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Hostages in the Kikinda prison, 1941
’10 years of NATO’ — Swiss cartoon (May 1959, Nebelspatler magazine) celebrating the tenth anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty
This photo ‘Happiest Man in China’ was taken in 1901. The man didn’t know you’re supposed to be serious when posing for a photo
USS Salem (CA-139) on the evening of March 9, 2026
‘Endurance’ stuck in the ice 1915, Trapped and crushed by Antarctic pack ice, the crew of the Endurance survived nearly 500 days, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctica
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Young lady with her saddle shoes, working on them, either waxing them or painting them, circa 1950s
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American illustration (1939) showing Uncle Sam walking in on Nazis decorating American heroes and monuments with swastikas
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A penguin stands to attention next to a British soldier during the Falklands War, 1982
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By Graeme MacKay, 2022.
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My grandfather who died before I was born, probably circa 1940s during his military service at the Greek navy.
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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy at Waterloo Station – London in 1932
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HMS Victory in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, with HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth in the background
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My great-great-great grandparents on their 50th wedding anniversary, 1900.
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A Nazi Einsatzgruppen aims his rifle at a mother desperately shielding her child. Ivanhorod, occupied Ukraine, 1942.
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Three girls strolling past two British soldiers keeping watch for snipers after a spate of rioting in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (1981)
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Chinese poster showing Yasukuni Shrine (a controversial Japanse WW2 memorial) being destroyed by a cross with Nanjing massacre date engrained on it, China 2020.
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Japanese Navy JS Kongō and many other ships
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Antonio Rivera looks at his lawyer at a hearing. He and his ex-wife Merla Walpole were accused of murdering their daughter, who disappeared at age 3 in 1965. Nine months after the two were arrested, their daughter was found alive and adopted by a new family (San Bernardino, 1975) .
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Nate Beeler (2017)
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The father of Xi Jinping, leader of China, driven in a humiliation parade during the Cultural Revolution with a sign that says ‘Xi Zhongxun, traitor to the Party’ on September 1967
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Mother looks down at her little baby, circa 1900s.
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White supremacist terrorist Richard Snell, 64, speaks at his clemency hearing. He predicted there’d be a bombing on his execution day. That day, the Oklahoma City bombing happened. Snell, who had hours left to live, reportedly chuckled as he watched TV reports on it (Arkansas, 1995) .
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British fleet in the Maltese Grand Harbour illuminated on the occasion of Hirohito’s visit in 1921
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American soldiers in one of 40 carriages, containing a total of over 2.000 dead. (Dachau, 26th of April 1945) (440×327)
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On this day 39 years ago, Pennsylvania State Treasurer Budd Dwyer commits suicide during a live, televised press conference (Harrisburg, PA – January 22, 1987)
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