Black and White Photos of World War II Around the World
Entering their fourth year of war against Japan, Chinese military forces were strengthening their air force, producing their own armaments, and training their officers in the methods of modern war. Here, Chinese cadets in full battle dress, they favor the…
Wear A Mask Or Go To Jail: Vintage Photos Show San Francisco’s ‘Mask Slackers’ Got Arrested During the 1918 Flu Pandemic
In September of 1918, a global flu pandemic made entry into California. The first cases were detected among travelers — a man who had returned to San Francisco from a trip to Chicago and seamen aboard a vessel that arrived…
A Woman May Be President! And What Experts in 1950 Predicted for 21st Century Life
The December 27, 1950 Robesonian (Lumberton, NC) ran an Associated Press article titled, “How Experts Think We’ll Live in 2000 A.D.” The article covered the future of movies, commercial flight, space travel, medicine and women, among many other topics. Can you believe…
Vintage Photos of Joan Baez Wearing “Stay Home for Peace” Shirt and Joining the Peace Movement in San Diego, 1971
In the summer of 1971, with the wars in Southeast Asia escalating, the San Diego Nonviolent Action (NVA) organization which was found by Francesco Da Vinci, assisted by recently freed draft resistor David Harris, generated a little-known peace action in…
Be the Flower in the Gun: The Story Behind the Historic Photograph “Flower Power” in 1967
Flower Power is a historic photograph taken by American photographer Bernie Boston for the now-defunct Washington Star newspaper. It was nominated for the 1967 Pulitzer Prize. Taken on October 21, 1967, during the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam’s March…
50 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1968
A half-century ago, much of the world appeared to be in a state of crisis. Protests erupted in France, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, the United States, and many other places. Some of these protests ended peacefully; many were put down…
25 Moments That Changed America
Here are 25 moments that create a chronology of an evolving country—and a century in which any moment might be the next big one. Many of these moments are easy to name: the assassinations, the invasions, the elections. Many are…
Protest Marches Grow into The Antiwar Movement in the 1960s
Police Chief Edward M. Toothman got between marchers and anti-VDC demonstrators in background. November 21, 1965. Lonnie Wilson, photographer. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. The Oakland Tribune Collection. Gift of ANG Newspapers. Four young men…
Amazing Black and White Photos of Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between…
20 Color Photographs of Korean War in the 1950s
The Korean War was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the support of the United Nations, principally from the United States). The war began on June 25, 1950…