Post-War Era

56 historical photographs from this era

Life in 1972 Vilnius: Everyday Scenes from Soviet Lithuania 1972

Life in 1972 Vilnius: Everyday Scenes from Soviet Lithuania

This evocative photograph, captured in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 1972, offers a quintessential glimpse into life within the...

Charlie Chaplin and Oona O'Neill: A Final Portrait in 1977 1977

Charlie Chaplin and Oona O'Neill: A Final Portrait in 1977

This poignant photograph captures the legendary silent film icon Charlie Chaplin in the final months of his life, accomp...

Palestinian Refugee Woman and Child at the 1948 Green Line 1948

Palestinian Refugee Woman and Child at the 1948 Green Line

This poignant photograph captures a Palestinian woman and her child sitting before a barbed-wire fence, staring at a hom...

Asian American Anti-Vietnam War Protest in Los Angeles, 1971 1971

Asian American Anti-Vietnam War Protest in Los Angeles, 1971

This powerful 1971 photograph captures a significant moment in the Asian American movement, as demonstrators in Los Ange...

David Bowie Flying Commercial During 1983 Serious Moonlight Tour 1983

David Bowie Flying Commercial During 1983 Serious Moonlight Tour

This candid photograph captures music icon David Bowie in a rare, unguarded moment during his monumental 1983 'Serious M...

Bosnian War: Soldiers Before the 1993 Central Bosnia Assault 1993

Bosnian War: Soldiers Before the 1993 Central Bosnia Assault

This haunting photograph captures Bosniak soldiers in a moment of quiet, intense introspection just minutes before launc...

Rural Life in 1976 Poland: A Farmer's Family in Wierchomla 1976

Rural Life in 1976 Poland: A Farmer's Family in Wierchomla

This poignant black-and-white photograph, captured by renowned Polish photographer Marian Schmidt in 1976, offers a star...

Thomas Fitzpatrick: The Man Who Landed a Stolen Plane in NYC (1956) 1956

Thomas Fitzpatrick: The Man Who Landed a Stolen Plane in NYC (1956)

This striking photograph captures a bizarre moment in aviation and criminal history: a single-engine light aircraft park...

Antanas Sutkus: Youth on a Motorcycle in 1974 Soviet Lithuania 1974

Antanas Sutkus: Youth on a Motorcycle in 1974 Soviet Lithuania

Captured in 1974 by the renowned Lithuanian photographer Antanas Sutkus, this evocative black-and-white image portrays a...

Dismantling the Lenin Monument in East Berlin, 1991 1991

Dismantling the Lenin Monument in East Berlin, 1991

This striking photograph captures the symbolic end of an era: the dismantling of a massive granite bust of Vladimir Leni...

LOT Polish Airlines Flight Attendants in 1968: A Retro Aviation Snapshot 1968

LOT Polish Airlines Flight Attendants in 1968: A Retro Aviation Snapshot

This striking black-and-white photograph, captured by Polish photographer Edward Uchymiak in 1968, depicts a line of LOT...

David Funchess: The First Vietnam Veteran Executed in the US (1979) 1979

David Funchess: The First Vietnam Veteran Executed in the US (1979)

This photograph captures David Funchess, a 32-year-old Vietnam War veteran, during a 1979 court hearing in Florida where...

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