Gaza in Ruins during the First World War (1917) [2638 x 1932]
https://redd.it/17h585f
Ali Maow Maalin, the last known person in the world with smallpox. He was diagnosed with the disease in October 1977 and made a full recovery (Merca, Somalia 1977) [1940x2867]
https://redd.it/17gqhvw
China's Foreign Minister Qiao Guanhua (L) and UN representative Huang Hua (R) laugh as they take their seats at the UN General Assembly for the first time. On 25 Oct 1971, the motion to recognize the PRC as the sole legal China was passed as GA Resolution 2758 (New York City, NY 1971) [2867x2172]
https://redd.it/17fzg4y
One of four known photographs of Franklin D. Roosevelt in a wheelchair. Taken at Hyde Park, New York, with Ruthie Bie and dog Fala, February 1941 [4500x5460]
https://redd.it/17f0fx3
Florence Cathedral in the 1860s. Even though the building was built in the golden age of Florence, the façade was not completed at that time. In 1864, a competition was announced for the design of the completion of the building, and the iconic façade was completed in 1887. [1405×1064]
https://redd.it/17etz2o
German battleship Scharnhorst at Wilhelmshaven on January 6th 1938 a day before she was commissioned [1700x1020]
https://redd.it/17ev9s4
Brazilian aeronaut Alberto Santos-Dumont flies the fixed-wing 14-bis 'Oiseau de Proie II' in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe. The plane lifted off and flew for 60 metres, without taking advantage of headwinds, ramps, catapults, slopes, or other devices (Paris, France 1906) [2867x1824]
https://redd.it/17ef4vv
My Armenian mom and my Mississippian dad in Tehran in the mid-70's.
https://redd.it/17e6k0r
I just finished making my first video from India! I arrive in the port of Kochi and explore the city whilst meeting locals, trying Indian food and talking history. This country is incredible! ❤️ 🇮🇳
https://youtu.be/vr873fy3_Bw
https://redd.it/154sex3
Persian-language military manual written c.1830 for the "Fauj-i-Khas," the elite corps of the Sikh Empire. The Fauj-i-Khas were trained along French lines, and the illustrations show European-style uniforms and drilling [1596x1200]
https://redd.it/172cktl
Francisco Franco few hours before his death, 1975 [1366x768]
https://redd.it/17g7ywk
Sgt. Rinaldo J. Martini of the C Company, 27th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division takes aim with an M1 rifle while seated on Japanese mortar crates. This photograph was taken after he earned the Silver Star on the first day of the Battle of Iwo Jima, 1945. [640x532]
https://redd.it/17ggx29
Massacre of Hazaras by the Afghan Army during the Battle of Uruzgan 1893
https://redd.it/17eyaj6
Fairuza Balk helps trim the hairdresser budget by trimming Ethan Suplee's hair on the set of 'American History X' in 1998
https://redd.it/17g5v8a
"Paying respects to the defenders of our nation…" People's Republic of China (1957)
https://redd.it/17fzsox
Gustaf Håkansson, an unofficial competitor in the cycling race around Sweden (1764 km), who was not allowed to start due to his age of 66, but outclassed his rivals by over a day because he did not take the required sleep breaks. 1951 He rode a bike until he was 100 years old. [1000x630]
https://redd.it/17erkav
1945 mug shots of war criminals Albert Speer and Rudolf Hess. They were among the seven high ranking Nazis who were held in Spandau Prison in Berlin after their trial in Nuremberg. [1000 x 1019]
https://redd.it/17e0732
Hirohito (Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989) and Helmut Kohl (Chancellor of german reunification), 1983 [1600 x1142 ]
https://redd.it/17cxtr6