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Soviet soldiers sexually harass a German woman in Leipzig, Germany, in August 1945. Soviet soldiers openly sexually harass a passing German woman near the West Hall section of the Leipzig Hauptbahnhof central railway terminus. As Allied troops entered and occupied German territory during the later stages of the war, mass rapes took place both in connection with combat operations and during the subsequent occupation. The victims not only bore the brunt of revenge for Wehrmacht crimes, but they also represented an atavistic target as old as war itself....

Jennifer Lynn Connelly, born on December 12, 1970, embarked on a multifaceted journey in the entertainment industry. Initially, she found recognition as a model before taking her first steps into the world of acting through her debut role in the 1984 crime film “Once Upon a Time in America.” Transitioning from her modeling career, Connelly progressively shifted her focus towards acting, gracing the silver screen with her talent and versatility in a diverse array of films....

The summer of 1967 marked a pivotal moment in American cultural history when San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district became the epicenter of a transformative social movement. Nearly 100,000 young people—hippies, beatniks, and counterculture pioneers—descended upon this neighborhood and Golden Gate Park, creating what would become known as the Summer of Love. This massive convergence represented one of the largest youth migrations in American history, rippling across the West Coast and reaching as far as New York City with its message of peace, spiritual awakening, and social revolution....

Georgetown University player C. Wertz. 1918. Football, or “ American football ” as the rest of the world calls it, can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football. Both games have their origin in multiple varieties of football played in Britain in the mid-19th century, in which a football is kicked at a goal or kicked over a line, which in turn were based on the varieties of English public school football games....

These vintage photos capture everyday life in Amsterdam during the 1930s. Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Amstel River that was dammed to control flooding; the city’s name derives from the Amstel dam. Originally a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became a major world port during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, when the Netherlands was an economic powerhouse. Amsterdam is the leading center for finance and trade, as well as a hub of production of secular art....

The Capilano Suspension Bridge is a simple suspension bridge crossing the Capilano River in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The current bridge is 140 meters (460 ft) long and 70 meters (230 ft) above the river. The bridge was originally built in 1889 by George Grant Mackay, a Scottish civil engineer and park commissioner for Vancouver. It was originally made of hemp ropes with a deck of cedar planks, and was replaced with a wire cable bridge in 1903....

Two female bootleggers, 1921. Women bootleggers enjoyed many advantages over men. Many states had laws specifically prohibiting women from being searched. Sometimes they would hide flasks, even cases, on their persons and taunt male police officers. “A painted-up doll was sitting in a corner… She had her arms folded and at our command, she stood up. But then came the rub. She laughed at us… then defiantly declared to bring suit against anyone who touched her”, an unnamed Ohio “Dry Agent” told the Hamilton Evening Journal in 1924....

Elvis rests on an army cot. Elvis Presley, the “ undisputed King of Rock and Rol l”, began his career in 1954 and became a national sensation in 1956 with the release of “ Heartbreak Hotel .” He went on to captivate audiences with his unique musical style, provocative hip gyrations, and electric personality. Presley was drafted into the United States Army in December 1957; on March 24, 1958, he entered the Army at the Memphis draft board....

Cyd Charisse was more than just a dazzling presence in Hollywood’s Golden Age, she was a force of elegance and precision, a dancer whose every movement seemed effortlessly fluid yet impossibly precise. In the 1950s, she became one of the most sought-after stars of movie musicals, sharing the screen with legends like Gene Kelly in Singin’ in the Rain (1952) and Fred Astaire in The Band Wagon (1953). But it wasn’t just her skill that made her famous: her legs became almost as iconic as her performances....

King George V. Photograph, taken in the early 1920’s showing a beggar soliciting money form the royal party as he runs alongside their carriage. The occupants look embarrassed. It’s surprising that anyone could get so close to the king, considering that just six years ago Archduke Ferdinand had been assassinated by a man running up to his carriage, triggering World War One. The photograph shows King George V, the King-Emperor, driving to the Derby at Epsom in 1920 without a single policeman or security man in view....

World War I was one of the defining events of the 20th century. From 1914 to 1918 conflict raged in much of the world and involved most of Europe, the United States, and much of the Middle East. In terms of technological history, World War I is significant because it marked the debut of many new types of weapons and was the first major war to “benefit” from technological advances in radio, electrical power, and other technologies....

Colonel Paul Tibbets waving from the Enola Gay’s cockpit to get reporters to stand clear of the propellers prior to engine start, before taking off for the bombing of Hiroshima. 1945 The Enola Gay was a bomber, named for Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, who selected the aircraft while it was still on the assembly line. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb....

Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and of 14 other sovereign countries from 6 February 1952 until her death. Her reign of 70 years and seven months was the longest of any British monarch. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII, making Elizabeth the heir presumptive....

A woodsman wearing spiked shoes opens up an empty boom at the upper end of Mooselookmeguntic Lake so it can be filled with more logs from the Kennebago River. These photos, taken by the Office of War Information photographer John Collier in 1943, show the Maine woodsmen of the Brown Company on a dangerous spring lumber drive. The men were tasked with guiding thousands of heavy, slippery logs on the spring pulpwood drive down the Kennebago River and Mooselookmeguntic Lake toward paper mills for further processing....

“Flight from the sand desert [i.e., military camp] Neuhammer.” Nuehammer Military Camp, Germany. Unidentified photographer. Some images appear to be staged to accentuate silliness; while others are posed with almost comical self-seriousness. Removed, momentarily, from the brutality and absurdity of war, these souvenir portraits capture moments of camaraderie and humanity. The majority of the pictured soldiers are Germans, the rest from France, the United States, Belgium and they range in time from the beginning of World War I to the end of World War II....

“Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as artist and model,” Maurice Guibert. c. 1900. As soon as the science of photography was perfected for use by the general public, artists and others began to manipulate the images. Photo manipulation was soon employed in numerous ways, as early photography had several limitations. Correct exposures in landscape photography often led to the sky being overexposed, for example. To circumnavigate this, photographers combined two images, each section with the correct exposure....

A Hooverville in Central Park, New York City. 1933. Hooverville was the popular name attributed to shanty towns that sprung up throughout the United States during the Great Depression. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it. Americans affixed the president’s name to these shanty towns because they were frustrated and disappointed with Hoover’s inability to effectively deal with the growing economic crisis....

Six unidentified scientists uses ladders and a large chalkboard to work out equations for satellite orbits at Systems Labs, California, 1957. Before the days of computers, employees at NASA would have to go about conveying their knowledge in a much more laborious way: chalk, board, and likely tears. The scientists used math and physics to calculate complex spacecraft trajectories, navigation and the orbits or spacecraft, and much more. The calculations were tedious and long....

Farmers bring their cattle to the market town of Dumfries. These beautiful, romantic old postcards show Scotland from a time long gone. Originally published by the Detroit Publishing Company, they were created by image-makers fascinated by Scotland’s castles and sweeping landscapes and much of the collection gives a vivid vibe of the late 19th century. The color effects on these pictures are created using the so-called “photochrom” technique. Photochrome was a process for producing colorized images from black-and-white photographic negatives via the direct photographic transfer of a negative onto lithographic printing plates....

The Flatiron Building is one of the most recognizable buildings in New York City and has been a defining feature of the Manhattan skyline for over a century. Its unique triangular shape and architectural significance have made it an icon of the city’s rich history and cultural heritage. In this article, we will take a journey back in time and explore the history of the Flatiron Building through a collection of old images and photographs that showcase its construction, development, and evolution over the years....