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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
1985 Reinhold Messner on the Annapurna Northwest Face, 1985
This striking photograph captures legendary Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner during his historic 1985 expedition on ...
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 ...