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  • Some of the best historical photos, images, maps and graphics that we have found on the web and in books. This history by picture is history as you have not seen it before. Enjoy!

    Daily History Picture: Flapper Words November 17, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Flapper Words

    How our great grandmother’s spoke…

    Daily History Picture: Downed Spitfire November 16, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Downed Spitfire

    German soldiers sit on a downed spitfire near Calais

    Daily History Picture: Flying Tigers November 15, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Flying Tigers

    American planes in China with Chinese guard

    Daily History Picture: Gothic Beauty November 14, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Gothic Beauty

    Extraordinary medieval wood carving.

    Daily History Picture: Haakon Returns November 11, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Haakon Returns

    Norwegian king returns to his country after liberation in 1945…

    Daily History Picture: Henry VIII November 10, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Henry VIII

    No double chin here. The glorious Henry VIII at Trinity, Cambridge.

    Daily History Picture: One-Armed Pilot November 9, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: One-Armed Pilot

    James MacLachlan, British pilot who flew from 1941 to his death in 1943 with just one natural arm and an artificial limb…

    Daily History Picture: Ides of March November 8, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Ides of March

    A Julius Caesar pencil holder…

    Daily History Picture: Brits Released November 7, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Brits Released

    Brits just released from one of the Stalags. Gloriously recoloured.

    Daily History Picture: Berlin Glory? November 4, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Berlin Glory?

    Statues for the Berlin olympics: notice the flags in the background.

    Daily History Picture: First Robot Death November 3, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: First Robot Death

    This dates to 1870 and an event supposedly from Venice. An out of control automaton broke a man’s skull.

    Daily History Picture: Early USB November 2, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Early USB

    This technological breakthrough could carry 2.2 megabytes!  

    Daily History Picture: Injured Tommies October 31, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Injured Tommies

    6 Durham Light Infantry in North Africa

    Daily History Picture: VE Day in Colour October 28, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: VE Day in Colour

    Read all about it…

    Daily History Picture: Flags Won October 27, 2016

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures
    Daily History Picture: Flags Won

    US Marines with captures trophies: Battle Cape Gloucester