Explore 40 captivating photographs that encapsulate pivotal moments in history, offering a visual journey through events that have shaped our world.
“Irena Sendler (1910-2008) Helped Smuggle Jewish Children Out Of The Warsaw Ghetto During Ww2, Providing Them With False Identity Documents And Shelter With Willing Polish Families Or In Orphanages And Other Care Facilities, Saving Those Children From The Holocaust”
“Iranian University Students Before The Islamic Revolution, 1971”
“The Exact Moment When 5 Year Old Harold Whittles, Born Deaf, Hears For The First Time After Being Fitted With A Hearing Aid”
“At that precise moment, photographer Jack Bradley froze the scene in a frame from behind the lens. The photo was published in the February 1974 edition of Reader’s Digest, in the article “Unforgettable moments caught on film”.”
“Inuk Man Teaches A Boy How To Shoot A Bow And Arrow, Circa 1920”
“Father And Son Crying As They Say Goodbye To Their Relatives Who Are Boarding A Boat To Buenos Aires In Search Of A Better Life During The Economic Hardship In Spain. The Photographer Manuel Ferrol Took This Picture In 1957 At The Port Of A Coruña”
“On 23rd August, 1989, 2 Million People In Lithuania, Estonia And Latvia Held Hands And Formed A Human Chain 675.5 Kilometers (420 Miles) Long”
“The O’halloran Sisters Who Fended Off The Officers Evicting Their Family During The Irish Land War, 1887”
“A Geisha After Washing Her Hair, Before Styling It, In Japan In 1905”
“Māori Woman With Her Son In 1890s New Zealand”
“Amasunzu Is An Elaborate Hairstyle Traditionally Worn By Rwandan Men And Unmarried Women, With The Hair Styled Into Crests”
“Miner From England Sits Down For Dinner With His Wife After A Long Day At Work In 1937”
“Star Wars Cast Out Of Costumes In 1977”
“Cambridge Students In The 1920s”
“A Portrait Of 10 Chiefs Taken In 1891”
“Then And Now, 1970 And 2024. A Family Recreates This Photo 54 Years Later In Salford, England”
“Parents Taking Their Baby Ice Skating In The 1930s”
“A Schoolgirl Photographed At The 1968 May Day Demonstration In Lviv, Ukraine, By Pavliuk Ilya”
“Bedouin Mother From Saudi Arabia In 1948”
“Lunch Time At A California School In 1942 Taken Shortly Before Americans Of Japanese Descent (Including The Boy Pictured) Were Taken And Imprisoned In Concentration Camps Across The US For The Duration Of WW2”
“18 Year Old Philip Meeting Then 13 Year Old Princess Elizabeth At The Royal Navy College In Dartmouth In 1939”
“This Is How Passengers Would Board Airships. This Photo Shows British Airship R101 In 1930”
“Victorian Poverty, 1900”
“George And Willie Muse, Two African American Brothers Who Were Kidnapped As Children In 1899 And Forced To Perform As Sideshow Attractions Because They Were Albinos”
“In 1978 A Ferrari Was Discovered Buried In A Yard In Los Angeles After Children Playing In The Dirt Alerted Police About Something Shallowly Buried”
“This Is A Picture Of A British Veteran Of The Napoleonic Wars, Posing With His Wife”
“Union (Left) And Confederate (Right) Veterans Meet For The Battle Of Gettysburg’s 50th Anniversary In 1913”
“The Original Michelin Man From 1898”
“Mary Ann Bevan (1874 – 1933) Was An English Woman Who Toured The Sideshow Circuit As “The Ugliest Woman In The World” After Her Appearance Drastically Changed Due To Developing Acromegaly”
“Actress Marlene Dietrich Kisses A Soldier Returning From Ww2 In 1945”
“Mongolian Shaman In 1909”
“A Photo Of A Detroit Family Titled “Factory Hand At Ford” Which Was Taken By A Visitor From Japan, 1954″
“Dutch Children After Arriving At Ellis Island, Circa 1900”
“Explorer Robert Peary Standing In The Deck Of The Ss Roosevelt Before Setting Off On His Expedition To The North Pole, Circa 1908”
“New Parents Of Quadruplets In The 1880s”
“Coca Cola Cans From The 1930s”
“College Dorm At The University Of Illinois In 1910”
“Immigrant Family Arrives At Ellis Island In 1904”
“Manhattan In 1931”
“Jewish Soldiers In The German Army Celebrate Hanukkah On The Eastern Front, 1916, During Ww1”
“Crow Native Americans Watch The Rodeo In Montana, 1941”
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