This 7 feet (2.13 meters) sword belonged to Pier Gerlofs Donia aka Grutte Pier, a 16th century Frisian rebel leader who was slightly taller than his sword. Picture was taken in 1951 at the Museum of Friesland in Leeuwarden, Holland, where the sword is still on display today. [990×1309]

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Unpacking the “Mona Lisa”, oil painting on a poplar wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, at the end of World War II (1945). [640 x 618]

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Unidentified US government agent at an IBM 360/85 console of the NSA, 18th January 1971 [1080 × 875]

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Edinburgh Ale. Here’s the earliest known photograph of men drinking beer, 1844. [1600×1138]

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I am going through my great-grandfather’s pictures, he took during the war. This picture was taken during the invasion of France (that exact picture was taken in Belgium). The caption says:”Our Bunkercat”. My great-grandfather got sent home in 1942 due to a heavy injury on his arm. [1082×1443]

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Tiznaos: Impromptu armored vehicles made by the political paramilitary groups during Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

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