These iconic photos show a fraction of a second in our world's history. They portray relationships, situations, and the passing of time.

Construction Workers Lunchtime 1931 St Johns Bridge N. Portland Oregon historic bw photo by Ray Atkeson

Pictures hold something truly special—a speck of time that once was and shall never be again. They’re the closest thing we have to a time machine, allowing us to glimpse through a window of film and into the past.

A collection of pictures saved from disappearing to time.

Good old Leon and Levy where would I be without them. There is a Police Officer standing on the traffic island in the middle of the photograph, he is probably from POW. On the left is a hoarding surrounding the building site for what was then known as the New Government Offices and is now The Treasury; work was started in 1899 and completed in 1915 so I may be on the cusp here. Lovely bonnets Ladies.

The first buses to come into service did so slightly earlier, though – back in London. As soon as the war began, London’s buses were pressed...

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It might come as a surprise, but it wasn't long after photography became widespread that experiments with color took place, creating vivid images which

Thought to be taken in Berlin, here a member of a Soviet tank crew plays piano at the end of the Second World War in 1945. Photo: Getty