Rare Color Photos Bring to Life the Front Lines in World War I
This post was originally published on this siteAlthough color photography has existed since at least 1879, it didn’t become popular until many decades later. The […]
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The Hacked Hands of the Belgian Congo: Horrifying Photos of Mutilated Congolese People in the Congo Free State
This post was originally published on this siteThe worst colonial crime ever, occurred at the turning point of the 20th century when the king of […]
Civil War Faces: Vintage Photos of Cavalry Soldiers in the 1860s
This post was originally published on this siteThe American Civil War saw cavalry tactics move largely away from the offensive towards the defensive, with the […]
Keeps Air-Raid Map Under His Hat, 1940
This post was originally published on this siteAlthough not quite so good as a steel helmet, the black derby hat owned by an Englishman living […]
Incredible Photos of Soviet Women Snipers in World War II
This post was originally published on this siteSoviet women played an important role in World War II (whose Eastern Front was known as the Great […]
Historical Pictures of Railway Guns From the American Civil War to World War II
This post was originally published on this siteFrom the days of catapults and trebuchets, military men have dreamed of the ultimate weapon that could smash […]
Rare Historical Photos of War Dogs Wearing Canine Gas Masks
This post was originally published on this siteThere was nothing more terrifying in the trenches than the call of a gas attack. Soldiers succumbed to […]
Suitcase Is Emergency Crib, 1940
This post was originally published on this siteUnable to bring a baby’s cot aboard a war-refugee ship from the Mediterranean island of Malta, an ingenious […]
Disturbing Picture of an Arizona War Worker, With a Human Skull, a Gift From Her Boyfriend
This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War II, some members of the United States military mutilated dead Japanese service personnel in the […]
The Irish Civil War Through Fascinating Photos
This post was originally published on this siteThe Irish Civil War (June 28, 1922 – May 24, 1923) was a conflict that followed the Irish […]
Fascinating Color Pictures of Life in My Tho, Vietnam Taken By a GI in 1969
This post was originally published on this site“My number had come up with the draft before my Jan 1968 graduation from Fresno State College,” writes […]
Holland House Library After an Air Raid in London, 1940
This post was originally published on this siteAn interior view of the bombed library at Holland House with readers apparently choosing books regardless of the […]
Gas Mask Designed for Typists, 1935
This post was originally published on this siteA type of gas mask, which slips over the head of an office typist in the event of […]
Photos of Women Workers in the Factories in London During World War II
This post was originally published on this siteThese women were all training in various London polytechnics to work in munitions factories during the early 1940s. […]
50 Historical Photographs of the Anglo-Egyptian Army in Sudan During the Battle of Omdurman
This post was originally published on this siteThe Battle of Omdurman took place in present-day Sudan during the Mahdist War (1881–1899). These photographs documented the […]
Glass Case Protects Baby From Poison Gas, 1938
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1938, masked nurses clad in gasproof rubber garments are testing out the latest invention of war-fearing Europe. […]
Rack Protects Food From Poison Gas, 1940
This post was originally published on this siteSupplies of food and drink can be protected from contamination by poison gas in case of wartime air […]
Intimate Portraits of the Tuskegee Airmen at Air Base in Italy During WWII
This post was originally published on this siteThe Tuskegee Airmen were a group of primarily African American military pilots and airmen who fought in World […]
Masks Tested With Real Poison Gas, 1933
This post was originally published on this siteTempting death daily is the lot of a few daring men in a London laboratory, where a steel-walled […]
Little Curies: Marie Curie and Her X-Ray Vehicles’ Contribution to World War I Battlefield Medicine
This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War I, Marie Curie recognized that wounded soldiers were best served if operated upon as soon […]
22 Vintage Photographs of Clark Gable Served in Uniform, Flew Combat Missions in World War II
This post was originally published on this siteClark Gable was an American hero. Not because of his superstar status where he earned the title “The […]
17 Amazing Vintage Japanese Gas Attack Posters, 1938
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1938, the Japanese Red Cross worked with government authorities to create a series of posters to teach […]
20 Historic Photos of USS Recruit, a Dreadnought Battleship Built in Union Square From 1917-1920
This post was originally published on this siteUSS Recruit was a wooden mockup of a dreadnought battleship constructed by the United States Navy in Manhattan […]
Amazing Historical Photos of the Great Patriotic War
This post was originally published on this siteThe Great Patriotic War is a term used in Russia and some other former republics of the Soviet […]
Vintage Photos of Type B Bus “Pigeon Loft” During World War I
This post was originally published on this siteFrom its start in the summer of 1914, the demands of the First World War provided the impetus […]