While a photo can be worth a thousand words, historical photos are worth so much more than that. A good historical photo can throw us into a different time, enabling us to empathize with a particular moment that is otherwise hard to imagine. Many of these occurred before many readers were even alive.
Here are some favorites worth reflecting on. All of the photos are real, no shopping or editing whatsoever.
Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, 1934
Air hostess and steward serving Scandinavian Country Style Buffet, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, 1969
A Ukrainian-American family celebrates the death of Stalin, 1953
A Forgotten Age of Open-air Schools in the Netherlands, 1957
Women protesting forced Hijab days after the revolution, Iran, 1979
German prisoners of war in American camps are shown footage of German concentration camps, 1945
Using a traditional Japanese blade, 17-year-old Yamaguchi assassinates socialist politician Asanuma in Tokyo, as it was captured on live television, 1960
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson listens to a tape sent by Captain Charles Robb (his son-in-law) from Vietnam, 1968
The wives of the astronauts on the Apollo 8 mission at the moment they heard their husbands voices from orbit, 1968
Deadwood, USA, 1876
US soldiers of 969th Field Artillery Battalion decorate shells they're delivering to front line in Germany, 1944
Boy receiving a new pair of shoes at an orphanage in Austria, 1946
The headquarters of Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party in Rome, 1934
The Great Sphinx of Giza partially excavated, 1860's
The day when nationwide alcohol ban was repealed, December 5th 1933
The 3245 year old seal on Tutankhamen's tomb before it was broken in 1922
The "Big Three" - Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill - meet at the Tehran Conference, 1943
Before the creation of the EPA, New York was one of America's most polluted cities, 1966
Red Army soldier with a kitten during WWII
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Princess Diana and Prince Harry at an amusement park, April 1992
O.J. Simpson running from police on June 17, 1994
Female Soviet college students studying for their exams in a park in late 1960s
Female Snipers of the 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front - 775 confirmed kills in one photograph, 1945
Looking for employment in 1930
Ku Klux Klan on a ferris-wheel, 1925
Judy Garland taking a break during the filming of The Wizard of Oz, 1938
Jesse Owens wins gold in Nazi Germany, 1936
Jerry Stiller takes his son Ben to a play, 1978
WWII German Girls Athletic Club
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Hitler Reacts to Kiss from Excited American Woman at the Berlin Olympics, August 15, 1936
Hiroshima before and after the atomic bombing on August 6th, 1945
A dog being dressed up by a German soldier, 1940
A Group of Samurai in front of Egypt's Sphinx, 1864
Elvis Presley being sworn into his compulsory army service. Arkansas, 1958
Hitler declares war on the United States - December 11th, 1941
John Lennon attempting to retrieve his guitar pick while in India, 1968
Moscow celebrates victory over Nazi Germany - May 9th, 1945
Private James Hendrix of the 101st Airborne, playing guitar at Fort Campbell Kentucky in 1962
Rescued slaves crowd the deck of the HMS Daphne, 1868
Buenas noches, hermosas fotos me encantan.
En especial la de Elvis muy joven. Gracias por compartir mucha historia.
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