This picture is taken in the early 1900s at the Wyndham prison. Wyndham is the oldest and northernmost town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It was established in 1886 as a result of a gold rush at Halls Creek. However, the circumstances and the story behind this picture remain unknown. The Aboriginals could have been arrested under the various local laws passed that forbid them from entering or being within a certain distance of named towns....

Southern California particularly became synonymous with drive-thru restaurants, drive-in eateries, and drive-in theaters, embodying the spirit of convenience and modernity. Among these innovative concepts, the “Motormat” drive-in holds a distinct place. It aligns with the unique trends of its era, where the car was not merely a mode of transportation, but a lifestyle symbol. Pioneered by Kenneth C. Purdy in 1948 and patented as the Motormat, this ingenious concept aimed to streamline drive-in dining by introducing a conveyor belt system for both order placement and food delivery....

His funeral and cremation were intensely private affairs, and only one photographer managed to capture the events of that extraordinary day was Ralph Morse of Life Magazine. Armed with his camera and a case of scotch — to open doors and loosen tongues — Morse compiled a quietly intense record of a 20th-century icon’s passing. But aside from one now-famous image — of Einstein’s office, exactly how he left it, taken hours after his death — the pictures Morse took that day were never published....

With the endearing title of “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World,” she graced both the silver screen and the public consciousness. Gina’s striking beauty and impeccable style transformed her into a global fashion icon. Her jet-black hair, enchanting eyes, and poise made her the embodiment of classic Hollywood glamour. Her image graced magazine covers and fashion spreads, and women around the world sought to emulate her style. Her impact on the world of fashion was profound, and she became synonymous with elegance....

“In 1914, Germany was the world technology leader in photography and had the best grasp of its propaganda value,” writes R.G. Grant in World War I: The Definitive Visual History. “Some 50 photographers were embedded with its forces, compared with 35 for the French. The British military authorities lagged behind. It was not until 1916 that a British photographer was allowed on the Western Front.” But among his countrymen, only Hildebrand took pictures in color....

Across the U.S. and beyond, people were dying at an alarming rate, while others were gripped by fear of a mysterious disease they barely understood but believed could soon sweep through the population like wildfire. Yet, amid the panic and confusion, a powerful wave of change began. Activists took to the streets, determined to shatter the silence, forcing the world to confront the harsh realities and human suffering caused by this misunderstood epidemic....

Szálasi’s hatred of the Jews was a pillar of his Weltanschauung. He seriously believed in the theory of a worldwide Jewish conspiracy. In June 1943, he declared that the Jews, de facto and de jure, ruled the word: “Plutocracy, freemasonry, the liberal democracy, parliamentarism, and the Marxism are all but instruments in the hands of Jews so that they can hang onto their power and control over the world”. Firmly believing himself to be a good Christian and a Catholic, Szálasi argued that anti-Semitism was taught in the Bible itself....

In terms of the imagery, this photo is a perfect blend of WWI and WWII. The use of poison gas in warfare is far more common and extensive in WWI and mobile warfare was the new method during the Second World War. The other nations, including Germany, America, and Britain, maintained their own chemical and bio-weapons programs during the war. Mussolini’s Italy even employed mustard gas in Ethiopia in 1935 ....

The story begins with Clarence Saunders who revolutionized grocery shopping, in a way that defines the modern shopping experience. Saunders founded his company Piggly Wiggly in 1916 at a time when customers still handed their grocery lists to clerks awaiting their business from behind a counter. Clerks gathered all the items; customers didn’t roam the store. You didn’t touch your groceries until you had paid. Saunders flipped the script, as they say....

This achievement was hailed as a triumph of Soviet engineering and innovation, but it came at a tragic cost. Laika’s mission was a one-way trip, and she perished in space just hours after launch. The experiment, which monitored Laika’s vital signs, aimed to prove that a living organism could survive being launched into orbit and continue to function under conditions of weakened gravity and increased radiation, providing scientists with some of the first data on the biological effects of spaceflight....

