most powerful, rare and intoxicating images from the past (1)

A view from behind the Lincoln statue during Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech. [28 August, 1963]

Most Powerful, Rare and Intoxicating Images From The Past (1)

It was on this day in British history, 26 November 1922, that Howard Carter and the Earl of Carnarvon became the first men to see inside the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Howard Carter, a British Egyptologist, had discovered the first step leading to the tomb’s entrance on 4 November, and worked feverishly to reveal the tomb’s entrance by 26 November. Interesting is the fact that Lord Carnarvon died within 6 months of being among the first to enter the tomb. Was there a curse? The debate still goes on… 

The recording of the MGM Lion. [1929]

1910, Antarctica. This photo was taken by the British Terra Nova Expedition, before their entire Polar team would die on the way back from the South Pole to their ship.

German prisoners react to footage of concentration camps. [1945]

The models of “American Gothic” stand next to the painting

The Hollywood sign, shortly after it was installed. It originally read “Hollywoodland”. [1923]

Race organisers attempt to stop Kathrine Switzer from competing in the Boston Marathon. She became the first woman to finish the race. [1967]

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]

The filming of Batman and Robin.

Spectators standing upon couches, tables and chairs to to see the signing of the treaty of Versailles and the end of World War I. [1919]

Fidel Castro enjoying ice cream during a visit to a US military camp. [1959]

Wilbur Wright circles the Statue of Liberty in the Model A. [29 September, 1909]

The aftermath of Victory over Japan Day in New York. [14 August, 1945]

The last few prisoners of Alcatraz leave as the prison is shut down for good. [1963]

An injured survivor of the Hindenburg smokes as he is carried to safety. [6 May, 1937]

The only known photograph of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, before giving his famous address. [November 19, 1863]

An East German guard passes a flower through a gap in the Berlin Wall on the morning it was torn down. [1989]

Three men run in the marathon at the first modern Olympic Games. [1896]

Mourners climb telephone poles to get a view of Gandhi's funeral procession. [1948]

The last known photo of the Titanic above water. [1912]

A photo taken in secret of the Supreme Court in session, one of only two ever taken. [1932]

A large crowd, made up of many African Americans, mourn the death of Abraham Lincoln outside the Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi. [1865]

Crowds flock to the the first World Series Game in New York. [1912]

The very first Rockefeller Christmas Tree is revealed to the public. [1931]

View from the top on the opening day of the Empire State Building. [1931]

Bird’s eye view of JFK’s funeral in the Capitol Building. [November, 1963]

Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan in the general's tent at Antietam [3 October, 1862]

Traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge moments after it opened seen from atop one of the arches. [1937]

The back of the Hoover Dam just before it was submerged and never seen again. [1936]

The unfinished Washington monument, abandoned after funds ran out and civil war broke out. [c. 1857 - 75]

Jacqueline Kennedy backstage watching her husband during the first televised debate against Richard Nixon. [1960]

Massive crowds gather for Woodstock. [1969]

Director Alfred Hitchcock on set during the filming of "The Birds." [c. 1962]

Onlookers react to the explosion of the Challenger shuttle. [January 28, 1986]

A young Hitler in the rally at  Munich Odeonsplatz, celebrating the declaration of WWI (1914).

Muhammad Ali vs Cleveland Williams, 1966

Canadian firefighters seal an oil well in Kuwait after Iraqi sabotage during the Gulf War, 1991

0.025 seconds after the first atom bomb detonation code name Trinity. July 16, 1945, New Mexico USA

Torpedo shop at the Washington Navy Yard, circa 1917

This is how they prove Londons Double-decker buses are not a tipping hazard. 1933

Vova Egorov, 15 Year Old Scout for the Red Army. WWII, April 1942

Mount Rushmore Before Carving

The Last Kiss WWII

Ruby Bridges, first african-american to attend a white elementary school in the South Nov. 14th, 1960

Bombs dropped on Kobe, Japan, 1945

Alerted by the smell of a broken bottle of liquor, Federal Agents inspect a "lumber truck". Los Angeles, 1926

JFK and LBJ during the Cuban Missle Crisis, 1962

9 Kings in Windsor Castle, May 20th, 1910

A WW1 submarine with a hull number of U-118 was found washed ashore on the beach at Hastings, Sussex, England. After the surrender of Germany, its towing cable snapped as it was being towed to France for dismantling.

The headquarters of Benito Mussolini and the Italian Fascist party in Italy, 1934

Al capone and his son

Howard Carter Looking through the open doors of Tutankhamun's Shrine. [January, 1924]

Japanese Zero shot down

Dresden post bombing

In WWII the Mona Lisa was packed up & moved 5 times to protect it from looting during the German occupation of France

One of the first photos that was taken inside of Hitler's bunker (Führerbunker) in 1945 by Allied soldiers.

 John Young and Charles Duke training for the Apollo 16 mission in the New Mexico desert.

Famous album cover art for The Beatles album Abbey Road, correct? Not exactly, this is them walking back in the opposite direction.

Original iconic pic

Che Guevara and Fidel Castro sharing a laugh

Douglas MacArthur signing the official Japanese surrender instrument aboard the USS Missouri, 1945.

endRMS Titanics propeller dwarfing its makers, 1911

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