Nothing Seems As Pretty As The Past.

the-seed-of-europe: WWI postcard.

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:02:41 +0000

the-seed-of-europe:

WWI postcard.

lostsplendor: Lincoln Memorial Construction, 1914-1922 (via...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:40:57 +0100

lostsplendor:

Lincoln Memorial Construction, 1914-1922 (via Retronaut)

Letter to Adolf Hitler, written by Gandhi at the outset of the...

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 19:03:15 +0100

Letter to Adolf Hitler, written by Gandhi at the outset of the Second World War.

Einstein and his therapist “Happiness in intelligent people is...

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:46:37 +0100

Einstein and his therapist

“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” - Hemingway

mythologyofblue: “We saw Hiroshima today — or what little is...

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:59:00 +0100

mythologyofblue:

“We saw Hiroshima today — or what little is left of it.”

-LIFE’s Bernard Hoffman to the magazine’s long-time picture editor, Wilson Hicks, in New York, September 1945.

lostsplendor: Paddington Station, London 1939 (by brizzle born...

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:42:46 +0100

lostsplendor:

Paddington Station, London 1939 (by brizzle born and bred)

Stacks of cannon balls during The American Civil War

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:02:35 +0100

Stacks of cannon balls during The American Civil War

demons: After being released from Allied detention, German POW...

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:49:30 +0100

demons:

After being released from Allied detention, German POW Heinz Pelschner reunited with his wife, June 1945.

histoire-fanatique: Tribute to Erwin Rommel a.ka The Desert...

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:04:49 +0100

histoire-fanatique:

Tribute to Erwin Rommel a.ka The Desert Fox(1891-1944)

It was his leadership of German and Italian forces in the North African campaign that established the legend of the Desert Fox. He is considered to have been one of the most skilled commanders of desert warfare in the conflict. He later commanded the German forces opposing the Allied cross-channel invasion in Normandy. As one of the few generals who consistently fought the Western Allies (he was never assigned to the Eastern Front), Rommel is regarded as having been a humane and professional officer. His Afrikakorps was never accused of war crimes. Soldiers captured during his Africa campaign were reported to have been treated humanely. Furthermore, he ignored orders to kill captured commandos, Jewish soldiers and civilians in all theaters of his command.

houseofrandom: Some of the German officers who participated in...

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:08:22 +0100

houseofrandom:

Some of the German officers who participated in the 20th July/Valkyrie plot to kill Hitler

Generalfeldmarschall Ludwig Beck, Generalmajor Henning von Tresckow. Admiral Wilhelm Canaris ,Generalfeldmarschall Erwin von Witzleben, General der Infanterie Friedrich Olbricht, General der Infanterie von Stülpnagel, Generaloberst Erich Hoepner, Generalleutnant Paul von Hase

The abandoned gasmasks of schoolchildren; Pripyat, Ukraine.

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:16:44 +0100

The abandoned gasmasks of schoolchildren; Pripyat, Ukraine.

streetcar-named-saltwater: Ulysses S. Grant and his son, Jesse...

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:58:41 +0100

streetcar-named-saltwater:

Ulysses S. Grant and his son, Jesse Root, on the porch of their home in Galena, Ill.

bendu: London, 90 years ago.

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:56:55 +0100

bendu:

London, 90 years ago.

lostsplendor: Assemblage of the Statue of Liberty, Paris c....

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 20:18:29 +0100

lostsplendor:

Assemblage of the Statue of Liberty, Paris c. 1883 via The New York Public Library

thedevilsguard: In this image, we see Leutnant von Rosen...

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 16:05:45 +0100

thedevilsguard:

In this image, we see Leutnant von Rosen conduct a mounted “pass-in-review” at the request of the propaganda personnel filming the event. The 3./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 was “reinforced” by some tanks from the 1./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 for the event. The tanks used from the latter company still lacked turret numerals. Some of the tanks in the battalion had the new “ambush” camouflage pattern.

Photo

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:28:54 +0100

houseofrandom: German troops in Belgium, 1940

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:53:11 +0100

houseofrandom:

German troops in Belgium, 1940

collective-history: West Berliners looking over a portion of...

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:15:55 +0100

collective-history:

West Berliners looking over a portion of the Berlin Wall at the time of its construction. East German soldiers looking back, West Berlin, Germany, August 1961.

Don McCullin—Contact Press Images

fyeah-history: Ruby Bridges, the first African-American child...

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:57:52 +0100

fyeah-history:

Ruby Bridges, the first African-American child to attend an all-white elementary school in the American South, escorted by U.S. Marshals dispatched by President Eisenhower for her safety, 14 November, 1960

fyeah-history: Wreckage of bombed USS Shaw at Pearl Harbor,...

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:56:29 +0100

fyeah-history:

Wreckage of bombed USS Shaw at Pearl Harbor, 1941