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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: New York Fairy, 1918 March 26, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: New York Fairy, 1918

    1918 Fairy on the New York stage.

    Daily History Picture: Ghost Misunderstanding March 23, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Ghost Misunderstanding

    Classic 19C ghost confusion at night. Fascinated by the raciness of the nightgowned woman.

    Daily History Picture: Pooh at Hastings March 22, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Pooh at Hastings

    Pooh at Hastings. Had they been there would Harold have lost? (Love the ‘miel’)

    Daily History Picture: Blitz Reading March 21, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Blitz Reading

    Young boy reads in blitzed out book shop in London, WW2.

    Daily History Picture: Bikini Fine March 20, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Bikini Fine

    Italian girl fined on beach in 1957 at Rimini

    Daily History Picture: Romanian Soldiers WW1 March 19, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Romanian Soldiers WW1

    WW1 Romanian soldiers: consensus is Romanian officers terrible; Romanian rank and file tough and effective.

    Daily History Picture: Roma Children Prisoners March 16, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Roma Children Prisoners

    Roma children from Transnitra, WW2

    Daily History Picture: Russian WW1 Artillery March 15, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Russian WW1 Artillery

    Russian artillery against Austrian-Hungarians in WW1

    Daily History Picture: Sea Serpent 1848 March 14, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Sea Serpent 1848

    1848 Sea Serpent. It has been pointed out to me that this is very phallic…

    Daily History Picture: Royal Navy Mascot March 13, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Royal Navy Mascot

    Cat meets fox: a royal navy mascot.

    Daily History Picture: Cutting Sunshine March 12, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Cutting Sunshine

    Cutting sunshine: what is happening in the background? RR, 16 Mar 2018: Regarding the image in the background, it appears to be a musical “parade” of sorts with children wearing folded paper hats. One boy seems to be banging a cymbal as they march in a loose procession. A curious image with the young girl […]

    Daily History Picture: Reading the Communist Manifesto March 9, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Reading the Communist Manifesto

    Disney (?) does their bit. EC writes 9 Mar 2018: Not Disney. It’s from a Tom and Jerry (MGM) cartoon called “Life with Tom”. The hammer and sickle is a recent meme modification; here’s a screenshot with the original book – titled “Life with Tom”: ​(left to right: Tom, Topsy, Meathead, Butch, and nameless cat). The full […]

    Daily History Picture: Clinton in the Bushes March 8, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Clinton in the Bushes

    Extraordinary shot of Clinton with two other presidents.

    Daily History Picture: Birth Outside Marriage March 7, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Birth Outside Marriage

    Extraordinary map showing birth out of marriage. Very complex but fascinating patterning.

    Daily History Picture: Medieval Children March 6, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Medieval Children

    A childhood scene from the middle ages.