Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 163, click here.
1. “Big Nims” of the United States 3rd Battalion, 366th Infantry, laughing at the sight of his comrades with gas masks on, 1918.
2. A Japanese Samurai in traditional armour holding a long bow, 1863.
3. A zookeeper pours water on a penguin on a hot day, 28 August 1930.
4. Charles (Lucky) Luciano, Sicily, Italy, 1949.
5. Hollow Horn Bear, a Brulé Lakota leader, 1907.
6. German Wehrmacht General Anton Dostler is tied to a stake before his execution by a firing squad in a stockade in Aversa, Italy, 1 December 1945.
7. Ojibwe Girl, Minnesota, 1907.
Photo by Roland Reed (1864-1934).