A matter of perspective. Commentary on how both sides of the Cold War saw themselves as standing small against a great threat. 1980s

During the siege of Leningrad in 1943, Belle the hippo survived the war thanks to her caretaker, Yevdokia Dashina.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1964 Civil Rights Act as Martin Luther King Jr. and others look on, July 2, 1964. LBJ Library photo by Cecil Stoughton.

We are going to bury Hitler face down’ — American postcard from the Second World War (ca. 1943) showing Hitler in a coffin. Artist: B. F. Long.

“After the battle” two cats wrapped in bandages 1914-1918