A wheatfield in the heart of Manhattan, 1982
This post was originally published on this siteBefore the high-rises, condos and financial centers of Battery Park City, the area behind the Twin Towers was […]
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The Trinity Test, the day the Nuclear Age began, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteUntil the atomic bomb could be tested, doubt would remain about its effectiveness. The world had never seen […]
A family during the Great Madras famine in India, 1876
This post was originally published on this siteThe Great Famine of 1876–78, also known as the Madras famine of 1877, covered a major part of […]
Women at War, 1939-1945
This post was originally published on this siteThe Second World War changed the United States for women, and women in turn transformed their nation. Over […]
The American Civil War in pictures (part 3), 1861-1865
This post was originally published on this siteThe American Civil War lasted for just four years, from 1861 to 1865 and it is often also […]
The American Civil War in pictures (part 2), 1861-1865
This post was originally published on this siteThe second part of the American Civil War photo collection coves the people of the Civil War: the […]
The American Civil War in pictures (part 1), 1861-1865
This post was originally published on this siteThe Civil War was certainly the most catastrophic event in American history. More than 600,000 Northerners and Southerners […]
The Pacific Theater in pictures, 1942-1945
This post was originally published on this siteAfter Pearl Harbor the Japanese quickly gained control over a huge area of the Pacific, from the Philippines […]
The Tiananmen Square protests in pictures, 1989
This post was originally published on this siteThe Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen Square Massacre were a series of demonstrations in […]