Rare photos and facts about Sting
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At first glance, Sting does not look like a person about whom you can tell something unusual or show some unseen photos….
US soldiers shotgunning weed in pictures, 1970
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You may have watched the weed shotgunning scene in Oliver Stone’s Platoon movie. Believe it or not, it was a common practice…
(Last update: 22 September 2020. 20 new photos added) Rock music history starts with these photos. All these rock bands became popular…
We believe that the ‘Tennis Girl’ photo increased the number of those wishing to become tennis players in 1976. Later this image…
People will never forget the blood-chilling story of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. Oldpics decided to publish some of the unseen…
Banqiao Dam collapse, 1975: pictures and facts
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Banqiao Dam collapse happened in August of 1975. This catastrophe killed 200 thousand people. A help from USSR The Chinese built a…
Delta airplane highjacking, 1972
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The scene in the photo ended the drama of the airplane highjacking. It all happened on July 31, 1972, when a Delta…
The war in Vietnam in pictures by Horst Faas
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Horst Faas was an outstanding war photographer. His brilliant photos won the Pulitzer award twice. Combat photography of the war in South…
‘The terror of war’ or also known as the ‘Napalm Girl,’ is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by photojournalist Nick Ut, a Vietnamese…
Minamata by W. Eugene Smith: photos and facts
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There is something special about almost every picture of W.Eugene Smith, but when speaking of a historical impact, his Minamata series takes…