Lee Harvey Oswald with his Rifle. A very unsettling image indeed, this photograph was taken of Lee Harvey Oswald outside his home holding the gun he would use to assassinate John F. Kennedy. Not only the weapon, but he also carries a number of Marxist newspapers in his other arm and displays them proudly. These … Read more
Gemini 8 Landing – back on Earth. Although we often see pictures of the space age in the form of rockets with enormous flames propelling them towards the heavens and shuttles as they cruise through the serene weightlessness of outer space, we don’t often see the pictures of the most important part, the return. This … Read more
Easter Eggs for Hitler – Happy Easter Adolph! In the 1940s, World War II was in some of its harshest days at the front lines. Both sides had taken extreme casualties and most soldiers were far past the point of patriotic duty keeping their morale up. There was a general sense of dread because of … Read more
Record Testing. This photograph shows something that seems outlandish to us today, but was considered absolutely ingenious at the time. The picture was taken in 1955 at a record store in which all of the customers had the opportunity to actually sit down and listen to the record before they decided whether or not they … Read more
LBJ Listens to his Son-in-Law in Vietnam. Raw emotion is the only way I can summarize this picture. This sympathetic image is one taken from inside the White House in July on 1968. President Lyndon Baines Johnson sits alone in a conference room listening to a tape recording that was sent to him by his … Read more