56 historical photographs from this era
1972 This evocative photograph, captured in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 1972, offers a quintessential glimpse into life within the...
1977 This poignant photograph captures the legendary silent film icon Charlie Chaplin in the final months of his life, accomp...
1948 This poignant photograph captures a Palestinian woman and her child sitting before a barbed-wire fence, staring at a hom...
1971 This powerful 1971 photograph captures a significant moment in the Asian American movement, as demonstrators in Los Ange...
1983 This candid photograph captures music icon David Bowie in a rare, unguarded moment during his monumental 1983 'Serious M...
1993 This haunting photograph captures Bosniak soldiers in a moment of quiet, intense introspection just minutes before launc...
1976 This poignant black-and-white photograph, captured by renowned Polish photographer Marian Schmidt in 1976, offers a star...
1956 This striking photograph captures a bizarre moment in aviation and criminal history: a single-engine light aircraft park...
1974 Captured in 1974 by the renowned Lithuanian photographer Antanas Sutkus, this evocative black-and-white image portrays a...
1991 This striking photograph captures the symbolic end of an era: the dismantling of a massive granite bust of Vladimir Leni...
1968 This striking black-and-white photograph, captured by Polish photographer Edward Uchymiak in 1968, depicts a line of LOT...
1979 This photograph captures David Funchess, a 32-year-old Vietnam War veteran, during a 1979 court hearing in Florida where...