Historical Perspective

London-Street

Gallery

Sep 22, 2014

Civil War, World War I

Gallery 1914: London Goes To War

Jeff Nilsson and

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Gallery

Sep 18, 2014

Gallery Jewish Pawns

Jeff Nilsson

“Hitlerites From the Country Districts of Bavaria”

Gallery

Sep 11, 2014

Gallery Those Wacky Nazis

Jeff Nilsson

Imperial Japanese Army in Manchuria, 1931

Gallery

Sep 04, 2014

Gallery Japan’s Bigger Game

Jeff Nilsson

Hitler review troops

Gallery

Aug 28, 2014

Gallery A Look Inside Germany’s First Conquest

Jeff Nilsson

1896 photo of passenger pigeons

Aug 14, 2014

Post Perspective

The Passing of Our National (Extinct) Bird

Jeff Nilsson and Post Editors

English Troops on Parade in Calcutta. June 20, 1914 © SEPS

Jul 25, 2014

Post Perspective, World War I

Did the Post See World War I Coming?

Jeff Nilsson and

As Goldwaterites welcome their man to St. Louis, rivals Johnson and Humphrey smile calmly from poster held by a Democratic interloper. Photo credit: Burt Glinn The Saturday Evening Post, October 24, 1964.

Jul 02, 2014

Civil War, Post Perspective

The Civil Rights Act vs. States’ Rights

Jeff Nilsson

From the archive: J.C Leyendecker's 1942 New Year's Baby reflected the anxiety felt by the American public as we dropped our isolationist stance and prepared for war.

Jun 20, 2014

Politics and Policy, Post Perspective

A New American Isolationism?

David A. Andelman

Landing craft, barrage balloons, and troops coming ashore at Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Source: Library of Congress

Jun 05, 2014

Post Perspective, World War II

D-Day: The Century’s Best Kept Secret

Jeff Nilsson

Paul, George, Ringo, and John rehearse for the Ed Sullivan show in Miami Beach. In Florida, the Beatles went yachting, swam in private pools, and visited heavyweight champ Cassius Clay. @SEPS 2013

Apr 17, 2014

Music, Post Perspective, The 1960s

Long Live The Beatles!

Cable Neuhaus

Charles Lindbergh adjusts his parachute in front of Sergeant Bell’s experimental biplane on Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri, in the mid-to-late 1920s, while Bell waits in the plane.

Apr 17, 2014

Post Perspective

Lindbergh Re-examined

Lynne Olson

Close up of rippling American flag. John Clymer © 1942 SEPS

Apr 17, 2014

Post Perspective

The Myth of America’s Decline

Josef Joffee

"The President in a thoughtful mood in the guest house in China prior to one of the top level meetings." Photo by Ollie Atkins. The Saturday Evening Post Fall 1972. @SEPS 2014

Apr 17, 2014

Politics and Policy

Pre-Watergate Nixon letter expresses excitement for recording presidential history

Joseph Scales

Apr 17, 2014

Post Perspective

The History of Health and Medicine in America

Patrick Perry

Composite image

Apr 17, 2014

History, World War I

Teddy Roosevelt And World War I: An Alternative History

Jeff Nilsson