The Cold War (1945-1991)

Header image: 'Times Square', Unknown Photographer, 1960. Image sourced via Public Domain.

Imagery: Original digital studies by the curator and curated Public Domain archival photography including:

• President Dwight D. Eisenhower with Soviet leader Nikita Krushchev and others, standing on the steps of Blair House, Washington.. John T. Blesdoe; September 27, 1959. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

• Russian Military Parade on the 50th Anniversary of the Soviet Union. Photographer Unknown; November 7, 1967. Image sourced via Public Domain.

• USSR, Moscow, temporary Russian exhibit. Thomas J. O'Halloran, August 5, 1959. Courtesy of the Library of Congress

• 'New York Street', Peter Anderson (1987). Image sourced via Public Domain.

Every effort has been made to trace the original creators of archival media; where unknown, items are credited by era and source.