Little Pictures Big History
1.
The average age of an RAF pilot in 1940 was 20. The strain they were under is clearly written on the face of Squadron Leader Brian "Sandy" Lane pictured here aged 23, He was killed in combat 2 years later.
2.
A railroad plough, also known as a Schienenwolf, "rail wolf", destroys Soviet train tracks as the Germans retreat. Winter 1943
6.
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme sits in an interrogation room September 5, 1975, just after her assaination attempt on Gerald R. Ford
7.
Bonnie and Clyde in a photo found at one of their hideouts after a police raid. Joplin, Missouri 1933
10.
The arsenal of weapons and ammo discovered in the "death car" of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow on May 23, 1934
13.
German American Band, "American Nazis" parade on East 86th St., New York City, October 30, 1939
16.
Members of General Patton's army with a stash of approximately 100 tons of gold bullion and art treasures found hidden in a salt mine near Merkers, Germany, 1945
18.
Two women munitions workers at the National Shell Filling Factory in Chillwell, Nottinghamshire during the First World War, 1917
19.
When they realized women were using their sacks to make clothes for their children, flour mills of the 30s started using flowered fabric for their sacks. 1939
20.
A member of the Serb Volunteer Guard, "SDG" kicks a dying Bosniak woman during the Bijeljina massacre of 1992
22.
April 30, 1992 store owners arm themselves to defend their stores in Koreatown, LA at Western Ave and 5th St during the 1992 Rodney King Riots April 30, 1992
Views
Favorites
Comments