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  • 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: Handbagging Nazis April 25, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Handbagging Nazis

    Allegedly (how often we have to use this word with photos) the woman had been a victim of the Nazis. The photograph was taken in Sweden. Nathaniel to the rescue, 28 Apr 2017: This is the crucial link, which sounds authoritative.    

    Daily History Picture: Burning Heretics April 24, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture:  Burning Heretics

    Something about the blue and red of the French king and the black, white and flames of death.

    Daily History Picture: Fishing Eels April 21, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Fishing Eels

    15C manuscript  

    Daily History Picture: Tattooing Flappers April 20, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture:  Tattooing Flappers

    The photo dates to 1930. Are there any good histories of modern tattooing out there?

    Daily History Picture: Bible Talk April 19, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Bible Talk

    Sorry!

    Daily History Picture: In Perfect Harmony April 18, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: In Perfect Harmony

    All together now.

    Daily History Picture: Bull Attack April 17, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Bull Attack

    Dangers of town dwelling in the early 1800s…

    Daily History Picture: Martyrdom April 14, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Martyrdom

    St Thomas and the divine sword…

    Daily History Picture: Tilting Ground April 13, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Tilting Ground

    From Cumbria, apparently a prehistoric ‘rath’ interpreted as a tilting ground…

    Daily History Picture: Keeping Fit on the Titanic April 12, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Keeping Fit on the Titanic

    Just in case you need to swim a long way…

    Daily History Picture: Tombstone for a Trout April 11, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Tombstone for a Trout

    Loved this one…

    Daily History Picture: Stone Bulls April 10, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Stone Bulls

    The Toros of Guisando in Spain

    Daily History Picture: Irish Travels April 7, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Irish Travels

    A study in British attitudes, this one, in the decades before the famine.

    Daily History Picture: The Calendar and British Summertime April 6, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: The Calendar and British Summertime

    ‘The clocks go back…’

    Daily History Picture: German Uboat on a British Beach April 5, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: German Uboat on a British Beach

    Wow…