Post-War Era — Historical Photographs

1986

Marriage Bureau for Iran-Iraq War Veterans, Tehran 1986

This poignant photograph, taken on February 1st, 1986, captures a deeply somber moment within a Tehran-based marriage bu...

1946

This photograph captures a pivotal moment in postwar Japanese history on May 4, 1946. Ichirō Hatoyama, the leader of the...

1945

This historic photograph captures the immediate aftermath of the collapse of Nazi Germany, depicting Reichsmarschall Her...

1998

This photograph captures the devastating aftermath of the August 7, 1998, terrorist attack on the United States Embassy ...

1970

This harrowing photograph captures a young Egyptian girl standing amidst the rubble of the Bahr El-Baqar Primary School ...

1989

This photograph captures a unique moment of international cooperation during the United Nations Transition Assistance Gr...

1989

This photograph captures a pivotal moment from January 23, 1989, just one day before the execution of notorious serial k...

1967

This striking black-and-white photograph captures a quintessential moment of the Vietnam War in 1967, depicting a United...

1991

This striking photograph captures a Kurdish Peshmerga fighter engaged in combat against forces loyal to Saddam Hussein d...

1998

This photograph depicts a lone Sudanese man standing amidst the rubble of the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartou...

1951

Captured in 1951 by legendary photographer Irving Penn, this portrait of a Black Pullman porter stands as a masterpiece ...

1979

This striking photograph, captured in 1979 by the renowned photojournalist Chris Niedenthal, depicts a dense, orderly ch...