37 Rare Historic Photos That You Probably Haven’t Seen Before

in photography •  8 years ago 

Take a breathtaking brief journey to the past with these rare historical photos reflecting the essence of gone epoch skillfully captured by a last millennium photographer.
It’s really cool to flip through the powdery pages of history viewing the historical moments, unknown or known to you, covered in books, some academic articles & films, and probably experienced by your ancestors.
These photos, taken with predigital era cameras, will help you restore historic landmarks & people involved.
Dramatic events, romantic scenes, famous people, touching moments revive in the pictures making you admire, smile, grieve, sympathize, think of the stories behind them.
The impact of images captured several decades ago can’t be compared with that of academic articles or historic novels. Due to their picturesqueness & expressiveness you will feel the mind-bending fragrance and nostalgic flavor of the past which you feel as close to now as never.
You'll be really fascinated with some if not most of these photos. 

1. A stripper visits the trading floor of the Toronto Stock Exchange.

2. Photograph of a Hippo being used to pull cart in 1924

2.  Charlie Chaplin and Mahatma Gandhi, 1931 

3.  Che Guevara and Fidel Castro fishing, 1960 

4.  Kathrine Switzer becomes the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, despite attempts by the marathon organizer to stop her, 1967.

5.  Charlie Chaplin being held in the air by Douglas Fairbanks, 1918.

6.  A 1900s policewoman chasing juvenile skinny dippers.

7.  Construction of the Hoover Dam, USA, 1934.

8. The Man That Refused To Give The Nazi Salute, 1936.

9.  Moving a 7600 ton apartment building to create a boulevard in Alba Iulia, Romania, 1987 

10. An Exotic Dancer Demonstrates That Her Underwear Was Too Large To Have Exposed Herself, After Undercover Police Officers Arrested Her In Florida

11. The seal on Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922. It went for 3,245 years without being touched.

12. Hachiko before his burial in 1935 

13. A helpless woman putting her children up for sale, 1948

14. Jewish prisoners after being liberated from a death train, 1945 

15. Acrobats Balance On Top Of The Empire State Building, 1934

16. The Most Beautiful Suicide – Evelyn McHale jumped to her death from the Empire State Building, 1947.

17. Mafia Boss Joe Masseria Lays Dead On A Brooklyn Restaurant Floor Holding The Ace Of Spades, 1931

18. The Kiss of Life - A utility worker giving mouth-to-mouth to co-worker after he contacted a high voltage wire, 1967, he survived and died in 2002.

19. Photo of real Christopher Robin with Winnie-the-Pooh in 1927

20. Lesbian Couple At Le Monocle, Paris, 1932

21. A woman who survived the Nagasaki bombing, 1945. 

22. A German Child Meets Her Father, A WWII Soldier, For The First Time Since She Was 1 Year Old, 1956 (He was held prisoner in a Siberian concentration camp after being captured by the soviets.)

23.  Bruce Lee on the Dance floor (Late 1950's).

24. Princeton students after a snowball fight in 1893. What was in those snowballs? we don't even want to know.

25. Ducks being used as a part of medical therapy in 1956

26. A heart-rending photo from WWII of a girl comforting her doll after an air bombing, 1940

27.  Job hunting in 1930's 

28. Rare smiling photo of a soldier at war during 1956 with a strong message on his hat

29.  Actors portraying President John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe and their rumored affair, 1977

30. Audrey Hepburn shopping with her pet deer 'Ip' in Beverley Hills, 1958.

31.  Chicago, 1967 

32. A rare historical photo of a hotel owner pouring muriatic acid when black people swan in his pool, 1964

33. Hitler inspects the Gustav Railway gun in 1942. 

34. The famous Gabby Hartnett signs a ball for Sonny, Al Capone's son (1931)

35. The glasses John Lennon wore when he was assassinated, 1980 

36. Aftermath of the D-Day invasion. Two bots watch on as american soldiers drive through the town of St. Lo. France.

37. Due to strong crosswinds, a landing plane crashes with a truck standing near the runway, 1976 

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Interesting! You're welcome to post more!

Thank you pal!!! i will try to support this quality of posts and make it better

Truly amazing photoset, thank you for sharing this.

Your welcome! thank you too for liking it :)

#7 Looks as from Miyadzaki Laputa movie

Right! Haha

  ·  8 years ago Reveal Comment

Wow, these are amazing pictures. They all tell a story without the context. Where did you find them?

Thank! i was collecting it from google search with keyword: Rare Historical Photos.

Some amazing photos, I was trying to pick out my favorite but just to many. Thanks for sharing.

Thank for your commenting! i was working on this simple article 3 hours, upvote ;)

I'll normally vote for original stuff but I really enjoyed seeing these photos. Good collection.

Thank you

Really nice and interesting post. Good job .

Thank you!

Photos and idea are taken from here:
http://www.boredpanda.com/rare-historical-photos/

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

You are very wrong, you did not read my article if you think in that way, look carefully
Pictures are all over the internet, its not from one blog, i had most of this picture on my facebook, but even if i took this "idea" of collecting interesting historical photos so what? every idea is from outside. Don't be angry without reason.

  ·  8 years ago Reveal Comment
  ·  8 years ago (edited)

Are you ok?

RAINMAN!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kathrine Switzer becomes the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, despite attempts by the marathon organizer to stop her, 1967.

TIL that people cared about women not running in races in the 60s? Wow.