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Berlin in July 1945 (color footage)

By Andrew Piper
September 25, 2019
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The battle of Berlin started on April 16th, 1945, and continued until the city garrison surrendered on May 2nd. The capitulation of…

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President Truman leading exercises on the USS, Missouri, 1947

By James Maurer
February 7, 2019
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President Harry S. Truman, in a shirt “Coach Truman, Athletic Department,” leads exercises on the deck of the USS Missouri on his return trip…

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Retro Christmas decorations 1890s - 1960s

By Anna Ramirez
December 9, 2018
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Let`s recall how Christmas was celebrated by our parents, grandparents and great grandparents. When decorations were kept carefully year by year, presents…

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San Francisco before the earthquake in 1906

By Andrew Piper
April 27, 2017
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San Fransisco was born as a city in the times of Gold Rush (1849) and boomed, growing from 800 people in 1848 to 35,000…

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Painted stockings, 1940s

By Carol Pearson
April 24, 2017
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1942. It`s not the beginning of body art, women in hard times painted legs to look like they were wearing stockings.

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Original poster “Keep Calm and Carry On” was produced in 1939

By Andrew Piper
April 23, 2017
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Preparing  for the Second World War, in 1939 British government produced several motivation posters. This one was from a “Home Publicity” series….

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Baby gas respirators in 1940

By Anna Ramirez
April 23, 2017
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1940. The photo is from the Imperial War Museum in London. Its original caption says: “Three nurses carry babies cocooned in baby…

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