The remains of a female “vampire,” pinned to the ground with a sickle across her throat to prevent her from returning from the dead, were found during archaeological work at a 17th-century cemetery in the village of Pien, Poland.
In a protest against censorship, photographer A.L. Schafer staged this iconic photograph in 1934, violating as many rules as possible in one shot.
“La Gran Calavera de Emiliano Zapata,” a broadside from the Mexican Revolution, c. 1911, artwork by José Guadalupe Posada.
Eugene Bullard, the first African American military pilot, with his pet monkey “Jimmy” beside a Nieuport 24 fighter of the 93rd Squadron (Escadrille) in August or September 1917. He flew with Jimmy tucked inside his coat on every combat mission. [1157 × 1800]
