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We publish "Photo of the Day," a Substack newsletter with history's best photos and the stories behind them.
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February 16, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Cover of our afternoon Substack report, going to our subscribers later today.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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February 13, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Yesterday's Substack post, with historic photos of American life.
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Photo of the Day
February 12, 2026
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February 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Yesterday's Substack post, with historic photos of American life.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Merchant marine trainees work in the boiler room of the training ship USS New York, 1942.
John Vachon photo. Library of Congress.
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John Vachon photo. Library of Congress.
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February 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Merchant marine trainees work in the boiler room of the training ship USS New York, 1942.
John Vachon photo. Library of Congress.
#history #photography #WWII
John Vachon photo. Library of Congress.
#history #photography #WWII
February 12, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Pearl Harbor’s Battleship Row, May 1943. The sunken USS Arizona is in the foreground.
USS Arizona Memorial photo.
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USS Arizona Memorial photo.
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February 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Pearl Harbor’s Battleship Row, May 1943. The sunken USS Arizona is in the foreground.
USS Arizona Memorial photo.
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USS Arizona Memorial photo.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:39 PM
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Navy divers recover the Apollo 11 crew and command module after splashdown following their trip to the Moon, July 1969.
NASA photo.
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NASA photo.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Navy divers recover the Apollo 11 crew and command module after splashdown following their trip to the Moon, July 1969.
NASA photo.
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NASA photo.
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The cook and his helper aboard a lumber raft on the Wisconsin River, 1886.
Henry H. Bennett photo. Library of Congress.
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Henry H. Bennett photo. Library of Congress.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
The cook and his helper aboard a lumber raft on the Wisconsin River, 1886.
Henry H. Bennett photo. Library of Congress.
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Henry H. Bennett photo. Library of Congress.
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Men of the 71st New York Volunteer Infantry wait at the port of Tampa for transport to Cuba during the Spanish-American War, 1898.
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#history #photography #Cuba
February 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Men of the 71st New York Volunteer Infantry wait at the port of Tampa for transport to Cuba during the Spanish-American War, 1898.
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#history #photography #Cuba
On February 5, 1918, a US troop ship was torpedoed and sank off the Scottish coastline.
Survivors and deceased washed ashore on the island of Islay.
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Survivors and deceased washed ashore on the island of Islay.
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February 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
On February 5, 1918, a US troop ship was torpedoed and sank off the Scottish coastline.
Survivors and deceased washed ashore on the island of Islay.
#history #photography #WWII #Scotland
Survivors and deceased washed ashore on the island of Islay.
#history #photography #WWII #Scotland
February 7, 2026 at 2:08 PM
US Army nurses liberated in the Philippines after 3 years of Japanese captivity, February 1945.
[US Army photo]
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[US Army photo]
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February 6, 2026 at 2:23 PM
US Army nurses liberated in the Philippines after 3 years of Japanese captivity, February 1945.
[US Army photo]
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[US Army photo]
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