Post-War Era

56 historical photographs from this era

The Execution of Romanian Dictator Ion Antonescu, 1946 1946

The Execution of Romanian Dictator Ion Antonescu, 1946

This stark photograph captures the immediate aftermath of the execution of Ion Antonescu, the Conducător (leader) of Rom...

Abandoned Machetes: The 1994 Rwandan Genocide Refugee Crisis 1994

Abandoned Machetes: The 1994 Rwandan Genocide Refugee Crisis

This powerful photograph, captured by renowned photojournalist David Turnley, depicts a grim monument to the 1994 Rwanda...

Soviet Soldiers Feeding Polar Bears from a Tank, 1950 1950

Soviet Soldiers Feeding Polar Bears from a Tank, 1950

This striking photograph captures a surreal moment in the high Arctic during the early Cold War era, circa 1950. It depi...

1975 Peter Yew Protest: 20,000 March Against Police Brutality in NYC 1975

1975 Peter Yew Protest: 20,000 March Against Police Brutality in NYC

This powerful photograph captures a pivotal moment in the history of the Asian American civil rights movement. On May 19...

Iraqi Jewish Immigrants Arrive at Lod Airport, 1951 1951

Iraqi Jewish Immigrants Arrive at Lod Airport, 1951

This evocative photograph captures a pivotal moment in 20th-century history: the arrival of Iraqi Jewish immigrants at L...

The Aftermath of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan Bombings 1974

The Aftermath of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan Bombings

This photograph captures the harrowing aftermath of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, which occurred on May 17, 1974, du...

David Koresh at Mount Carmel: A 1988 Look at the Branch Davidian Leader 1988

David Koresh at Mount Carmel: A 1988 Look at the Branch Davidian Leader

This photograph captures David Koresh, the charismatic and controversial leader of the Branch Davidians, at the Mount Ca...

Diane Arbus Identical Twins 1967: Iconic Fine Art Photography Analysis 1967

Diane Arbus Identical Twins 1967: Iconic Fine Art Photography Analysis

Captured in 1967 in Roselle, New Jersey, Diane Arbus's 'Identical Twins' is one of the most recognizable and unsettling ...

1946 West Virginia Coal Miner Pay Slip: Life in the Company Town 1946

1946 West Virginia Coal Miner Pay Slip: Life in the Company Town

This photograph captures a 1946 pay slip from the Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Company in the Exeter Mine, located in the Bi...

WWI Veterans Drum and Bugle Corps Reunion in Michigan, 1978 1978

WWI Veterans Drum and Bugle Corps Reunion in Michigan, 1978

This poignant photograph, captured by James L. Amos in 1978 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, depicts a group of elderly Am...

Reinhold Messner on the Annapurna Northwest Face, 1985 1985

Reinhold Messner on the Annapurna Northwest Face, 1985

This striking photograph captures legendary Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner during his historic 1985 expedition on ...

US Soldiers Discover Hermann Göring's Stolen Art Trove in 1945 1945

US Soldiers Discover Hermann Göring's Stolen Art Trove in 1945

This historic photograph captures two U.S. soldiers inspecting a portion of the vast collection of looted art hidden by ...

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