TOP 50 legendary LIFE magazine photographs
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The LIFE magazine archive counts millions of excellent pictures. Oldpics attempted to select the best 50 of them. LIFE magazine always managed…
The infamous Adolf Hitler was an inspiring speaker and turned out to train his body language for this. Gestures accompany a good…
64 Amazing photos by Alfred Eisenstaedt
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Alfred Eisenstaedt photos are an integral part of the history of photojournalism. He captured informal portraits of kings, dictators, scientists, athletes, and…
Could you ever believe that American Nazi followers organized a huge rally event in New York, in Madison Square Garden, just several…
The parade was an integral part of the soviet culture during the 1920s and 1930s. After WWII the Soviet government limited the…
Marguerite Lehand went down in history as the most influential secretary of the President of the United States. Indeed, she was the…
Rare pictures of the early soviet police NKVD
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The mass repressions in the Soviet Union in the 1930s are well known. And while Joseph Stalin clearly orchestrated this process, an…
Sleeping on a rope in London, 1930s
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Sleeping on the rope was the cheapest option in the flophouses of London in the 1930s. Look at this photo every time…
Schienenzeppelin: the Rail Zeppelin, June 1931
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Germans called Schienenzeppelin the ‘Cigar on the rails.’ This device set the world record speed for railroads, although Count Zeppelin, the inventor…
Vintage photo of football in London fog, 1937
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This vintage photo is nothing special: a goalkeeper is playing football during a heavy fog. Nevertheless, there is a funny story behind…