Amazing little-known historical photos
Another selection of amazing historical photographs will tell you how our world is changing rapidly over the years. Decades fly by, the geographical and political map changes, people are born and die, and all that remains in memory of those times are photographs. The Beatles, singing for 18 people a year and a half before they become world famous, the first ever telephoto lens, transportation of an apartment building and much more — in another collection of stunning historical photographs.
Stripper on the trading floor of the Toronto Stock Exchange, late 1970s.
Foreskin or Death: A Pakistani soldier checks whether a man (i.e. Muslim or Hindu) was circumcised during the Bangladesh War of Independence, 1971.
Picnic on the highway during the 1973 Oil crisis.
Due to a strong headwind, the plane crashed into a truck on landing, which was standing near the runway, 1976.
Spielberg during the filming of the first Indiana Jones movie, 1980.
The glasses that John Lennon was wearing on the day of his murder, 1980.
Transportation of the first Indian satellite, 1981.
A black policeman protects members of the racist KKK organization from protesters, 1983.
Dmitry Medvedev in his youth, 1986. (The Russian prime minister himself denies the authenticity of this photo.)
The relocation of a 7,600-ton multi-apartment residential building, which was carried out to pave a boulevard in the Romanian city of Alba Iulia, 1987.
Hannah Stilly — born in 1746, the picture was taken in 1840. Apparently, this woman became the oldest person who was photographed.
Famous conservationist, animalist and biologist Carl Eikley with a leopard that attacked him, which he killed with his bare hands, 1896.
The world's first telephoto lens, 1900.
The collapsed ceiling in the building of the Russian Parliament, 1907.
A beggar runs after the carriage of the British King George V, 1920.
The seal at the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun, 1922 (the seal remained intact for 3245 years).
Fiat workers participate in a race on the roof of the company's first factory in Turin, Italy, 1923.
A group of naked teenagers running away from a policewoman, Hyde Park, London. 1926.
Opium den in Singapore, 1941.
This is what the aerobatic simulator looked like in 1942.
Loading the first 5 MB hard disk into a PanAm airplane, 1965.
Audrey Hepburn shopping with her pet, 1958.
Swimming pool car in New York, 1960.
Che Guevara and Fidel Castro on a fishing trip, 1960.
Dining room for employees of the Disney company, 1961.
The Beatles sing for 18 people in a modest club in the town of Aldershot in December 1961. They became superstars in a year and a half.
Morning train, Japan, 1964.
Prague Spring 1968: A Soviet soldier chases a guy who threw stones at a tank. 1968.
A man is working on creating a new computer model, 1968.