Interesting historical photos
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| A view from behind the Lincoln statue during Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech. [28 August, 1963] |
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| The recording of the MGM Lion. [1929] |
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| A photograph taken by Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition to the South Pole, before they perished on their return journey. [1910] |
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| German prisoners react to footage of concentration camps. [1945] |
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| The models of “American Gothic” stand next to the painting |
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| The Hollywood sign, shortly after it was installed. It originally read “Hollywoodland”. [1923] |
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| The Beatles during their shoot for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. [1967] |
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| Race organisers attempt to stop Kathrine Switzer from competing in the Boston Marathon. She became the first woman to finish the race. [1967] |
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| The traffic jam at the Brandenburg Gate as East and West Germans cross freely on the first Saturday after the fall of the Berlin Wall. [November, 1989] |
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| The filming of Batman and Robin. |
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| Spectators standing upon couches, tables and chairs to see the signing of the treaty of Versailles and the end of World War I. [1919] |
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| Fidel Castro enjoying ice cream during a visit to a US military camp. [1959] |
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| The iceberg that is thought to have sunk the Titanic. Black and red paint is smeared along the side. [1912] |
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| Wilbur Wright circles the Statue of Liberty in the Model A. [29 September, 1909] |
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| A Native American overlooks the newly completed Transcontinental railroad. [1868] |
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| African Americans protest against the war in Vietnam during the Harlem Peace March. [1967] |
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| The “Tank Man” stand off in Tiananmen Square. “Tank Man” is to the left of the digger. [1989] |
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| The aftermath of Victory over Japan Day in New York. [14 August, 1945] |
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| The last few prisoners of Alcatraz leave as the prison is shut down for good. [1963] |
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| Neil Armstrong photographed by Buzz Aldrin, shortly after walking on the moon. [1969] |
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| An injured survivor of the Hindenburg smokes as he is carried to safety. [6 May, 1937] |
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| An over the shoulder view of JFK’s “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech. [1963] |
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| The only known photograph of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, before giving his famous address. [November 19, 1863] |
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| Howard Carter Looking through the open doors of Tutankhamun's Shrine. [January, 1924] |
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| An East German guard passes a flower through a gap in the Berlin Wall on the morning it was torn down. [1989] |
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| Three men run in the marathon at the first modern Olympic Games. [1896] |
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| Norway receive their first ever shipment of bananas. [1905] |
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| Mourners climb telephone poles to get a view of Gandhi's funeral procession. [1948] |
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| Enlisted men aboard an American ship hear the news of Japan’s surrender. [1945] |
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| The first ever underground train journey. Edgware Road Station, London. [1862] |
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| The last known photo of the Titanic above water. [1912] |
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| A photo taken in secret of the Supreme Court in session, one of only two ever taken. [1932] |
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| A large crowd, made up of many African Americans, mourn the death of Abraham Lincoln outside the Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi. [1865] |
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| Salvador Dali kisses the hand of Raquel Welch after finishing his famous portrait of her. [1965] |
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| Crowds flock to the the first World Series Game in New York. [1912] |
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| The very first Rockefeller Christmas Tree is revealed to the public. [1931] |
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| View from the top on the opening day of the Empire State Building. [1931] |
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| Bird’s eye view of JFK’s funeral in the Capitol Building. [November, 1963] |
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| Iranian forces look out at the iconic view of burning oil fields set alight by Iraqi forces during the Gulf War. [1990] |
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| Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan in the general's tent at Antietam [3 October, 1862] |
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| Traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge moments after it opened seen from atop one of the arches. [1937] |
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| The back of the Hoover Dam just before it was submerged and never seen again. [1936] |
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| The unfinished Washington monument, abandoned after funds ran out and civil war broke out. [c. 1857 - 75] |
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| The photographs that inspired Norman Rockwell. |
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| Jacqueline Kennedy backstage watching her husband during the first televised debate against Richard Nixon. [1960] |
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| Massive crowds gather for Woodstock. [1969] |
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| Director Alfred Hitchcock on set during the filming of "The Birds." [c. 1962][a] |
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| The Beatles walking back across Abbey Road after taking the photo for their iconic album cover. |
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| Onlookers react to the explosion of the Challenger shuttle. [January 28, 1986] | | |
