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TOP 50 legendary LIFE magazine photographs

By Andrew Piper
October 5, 2020
7 Mins read

The LIFE magazine archive counts millions of excellent pictures. Oldpics attempted to select the best 50 of them. LIFE magazine always managed…

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Adolf Hitler trains body language - unique historical photos

By Anna Ramirez
October 3, 2020
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The infamous Adolf Hitler was an inspiring speaker and turned out to train his body language for this. Gestures accompany a good…

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64 Amazing photos by Alfred Eisenstaedt

By Anna Ramirez
September 29, 2020
6 Mins read

Alfred Eisenstaedt photos are an integral part of the history of photojournalism. He captured informal portraits of kings, dictators, scientists, athletes, and…

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Nazi Rally in Madison Square Garden in pictures, 1939

By Carol Pearson
September 28, 2020
2 Mins read

Could you ever believe that American Nazi followers organized a huge rally event in New York, in Madison Square Garden, just several…

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Bizarre pictures of the soviet parade of the 1920s and 1930s

By Andrew Piper
September 19, 2020
2 Mins read

The parade was an integral part of the soviet culture during the 1920s and 1930s. After WWII the Soviet government limited the…

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Marguerite Lehand with 30 thousand coins collected during one day, January 1938

By Andrew Piper
September 14, 2020
2 Mins read

Marguerite Lehand went down in history as the most influential secretary of the President of the United States. Indeed, she was the…

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Rare pictures of the early soviet police NKVD

By Andrew Piper
September 14, 2020
1 Mins read

The mass repressions in the Soviet Union in the 1930s are well known. And while Joseph Stalin clearly orchestrated this process, an…

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Sleeping on a rope in London, 1930s

By Anna Ramirez
September 12, 2020
1 Mins read

Sleeping on the rope was the cheapest option in the flophouses of London in the 1930s. Look at this photo every time…

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Schienenzeppelin: the Rail Zeppelin, June 1931

By James Maurer
September 8, 2020
2 Mins read

Germans called Schienenzeppelin the ‘Cigar on the rails.’ This device set the world record speed for railroads, although Count Zeppelin, the inventor…

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Vintage photo of football in London fog, 1937

By Andrew Piper
August 31, 2020
1 Mins read

This vintage photo is nothing special: a goalkeeper is playing football during a heavy fog. Nevertheless, there is a funny story behind…

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