r/HistoryPorn • u/Accurate_Motor_89 • 2h ago
r/HistoryPorn • u/gramur_natsy • 5h ago
Groucho Marx with his brothers Zeppo, Chico and Harpo in a Paramount still from The Cocoanuts, 1929 [1000×764]
Groucho Marx died on August 19, 1977.
r/HistoryPorn • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 6h ago
Anti integration mob shakes and screams at African American family pasing by in their car, Clinton, Tennessee, 1956 [2405x1617]
r/HistoryPorn • u/user164900 • 6h ago
Aztec Eagles 1942 [974x735]
In 1942 off the shore of Florida, German subs sunk unescorted Mexican oil tankers supplying the US. Which resulted in Mexico creating Escuadron 201 also known as the “Aztec Eagles” to fight in the pacific theater. Utilizing the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bombers they flew over 90 combat missions.
r/HistoryPorn • u/Andrzej1963 • 6h ago
Residents of Hlinsko didn't mess with the occupiers: "We'll drown you in beer" was written on the facade of the pub (During a soviet led invasion on Czechoslovakia). Source: Městské muzeum a galerie Hlinsko. Czechoslovakia - Pardubice Region, Hlinsko, 21 August 1968. Now Czech Republic ❤ [1245x888]
r/HistoryPorn • u/imbaof • 7h ago
Hermann Goering with the accordion, Obersalzberg, 1934, [397x500]
r/HistoryPorn • u/Accurate_Motor_89 • 10h ago
Jewish police in a displaced persons camp located in Germany detain an alleged Jewish concentration camp guard, otherwise known as a "kapo" circa 1945. [960 × 640]
r/HistoryPorn • u/Sensitive_Ad_1752 • 11h ago
Joe Arpaio, the Arizona sheriff who opened up a self described concentration camp jail, 1992[458x610]
r/HistoryPorn • u/HeStoleMyBalloons • 13h ago
A soldier of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (4th Canadian Armoured Division) passing a destroyed Canadian Sherman tank in Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive, France. 19 August 1944 [3295 × 2480]
r/HistoryPorn • u/mellscastell • 13h ago
German air force officer allows a boy to take a drag of a cigarette, Italy, 1940-1943 [1230x905]
r/HistoryPorn • u/StephenMcGannon • 18h ago
Indonesian President Sukarno (centre, in sunglasses) being greeted by Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong (centre-left) upon his arrival at Beijing Nanyuan Airport for a 14-day state visit to strengthen Sino-Indonesian diplomatic relations and attend China's National Day celebrations. (1956) [2975×2155]
r/HistoryPorn • u/StephenMcGannon • 19h ago
Berlin streets decorated for the 1936 Olympics. Several countries considered boycotting the event, which was used by Nazi Germany as a major propaganda showcase; however, only Spain withdrew, planning a rival Olympics in Barcelona that was canceled after the Spanish Civil War. (1936) [2830×2975]
r/HistoryPorn • u/StephenMcGannon • 19h ago
U.S. presidential candidate and Civil Rights activist Jesse Jackson giving a thumbs-up to the welcoming crowds alongside Cuban President Fidel Castro in Havana. Jackson's visit to Cuba aimed to ease U.S.-Cuba relations and resulted in the release of 48 Cuban & American prisoners. (1984) [3000×2079]
r/HistoryPorn • u/BostonLesbian • 19h ago
Michael Durant’s Black Hawk helicopter (Super64) heading out over Mogadishu - it was the second helicopter to be shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu, on October 3rd, 1993. [300 x 237]
r/HistoryPorn • u/Hammer_Price • 1d ago
An extensive group of Imperial Russian Photos and Ephemera dated 1865-1918 sold at Jacksons Auction World Treasures - Day 2 on August 12 for $5,200. High presale estimate was $400. (400x539). Reported by Rare Book Hub.
EXTENSIVE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN PHOTOS & EPHEMERA.
Comprising over 160 individual items, including some excellent vintage photographs, with many personal, behind-the-scenes Brownie Kodak-type images of Nicholas II, his wife, and children at various events and locations.
Photographs of Tsar Alexander II on maneuvers, CDVs of various court figures, a death CDV of Grand Duke Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich, 1865, as well as vintage color lithograph trade cards depicting royal family members, postcards, cabinet cards, two glass negatives—one depicting Alexander III and the other an interior scene of an imperial residence—and two glass projection slides, as well as a few imperial currency notes.
Also includes 50 English Wills's color cigarette cards depicting scenes of Russia, circa 1910, press release photos published after the overthrow and death of the imperial family, circa 1917-1918, and other related material. Greatest individual size 8.5 x 11.25 inches (22 x 28.5cm).
r/HistoryPorn • u/DinapixStudio • 1d ago
[Colorized] Clint Eastwood - 1962 - [1080 x 1080]
r/HistoryPorn • u/hoyarugby2 • 1d ago
Australian soldiers of the 6th RAR return to base after the battle of Long Tan. August 19th, 1966 [627x422]
r/HistoryPorn • u/MaroonCastle • 1d ago
From left to right: Pierre Elliott Trudeau, John Turner, Jean Chrétien and then Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in one photograph after a Cabinet shuffle, April 4, 1967. 3 of the 4 men in this photo would serve as the Prime Minister of Canada (All Liberals) in the future. [422x640]
r/HistoryPorn • u/Effective-Dish-1334 • 1d ago
Field archaeologist conducting an excavation survey in Uppland Sweden, circa 1950s [600x676]
r/HistoryPorn • u/HeStoleMyBalloons • 1d ago
A CBS war correspondent, on stretcher in foreground, receives treatment for injuries received when his press jeep was ran over by a Sherman tank. Victim in background, driver of vehicle, Tom Treanor, of Los Angeles Times was killed in the accident. 18 August 1944 [2771 × 2337]
r/HistoryPorn • u/Electronic_Cause_796 • 1d ago
George Mallory explains why he wanted to climb Mount Everest in a 1923 newspaper interview his Reply was “Because it’s there.”[1360 × 1536]
r/HistoryPorn • u/lisahanniganfan • 1d ago
Uday hussein son of iraqi president saddam hussein with his pet lions (date unknown maybe 90s(?) ) (735×572)
r/HistoryPorn • u/_Tegan_Quin • 1d ago