Vintage

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

1939: Officer of the “Nebeltruppe” (Mist Trooper). Originally formed for chemical warfare, they switched over to specialized artillery. But even today the keep the name [897×1171]

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French battleship Richelieu arrives in New York with her damaged turret; the uppermost fire control director on the fore tower had to be dismantled for her to pass under the Brooklyn Bridge, 1943 [960×1270]

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Three British soldiers amusing themselves in Cambrai with the remains of a motor car, 11 October 1918. (xpost /r/100yearsago) [800×635]

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Reporters running to the phones in the White House West Wing, after the Pearl Harbor attack, December 1941. [1024×675]

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New Year’s Eve in the Kashchenko Psychiatric Hospital in Moscow, Soviet Union (1988/9) [2560 x 1679]

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62-year-old Finnish-American volunteer soldier Hyvönen on his way to the front, in Mikkeli, Finland, on September 4, 1941 [1198×821]

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