Sunday, 14 October 2018

What are some rare photos of world history

New Yorkers stop to watch the "Seinfeld" finale, Times Square, 1998
Muhammad Ali with his winnings, 1974
Window Washer Camera Man, Empire State Building, 1936
"The Simpsons" Writing Room, 1992
Henry Behrens, smallest man in the world, with his pet cat, 1956
Annette Kellerman promoting women's rights with a one-piece bathing suit (later arrested for indecency), 1907
Dr. Seuss drawing The Grinch, 1957
Sesame Street Rehearsal, 1980s
The models of "American Gothic" standing next to the painting, 1935
A man browsing for books in Cincinnati's cavernous old main library, n.d. The library was later demolished in 1955
The Grande Galerie in the Louvre abandoned during World War II, 1940s
German children play with stacks of money during the hyperinflation period of the Weimar Republic, 1922
Lyndon B. Johnson yelling at the pilots of a nearby plane to cut their engines so that John F. Kennedy could speak as Kennedy is seen trying to calm him down, Amarillo, 1960
Construction of the Lincoln Memorial, 1921
Michelin Tires advertisement with the original Michelin men, Houston, 1910
Props being transported on the set of The Incredible Shrinking Man, 1957
Picasso at his home studio, France, 1956
Eminem with his mother, Debbie, and his brother, Nate, 1996
First scientifically useful photograph of the solar eclipse, Prussian Royal Observatory, 1851
Soviet soldier removes Swastika (Hakenkreuz) from the entrance to the Voykov Metallurgy Plant, Crimea, 1944
John Lennon signing an autograph for Mark David Chapman,the man who would kill him five hours later, NYC, 1980
Stockholm's "Telephone Tower" which served over 5000 lines, 1890
Hitler and Eva Braun one month before D-Day, 1944
Eiffel Tower in the early stages of construction, 1887
Louis Vuitton delivery cart, Paris, 1888
Christmas in the German trenches during WWI, 1914
Shigeki Tanaka, survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, winning the Boston Marathon, 1951
Woman taking a picture with a painted canvas background covering the crumbled buildings that were destroyed during the German's extensive bombing of Poland, Warsaw, 1946
Edit (10k+!): I am truly in shock at how many people have upvoted and commented. The nice words have really made my days! To express my gratitude, here are some bonus pictures. Enjoy!
Tim Burton showing off a Halloween costume that was handmade by his mother, 1967
Lincoln Memorial, 1917
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, 1968
Men line up outside a "last call" liquor sale in Detroit before Nationwide Prohibition under the 18th Amendment was passed, 1920
Readers browse through the bomb-damaged library of Holland House during the battle of Britain, London, 1940

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