Vintage

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

French soldiers in front of the Parisian metro. (1914) This is was taken in color and it’s from one most ambitious photographic project of all time. More details in the comments (1400×1026)

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A man holding his daily ration of food (125 grams of bread, of which 50–60% consisted of sawdust) during the Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944, [402 × 469]

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Museum staff cleaning an elephant skin for display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, June 1933 [800×624]

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A death squad mercenary stops for lunch in El Salvador, 1980s.

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The Graf Zeppelin, the Hidenburg’s sister ship, flying above the US Capitol, October 1931.

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Italian Bersaglieri and L3/33 tankettes attacking Greek positions on the Albanian front, 1940-1941.

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