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Vintage color photos show WWII air cadets in training at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, 1942

January 2, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis collection of photos from Naval Air Station Corpus Christi during World War II shows the American war […]

The Knickerbocker Storm: Photographs from the historic blizzard that ended in tragedy, 1922

December 25, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the recorded history of Washington, DC the Knickerbocker storm remains unsurpassed, both for the amount of snow […]

Rare photographs of NASA’s massive wind tunnels used to test aircraft, 1925-1990

December 24, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteAll NASA craft must undergo complete testing through one of the administration’s 42 major wind tunnels and it’s […]

Inside California Alligator Farm where kids could ride and play with alligators, 1920s

December 23, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1907, Joseph “Alligator Joe” Campbell and Francis Victor Earnest Sr. relocated an alligator farm in Hot Springs, […]

Women workers of World War II: These color photos show the real-life Rosie the Riveters, 1941-1943

December 18, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteMore so than any war in history, World War II was a woman’s war. Women, motivated by patriotism, […]

Stunning photos from the time when oil derricks loomed all over California beaches, 1910-1955

December 18, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Golden State got its nickname from the Sierra Nevada gold that lured so many miners and settlers […]

Pictures of Graf Zeppelin over Chicago that left the onlookers in complete awe, 1929

December 14, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese vintage photographs show the airship Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 flying over Chicago in August 1929, on the […]

Harlem Hellfighters: Rare photographs of the African American regiment renowned for courage despite prejudice, 1917-1918

December 13, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Hellfighters, the infantry regiment of the New York Army National Guard, was the most celebrated African American […]

When Hitler’s nephew moved to America and joined the US Navy to fight his uncle, 1911-1947

December 8, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteWilliam Patrick Stuart-Houston (né Hitler), son of Alois Hitler Jr, was the half-nephew of Adolf Hitler. He was […]

The Great Chicago Fire and the unimaginable destruction seen through rare photographs, 1871

December 6, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn the evening of October 8, 1871, more than 300,000 weary residents of the great city of Chicago […]

Aboard the USS Brooklyn: These photographs document the lives of sailors on a 1896 warship

December 6, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteUSS Brooklyn, the third United States Navy armored cruiser, was completed in 1896 in Cramp, New York, and […]

Magnificent pictures of New York’s old Penn Station before it was demolished, 1910-1963

December 2, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring the first half of the twentieth century, the original Pennsylvania Station was one of New York City’s […]

Robert McGee, the man who was scalped as a child by Native American warriors, 1864

November 29, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteRobert McGee is one of the few people in American frontier history to survive having his flesh ripped […]

Vibrant color photographs of Chicago’s Rail Yards taken by Jack Delano, 1940s

November 24, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1942 and 1943, the Farm Security Administration photographer Jack Delano spent time in the rail yards of […]

These color photos capture the newly-recruited tank crews training at Fort Knox, 1942

November 20, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1942, Office of War Information photographer Alfred T. Palmer visited Fort Knox and captured these spectacular photos […]

Space colonies of the future as imagined by NASA in the 1970s

November 18, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the summer of 1975, at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California, a team of NASA and Stanford […]

These photos follow the journey of an average young man into a skilled and disciplined soldier, 1942

November 14, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring the early years of World War II, various initiatives were undertaken by the US government in order […]

Vintage photos show the spectacular engineering feat that brought drinking water to New York City, 1906-1917

November 14, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese incredible vintage photos show how one of the world’s greatest engineering feats was created in 1906-1915 to […]

Amazing color photos show the festivities at the Rutland State Fair in Vermont, 1941

November 12, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Rutland State Fair in Rutland, Vermont, renamed the Vermont State Fair in 1972, is one of the […]

A glimpse at the everyday life on a Native American reservation, 1972

November 6, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1972, the United States federal government, which was looking to document living conditions among Native American communities, […]

The photo that captured the First View of Earth from the Moon, 1966

November 6, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteFor thousands of years, humans could only speculate what the Earth looked like. This changed on August 23, […]

World’s largest log cabin: The magnificent Forestry Building in Portland that was lost in a fire, 1905

November 5, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteKnown as the “world’s largest log cabin,” the Forestry Building was constructed as part of Portland’s Lewis and […]

Vintage photos show the chaotic holiday shopping in New York City, 1910

November 2, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese amazing vintage photos show what it was like to go holiday shopping in New York City in […]

NASA survival training: When astronauts had to train for survival in deserts and jungles, 1960s

November 1, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteAll NASA astronaut groups were given a series of survival courses to prepare them for expected landings in […]

The daredevil sky boys who built the Empire State Building, 1930-1931

October 27, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe only thing as impressive as the Empire State Building are the men who built it and during […]

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