“Wait for me daddy,” October 1, 1940. This little boy runs away from his mother to be with his father.
The desire for victory during the Olympic games in 1960
German women washing their clothes with cold water on a Berlin street, 1945
Crew members enjoy a film on the stern of one of the battleships, 1918
Patriotic grief of a Frenchman in March 1941
Astronauts Young and Grissom walk to the elevator for the first manned Gemini mission,1965
Flower power! Anti-Vietnam War protest at The Pentagon, 1967
A new sport called ski-sailing invented in Austria, 1938
Finally victory! People gathered in Whitehall to hear Winston Churchill’s speech, May 8, 1945
Kindness is always near. 2 children sharing a soft drink at the White House, 1922
Garry Kasparov vs Anatoly Karpov, legendary chess players in 1985, before the game
Seaside life in the Netherlands in 1937. A man stands ready to catch a woman coming down in a swallow dive.
Big tree, big saw, 1890
Tears are allowed. Korean War, 1950
Hungry child from a refugee family gets a piece of bread from a soldier in Holland, 1918
Jammie Reynolds balances on chairs on the edge of a rooftop, 1921
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