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: 1950s US Girl March 5, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Young girl in Pittsburgh, 1950s: hopefully well and in her 70s today.
Daily History Picture: Delightful Fairies March 2, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
1920s fairy sketch from British magazine.
Daily History Picture: WW2 German Tank Costs February 27, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
German tank costs in WW2: nice graphic
Daily History Picture: Soviet Nuclear Advice February 26, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Soviet nuclear advice: duck before the mushroom cloud. 28 Feb 2018, Nathaniel S: ‘For years I had a puzzling memory that during the first grade (1962 – 63, age 6) in my hometown near Seattle, we kids were taught “a new kind of fire drill”. The familiar type of fire drill involved forming a line […]
Daily History Picture: Border Bells February 23, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
1903, border between Switzerland and Italy. Look for the bells…
Daily History Picture: Wolf Attacks, France February 22, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Wolf attacks in France 1400-1918
Daily History Picture: Tape Worm Advert February 21, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
This seems is supposedly a genuine advert but one that was a joke?!? Love ‘no danger’! Leif writes in, 28 Feb 2018: We’re going to cry ‘fake’ to a third image reproduced on your site. The advert is certainly humorous, but created after 1949 in a retro style. Any chance that the advert is serious […]
Daily History Picture: Lost Lands February 20, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Brilliant picture of French classroom, notice Alsace and Lorraine black on the map of France: WW1 coming.
Daily History Picture: Three Tatler Girls February 19, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Three 1920s girls from Tatler Magazine (British upper class)
Daily History Picture: Titania! February 16, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
1939 British Titania from Midsummer Night’s Dream
Daily History Picture: Toby the Sapient Pig February 15, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Toby the Sapient Pig.
Daily History Picture: You Can Always Drink Wine… February 14, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
1960s advert (?) from UK
Daily History Picture: Truman Capote February 13, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
An immortal, Truman Capote looking wonderfully rafish.
Daily History Picture: WW1 German Attack February 12, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Horrific WW1 pic from German lines.
Daily History Picture: Warrior Inflatable February 9, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
Warrior puts on inflatable! Late medieval?
