Historycap

Historical figures, images with related facts and many more.

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In 1945, a Marine shares his water canteen with a little girl on Okinawa. 🪖

The girl had been found inside a cave & was taken to a settlement that was setup to help the local civilian population.

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Public humiliation of Japanese prisoners of war aboard USS New Jersey, Dec 1944.

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A 22-year-old Ernesto Guevara setting out out on a solo motorbike trip through the northern rural provinces of Argentina, 1950.

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A German Heinkel He 111 bomber over the Surrey Commercial Docks in South London and Wapping and the Isle of Dogs in the East End of London on September 7, 1940.

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On their way to the front line, men of a Marine rocket platoon tote their equipment over the rough terrain on Bougainville. 🪖

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Deck and Officers of U.S.S. Monitor Catskill, Lieutenant  Commander Edward Barrett Seated on the Turret - Charleston Harbor, SC

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A 13 inch Mortar Dictator Mounted on a Railroad Flatcar near Petersburg, VA (View 1) - October 1864

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Moroccan soldiers on horseback seen here in Furnes (Veurne) escorting German prisoners to Dunkirk. Circa October 1914

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Emmylou Harris performs in Los Angeles in late 1975 at Dodger Stadium as the opening act for the Elton John concert at Dodger Stadium Photo by Dan Reeder.

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Jan Michlewski. Children on stilts on their way to school 1961. Solina Village River Poland.

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A young Korean man and his wife in street dress, Seoul, Korea, 1904.

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Jean Harlow in 1929

photographed by Edwin Bower Hesser

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Meschrabpom's American Negro Film Group aboard S.S. Europa, 1932 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

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A U.S. Marine BAR gunner inspects a Japanese bunker during the battle of Guam, July 1944.

(Photo courtesy of LIFE Magazine)

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US Sherman tanks come ashore from a tank landing ship near Casablanca - 1943

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Statue of Ka-aper, ancient Egyptian lector priest, ca. 2500 BC (early Vth Dynasty) (source)

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Professor Meredith testing a chair that can climb stairs, England, 1964.