When it is not necessary or convenient to put an airship into its hangar (or shed) between flights, airships can be moored to a mooring mast. After their development mooring masts became the standard approach to mooring airships as considerable manhandling was avoided. Without doubt, the tallest mooring mast ever designed was the spire of the Empire State Building which was originally constructed to serve as a mooring mast, although soon after converted for use as a television and radio transmitter tower due to the discovered infeasibility of mooring an airship, for any length of time, to a very tall mast in the middle of an urban area....

As Neil Leifer’s all-time favorite photograph, this amazing shot was captured from a camera hung on a rig 80 feet (24 meters) above the ring at the Houston Astrodome. He correctly estimated the increased likelihood of capturing a shot of the ring from that height. With equally good fortune, he activated a remote-control camera at the right moment. It has been said that it’s the only photo Neil Leifer took himself that is hanging in his house, also he regards this as his favorite photograph from a 40-year professional career....

The victims suffocated as they entered an F.A. Cup semifinal between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest after the police opened an exit gate in an effort to relieve congestion outside the stadium before the game. In the chaos that ensued, some victims were crushed against steel fencing. Others were trampled, and more than 700 people were injured. The victims were ages 10 to 67 and included 37 teenagers. With regard to this particular photo, surprisingly not many of the people who were in the first few rows were among the dead....

President Sadat was the first Arab leader to recognize the state of Israel since its creation in 1948. In September 1978, he met with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in the United States, where they negotiated a peace accord and, in 1979, a peace treaty. For their achievement, the leaders were awarded a joint Nobel Peace Prize. However, Sadat’s efforts were not so highly acclaimed in the Arab world. Arab states boycotted Egypt for breaking ranks and negotiating a separate treaty with Israel....

This World’s Fair was a look to the future and was planned to be “everyman’s fair” where everyone would be able to see what could be attained for himself and his community. Within six months of the Fair’s opening, the Second World War would begin, an event that lasted six years and resulted in the deaths of over 50 million people. The 1939 New York World’s Fair opened on April 30, 1939, which was the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington in New York City, the nation’s first capitol....

Nobody could’ve anticipated that the seemingly normal baby boy will grow up to be the world’s tallest man, often nicknamed Alton Giant or the Giant of Illinois. When Robert turned one, he was already 3 ft 5 in (1.05 m) tall and weighed 45 pounds. By the age of 5, he had to wear clothes intended for a 17-year old, as he reached the height of 5 ft 4 in (1....

They may be all working on the same poster because they’re making multiple prints at the same time. To be honest, having that many people working on that many prints at the same time may be faster and more efficient than having a machine do it with the technology of the day. Not to mention the fact that the machine requires using valuable resources, while many people would be willing to do this sort of thing to support the war effort....

The pictures collected in this article were taken by John Collier, an Office of War Information photographer, and capture the gritty life of miners working in Montour No. 4 Mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Collier documented the underground life of the miners, laying tracks and deploying the machinery, drilling, blasting with dynamite while being careful from possible collapses. Vesta Montour No. 4 Mine was once the largest bituminous coal mine in the world....

Finally, Kasparov makes his move, stands up, and races away from the board. He raises his arms, astounded that he was beaten by a machine. His opponent was the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue, a machine that was capable of imagining an average of 200,000,000 positions per second. But going into the match, Kasparov was confident. He was the Michael Jordan of chess at the time. He had been beating chess-playing computers since the ‘80s (he’ll remind you that he defeated an earlier version of Deep Blue in 1996) and was considered nearly unbeatable....

Czechoslovakia had signed treaties with France in 1926 and with the Soviet Union in 1935 precisely to protect itself against German aggression – the Soviet Union promised to intervene, but only if France acted first – but it remained exposed and vulnerable. Concurrent agreements among the Little Entente of Czechoslovakia, Romain, and Yugoslavia to defend against any aggression on the part of Hungary were of little use. Within the Czechoslovak Republic, a virulently German nationalist movement, led by Konrad Henlein and fully supported by the National Socialists in Berlin, resisted Prague rule and demanded that the Sudetenland, where most of Czechoslovakian Germans lived, be united with the Reich....