root

• 

  SHELL Research shrinks inappropriate traffic boners. 1938

  view more
• 

  The first two women to become lawyers in the state of Nebraska. My mother and her mentor, Margaret Fischer, 1970s

  view more
• 

  7 Oct 1943, Ottla Kafka, beloved sister of author Franz Kafka, was gassed on arrival at Auschwitz after volunteering to escort a group of orphans from the Terezin ghetto so they wouldn’t be afraid

  view more
• 

  Take one before retiring… Sussan’s trio of tantalising tranquillisers. 1970s

  view more
• 

  Actors Raymond Burr and Vic Perrin in a publicity still for CBS Radio’s Fort Laramie, 1956. This excellent show ran one season. The next year, Burr was cast as Perry Mason for television (more info below)

  view more
• 

  This is a photo of Lou Conter, who passed away today at the age 102. Lou was the last remaining survivor of the USS Arizona, which was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

  view more
• 

  Grandpa and me (1 week) 1947

  view more
• 

  «The evolution of the fighting man» between 1914 and 1918.

  view more
• 

  Inhabitants of Turin watch the FIAT Lingotto plant burning and collapsing after an Allied air raid, 29 March 1944

  view more
• 

  Istanbul 1905 vs Today

  view more
• 

  “The Sun Will Rise And We Will Try Again” 2008

  view more
• 

  Iraqi minister of information Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, better known in the west as “Baghdad Bob” during a wartime propaganda broadcast in 2003. Sahhaf was known for his colorful & widely mocked press briefings in which he often made ludicrous claims about Iraq’s military successes. (500×370)

  view more
• 

  Enjoying a drink on the final day before prohibition started in 1920.

  view more
• 

  “Stop US rockets. Secure worker’s places.” German Communist Party （1983）

  view more
• 

  “He’s a tough and rugged little guy with a look you have to love.” My Buddy from Hasbro, 1985

  view more
• 

  Do not desecrate the nature- 1960s

  view more
• 

  NOW… A new sanitary fixture for women’s restrooms… The Sanistand women’s urinal. American-Standard, 1950s

  view more
• 

  Typhoid Mary (foreground), very annoyed to be quarantined when she isn’t even sick. 1909,

  view more
• 

  My paternal grandparents on their wedding day

  view more
• 

  “Dad, about Afghanistan…” A sad caricature of the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, 2021

  view more

Previous505152Next