Vintage

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

J. A. Purves’ Dynasphere on the beach, 1932; the driver is his son.

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A young Italian woman gives flowers to a New Zealand soldier after the liberation of Sora, Summer, 1944.

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Canadian crew of a Sherman tank, south of Vaucelles, France, during the Battle of Normandy, June 1944

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An American soldier having dinner at Stratford-upon-Avon, England in May 1944. Probably one of the most well-known photos of World War II, but does anyone know of this man has ever been identified?

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Chinese youths wearing Western fashion, 1980.

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USS West Virginia (BB-48) and the Brooklyn Bridge in the background, seen from the loaded, narrow flight deck of the airplane carrier USS Langley (CV‑1) moored at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in May 1927.

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