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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!

    New History Books: Medieval Islamic Hospital November 13, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    New History Books: Medieval Islamic Hospital

    Looks fascinating… Hope there is lots of art work. The Medieval Islamic Hospital, Ahmed Ragab

    Daily History Picture: Neo Nazis in Sweden November 13, 2015

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

    My blurb claims that this is a holocaust survivor attacking a Swedish neo-nazi: in any case, great photo…

    Daily History Picture: Nine Soldiers November 12, 2015

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

    Nine ‘allied’ soldiers in a Chinese city: they would soon be fighting each other….

    Daily History Picture: What do a Million Dead Look Like November 11, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: What do a Million Dead Look Like

    An image trying to portray the British (and Dominion?) dead after WW1. The files of zombie soldiers stretches up to the north-east of England, the front rank is walking through London.

    Daily History Picture: Iranian Child Soldiers November 10, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Iranian Child Soldiers

    Iranian child soldiers go up to the front in the Iraq-Iranian war.

    Daily History Picture: Hayek’s Dedication November 9, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Hayek's Dedication

    Hayek’s dedication to the Road to Serfdom in manuscript.

    Daily History Picture: Adenauer Thanked November 6, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Adenauer Thanked

    Mother thanks Adenauer for the return of her son (released POW) from the Soviet Union.

    Daily History Picture: Pearl Harbor November 5, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Pearl Harbor

    Genuine? 15 Nov 2015: Nathaniel writes According to this site, it’s “ Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Catalog #: 80-G-19948″ . So I’d say yes, it’s genuine!

    Daily History Picture: Eisenhower and His Men November 4, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Eisenhower and His Men

    Eisenhower greets the troops: before DDay? 15 Nov 2015: Anon email ‘Gen Dwight D Eisenhower gives the order of the Day. “Full victory – nothing else” to paratroopers in England, just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe. Photo by Moore. SC194399. Possibly […]

    Daily History Picture: Nazi Revels November 3, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Nazi Revels

    Austrian Summer Festival, late 1930s

    Daily History Picture: NYC 1930s November 2, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: NYC 1930s

    c. 1903

    Daily History Picture: Waterloo Cloak October 30, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Waterloo Cloak

    What Napoleon wore on his last day of freedom

    Daily History Picture: Finnish Shelter October 29, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Finnish Shelter

    Mother and children shelter from gunfire

    Daily History Picture: Lee Secedes October 28, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Lee Secedes

    Love it, but am sorry!

    Daily History Picture: Future Jackson October 27, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Future Jackson

    What Michael Jackson will look like twenty years on