Photos of History

Members of the Harlem Hellfighters in 1919. The “Harlem Hellfighters” were the first African American regiment in WWI who were assigned to the French forces. None were captured, never lost a trench, or a foot of ground to the enemy. They returned to the U.S. as one of the most successful regiments of World War I


8th grader Kurt Cobain playing drums at an assembly at Montesano High School, 1981


Private James Hendrix of the 101st Airborne, playing guitar at Fort Campbell Kentucky in 1962


Samurai in Training, 1860


A photo taken in secret of the Supreme Court in session, one of only two ever taken. 1932


A large crowd, made up of many African Americans, mourn the death of Abraham Lincoln outside the Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi


In 1939 20,000 Nazi supporters held a rally in Madison Square Garden


Times Square, 1957


Paper boys at 2 A.M. about to start their morning rounds. February 12, 1908


A war-weary French woman pours a British soldier a cup of tea during the fighting following the Allied landings in Normandy. 1944


Adolf Hitler speaking with Princess Olga of Yugoslavia, 1939


Men working in the rigging of the three-masted steel barque Garthsnaid, 1920


Prince Charles and Princess Diana on vacation in Bahamas, 1982 (HANDBRA!!! )