History pictures

These 20 famous photographs are significant in history each for their own reason. Learn how photography has literally changed history.

Construction Workers Lunchtime 1931 St Johns Bridge N. Portland Oregon historic bw photo by Ray Atkeson

Pictures hold something truly special—a speck of time that once was and shall never be again. They’re the closest thing we have to a time machine, allowing us to glimpse through a window of film and into the past.

Historians have offered vastly different interpretations of the origins of the Cold War over the past 5 decades. Few historical events have been subject to such an array of revisionist and neo-revisionist accounts. In this lesson, students enter the fray through exploring a variety of documents highlighting various issues and perspectives that led to the Cold War and address the question: Who was primarily responsible for the Cold War, the United States or the Soviet Union? [All files…

These colorized versions of black and white photographs allow you to look at a piece of history with a different eye.

Different perspectives from the historical and modern era that you may have not seen.

Paratroopers are a common part of modern warfare, it's hard to imagine a modern army without an airborne or air assault element. This form of combat was

Bristol is a city and county in South West England. The district has the 10th-largest population in England. The city borders North Somerset...

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Children in nursery just awakened from afternoon nap. Shafter migrant camp. Shafter, California Mar 1940