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He found photographs to be a useful tool for capturing fleeting conditions of street life and atmospheric effects – rainy weather in particular – as reference materials for his paintings. Breitner was one of the first to explore hand-held cameras, which had only just been introduced. He experimented with perspectives, and photographed into the light, portraying scenes of urban vitality using deliberately blurred images. The camera he used was Kodak Nr....

It’s 1918 and France was caught in the final year of World War I. American photographer Lewis Hine traveled across the country for the American Red Cross, documenting their work with refugees, orphans, and wounded soldiers. Lost for decades, his poignant work has recently been made public by the Library of Congress. Lewis Hine has been acknowledged as one of America’s principal 20th-century photographers, best known for his moving portraits of immigrants on Ellis Island, child laborers in factories and mines, and steelworkers balanced on high girders of the Empire State Building....

Hans Jakob Schmid (1856-1924), who worked for the Swiss firm Orell Füssli, invented the technique in the 1880s. The prints look deceptively like color photographs. But when viewed with a magnifying glass the small dots that comprise the ink-based photomechanical image are visible. The photomechanical process permitted mass production of the vivid color prints. Each color in the final print required a separate asphalt-coated lithographic stone, usually a minimum of six stones and often more than ten stones....

New jobs were also created as part of the war effort, for example in munitions factories. The high demand for weapons resulted in the munitions factories becoming the largest single employer of women during 1918. Though there was initial resistance to hiring women for what was seen as ‘men’s work’, the introduction of conscription in 1916 made the need for women workers urgent. Around this time, the government began coordinating the employment of women through campaigns and recruitment drives....

Following the refusal of the Dutch government to return after the German invasion, the Netherlands was controlled by a German civilian governor, unlike France or Denmark which had their own governments, and Belgium, which was under German military control. The civil government, the Reichskommissariat Niederlande, was headed by the Austrian Nazi Arthur Seyss-Inquart. The German occupiers implemented a policy of Gleichschaltung (“enforced conformity”), and systematically eliminated non-Nazi organizations. Not all Dutch offered active or passive resistance against the German occupation....

Stella Stevens, born Estelle Eggleston, was an American actress, director, and producer who played in numerous films and television shows throughout her career. She was born on October 1, 1938, in Yazoo City, Mississippi, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Stevens attended Memphis State University for a short time before dropping out to pursue a career in modeling. Stevens started her career as a pin-up model and was featured in magazines like Playboy and Modern Man....

That’s why he is still wearing a white t-shirt and is wearing clean fatigues and has a new-looking web belt. Some of the soldiers in Vietnam were too young to legally buy alcohol. Picture found in a book called “The Marines in Vietnam 1965” with the following description: The Landing and the Buildup, Operation Blastout 1. In the Chronology of Significant Events section it says that on 3 August 1965 (the date of the photo) Company D, 1/9 had conducted a one-day operation (Operation Blastout 1) at Cam Ne, south of Da Nang....

The Soviet decision to pull out of Afghanistan was driven by political concerns, not fear of the Stinger or its efficacy. The war was unpopular domestically, it was unpopular within the Soviet military, it drew international ire, and it quickly grew to be a far lengthier and bloodier conflict than anticipated. All of this was true prior to the introduction of the Stinger, and the Stinger was, at most, an agitating factor....

Ever wondered what your favorite celebrities looked like before they rose to stardom? In this article, we take a delightful trip down memory lane to explore the endearing and sometimes surprising moments from the early lives of renowned celebrities. From awkward school photos to snapshots of their humble beginnings as unknown actors or singers, we peel back the layers of time to reveal the youthful images behind the faces we now know so well....

The military coup is still surrounded by mystery. Apparently, the preparations for it went unnoticed, which is astonishing, given the fact that there was considerable political tension and also in light of the well-staffed U.S. Embassy in Monrovia (over 500 people). The events had taken them all by surprise. Samuel Doe was not a publicly known figure in Liberia before April 12, 1980. That soon changed after that date. The military take-over was a bloody one, labeled ‘a revolution’ by the 18 enlisted men of the Armed Forces of Liberia who toppled the Government of William R....

