Adolf Hitler Posing to a Recording of His Own Speeches, 1925
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), leader of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), strikes a pose for photographer Heinrich Hoffmann whilst listening to a recording of his own speeches, 1925. After seeing the photographs, Hitler ordered Hoffmann to destroy the negatives, but he disobeyed.
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Construction of Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower (French: La Tour Eiffel, nickname La dame de fer, the iron lady) is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world. Named for its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance arch to the 1889 World’s Fair. The tower stands 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building.
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Old & Funny Photos of Elephants
Old & funny photos of elephants
- Elephant tamer Monique Holzmuller having a cigarette with one of her elephants. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1967
- Rosie the elephants proves to be heavier than her companion and tips the park bench when she tries to sit down. (Photo by Mike Lloyd/Getty Images). 1977
- Marina Frankordi, the 4-year-old daughter of bare-back rider Frankordi, helps circus elephant Sheila to practise her balancing act. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images). December 1964
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50-Year-Old Photographs Get Transformed Into GIFs
In the daytime Cari Vander Yacht works as a designer, but at night, she gets busy with experimental projects that would rightly make her an artist. She put together this amusing, surreal GIF photo-series which she aptly called, “TGIMGIF” (Thank God It’s Monday’s Graphics Interchange Format).
The photographs in her series are all more or less about 50 years old—imagine that. They’re here, below, for you to grin at:
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The Beatles on Donkeys, 1963
Here are some funny pictures of The Beatles on donkeys in Weston-super-Mare, 1963
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Then Vs. Now 1920s New York City
The city has undergone some major changes since the Roaring ’20s.
- Then: Battery Park (1922)
- Now
- Then: Lower Manhattan
- Now
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Behind the scenes of Monty Python’s Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British comedy film written and performed by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin), and directed by Gilliam and Jones. It was conceived during the gap between the third and fourth series of their popular BBC television programme Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
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Life of Soviet Soldiers in World War II
Mikhail Savin was one of such photojournalists. His shots are real classics today. Mikhail was born in far 1915, started to take photos in 1941. He managed to catch interesting moments of Soviet troops retreat, the defense of Moscow, the Kursk battle, attack of Soviet troops in Europe etc. He had a talisman and believed it always helped him to survive on the most difficult and hopeless days. It was a porcelain ring for curtains hanging.
All his work is one of the best samples of how a real professional treats what he does. It gave us a chance to see the war the way it really was.
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