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: High Up in the 1980s December 2, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Man working on Columbia Tower construction
Daily History Picture: Young Putin November 30, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Young Putin, unmistakable…
Daily History Picture: R2D2 Boxed November 27, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
A bit of Star Wars nostalgia
Daily History Picture: War Service November 26, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
The queen in front of her truck (note ‘L’)
Daily History Picture: Pyramid of German Helmets November 25, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Celebration of victory in WW1: helmets stacked into a pyramid.
Daily History Picture: Rat Catcher November 24, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
With a gun? London? Anon X writes in: this is not 1930, its rather 1960, and the city is Bern, Switzerland. The street is called “Kreuzgasse“…
Daily History Picture: Prohibition Beauties November 23, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
This has to be a put up? 30 Dec 2015: Nathaniel: According to the this site, the “Lips That Touch Liquor…” photo is “a still from an [Thomas] Edison motion picture produced around 1910”. See the comment posted by Andrea Grimes about halfway down the linked page: So no, apparently not a photo of an actual […]
New History Books: Islamic Paradise and Hell November 21, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Chrisian Lange, Paradise and Hell in Islamic Traditions Another one I’ve been looking forward to: parallels between Christian and Islamic hells are fascinating…
New History Books: Naked in the Woods November 20, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Grundstein, Naked in the Woods Ah, Hippies. Can’t wait for this one…
Daily History Picture: Snowball Fight Princeton November 20, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Princeton students after a snowball fight: thanks to Wade for this many months ago. 22 Nov 2015: Anon X writes in with this tab that shows that snowball fights did take place. He also points out though that there are many on the net who claim that this was taken after a boxing match. Any […]
Daily History Picture: Haile and Anne November 19, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Princess Anne (looking beautiful) talking to an ancient Haile Selassie.
Daily History Picture: Man Hits Woman (Medieval Style) November 18, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Bayeux tapestry is often surprisingly ‘raw’: here a woman is hit by a priest? Typhon to the rescue, 22 nov 2015, After seeing the picture I would have made an uneducated guess, that maybe the woman is a heathen priestess and thus gets slapped by a priest. The structure she is standing in symbolizing some sort […]
Daily History Picture: Polish Patriot 1920 November 17, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Polish soldiers at the front in 1920 as the Red Army approaches
Daily History Picture: Escape in Berlin November 16, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Girl (late 1950s?) runs to freedom: police from the two Germanies face off. Amazing picture: why isn’t it better known?
New History Books: Hitler at Home November 14, 2015
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
An intimate portrayal of an empty man… Another one I’m looking forward to. Stratigakos, Hitler at Home
