Historical Photos

Very interesting selection of historical photos.

1912 World Series

Fidel Castro laying a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, 1959

British SAS back from a 3 month long patrol, North Africa, January 18, 1943

Japanese plane shot down during the Battle of Saipan, near Saipan; circa June 15 – July 9, 1944

Contrails above London after dogfight between british and german aircraft. September 1940

Benjamin, the last Tasmanian Tiger, at Beaumaris Zoo in 1933

A shell shocked reindeer as World War II planes drop bombs, by Yevgeny Khaldei, Mourmansk, Russia, 1941

Earliest aerial photograph of an American city, titled “Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It” – Taken from a hot air balloon Oct, 1860

Mount Rushmore Before Carving

Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke’s family photo left behind on the moon -1972

Brighton Swimming Club in their top hats and swim suits, 1863

The Mighty Titanic Prepares to Leave Port. 1912

Liberated Jewish man holds NAZI soldier at gunpoint during WWII, unknown date

Colourized image of Osama Bin Laden (age 14, second from right) and Family in Sweden, 1971

Leo Tolstoy telling a story to his grandchildren, 1909

Photographer Lewis Hine shot images of young boys smoking cigarettes to emphasize the harmful effects of child labor. ca. 1880

John McCain being captured by Vietnamese civilians in Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi-1967

The Berlin Wall coming down. (November 11, 1989)

German air raid on Moscow, 1941

Men eating bread and soup in a breadline during the Great Depression