Tag: Historical Photos

The entrance to Manzanar. Manzanar, Spanish for “apple orchard,” began soon after 1900 in the dream of a fruit-growing empire and today is a national […]

Historically, armor has served as a critical component in the survival and success of warriors on the battlefield. Beyond its practical purpose of protection, armor […]

Last updated on April 3rd, 2024 at 09:11 pm History is more than just innovations and triumphs. In truth, much of it involves numerous instances […]

Last updated on June 24th, 2024 at 12:45 am There’s cool, and then there’s the timeless “old-school cool.” Whether it’s the punks of the 1980s […]

Born in New York City in 1949, Sigourney Weaver has become a seminal figure in Hollywood, especially known for her groundbreaking role as Ellen Ripley […]

A girl and her father play a game of checkers. Flying First Class in the 1960s. A snack on a Scandinavian Airlines flight, 1969 KLM […]

Part of the shells which form the roof of the Sydney Opera House, still under construction after 10 years of work. In April 2003 Jørn […]

U.S. troops disembark from a landing vehicle on Utah Beach on the coast of Normandy, France in June of 1944. Carcasses of destroyed vehicles litter […]

“The New-Fangled Barber”. In 1899, a group of French illustrators led by Jean-Marc Côté was tasked with imagining what France would look like in the […]

While the First World War witnessed the development of modern, technological warfare, it also made unprecedented demands on what we might see as archaic methods […]