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This is a list of photographs considered the most important in surveys where authoritative sources review the history of the medium not limited by time period, region, genre, topic, or other specific criteria. These images may be referred to as the most important, most iconic, or most influential—but they are all considered key images in the ...
Image credits: Historical Images. A few of the pictures that defined history and shaped collective memory, in Morgot's opinion, are “Migrant Mother” by Dorothea Lange, symbolizing the human ...
One page that is dedicated to celebrating photography from history is Old-Time Photos on Facebook. This account shares digitized versions of photos from the late 1800s all the way up to the 1980s.
Image credits: history.season #43. 29 year old Pfc. Ivan Babcock of the US Army’s 165th Signal Photo Company poses with the crown of the Holy Roman Empire in a cave during WW2.
Other photographs are excerpts from larger historic collections, such as Roger Fenton's and Alexander Gardner's respective groundbreaking documentations of the Crimean War and American Civil War. Margin notes document the circumstantial background of many photographs, as well as instances where the images have been accused of being staged.
New York Daily News (1880–2007), online photo archive DailyNewsPix, with photographs dating back to 1880 New York Public Library: ≈ 30% Public domain: 922,400+ (May 2024) [3] No No Yes English Pexels: Pexels license: Yes No Yes Pixabay: Pixabay license: 950,000+ (May 2017) Yes No Yes English (Default) + 25 other languages Pond5: Royalty-free
Pictures can provide insights into the past that words can’t even begin to describe. The post 87 Historical Photos That Tell Stories From Days Gone By (New Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.
Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam by Hans Holbein the Younger. Authentic portraits are ideal, but none exist for the vast majority of historic personalities. Where they exist, authentic portraits, i.e. artistic depictions of a person that purport to provide an individualized, authentic representation of that person's unique looks, based either directly or indirectly on a witness's first-hand ...