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Photographs of Excited Dutch Boys Hanging on a Moving Train After the Liberation, 1945

February 19, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1945, photographer Menno Huizinga took these photos of excited Dutch boys hanging on the door of a […]

Shoot Around the Corner: The Krummlauf, a Gun With Bent-Barrel

January 17, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Krummlauf (English: “curved barrel”) is a bent barrel attachment for the Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle developed by […]

Vintage Photos of Japanese-American Life After the War in the 1940s

January 16, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn February 19, 1942, shortly after Imperial Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed […]

Vintage Photos of British Army and Royal Navy Celebrating Christmas in World War II

December 24, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteChristmas is one of the few times during the whole year people briefly pause their busy life to […]

Lee Miller and David Scherman: The Photographers Who Took a Bath in Hitler’s Apartment

October 30, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn April 30, 1945, photojournalists David E. Scherman and Lee Miller produced one of the most controversial photographic […]

Pictures of Veronica Foster – Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl and the Beautiful Woman War Worker of Canada in World War II

October 13, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteVeronica Foster (January 2, 1922 – May 4, 2000), popularly known as “Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl”, was […]

Women Testing the Guns They Made for World War II at the Inglis Munitions Plant in Ontario, Canada, 1944

September 21, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteTen pretty girls, all workers at the John Inglis Co. plant, line up with 10 Bren guns built […]

Miss War Worker Beauty Contest in Toronto, Canada, 1942

August 31, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn July 18, 1942, more than 100 contestants from Canada’s major military manufacturing plants vied for the title […]

A Soldier’s Face After Four Years of War, 1941-1945

August 19, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1941, Evgeny Stepanovich Kobytev was a young man ready to start his creative life as an artist […]

Sharing Bananas With a Goat During the Battle of Saipan, ca. 1944

August 13, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA lovely photo of marine First Sergeant Neil I. Shober of Fort Wayne, Indiana, sharing the spoils of […]

Rare Photographs of 18-Year-Old Ernest Hemingway in Italy During World War I

July 21, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the winter and spring of 1918, Ernest Hemingway churned out several feature stories for The Kansas City […]

The Story of August Landmesser, the Lone German Who Refused to Give a Nazi Salute on June 13, 1936

June 13, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn June 13, 1936, the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany held a ceremony to launch its […]

Incredible Vintage Photos of Belfast During German Air Raids in 1941

June 2, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBelfast is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan […]

Vintage Photos Capture Farewell Scenes at Penn Station in WWII

April 23, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAt the height of the Second World War, in April 1943, LIFE photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt came to Penn […]

British Baby Gas Masks From World War II

April 1, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese masks looks like deep-sea diving helmets but are in fact gas masks for babies, dating from World […]

As the Allies Approached Berlin, Citizens Did Their Best to Take Care of Berlin Zoo’s Animals

March 3, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOpened on 1 August 1844, the Zoologischer Garten Berlin was the first zoo in Germany. The aquarium opened […]

In 2015, 4 Survivors Posed With Iconic Auschwitz Photo 70 Years After the Notorious Death Camp Was Liberated

January 27, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 2015, child survivors of the holocaust who were photographed huddled together at notorious Auschwitz have been reunited […]

30 Incredible Vintage Photos of Warsaw Uprising Have Been Brought to Life After Colorized

January 13, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe intricate process of coloring black and white photographs has been carried out by Mikołaj Kaczmarek. The photographs […]

Rare Photographs Reveal British Soldiers Manning Anti-Aircraft Guns in Full Drag in World War II

January 10, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis set of photographs, taken by John Topham while working in RAF intelligence, was censored by the British […]

Shocking Photos of Germans Cutting Jews’ Beards in an Effort to Dehumanize and Psychologically Destabilize Their ‘Enemies’

December 20, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteMale Orthodox Jews considered their beards and sidekicks an important aspect of their religious identity. Shaving these off […]

Three Boys Behind Barbed Wire, 1944

December 4, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis photo is called “Three Boys Behind Barbed Wire”, taken by Toyo Miyatake in 1944. As a professional […]

Historic Photos of Jewish Removal to an Open-Air Ghetto in Poland in 1940

September 11, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHistorian Julia Werner discovered this set of photos in the Jewish Museum in Rendsburg, Germany, and they constitute […]

Love During WWII: 30 Cool Pics of a Couple of Lovers in the 1940s

July 23, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA set of cool pics from Daniel Schmid that captured portraits of his grandparents Gene and Maxine Schmidt during […]

Historic Picture Shows the Different Expressions of Six Polish Civilians Moments Before Death by Firing Squad, 1939

July 9, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteFacing the death –– This group of men show a wide range of emotions: the first from the […]

Sheets of Portrait Photos of the Frank Family, 1939

May 28, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site“Your child can smile, talk, or play and does not have to sit up or put on a […]

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