1936 The 1936 Berlin Olympics: A Display of Nazi Propaganda and Power
This photograph captures the chilling atmosphere of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The image displays a ma...
1944 Woman Machinist at Work: Kodachrome WWII Factory Scene, August 1944
This striking Kodachrome photograph, captured in August 1944, illustrates the pivotal role of women in the American indu...
1941 HMS Edinburgh: The Tragic Loss of Soviet Gold in 1942
This photograph depicts the Town-class light cruiser HMS Edinburgh (16) at sea during the height of World War II. Launch...
1944 B-24 Liberator Nose Art: The Story of It Ain't So Funny (1944)
This photograph captures the elaborate nose art of the B-24 Liberator, serial number 44-49853, nicknamed 'It Ain't So Fu...
1944 Japanese Operational Map: Luzon Campaign, December 1944
This rare historical document is an original Japanese operational map detailing troop movements on the island of Luzon d...
1906 Maud Allan: The Visionary Dancer and 1906 Scandalous Icon
This striking portrait captures Canadian-born dancer Maud Allan (1873–1956) at the dawn of her meteoric rise to internat...
1941-1945 Semyon Nomokonov: Legendary Soviet Sniper of World War II
This colorized portrait depicts Semyon Nomokonov (1900–1973), an ethnic Evenk hunter from the Transbaikal region who bec...
1937 Nazi Strength Through Joy Cruise Meets Cruiser Deutschland, 1937
This photograph, captured on November 8, 1937, depicts a powerful propaganda moment in the Mediterranean Sea. A 'Strengt...
1940 Luminous Flowers: Fashion for London Blackouts in 1940
This photograph, taken in 1940 at the iconic Selfridge’s department store in London, captures a unique intersection of f...
1941 Forced Conversion of Serbs by Ustaše in 1941
This photograph depicts a grim chapter of World War II: the forced conversion of ethnic Serbs to Catholicism in the Inde...
1900 Evelyn Nesbit: The Iconic Gibson Girl of the Early 1900s
This colorized portrait captures Evelyn Nesbit (1884–1967), arguably the first modern 'supermodel,' at the turn of the 2...
1901 Alberto Santos-Dumont Flying Over the Eiffel Tower in 1901
This iconic photograph captures the historic moment on October 19, 1901, when Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-...