Some of the best historical photos, images, maps and graphics that we have found on the web and in books. This history by picture is history as you have not seen it before. Enjoy!
Daily History Picture: Marijuana Hell May 11, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Marijuana facts…
Daily History Picture: Signing Peace May 10, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Peace signature in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.
Daily History Picture: British Troops Post Mareth May 9, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
British soldiers after battle of Mareth Line 1943
Daily History Picture: Kill the Dragon May 8, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
1963, dragon killed in puppet show in Paris.
Daily History Picture: German Space Program May 6, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
German Space program: sorry…
Daily History Picture: Headless Men May 4, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Headless men, late medieval manuscript, note the chest eye and low beard.
Daily History Picture: Wright Flies in New York May 2, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Wright goes around the Statue of Liberty.
Daily History Picture: Cigs Per Head April 27, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Not history perhaps but one of the most fascinating European metrics: fascinating patterns.
Daily History Picture: Greek Slingshot April 26, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Greek slingshot with letters ‘catch’ (dexai)!
Daily History Picture: Early Modern Swimming April 25, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Swimming looks here like a bar-code… Presumably a problem with printing? Leif writes, 29 Mar 2018: The image is an illustration from Everard Digby’s De Arte Natandi (The Art of Swimming) published in 1587, considered the first English treatise on the practice. The work includes forty woodcuts, which are really brilliant. The attached image gives […]
Daily History Picture: Egyptian Spelling April 24, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Egyptian spelling: sorry…
Daily History Picture: Egyptian Eye Code April 23, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
If you need to track a pharaoh’s eye, this is how to do it.
Daily History Picture: Paris Fainting 1967 April 20, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Fainting in Paris in 1967: usual curiosity and indifference.
Daily History Picture: Fort Sill Explosion April 19, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Hydrogen Balloon Explosion 1918, Fort Sill. 24 Apr 2018: Ruth writes in, please correct the captions on this article! It is Fort SILL!! The fact that it is in Oklahoma and I’ve been there so I’m definitely familiar with it. And it is the burial place of Geronimo. And Hey! I’ve even got pictures of […]
Daily History Picture: Fairies Dancing April 18, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Another 1920s fountain.
