Secret Service agent, Tim McCarthy clasps his stomach after being shot spreadeagling himself between Ronald Reagan and John Hinckley Jr. March 30, 1981
Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moscovitz in 2004, after they had just launched FaceBook.
KATHERINE LOWE, 96, 4th women holding fire hose in picture to the right: the women fire fighters at Pearl Harbor before and after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 1941. Fires in the storage areas were common, and could be devastating, so "they trained us for firefighting." Biddy Craft
Who Runs The World? 'Time' Magazine Says Beyoncé. Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg did the honors: "Beyoncé has insisted that girls 'run the world' and declared, 'I'm not bossy, I'm the boss.' She raises her voice both on- and off-stage to urge women to be independent and lead."
History In Pictures @HistoryInPics · Apr 28 Fred Astaire's dance moves, 1936
1861-65, “The Deserters Fate”, [Civil War-era carte de visite portrait of a Union soldier, killed for desertion, with a firing squad looming behind
Watergate Scandal - Mark Felt was an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who retired as the Bureau's Associate Director in 1973. After denying his involvement with reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein for 30 years, Felt revealed himself to be the Watergate scandal's whistleblower, "Deep Throat" on May 31, 2005.
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Original 1734 Lease for Fishers Island Purchased by H.L. Ferguson Museum
A list of people buried at the Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula inside the Tower of London. Includes Bishop John Fisher, Sir Thomas More, George Boleyn, Queen Anne Boleyn, Thomas Cromwell, Queen Katherine Howard, and Lady Jane Gray among many others.
The Infamous Magic Johnson Instagram Pic With Donald Sterling's Girl Friend
Pablo Picasso, Jacqueline Roque and Jean Cocteau at a bullfight, Vallauris, France, probably at the end of the 1950’s .
The history of the tear bottle is captivating and poignant. Legends of tear bottles or lachrymatories abound in stories of Egypt and middle eastern societies. Tear bottles were prevalent in ancient Roman times, when mourners filled small glass vials with tears and placed them in burial tombs as symbols of love and respect.
Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1906. "Crawford Street bridge." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
x x x ~ `An image of a compass from Scandinavian mythology found in Icelandic scripts accompanied by the prose: “If this sign is carried, one will never lose one’s way in storms or bad weather, even when the way is not known”.'
A letter written aboard the Titanic on the day that it sank sold at auction for around $170,000 in England Saturday.
History (@CombinedHistory) tweeted at 2:00 PM on Sat, Apr 26, 2014: Richard Branson inaugurates his new airline Virgin Atlantic Airways, on the steps of the “Maiden Voyager”, 1984.
Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister with the queen of England
Colonel Gaddafi and Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Soviet Union, holding hands in Moscow, April 27th, 1981. Courtesy of Michael Christopher Brown/Human Rights Watch
University of Alabama students demonstrate against the enrollment of a Black student (1956).
Sergeant Boston Corbett The man who shoot and killed John Wilkes Booth
New York State Pavilion-1964 Worlds Fair-Flushing Meadows Corona Park-Before-After-Abandoned-NYC-2
King George V and Queen Mary with their granddaughter Princess Elizabeth of York (later Queen Elizabeth II).
History In Pictures (@HistoryInPics) tweeted at 5:24 PM on Fri, Apr 25, 2014: Feet of the Statue of Liberty arrive on Liberty Island 1885.
Space Shuttle "Challenger" explosion on Take Off.... January 28, 1986.
"The symbolism behind the marker is of great importance to the members of the DAR. As noted on the New Jersey DAR website, "The official NJDAR insignia was adopted on May 26, 1891. The golden wheel represents a spinning wheel, the staff represents flax, the blue rim and the distaff carry the colors of the society, and the stars represent the original 13 colonies."(3) To members of the DAR, having that marker on or near their gravestone is a reminder of the sacrifices made..."
Vintage 1923, President Warren G. Harding and Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium, NYC, www.RevWill.com
1960 - Wilma Rudolph becomes the first woman in Olympic history to win 3 gold medals in a single Olympics.
Louis, Dauphin of France, was the son of King Louis XV of France. He died at the age of 36 while his father was still alive, thus never becoming king himself. He was the father of three kings of France, Louis XVI, XVIII, and Charles X.
History In Pictures @HistoryInPics Market Street, San Francisco after the earthquake, 1906
Former President Harry S Truman with President John F. Kennedy at the White House.
One of the first N.Y.P.D. motorcycles, early 1900's period. The Flatiron Building can be seen in the Background.
History (@CombinedHistory) tweeted at 8:00 PM on Wed, Apr 23, 2014: Get Plump, 1891
Empress Alexandra's own pillow, said to be embroidered by her ~ click for more images
Probably the most famous mausoleum in Spring Grove Cemetery, the Dexter Mausoleum was designed by James Keys Wilson and built in 1869. It memorializes Edmund Dexter, who entertained Charles Dickens in 1842 and whose portrait hangs in the Cincinnati Art Museum. The structure has lost a few pinnacles over the years; not to mention it used to have a towering ornate steeple in the middle of the roof.
Pre-Culloden Scottish baskethilt sword c.1690-1720Good chance this sword was used in the Battle of Culloden in 1746. The guard has the "S" design which stood for "Stewart" (noble family in Scotland) These swords were often stored in the thatched roofs to keep the British from finding their weapons.The handle is either horn or wood, and appears to be rehandled in the 18th c. untouched condition. Blade is 32 3/4 inches. 38 inches overall. Blade is still quite sharp.
Dunnottar Castle, Scotland, a phenomenal position in the North Sea
One of the first N.Y.P.D. motorcycles, early 1900's period. The Flatiron Building can be seen in the Background.
One of the first N.Y.P.D. motorcycles, early 1900's period. The Flatiron Building can be seen in the Background.
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