Firefly trails, an icy Epiphany and more of the week’s best photos
See 10 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.
How two brothers tried to photograph the last survivors of the Revolutionary War
In the 1860s, two brothers from Connecticut endeavored to photograph veterans of the American Revolution who could have ...
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The Discovery of Gold on This Date in 1848 at Sutter’s Creek Kicked Off the California Gold Rush and Transformed America
Between 1848 and 1855, California produced an estimated 750,000 pounds of gold. After that the take gradually declined, and ...
61 Historical Photos That Are Actually Wild To See Now
13.This is what an undesirable discharge from the '70s looks like. Different from dishonorable discharge, this was often used ...