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Poor Richard's Almanack
Poor Richard, 1739. An Almanack for the Year of Christ 1739, written by Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Richard Saunders, 1739.
Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
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Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, oil on canvas by David Martin, c. 1767. Green Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. This portrait of Benjamin Franklin, painted by David Martin c. 1767, depicts him as a scholarly figure of...
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Battleship Row During the Battle of Pearl Harbor, 1941
This is a December 1941 photo taken by Japanese pilots of Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor, a line of seven US Navy battleships that were primary targets of the Japanese attackers. Notice the oil spilling out of the damaged ships.
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The USS West Virginia, Pearl Harbor, 1941
The USS West Virginia was one of seven ships that made up Battleship Row during the Battle of Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Here it can be seen ablaze after being hit by seven torpedoes and two bombs. It sank, and was later returned to service...
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Young Ben Franklin at the Printing Press
Franklin the printer, photograph of a painting by artist Charles E. Mills, c. 1914.
Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
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Japanese Troops Enter French Indochina, 1940
Japanese troops enter French Indochina and head towards Lang Son in what is northern Vietnam today. During 1940, Japan began to encroach on French Indochina so that they could cut off the supplies that were routed through the area and into...
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Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" Fighters over China
The Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter planes saw extensive service over the Second World War (1939-45). With a life-time production of over 10,000 aircraft, the "Zero" is touted as one of the most capable all-round fighter planes of the...
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The Tears of the USS Arizona
Oil seeping to the surface from the wreck of the USS Arizona is appropriately named the "tears of the Arizona", which still weeps to this day in remembrance of those who lost their lives during the Battle of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
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Japanese Troops, Manchuria, 1931
A photograph showing Japanese troops at the Mukden Little West Gate during the invasion of Chinese Manchuria (Manchukuo) in September 1931. The invasion caused a crisis with the League of Nations.
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Mussolini Inspecting Troops in the Abyssinian War
A photograph of the fascist leader of Italy, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), inspecting troops during the invasion of Abyssinia (1935-6).
