64 Historical Pictures you most likely haven’t seen before. # 8 is a bit disturbing!

These photographs all tell stories about the historical figures or events that they represent. Once taken simply to document their present, they now help us witness the past.

Many photographs only become iconic shots years later, once we understand their importance and historical context. From historical landmarks and famous people to the basic daily routines of the past, these pictures portray the past in a way that we can empathize with and understand more intimately.

1. William Harley and Arthur Davidson, 1914


2. Bill Gates for driving without a license, 1977


3. The Beatles before making their most historical picture



4. Muhammad Ali & Michael Jordan, 1992


5. The Beatles, 1960


6. The first car factory in US, Ford Inc. 1926


7. Robin Williams joining the cheerleaders team, 1980


8. Halloween 1900


9. Camp Nou Stadium, Barcelona, 1925


10. Boxing in Yankee Stadium, 1923


11. Chicago, 1967


12. Bruce Lee on a dance floor


13. Einstein and his furry shoes


14. Osama Bin Laden and his judo mates


15. A kid with his artificial legs, 1898


16. The Statue of Liberty before being sent to America


17. The making of Batman 1966


18. Kobe Bryant when he was 18. 1996


19. The last picture of Titanic taken before sinking, 1912


20. Hachikō before his burial


21. Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger. 1969


22. The Beatles and Muhammad Ali. 1964


23. Martin Luther King,Jr and Marlon Brando (The Godfather)


24. Charlie Chaplin and Albert Einstein


24. Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee


26. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates



27. Ian Fleming and Sean Connery


28. Charlie Chaplin and Mahatma Gandhi


29. Marilyn Monroe and Sammy Davis, Jr.


30. The early Micky Mouse drawing by Walt Disney


31. The first computer in England, 1950


32. Marathon on the first summer Olympic, Athens,Greece. 1896


33. Golden Gate under construction, San Francisco. 1937


34. Fidel Castro and Malcolm X, 1960


35. A woman survived in Nagasaki, 1945


36. Kurt Cobain & Krist Novoselic


37. Vladimir Putin as a teenager


38. Johnny Depp dan Oasis


39. Muhammad Ali and a man who tries to commit suicide


40. Robert Downey Jr, and Slash


41. The Beatles’ last concert


42. Bob Marley playing with a soccer ball


43. A computer ad, 1980s


44. Buzz Aldrin doing a space selfie. 1966


45. President Bush receiving a news on 9/11/2001


46. Jack, posing with a newspaper about himself


47. The Rolling Stones,1963


48. Che Guevara and Fidel Castro,1965


49. Mt. Rushmore under contruction,1939


50. Playing golf on a skyscraper. 1932


51. The first banana arrived in Norway,1905


52. A japanese troop surrenders in front of US Armies


53. Eiffel Tower Under Construction. 1880s


54. Parking System in New York, 1930


55. One wheel vehicle introduced by M. Goventosa de Udine , Italia. 1931


56. Barrack Obama as a teenager


57. Jimi Hendrix’ last concert. Love and Peace Festival, Germany. 1970


58. Mahatma Ghandi in London


59. Queenie, the first ski elephant. 1950s


60. Kurt Cobain being Arrested


61. Steven Spielberg, Jaws, behind the scene.


62. An accordion player cries at FDR’s funeral


63. Heath Ledger and Christian Bale


64. Johnny Depp and Noel Gallagher

Source: Imgur, TrueActivist

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