A Completely Fascinating Collection Of Historical Photos
Prepare to be fascinated!
Men working in the rigging of the three-masted steel barque Garthsnaid, 1920:
Thelonius Monk, an American jazz pianist and composer in 1959:
Members of the Harlem Hellfighters in 1919:
Shortest, tallest and fattest men in Europe play cards. 1913:
A 17-year old Frida Kahlo poses for a family photo wearing a traditional gentleman’s 3-piece suit, 1924:
8th grader Kurt Cobain playing drums at an assembly at Montesano High School, 1981:
Private James Hendrix of the 101st Airborne, playing guitar at Fort Campbell Kentucky in 1962:
Earliest known photo of Elvis Presley, with parents Gladys & Vernon in 1938:
Samurai in Training, 1860:
Enlisted men aboard an American ship hear the news of Japan’s surrender. 1945:
A photo taken in secret of the Supreme Court in session, one of only two ever taken, 1932:
The only known photograph of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, before giving his famous address. November 19, 1863:
A large crowd, made up of many African Americans, mourn the death of Abraham Lincoln outside the Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi:
Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin, 1931:
In 1939 20,000 Nazi supporters held a rally in Madison Square Garden:
Times Square, 1957:
Paper boys at 2 A.M. about to start their morning rounds. February 12, 1908:
The Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre, 1911:
A war-weary French woman pours a British soldier a cup of tea during the fighting following the Allied landings in Normandy, 1944:
Adolf Hitler speaking with Princess Olga of Yugoslavia, 1939:
Prince Charles and Princess Diana on vacation in Bahamas, 1982:
