Amazing Historical Photos (45 pics)

1

"In 1969, when black Americans were still prevented from swimming alongside whites, Mr. Rogers decided to invite Officer Clemmons to join him and cool his feet in a pool, breaking a well-known color barrier."

2

"A man buying cigarettes from his hospital bed, 1950s."

3

"Billy the Kid (second in on left side) playing cards with his pals, 1877."

4

"Workers on scaffolding during restoration of Notre Dame, 1950."

5

"American nurses in gas masks at a WWI front line U.S. Army hospital in France. Photo by Paul Thompson."

6

"Elon Musk, 1994."

7

"Salvador Dali and Coco Chanel share a smoke in 1938."

8

"Pablo Picasso’s art at 14 years old - 91 years old."

9

"Very rare photograph of Vincent van Gogh."

10

"Charlie Chaplin in a charity baseball game for the Red Cross, 1917."

11

"Testing cars on the roof of the Fiat factory in 1929."

12

"Frank Sinatra, Lauren Bacall, and Humphrey Bogart. Old Hollywood at its finest."

13

"Last known photo of the RMS Titanic which hit an iceberg at 11:40PM on this day in 1912 and sunk hours later at 2:20AM in the Atlantic."

14

"Civil War violin used as war diary by Civil War soldier Solomon Conn 1863."

15

"Audrey Hepburn photographed by Bob Willoughby at the living room of her house in Beverly Hills, November, 1958."

16

"Rejected designs for the Eiffel Tower."

17

"Japan one month after Hiroshima, 1945."

18

"This woman is extraordinary."

19

"Charging an electric car, 1905."

20

"A Muslim woman covers the yellow star of her Jewish neighbor with her veil to protect her, Sarajevo, 1941."

21

"Cross-section of the Titanic."

22

"Men of the 16th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 1st Infantry Division landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on D-Day, 6 June 1944. "

23

"Famous American Novelist, Mark Twain, visits the Houses of Parliament in London, England in July 1907."

24

"Cologne Cathedral standing tall in the destroyed city of Cologne, Germany, in 1944 following Allied air raids in the years previous."

25

"Albert Einstein wearing his Levi “Menlo Cossack” leather jacket in 1938."

26

"The first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. 1931. Construction workers line up for pay. The Christmas tree went on to become an annual tradition and a New York landmark."

27

"Rush Hour, New York City, 1909."

28

"George Lucas surrounded by Star Wars props."

29

"A teenage Bill Clinton shakes President John F. Kennedy's hand, Washington DC, 1963."

30

"People walking over Westminster Bridge in London, with Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament visible through snow and fog, 1955."

31

"Rainy nights in London, 1899."

32

"Charlie Chaplin and Helen Keller, 1919."

33

"Dresden, Germany, 1945."

34

"Madison Square Garden under construction, 1966."

35

"Construction of the Lincoln Memorial, 1914-1922."

36

"Statue of Liberty welcoming joyous immigrants to the United States of America, 1900."

37

"Muhammad Ali providing counselling to a potential suicide victim."

38

"Bruce Lee playing with his son Brandon, 1966."

39

"Two men “play tennis” on the wings of a bi-plane, 1920."

40

"Original City Hall subway station, IRT Lexington Avenue Line, 1904."

41

"Discovering the Mona Lisa after WW2."

42

"Times Square, NYC, 1911."

43

"Notre Dame sandbagged during World War One."