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Chinese-American waitress Ruth Lee with a flag of China to make clear she is chinese and no Japanese and avoid harrasment, December 1941
‘The Spanish Brute’, Anti-Spanish propaganda, July 1898
Crew of an upended Sherman II of the 7th Armoured Brigade enjoy a ‘brew’ with a US Soldier while waiting for a recovery team near the Gothic Line in Italy, 13 September 1944
The transformation of the Jolly Green Giant
One of the only known photos ever taken of British Queen Victoria smiling, 1897. Despite her reputation as a serious, humorless monarch (epitomized by the apocryphal quote ‘We are not amused’) those close to her considered the Queen to have quite a sense of humor. (1727×1348)
“The Jewish nose is bent. It looks like the number six…” Illustration from “The Poisonous Mushroom”, a collection of antisemetic children’s stories by Julius Streicher, 1938.
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Inhabitants of Turin watch the FIAT Lingotto plant burning and collapsing after an Allied air raid, 29 March 1944
«The evolution of the fighting man» between 1914 and 1918.
Grandpa and me (1 week) 1947
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.
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)
Take one before retiring… Sussan’s trio of tantalising tranquillisers. 1970s
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