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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: GPS 1920s-Style January 16, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: GPS 1920s-Style

    Beautiful 1920s technology: GP 1920s-style.

    Daily History Picture: War Over, New York January 15, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: War Over, New York

    War over in New York. The false 1918 celebrations: a wrong report from Europe set off the celebrations prematurely.

    Daily History Picture: Fairy Queen January 12, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Fairy Queen

    A fairy queen from New Jersey, 1903

    Daily History Picture: Rescued Slaves January 11, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Rescued Slaves

    HMS Daphne and rescued slaves, 1868: a long way from home.

    Daily History Picture: Confederate Prisoners January 10, 2018

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

    1863, Confederate prisoners in their misery.

    Daily History Picture: Sept 11 January 9, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Sept 11

    11 Sept. Love some of these pictures. First the confusion, then the anger.

    Daily History Picture: Three Men in New York Park 1940s January 8, 2018

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Three Men in New York Park 1940s

    Colorised pic from 1940s New York.

    Daily History Picture: Victorian Street Kid December 29, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Victorian Street Kid

    Most struck by the cat.

    Daily History Picture: How to Train a Dragon December 28, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: How to Train a Dragon

    Notice the knotted tail.

    Daily History Picture: Aarhus Stone December 27, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Aarhus Stone

    Battle runes

    Daily History Picture: 17C Fairies December 26, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: 17C Fairies

    Three Jacobean fairy designs from the stage.

    Daily History Picture: Early Midsummer Night December 25, 2017

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

    Perhaps the first illustration of Midsummer Night’s Dream, early 1700s. The fairy bands meet.

    Daily History Picture: Careful of Those Legs December 22, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Careful of Those Legs

    Good Italian girl sits side saddle.

    Daily History Picture: Nazi Burial in England December 21, 2017

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

    1939 Sheringham RAF bury German pilot

    Daily History Picture: Blessing in War December 20, 2017

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

    Russian priest blesses missile