Amazing little-known historical photos

Amazing little-known historical photos

Categories: History

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.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Amazing little-known historical photos

Stripper on the trading floor of the Toronto Stock Exchange, late 1970s.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Foreskin or Death: A Pakistani soldier checks whether a man (i.e. Muslim or Hindu) was circumcised during the Bangladesh War of Independence, 1971.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Picnic on the highway during the 1973 Oil crisis.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Due to a strong headwind, the plane crashed into a truck on landing, which was standing near the runway, 1976.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Spielberg during the filming of the first Indiana Jones movie, 1980.

Amazing little-known historical photos

The glasses that John Lennon was wearing on the day of his murder, 1980.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Transportation of the first Indian satellite, 1981.

Amazing little-known historical photos

A black policeman protects members of the racist KKK organization from protesters, 1983.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Dmitry Medvedev in his youth, 1986. (The Russian prime minister himself denies the authenticity of this photo.)

Amazing little-known historical photos

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.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Hannah Stilly — born in 1746, the picture was taken in 1840. Apparently, this woman became the oldest person who was photographed.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Famous conservationist, animalist and biologist Carl Eikley with a leopard that attacked him, which he killed with his bare hands, 1896.

Amazing little-known historical photos

The world's first telephoto lens, 1900.

Amazing little-known historical photos

The collapsed ceiling in the building of the Russian Parliament, 1907.

Amazing little-known historical photos

A beggar runs after the carriage of the British King George V, 1920.

Amazing little-known historical photos

The seal at the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun, 1922 (the seal remained intact for 3245 years).

Amazing little-known historical photos

Fiat workers participate in a race on the roof of the company's first factory in Turin, Italy, 1923.

Amazing little-known historical photos

A group of naked teenagers running away from a policewoman, Hyde Park, London. 1926.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Opium den in Singapore, 1941.

Amazing little-known historical photos

This is what the aerobatic simulator looked like in 1942.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Loading the first 5 MB hard disk into a PanAm airplane, 1965.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Audrey Hepburn shopping with her pet, 1958.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Swimming pool car in New York, 1960.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Che Guevara and Fidel Castro on a fishing trip, 1960.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Dining room for employees of the Disney company, 1961.

Amazing little-known historical photos

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.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Morning train, Japan, 1964.

Amazing little-known historical photos

Prague Spring 1968: A Soviet soldier chases a guy who threw stones at a tank. 1968.

Amazing little-known historical photos

A man is working on creating a new computer model, 1968.

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