20 Captivating Photos Spanning Decades Of History

Explore the threads of time through this compelling collection of 20 photographs that connect the recent past with the more distant epochs of history.

An American soldier at Saddam Hussein’s palace in 2003.

Tommy Lee Jones, aged 33 (1979).

A self-portrait photo taken by American paratrooper James Speed Hensinger while serving in Vietnam, 1970.

Rhodesian woman stands next to a sedan, she has a teeshirt saying: “I’m staying, how about you,” Rhodesia, 1979.

Last Polish veterans of the January Uprising, 1863, taking a photo inside the Castle of Kraków, Poland, 1939.

Marlon Brando, playing with a stray cat who wondered on set moments before making history as the friendly feline sat comfortably in the godfather’s arms (1972).

Leonardo DiCaprio and Shalom Harlow at a dinner party thrown by Gianni Versace, 1995.

Christopher Reeves working out and putting on muscle to play Superman, 1977.

Man delivering sago flour on a boat. Papua, Indonesia, 1950-1955.

“My dad during desert storm in 1990.”

A German officer and an NCO wearing portable sound locating apparatuses to detect enemy aircraft; a type of early radar. Western Front, 1917.

Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, 1994.

A grocery store clerk in Tallahassee, Florida, 1962.

78-year-old Robert T. Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, is helped up the steps at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., 1922.

Jack Nicholson, Carrie Fisher and Rick James sometime in the 80’s.

Jane Goodall with her favorite chimpanzee, David Greybeard, 1974.

Gwen Stefanie and Tony Kanal in high school, 1986.

Harrison Ford, 1959.

Oklahoma farmers comparing yields of fertilized vs unfertilized corn, 1932.

Pattie Boyd and George Harrison on their honeymoon in Barbados, 1966.

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