Culture and People

Mine worker x-rayed for diamond check, 1954

Night fishing in Hawaii, 1948

The Dangerous Playgrounds of the Past Through Vintage Photographs, 1880s-1940s

Rare photographs capture the assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, 1934

Major General Horatio Gordon Robley with his collection of tattooed Maori heads, 1895

Einstein Sticking his Tongue Out: The Story Behind an Iconic Photo, 1951

Last picture of Nikola Tesla, 1943

Stunning Vintage Photos of Open Air Schools in the Early 20th Century

Women protesting forced hijab days after the Iranian Revolution, 1979

A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on an Italian beach, 1957

Photographs of Einstein at the beach, 1939

A refugee carrying his cholera-stricken wife away from the fighting during the Bangladesh War, 1971

The remains of the astronaut Vladimir Komarov, a man who fell from space, 1967

The five races of Mankind according to this German poster, 1911

A mother and her daughter falling from a fire escape, 1975

The Solvay Conference, probably the most intelligent picture ever taken, 1927

The burning monk, 1963

The Drying Mummy: Native American Smoke Curing a Human Corpse, 1910

Padaung “Giraffe” Women Visit London: Old Photos, 1935

Miners washing each other’s backs in the showers, a daily ritual at the end of the working day, 1945

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