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Today's History Lesson...memorable photographs
Many Kodak moments are lost because of timing and the fact a camera was not available, often simply left at home. Then, there are those moments where a person just happened to be at the right place at the right time... with a camera. Some of the most memorable photographs scream loudly while others just take your breath away. Then, there are photographs that changed the world...or at least the way we look upon it anyway!
This Day in History: August 14, 1945
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With his collaborator John Morrison, Harold Burdekin photographed the streets of the city of London in the dark for his book London Night, published in 1934.
This month will mark the 111th annual World Series of Baseball.
Rare images of an underground munitions plant built by the Imperial Japanese Army toward the end of World War II have been found preserved at the U.S. Nati
On Aug. 6, 1945, an atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima, destroying the city and killing tens of thousands of people. Three days later, a second bomb exploded over Nagasaki.
Picturing Legislators of the Past: A New Guide. A blog post at "Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos" on 2015-01-28.
The Great Depression marked the bitter and abrupt end to the post-World War 1 bubble that left America giddy with promise in the 1920s. These rare photographs are some of the few documenting the iconic years that are in colour.
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World War I pilot Fédèle Azari spent the decade after the war making airplane-related art as part of the Italian Futurist movement. These photos, part of a group of Azari's images that have been digitized and made available through the J.
Printed in 1905 by the Michigan-based Detroit Publishing Company, this group of photochroms showcased the scenery of the Swiss Alps for consumers who might or might not have ever visited Switzerland in person. Photochroms are photolithographs,...
Founded in 1881, Metronome magazine became indispensable during the swing era, when it switched its focus to jazz. For decades, it was the best publication for reviews, features, and show listings of the era’s foremost music genre.
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Welcome to the daily news scene from almost a hundred years ago, as photographed by the Bain News Service in about 1910-1912. We invite your tags and comments! Also, lots more identification information.
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Marking the day, 25 years ago on Sunday, that East and West Germans were united.
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“ From Beacon Press, a charming history of devotion: Outlaw Marriages: The Hidden History of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples, by Rodger Streitmatter. Among the couples...
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