World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances:...
Post-war London in Dufaycolor
Dufaycolor is an early French and British additive color photographic film process for motion pictures and stills photography. It was based on a four-color screen photographic process invented in 1908 by Frenchman Louis Dufay. Dufaycolor worked on the same principles as the Autochrome process, but achieved its result using a...
Vintage color: Everyday Life in Japan from 1949-1951
Collection of rare Kodachrome slides taken by an unknown US Navy Commander stationed in Japan from 1949 to 1951. via m20wc51
Luxury Sunbathing captured by Vogue (1940s and 1950s)
Vogue archive capture the classic feminine essence and luxury sunbathing in 1940 and 1950s.
Tibet – Life in Forbidden Lhasa (1940s and 50s)
Haggard and half-starved, the author Heinrich Harrer and a companion, Peter Aufschnaiter, arrived in Tibet in early 1946 after a hazardous 21-month flight from a wartime internment camp in India. Officials ordered them to leave, then relented. Extraordinary experiences befell Mr. Harrer during seven years in the veiled land beyond...
Life in Britain During the Blitz
A collection of very rare color photographs of life in London and across the UK during the Blitz have been released to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The images are on display as in the Imperial War Museum in Manchester, as part of their Horrible Histories®:...
World War II in Color
Collection of World War Two black and white photographs colorized by Colourisehistory Group.
The FBI’s fingerprint files called ‘Notorious Dead Criminals’
Filing doesn't have to be dull. Here is the evidence — in more ways than one. These photos picture the FBI's overflow filing system, housed during World War 2 in the Washington, D.C. Armory. By the early 1940s, the FBI's archive housed more than 23 million card and 10 million...
Broken Glass-Plate Portraits from Romania (1940s)
Amazing collection of broken glass-plate portraits by Romanian photographer Costică Acsinte. Costică Acsinte was born 4th of July, 1897 in a small village called Perieți, Ialomița County, Costică Acsinte fought in WWI. Despite his formation as a pilot, he was a official war photographer till 15th of June, 1920. As...