The story behind the “Easter eggs for Hitler” photograph, 1945

Two black American soldiers with special artillery ammo for Hitler. Photo was taken on March 10, 1945, during the Battle of Remagen. The…

The Kiss of Life – A utility worker giving mouth-to-mouth to co-worker after he contacted a low voltage wire, 1967

The Kiss of Life, 1967. (Photo by Rocco Morabito). Taken in 1967 by Rocco Morabito, this photo called “The Kiss of Life” shows a utility worker…

Toffs and Toughs – The photo that illustrates the class divide in pre-war Britain, 1937

The five boys who came to illustrate the class divide of pre-war Britain, 1937. “Toffs and Toughs” is a 1937 photograph of five boys:…

The naked gunner, Rescue at Rabaul, 1944

PBY Blister Gunner, Rescue at Rabaul, 1944 This young crewman of a US Navy “Dumbo” PBY rescue mission has just jumped into the…

Michael Collins, the astronaut who took this photo, is the only human, alive or dead that isn’t in the frame of this picture, 1969

Even if you were born after this picture was taken, the materials you’re made from are still on the frame of this picture.…

The Weeping Frenchman: The Story Behind an Iconic Image, 1940

French people staring and waving at the French Army’s remaining troops leaving metropolitan France at Marseilles harbor, 1940. Frenchman crying as the flags…

A KKK child and a black State Trooper meet each other, 1992

“No one is born racist”. A white child and a black State Trooper during a KKK protest, 1992. The Trooper is black. Standing…

The Elephant’s Foot of the Chernobyl disaster, 1986

The Elephants Foot of the Chernobyl disaster. This disaster happened in1986, this picture was taken in 1996, once the radiation level was weakened.…

Photographs of Hitler’s triumphant tour of Paris, 1940

Adolf Hitler with other German officials walking in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, 1940. One day after France signed the armistice…

Shell shocked soldier, 1916

The eyes of madness. A shell shocked soldier in a trench during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette during the Somme Offensive in September 1916.…