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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: Stunt Flying in Paris January 12, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Stunt Flying in Paris

    Going through the Arc de Triumphe: Charles Godfroy 1919

    Daily History Picture: Meeting at War January 10, 2015

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

    French African and Afro-America troops swap stories and cigs

    Daily History Picture: Saying Bye to Dad January 9, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Saying Bye to Dad

    Did he come back? 18 Jan, Mike L shows that he did! Thanks Mike, you made my day.

    Daily History Picture: Atomic Cake January 8, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Atomic Cake

    Cake to celebrate the testing of the bomb in 1946

    Daily History Picture: Tommies to War! January 7, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Tommies to War!

    British soldiers getting ready for the big push (back)

    Daily History Picture: Train Ride with Bang January 6, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Train Ride with Bang

    More train disasters

    Daily History Picture: Audrey Shopping with Friend January 5, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Audrey Shopping with Friend

    Yes this is Audrey Hepburn’s pet deer.

    Daily History Picture: Early Beatles Picture January 4, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Early Beatles Picture

    McCartney, Lennon and Harrison play at a wedding in early pre fame days.

    Daily History Picture: Desperation Beach January 2, 2015

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

    Sniffing glue in Cumbria in the late 1970s

    Daily History Picture: Tsar Nicholas After Abdication Before Death December 24, 2014

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Tsar Nicholas After Abdication Before Death

    Poor old Tsar Nicholas, months away from execution. Heavy the head that wears the crown, but heavier still (to judge by his face) those who’ve just lost it….

    Daily History Picture: Wright Brothers Fun December 23, 2014

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Wright Brothers Fun

    OK not serious but loved this memory of the Wright Brothers…

    Daily History Picture: Execution 1945 December 22, 2014

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Execution 1945

    Vivid shot of German general Anton Dostler being executed for his part in the murder of American POWs.

    Daily History Picture: Deportation from Greece December 21, 2014

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Deportation from Greece

    Nazi deportations of Greece’s ancient Jewish population, 1943  

    Daily History Picture: Heavenly Delights December 19, 2014

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Heavenly Delights

    Courtesy of Bosch a view of heaven. We see his hellish scenes too often…

    Daily History Picture: Best Ankles Competition December 18, 2014

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Best Ankles Competition

    London 1930 a bobby helps to judge who has the best ankles.