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Rare photos and facts about Sting

By Andrew Piper
October 2, 2020
3 Mins read

At first glance, Sting does not look like a person about whom you can tell something unusual or show some unseen photos….

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US soldiers shotgunning weed in pictures, 1970

By Andrew Piper
September 29, 2020
1 Mins read

You may have watched the weed shotgunning scene in Oliver Stone’s Platoon movie. Believe it or not, it was a common practice…

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MusicStories

Rock bands photos before they became popular (updated)

By Andrew Piper
September 22, 2020
5 Mins read

(Last update: 22 September 2020. 20 new photos added) Rock music history starts with these photos. All these rock bands became popular…

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Tennis Girl: the story behind the iconic poster photo, 1976

By Andrew Piper
September 18, 2020
2 Mins read

We believe that the ‘Tennis Girl’ photo increased the number of those wishing to become tennis players in 1976. Later this image…

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Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571: rare photos and terrible cannibalism story

By Andrew Piper
September 2, 2020
7 Mins read

People will never forget the blood-chilling story of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. Oldpics decided to publish some of the unseen…

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Banqiao Dam collapse, 1975: pictures and facts

By Andrew Piper
August 31, 2020
2 Mins read

Banqiao Dam collapse happened in August of 1975. This catastrophe killed 200 thousand people. A help from USSR The Chinese built a…

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Delta airplane highjacking, 1972

By Andrew Piper
August 25, 2020
1 Mins read

The scene in the photo ended the drama of the airplane highjacking. It all happened on July 31, 1972, when a Delta…

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The war in Vietnam in pictures by Horst Faas

By Andrew Piper
August 19, 2020
4 Mins read

Horst Faas was an outstanding war photographer. His brilliant photos won the Pulitzer award twice. Combat photography of the war in South…

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The story behind 'The Terror of War': ‘Napalm Girl’ by Nick Ut.

By Andrew Piper
July 1, 2020
3 Mins read

‘The terror of war’ or also known as the ‘Napalm Girl,’ is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by photojournalist Nick Ut, a Vietnamese…

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Minamata by W. Eugene Smith: photos and facts

By Andrew Piper
June 23, 2020
4 Mins read

There is something special about almost every picture of W.Eugene Smith, but when speaking of a historical impact, his Minamata series takes…

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