Vintage

Historical photographs and pictures taken in the context of a verifiable, historically significant event.

Crowds gathered to witness the hanging of Henry Campbell (he is standing in the center wearing a dark suit) in Lawrenceville, Georgia, May 8, 1908 [505×620]

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Harold Hamilton, a scientist with the first Australian Antarctic Expedition, with the skeleton of a sea lion, ca. 1913 [549×822]

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Rüdiger von der Goltz, commander of the German forces in Finland & the Baltics, in Helsinki c. 1918 [1280 x 1673]

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A formation of four fighters participating in the NATO exercise “Reforger ’82” fly over the cloud shrouded Neuschwanstein Castle on the German/Austrian border in September 1982. [2820×1890]

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Paul’s Barbershop, Detroit, Michigan, 1972 [OS] [1540×1091] Photo by Dave Jordano

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Elizabeth Eckford is being followed and threatened by an angry white mob on her way to class in 1957. She was one of the first African-American students to ever attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.[860 x 760]

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