Museum of Modern Art, New York - a picture from the past
On 7 November 1929, just nine days after the Wall Street Crash, the Museum of Modern Art opened in New YorkJim Powell
View ArticleWilhelm Roentgen discovers the x-ray - a picture from the past
On 8 November 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen unintentionally discovered an image cast from his cathode ray generator and became the first person to create what he termed the x-rayJim Powell
View ArticleGerman Revolution, 1918-19 - a picture from the past
The roots of German Revolution of 1918-19 lay in the defeat in the First World WarJim Powell
View ArticleArmistice, 1918 - a picture from the past
A huge crowd took to the streets of London to celebrate the end of the first world war on 11 November 1918Ranjit Dhaliwal
View ArticleThe Dryad - a picture from the past
An Edwardian autochrome from John Cimon WarburgRanjit Dhaliwal
View ArticleFrancis Bacon in his studio - a picture from the past
The Observer's Jane Bown photographed the painter in his chaotic London studio in 1985Ranjit Dhaliwal
View ArticleThe early days of auto racing - a picture from the past
This image by Nathan Lazarnick captures the high-powered danger associated with motor racing in the sport's infancyRanjit Dhaliwal
View ArticleThe Brig by Gustave Le Gray - a picture from the past
An 1856 seascape from one of the most important figures in the history of photographyRanjit Dhaliwal
View ArticleRMS Mauretania - a picture from the past
RMS Mauretania was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd at Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1906Jim Powell
View ArticleBillie Holiday - a picture from the past
Bill Gottlieb photographed many jazz greats for Downbeat magazine in the 1940s, this image is one of his best-knownRanjit Dhaliwal
View ArticleApollo 12 on the moon - a picture from the past
Pete Conrad's beautifully atmospheric picture of fellow astronaut Al BeanRanjit Dhaliwal
View ArticleThe San Francisco earthquake - a picture from the past
Arnold Genthe photogrpah of dazed survivors watching the aftermath of the disasterRanjit Dhaliwal
View ArticleThomas Edison's assistants - a picture from the past
On 21 November 1877, the prolific American inventor, Thomas Edison, announced his invention of the phonographJim Powell
View ArticleLee Harvey Oswald - a picture from the past
On 22 November 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated whilst in in an open-top convertibleJim Powell
View ArticleDoctor Who - a picture from the past
On 23rd November 1963 at 17:16:20 GMT, the first episode of Doctor Who was aired on the BBC. in the 50 years that followed, the television series has seen 11 Doctors and made its way in to the Guinness...
View ArticleFading Away - a picture from the past
Henry Peach Robinson's sombre photomontage from 1858Ranjit Dhaliwal
View ArticleTriangles, 1928 - a picture from the past
Imogen Cunningham's geometric nude study characterises her modernist approach to photographyRanjit Dhaliwal
View ArticleWalking by Saul Leiter - a picture from the past
While photographers such as Weegee, Diane Arbus, Robert Frank and William Klein were capturing urban life in black and white and with a sense of disquiet, Saul Leiter's colour photographs of Manhattan...
View ArticleTeaching parrots to talk, 1930s - a picture from the past
A parrot seller in Germany trains his birds to talk by playing them gramophone recordsKarin Andreasson
View ArticlePhotographer Gordon Parks - a picture from the past
Gordon Parks was one of the most important figures of twentieth century photography. His work focused on civil rights, urban life and poverty and he became the first African-American photographer to...
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