On this day 59 years ago, Soviet space mission Vostok 6 was launched with Valentina Tereshkova onboard, who became the 1st woman in space! This is her during the fifth Earth orbit on June 16, 1963. [900x681]
Alice Huyler Ramsey, the first woman to drive across the US, 1909. [1024x681]
1945, British troops burning Bergan-Belson concentration camp after its liberation. Anne Frank died there. [398x400]
[Colorized] The Mona Lisa returns to the Louvre museum at the end of World War II. Paris 1945 [1236x1294]
Sikh soldier of the Indian Red Eagle division showing a captured German flag after taking over Monte Cassino, Italy in May, 1944. [560×528]
Mercenaries and Katangese Gendarmerie in a Willys Jeep with M1919 Brown machine guns: fighting in support of the secessionist State of Katanga (which had proclaimed its independence from Congo-Lépoldville) on July 11th, 1960. Congo Crisis, photo c. 1962 [652 x 428]
Two captains of the Italian Royal Army fooling around, 1870s [688x1142]
Half empty glasses of beer left on table in The Blue Lion pub in Dublin (Dublin, Ireland 1953) [2100x2779]
John F. Kennedy and his daughter Caroline take a boat ride in the 60s [480x313]
What a great photo of 2 gents playing poker and drinking beer. Notice the dog on the floor. This photo was taken by South Dakota photographer, John Johnson, circa early 1890-1900s. From my glass negative collection. (640x800) (Colorized) Original in the comments
Soviet POWs in a Finnish prison camp pass time with a cigarette, 1940. [2048x1511]
Accident of the Montparnasse Railway Station in Paris, France - 1895 [1315x1920]
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28th August 1965: Revolutionary leader Che Guevara attending a United Nations Trade Conference at Geneva. [986x721]
An original autochrome colour photo of a woman sticking her head out of her bridge house window in Ambleside, England, 1920s Credit: Clifton R. Adams/National Geographic [1200x1595]
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Toffs and Toughs - A famous photo taken by Jimmy Sime at Lord's Cricket Ground in 1937 illustrating the class divide in Britain [1600x1209]
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1983: Indianapolis Mayor Bill Hudnut cools off at 29th & Talbot Park for a city-sponsored "shower party". Hudnut ordered fire hydrants turned on in neighborhoods without public swimming pools to help residents beat the heat. [500X343]
Jim Jarrett wearing the Tritonia diving suit, preparing to explore the wreck of RMS Lusitania, 1935. [1828×1200]
Ali with The Beatles 18th of Febuary 1964 [720x462]
A vase workshop. Possibly in Beijing, 1902 [1622 x 1203]
A photo by Hans Namuth from the Estremadura front during the Spanish Civil War, Sep. 1936 [640 x 879]
A U.S. soldier capturing North Korean prisoners of war, 1953 [1600x1123]
September 9th, 1943 (WW2): Italian battleship RN Roma after being hit by German Fritz-X bombs. She killed 1,393 sailors onboard, including Italian Admiral Carlo Bergamini. [561 x 858]
Another fantastic group photo, taken possibly in Michigan, circa 1900-1919. These men and boys were on some kind of outing that involved tents. What that is we may never know. From my glass negative collection. (800x640)
1942: September photo of the New York Times Newsroom. [1024X789]
Another photo from the outing these men were on, taken possibly in Michigan, circa 1900-1919. Notice the tents in the background. This photo was taken the same time as the earlier posting of a larger group. From my glass negative collection. (800x640)
