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Miners in the Serra Pelada gold mines in Brazil, 1980s. [1069×1600].
Palestinian gipsy couple near of Jerusalem circa 1910. [545x410]
Residents of the Vietnamese city of Hanoi take shelter during air raid, taken by Lee Lockwood, 1967. [1333x2000]
Eruption of Mt. Sakurajima, Japan, 1914. [3072x2327]
Amon Göth (portrayed by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List) was an Austrian SS officer and war criminal. He shot people from the window of his villa if they appeared to be moving too slowly. According to witnesses 'would never start his breakfast without shooting at least one person'[1943][1600x1075]
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The first photograph ever taken of a presidential inauguration. Inauguration of James Buchanan, March 4, 1857. by John Wood [2370x2048]
Atomic bomb testing, Nevada, 1955 [1082x1240]
A marine with his pet kitten in the Korean War, 1952 (688x459)
A baptism somewhere in China, 1922. [2000×3452]
Child soldiers in the Imperial Japanese Army at the Battle of Okinawa, 1945 (750x1003)
The Imam of the Grand Mosque in Paris (1926-1954) Si Kaddour Benghabrit who saved over 500 Jews during the Nazi occupation of France by hiding them in the mosque and providing forged papers [324x450]
A worker perches on the North Leg of the Gateway Arch 600 feet above the ground during construction - Saint Louis, MO, USA 1965 [1035x1533]
B26 Marauder "Mississippi Mudcat" of the 387th BG at Chipping Ongar, 1944. [800x540]
Green Line demarcation zone in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War, 1982. [827x965]
Hiroo Onoda- the Imperial Japanese soldier who hid in the Philippine jungle for almost 30 years after WWII ended. March 11, 1974. [535x685]
Kings Albert I and Victor Emmanuel III (153 cm) saluting together, Genova, 1920s, 1388x1785
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. [960x765]
A woman hitting a Neo-Nazi with her purse in Vaxjö, Sweden, 1985 (687x450)
A Japanese soldier captured at the Battle of Okinawa, June,1945 (680x985)
A slave nurse named Louisa, holding her charge that is, due to a death in the family, now her owner, taken 1850. {1920 x 1080}
photograph of Jorge del carmen valenzuela "jackal of nahueltoro" being blessed before being shot, April 30, 1963 [696x660]
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December 10, 1956: John Bardeen is the only scientist to receive 2 Nobel Prizes in physics. While receiving his first, King Gustav scolded him for only bringing one of his 3 children to such an important occasion. He replied, "I'll bring them all for the next time." He did. [570X340]
Chinese leader Chiang Kai Shek, American President Franklin Roosevelt, British prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soong May-ling - Madame Chiang Kai Shek, pictured during the Cairo Conference in Egypt, 1943. [Colorization] [1010x758]
Mass manifestation of Ukrainians honoring their countrymen who perished during Stalin's Forced Famine (Holodomor) of 1932 - 1933. Munich, West Germany, March 14, 1948 [720 x 475]
(Colorization) British troops break down a fascist monument in Italian East Africa. Kismayo, Somalia, April 11, 1941 [1300x1186]