Unforgettable and haunting, these antique photos offer a window into the mysterious and sometimes chilling history of our world.
In May 1944, 23-Year-Old Phyllis Latour Jumped Out Of A Us Air Force Bomber And Parachuted Into Occupied Normandy, France
Phillis Wheatley Was The First African-American Writer To Publish A Book In The United States
How Rare To Find A Photo Of Any Victorian-Era Woman Smiling, Much Less An American Indian Woman Smiling. But This Happy Navajo Woman Obviously Loved Her Life
Beautiful Family From 1940s
A Mail Carrier And Her Horse In Los Angeles, California, 1915
An East German Soldier Defying Orders To Help A Child Return To His Family After He Was Separated From Them When The Newly Erected Berlin Wall Was Built, 1961
Micheline Fajgenbaum, A French Jewish Girl, Was Born In Paris. She Was Deported To Auschwitz From Pithiviers On 7 August 1942 And Did Not Survive
These Are Believed To Be The First Ever Lesbian Self-Portraits Which Were Taken In 1910. Photo Booths Were How Most Of The Earliest Forms Of Queer Visual Documentation Started. It Was The Only Way They Could Capture A Photo In Total Secrecy Since There Was No Need For A Third Party Taking The Picture
This 1926 Portrait Captures Ezylphia Mary Watt Flynn At The Age Of 101
The Lost Era Of Snow Rollers: Packing Roads For Sleighs
Native Americans In 1908. Photo Taken By Edward Curtis
A Young Man From The Lower East Side, New York City, Photo By Rebecca Lepkoff, 1948
Black Cat Auditions In Hollywood
Waterloo Bridge: A Testament To The Women Who Built I
Madison Square, New York, 1900
A Romani Family Pose For A Picture. 1926. Two Young Girls Sitting, One With A Fox On Her Lap
A Pair Of Housewives, Who Would Have Lived Inside The Tower’s Walls Along With Their Husbands, Are Pictured Drying The Yeomen’s Washing At The Foot Of One Of The Battlements
A Female Firefighting Team On A Converted Motorcycle In London, 1932
In 1947, Norwegian Adventurer Thor Heyerdahl Came Ashore In French Polynesia. He’d Sailed All The Way Across The Pacific, Setting Out From Peru By Himself On A 4,300-Mile Journey — In A Homemade Raft Made Only With Balsa Logs And Hemp Rope
Rainy Embankment. River Thames Embankment, London. 1929
Preely Coleman, Who Had Been Born Into Slavery, At The Age Of 85 In Tyler, 1935
Dutch Children, Ellis Island
In The Early 1900s, A Jirrbal Rainforest Man Demonstrates Tree Climbing Techniques In Ravenshoe, Far North Queensland
Native Americans
Legging Was A Method Of Moving A Boat Through A Canal Tunnel
A Family At Their Cabin Home In West Virginia, 1900
A Patient Buying Cigarettes While In Their Hospital Bed, 1950s
When We Had The Bus Conductor
Oregon, 1939
Hunter Brothers Doing Some Mid-Air Mechanical Checkups During Their 23-Day-Long Flight Without Landing In 1930. Over The 23 Days, Food And Fuel Were Delivered To Them Periodically By Another Airplane
This Photograph Shows Two Old Soldiers. Both Were Veterans Of The Battle Of Gettysburg
Pennsylvania, 1942
Step Inside The Jet Age: Dining On The Boeing 707 Stratoliner
The Dawn Of Electric Cabs In London: A Step Toward Modern Mobility
Early Morning Train In Japan, 1964
In 1914, A Photograph Captures A Typical Family From The Ozark Mountains In Franklin County, Arkansas, Offering A Rare And Touching Window Into The Rural Life Of This Remote Region
The First Roller Coaster In Ireland: A 1912 Thrill For The Ages
Life In Early 20th-Century Ontario: A Time Of Transformation
Bogie Took This Photo!
In 1906, A Daring Final Exercise Awaited Officers At The Italian Cavalry School – A True Test Of Mettle
A Group Which At Times Go Unnoticed In The Retelling Of The History. These Are Ordnance Personnel Repairing An Anti Aircraft Gun
Laurel And Hardy In Liberty, 1928
Arizona, 1930s
At Home With Curly: A Glimpse Into Jerome Howard’s Private Life
The Last Known Photograph Of Buffalo Bill Cody, Taken Outside His Doctor’s Office In Glenwood Springs, Colorado, In 1917, Captures A Moment Of Quiet Reflection For A Man Who Had Lived A Life Defined By Adventure And Spectacle
The Backbone Of Rural America: Farm Life In Springwater, New York, 1910
Bryn Owen’s Dazzling Vespa: A 1980s Celebration Of Mod Revival And Individuality