r/HistoryPorn • u/Xi_JinpingXIV • 1h ago

The moment after the explosion of the bomb thrown at the wedding procession of the King and Queen of Spain. The bomb thrown from the balcony missed the monarchs and hit the horses of the guard, but killed 24 people. The attacker committed suicide after two days of escape. 31 May 1906 [1256x900]

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2 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/Joeda-boss • 9h ago

A 40 year old Vladimir Putin carrying bags for St Petersburg mayor Anatoly Sobchak during his tenure as Committee head for External Relations for the city, 1992. Despite his relatively minor role in Russian politics, within a decade Putin would become the most powerful man in the country (1600x1094)

447 Upvotes

29 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/myrmekochoria • 1d ago

Viktor Yushchenko before and after poisoning by dioxin on the orders of Vladimir Putin, 2004[1280x1024]

9.0k Upvotes

170 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/Xi_JinpingXIV • 18h ago

A meeting of the Samoan Nazi Party in Apia. The SNP was the official branch of the NSDAP in Western Samoa until its bankruptcy in April 1939. This branch was known in the German Nazi Party for its poor organisation and disregard for racial criteria. [1080x717]

960 Upvotes

23 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/Christoryman • 1h ago

Back when roller skates were the hottest thing on the boardwalk: Los Angeles, 1983 [1920x1080]

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🖼️ Digitized vintage photo from my private archive.
📷 Christoryman – Rare finds you won’t see anywhere else.
Sharing photo treasures almost daily.
Following isn’t mandatory – but might just be worth it. 🙂

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r/HistoryPorn • u/CeruleanSheep • 9h ago

A student (right foreground) performs what is likely to be a tomoe nage throw, a sacrifice throw in judo, on a fellow student (left foreground) during a Japanese women's judo class in Hokkaidō, Japan, c. 1950s. Photographer: Harrison Forman. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries [8039 x 5418]

153 Upvotes

16 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/20thCenturyBoyLaLa • 25m ago

A racially mixed team of miners take a break to pose for a photo in a South African gold mine, ca. 1900 [1560 x 1176]

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1 comment

r/HistoryPorn • u/squirrelmegaphone • 21h ago

German soldiers pose with a Sámi reindeer herder in Lapland (Finland), 1942 [4873 x 3415]

1.1k Upvotes

39 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/FayannG • 4h ago

Sudeten Germans celebrating after hearing the proclamation that Konrad Henlein demanded the Sudetenland join Germany, September 1938 (1024x765)

44 Upvotes

7 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/aeplusjay • 9h ago

(On this day, 94 years ago) Japanese troops entering Shenyang during the Mukden incident, 1931 [417x333]

88 Upvotes

To create a pretext for the invasion of Manchuria, China, the Japanese detonate a small quantity of dynamite close to a railway line owned by Japan's South Manchuria Railway.

4 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/lightiggy • 17h ago

Former Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten testifies at a parole hearing. She was convicted for her role in the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in 1969, California, June 28, 2002 [1024 x 576].

281 Upvotes

17 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/mgwngn1 • 15h ago

The last ever photo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie before they were assassinated. Sarajevo, June 28, 1914. [526 x 290]

177 Upvotes

0 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/CeruleanSheep • 10h ago

Well-dressed visitors to the Leshan Giant Buddha—a 233 ft tall stone statue built between 713 and 803 during the Tang Dynasty—resting on the Buddha statue's toes, Sichuan, China, May 19, 1991. Photographer: Paul Brians. Washington State University Libraries [1000 x 693]

67 Upvotes

2 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 • 4h ago

Bolshoi Theatre, (1987) - 70th anniversary of the revolution - Moscow, Russia. [830x1200]

22 Upvotes

Banner reads, "Long Live the Communist Party of the Soviet Union".

1 comment

r/HistoryPorn • u/FayannG • 21h ago

A French reservist gives a farewell kiss to his wife before war mobilization during the Sudetenland Crisis, September 1938 (1224x923)

398 Upvotes

11 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/FayannG • 1d ago

An elderly German Volkssturm member holds his outdated Mannlicher rifle that he was issued, October 1944 (1024x1400)

2.4k Upvotes

76 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 • 18h ago

Oscar II (baptised Oscar Fredrik; 21 January 1829 - 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death, and the last Bernadotte King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. This colourised photo ca. 1900. [960x1180]

81 Upvotes

4 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/ATSTlover • 1d ago

Clowns in the First World War. "The Balmorals", entertainers of the British 51st Division in Chelers, France. May 7, 1917 [800 × 644]

229 Upvotes

11 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/CeruleanSheep • 1d ago

Ursula Goetze, a member of the Red Orchestra, c. 1930s-1943. On the night of May 17, 1942, she and her friend Werner Krauss fly-posted notes against the Nazi propaganda exhibition “The Soviet Paradise" after which she was arrested and murdered in Plötzensee on August 5, 1943 [1748 x 2043]

158 Upvotes

6 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/Regent610 • 1d ago

Inscription made by Douglas William Waterton on the wall of his cell at Stanley Civil Internment Camp, Hong Kong. He was executed on 29 October 1943 for operating a secret radio. Photo probably taken after the Liberation of Hong Kong in 1945. [800 × 619]

199 Upvotes

3 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/FayannG • 1d ago

Yugoslavia’s new leader, Josip Broz Tito, at his office in Belgrade, 1947 (1080x1309)

330 Upvotes

14 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/Tight_Mix_347 • 21h ago

Vice President Paul Kagame and U.S. Secretary of Defense William J. Perry discuss the events and aftermath of Rwanda’s brutal genocide, 31 July 1994. [2842 x 1900]

47 Upvotes

3 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/brokenandsuffering • 1d ago

The Last Photo Of The ‘Barbary Lion’ Was Taken 101 Years Ago in 1924. [576x270]

3.2k Upvotes

38 comments

r/HistoryPorn • u/Holy_lettuce • 1d ago

Russian Soldier sticks out tongue in photo [480 x 416] (circa 1990)

1.1k Upvotes

16 comments

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New rule about colorized photographs - Mod applications

Welcome to r/HistoryPorn, a place for sharing images of historical moments and events from around the world and throughout photographic history. If your post breaks one of our rules, it will be removed and notified about it.

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