1938

Archive / 1997Added Nov 18, 2025

Miner father gives a warm smile to his little baby, Bertha Hill, West Virginia, September of 1938

Luftwaffe aces meet Hitler after an awards ceremony at the Berghof, 1944

Archive / 1998Added Nov 17, 2025

Luftwaffe aces meet Hitler after an awards ceremony at the Berghof, 1944

"Will the real Rhodesia please stand up?" Republic of Rhodesia, 1975

Archive / 1999Added Nov 17, 2025

"Will the real Rhodesia please stand up?" Republic of Rhodesia, 1975

Colombian police destroying cocaine after a major bust by dumping it at sea (Time magazine, 25 February 1985)

Archive / 2000Added Nov 17, 2025

Colombian police destroying cocaine after a major bust by dumping it at sea (Time magazine, 25 February 1985)