It has to be said that these vintage photos were taken using much less sensitive cameras, so the pictures look already gloomy and eerie, regardless of the content. Halloween, contraction of All Hallows’ Eve, marks the day before the Western Christian feast of All Saints and initiates the season of Allhallowtide, which lasts three days and concludes with All Souls’ Day. In much of Europe and most of North America, observance of Halloween is largely nonreligious....

At the heart of this period was jazz music, an innovative genre that not only transformed the music scene but also had a profound impact on fashion, lifestyle, and the social scene. Vintage photographs from this bygone era offer a captivating glimpse into the enthralling world of jazz clubs, showcasing not only the incredible musical talent but also the unique style and ambiance of the time. Jazz music, with its roots in African American communities in New Orleans, emerged as a fusion of ragtime, blues, and marching band music....

The 1960s saw the American automobile industry consolidating into the Big Three: General Motors, FordChrysler, and American Motors. These firms not only dominated the domestic market with the sales of the 1960s cars but the global market as well. In 1960 American companies built 93 percent of the autos sold in the United States and 48 percent of the world. However, led by Volkswagen and soon followed by Fiat, Renault, Datsun (Nissan), and Hillman, imports began to nibble their way into the rich American market....

The Japanese Navy built at least 800 midgets in 7 classes, but only a fraction had any noticeable impact on the war. Their intended purpose initially was to be deployed in front of enemy fleets, but their actual use would be in harbor attacks and coastal defense. The Japanese midget subs were not named but were numbered with “Ha” numbers (e.g., Ha-19). These numbers were not displayed on the exterior and operationally the midgets were referred to according to the numbers of their mother ships....

While on a mission in Papua New Guinea, he was captured by partisan tribesmen along with two Ambonese companions. They were subsequently handed over to the Japanese. The three men endured interrogation, torture, and were ultimately beheaded. A photograph capturing the moment before Siffleet’s execution has since become a poignant and enduring image of the war. Leonard George Siffleet was born on 14 January 1916 in Gunnedah, New South Wales....

Lo Manh Hung, barely 12 years old amidst the turmoil of the Vietnam War, was Saigon’s unlikeliest photographer – and possibly the youngest in the whole country. Hung’s story begins not on a battlefield, but in the darkroom of his father, Lo Vinh, a seasoned freelance photographer. Here, Hung learned the language of light and shadow, the click of the shutter a constant rhythm in his young life. By the age of eleven, Vietnam was engulfed in war, and Hung wasn’t content to stay on the sidelines....

Born in Santa Monica, California, Corday pursued a career in Hollywood during her teenage years. She initially worked as a showgirl at the Earl Carroll Theatre on Sunset Boulevard, where her physical attractiveness opened doors to modeling opportunities and a small role as a showgirl in the 1951 film “Two Tickets to Broadway.” One of Corday’s early professional experiences involved dancing in the Earl Carroll Revue in Hollywood. Over a span of two years, she transitioned from being a showgirl to an actress in the show’s sketches....

Adams’ beautiful autochromes—a process of producing color images by using potato starch—present images that capture the last of an England that was slowly heading towards modernity. Adams, who died in 1934, was instructed to record its farms, towns and cities, and its residents at work and play. The color images were produced using the Autochrome Lumière, which was the most advanced color photographic process of the day. The plates were covered in microscopic potato starch grains colored red, green, and blue-violet, with about four million per square inch....

The accident and subsequent survival became known as the Andes flight disaster (Tragedia de los Andes) and the Miracle of the Andes (Milagro de los Andes). It garnered international attention, especially after it was revealed that the survivors had resorted to cannibalism. In 1972 the Old Christians Club chartered an Uruguayan Air Force plane to transport the team from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile. On October 12 the twin-engined Fairchild turboprop left Carrasco International Airport, carrying 5 crew members and 40 passengers....

This is the puzzle of ‘England’s rectangular cows,’ an artistic mystery that has intrigued minds for years. Envision a gallery where each frame holds a secret. A solitary cow takes center stage, its presence strikingly real, yet strangely abstract. What captures the eye is the uncanny rectangular shape into which these cows have been crafted. What gives rise to this curious phenomenon? What artistic currents, what societal undercurrents, conspired to create these peculiar depictions?...