22 archival photographs that may surprise you

History in photographs is often much more informative than long descriptions and reflections. This is simply a mute witness to an event that has taken place, important, historical and not so important. Often, archival photographs capture the lives of ordinary people in the setting of the era in which they lived.

It was awkward because our group “Worker and Kolkhoz Woman” was flying like a whirlwind straight towards the Nazis. But it was impossible to turn the sculpture, since it was heading in the direction of the building. The Germans waited for a long time, wanting to know the height of the pavilion along with the sculptural group. When they found out this, they built a tower over their pavilion about ten meters higher than the Soviet one. And at the very top they planted a Nazi eagle. But for such a height, the eagle made was too small and looked rather pitiful. Following the results of the exhibition, the Soviet and German pavilions shared the main prize.

According to eyewitnesses, the information from German leaflets about the capture of the son of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief was so stunning that at first glance it seemed like a lie from Goebbels’ propaganda. For example, according to the memoirs of actor Yuri Nikulin, many Soviet soldiers did not believe in this and considered the leaflet to be disinformation.

This is not photoshop. In the very center of New York, right in Manhattan in 1982, there was a large wheat field. It was an art project called Wheatfield - A Confrontation. The author of this original idea is American conceptual artist Agnes Denes. The field stood for a year, they harvested it and made bread from it. By the way, the plot for the field cost 4.5 billion dollars and the construction of houses then began on it.

The first game took place in the summer of 1912: 8 people in 4 cars took part in it. At first it was just an advertisement for the Ford Model T and nothing more. The game caused a real stir: more than 5 thousand spectators watched it. Autopolo was so popular that it was played until the late 1920s. And this despite the fact that such a sport was very dangerous, despite the fact that both the players themselves and the spectators could get injured. The players' hammers flew out of their hands, and they themselves could fall out of the open car.

At the end of the match, almost all the cars were usually destroyed. Thus, during the games in 1924, approximately 1,500 wheels, 70 axles and 10 engines became unusable. So, in the late 1920s, the popularity of this strange sport began to wane. And it is not surprising: car repairs were too expensive.