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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: Artillery Victims October 26, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Artillery Victims

    German artillery team caught, late Oct 1918, by British artillery.

    Daily History Picture: Lighting Up in Tripoli October 25, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Lighting Up in Tripoli

    Brit in Tripoli Jan 1943: six months later he’ll be in Italy.

    Daily History Picture: Soviet Pianist October 24, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Soviet Pianist

    Soviet troops in Poland 1945

    Daily History Picture: Jungle Training October 21, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Jungle Training

    1942 US jungle training

    Daily History Picture: War Factory October 20, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: War Factory

    Mainly up for this extraordinary face…

    Daily History Picture: Into Germany October 19, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Into Germany

    US Paras into Germany

    Daily History Picture: Against Vietnam October 18, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Against Vietnam

    Let’s hope that Google can’t read pictures 25 Oct 2016, Filip G comes back on Google: Well, when you process the photo with Tesseract OCR engine you will get: Emma W “‘1’ 176mg ISLlKE V FUCKINC‘FOK. ” Almost there… (at least for the F**KING). Tesseract OCR was created by Google, but I guess they use […]

    Daily History Picture: Weak 19C Women October 17, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Weak 19C Women

    Love this from a Victorian novel. This is how the lovers meet in rough Lancashire…

    Daily History Picture: Hitler and the Prince October 14, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Hitler and the Prince

    Daily History Picture: Rage Against the Hijab October 13, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Rage Against the Hijab

    Women rage against the hijab in 1979 in Iran: six months later no one would have dared…

    Daily History Picture: April Fool! October 12, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: April Fool!

    Not quite clear what the scamps have done? Have they pinned something to his back?

    Daily History Picture: Ypres Salient from the Air October 11, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Ypres Salient from the Air

    Never seen the trench system like this…

    Daily History Picture: Nazis Trampled October 10, 2016

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

    Military Police reading all about it…

    Daily History Picture: Boggart Pool October 7, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Boggart Pool

    I’d love to know where this is. It was drawn in 1930

    Daily History Picture: Best Headline Ever October 6, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Best Headline Ever

    Why elections are bad for democracy (if they don’t go your way). Perhaps not a typical history picture, but something special about this…