36 Historically Profound Images That Will Make The Past Come Back To Life
Must see images from the past that will make you relive it like it was the present. Presenting some of the most mind-blowing images that you absolutely cannot miss for anything.
1. A disabled First World War veteran begging for his livelihood on the streets of Berlin, (1923)
2. A father presses his hands against the window of a bus carrying his tearful son and wife to safety during the Siege of Sarajevo, (1992)
3. Attorney General Robert Kennedy is comforted by two of his children on the lawn of his home, after being notified of the assassination of his brother, (1963)
4. Halftime at the very first Super Bowl, 1967 (Colorized)
5. Two girls share a moment at a Beatles concert, (1964)
6. Early morning train in Japan, (1964)
7. Hitler asking a frostbitten and snow ravaged soldier not to salute him, but to instead rest and recover.
8. Images sent from a Soviet probe, Venus, (1970)
9. All of Mahatma Gandhi’s worldly possessions, (1948)
10. Ann Hodges, the only confirmed person in history to have been hit by a meteorite, shows a giant bruise on her side and hip with doctor Moody Jacobs by her side, (1954)
11. Joseph Ambrose, an 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982, holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who was killed in the Korean War.
12. A boy watches TV for the first time in an appliance store window, (1948)
13. Onlookers break down as they watch the Challenger explode to pieces, (1986)
14. Five US presidents at the funeral of Richard Nixon, (April 27, 1994)
15. A policeman catches a group of boys sneaking a look at the rehearsals of the Bertram Mills Circus in Luton, England, (1938)
15. A motorist stops to get directions from a state trooper in New Mexico, (1939)
16. Maud Wagner, the first known female tattooist, circa 1911.
17. An Opium Party, France, (1918)
18. Three friends enjoy a joyride on their new vehicle, Ohio, circa 1924.
19. Wyoming, USA, (1954)
20. A Navajo Indian, Tom Torlino, before and after his assimilation at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, PA, circa 1882.
21. Sesame Street Rehearsal, (1980’s)
22. Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Reagan smile as they have their honeymoon dinner at the Stork Club in New York City, (1952)
23. World Trade Center during the holiday season, circa mid 70’s.
24. Pornstar Linda Lovelace shocks other race-goers as she attends the Royal Ascot races in a revealing morning suit, England, (1974)
25. Close-up view of the Shuttle Challenger. Brown smoke can be seen at the bottom right that indicates a leak that will cause the fatal Challenger explosion.
26. Daytona Beach, (1957)
27. Meryl Streep as a High School Cheerleader, Bernardsville, New Jersey, (ca. 1966)
28. President John F. Kennedy observes the firing of a Polaris missile by the submerged nuclear submarine Andrew Jackson, off the coast of Florida, November 16, 1963. He was assassinated six days later.
29. Actress Veronica Lake demonstrates what can happen to female factory workers who don’t tie their hair back, (1943)
30. A young Korean married couple in street dress, Seoul, Korea, (1904)
31. The rarely seen back of the Hoover Dam before it filled with water, (1936)
32. Two GIs admire actress Raquel Welch while she was visiting the troops in Vietnam, (1968)
33. Maurice L. Lambert kisses his fiancee Violet Hilton, as they pose with her conjoined twin sister, Daisy Hilton in New York, 1934. Maurice and Violet were denied a marriage license by judges in 21 states because they considered it “immoral.”
34. Two African men walk past a sign common in apartheid South Africa, Johannesburg, circa 1956.
35. Babe Ruth pays his respects to Lou Gehrig at his funeral, (1941)
36. The smallest shop in London – a shoe salesman with a 1.2 square meter shoe store, (1900)
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