30 of The Most Iconic Photos From Our Past
Historic photos are always stunning to look at. Since the
invention of photography historic photographs have played important part to
record unique and special aspects of our life such as weddings, birthdays and occasional
selfie. Even a single photo sometimes can tell you much more about history than
a whole book you read. Below are some iconic photographs from our past that
will not only tell you historical events but also demonstrate the triumph of
the human spirit, power of loyalty and tone and values of yesteryear. Take a
look!
First morning after Sweden changed from driving on the left side
to driving on the right, 1967
106-year-old Armenian Woman guards home, 1990
A beautiful suicide – 23 year-old Evelyn McHale jumped from the 83rd floor of the Empire State Building and landed on a United Nations limousine, 1947
A space chimp posing to camera after a successful
mission to space, 1961
Advertisement for Atabrine, anti-malaria drug, in
Papua, New Guinea during WWII
Animals being used as part of medical therapy, 1956
Annette Kellerman promotes women’s right to wear
a fitted one-piece bathing suit, 1907.
She was arrested for indecency
Austrian boy receives new shoes during WWII
Baby cages used to ensure that children get enough sunlight and fresh air when living in an apartment building, ca. 1937
Measuring bathing suits – if they were too short,
women would be fined, 1920′s
Soldier shares a banana with a goat during
the battle of Saipan, ca. 1944
Charlie Chaplin at age 27, 1916
Circus hippo pulling a cart, 1924
Disneyland Employee Cafeteria in 1961
Elvis in the Army, 1958
Hotel owner pouring acid in the pool while
black people swim in it, ca. 1964
Illegal alcohol being poured out during
Prohibition, Detroit, 1929
Lifeguard on the coast, 1920′s
Little girl with her doll sitting in the ruins of her
bombed home, London, 1940
Melted and damaged mannequins after a fire at
Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum in London, 1930
Mother hides her face in shame after putting her children
up for sale, Chicago, 1948
Bookstore in London ruined by an air raid, 1940
The original Ronald McDonald, 1963
Princeton students after a freshman vs. sophomores
snowball fight, 1893
Suntan vending machine, 1949
The real Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin, ca. 1927
Unknown soldier in Vietnam, 1965
Unpacking the head of the Statue of Liberty, 1885
Women With A Gas-Resistant Pram, England, 1938
Walter Yeo, one of the first to undergo an advanced plastic
surgery and a skin transplant, 1917
