With 4 kings, 31 presidents, 6 princes, 22 prime ministers, and 47 ministers of foreign affairs present, some consider Tito’s funeral the largest state funeral in history. May 8th, 1980, Belgrade [1368×843] 7 Comments Vintage
May 8th 1945, Churchill waves to the masses as victory in Europe is official. (3602 × 3582) 8 Comments Vintage
Jerry Shores and his family at their homestead in Custer County, Nebraska in 1887. All the adults in the photo were formerly enslaved. The houses in the background are made of sod, a common building material on the treeless plains. [1000 x 774] 2 Comments Vintage
Belka and Strelka. Soviet Union, 1960. First Earth-born creatures (along with a grey rabbit, 42 mice, two rats, flies and several plants and fungi) to go into orbit and return alive. [1418×1595] 2 Comments Vintage
