History is filled with so many intriguing events that it's often difficult to keep track of them all. While hours can be spent poring over history books and Wikipedia articles for information, sometimes a single image can convey more than pages of text. Today, I have prepared for you a collection of rare historical photographs that are unlikely to be found in your history textbook. From the Statue of David shielded by a brick dome to the voluminous hand-written code produced for the Apollo project, explore the gallery below for some of the most fascinating seldom-seen historical images.
#1 An extraordinary photograph of a German soldier defying orders to assist a young boy in crossing the newly erected Berlin Wall, after being separated from his family in 1961.
In 1969, when Black Americans were still barred from swimming with Whites, Mr. Rogers invited Officer Clemmons to join him and cool his feet in a pool, thereby breaking a well-known racial barrier.
In September 1954, Charles Thompson greeted his new classmates at Public School No. 27, less than four months after the Supreme Court declared racial segregation unconstitutional. Charles was the sole African-American child at the school. The moment was captured by photographer Richard Stacks for The Baltimore Sun.
Princess Diana Shakes Hands with an AIDS Patient Without Gloves, 1991
A policeman in San Francisco reprimands a man for not wearing a mask during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic.
#6 Michelangelo's Statue of David, Encased in Bricks to Prevent Bomb Damage During World War II
#7 Jewish Prisoners Liberated from a Death Train, 1945
Eight members of the Dutch Resistance celebrate the news of Adolf Hitler's death, April 1945.
A man arrested for cross-dressing emerges from a police van, New York, 1939.
#10 A Serbian Soldier Sleeps With His Father Who Came To Visit Him On The Front Line Near Belgrade, 1914/1915
#11 Louis Armstrong Playing For His Wife, Egypt, 1961
#12 Margaret Hamilton And The Handwritten Navigation Software She And Her Mit Team Produced For The Apollo Project, 1969
#13 Young Queen Elizabeth As A Mechanic During WW2 (C. 1939)
#14 Anne Frank’s Father Otto, Revisiting The Attic Where They Hid From The Nazis. He Was The Only Surviving Family Member (1960)
An American soldier cradles a wounded Japanese boy, sheltering him from the rain in the cockpit of an airplane during the Battle of Saipan, as they wait for transport to a field hospital. July, 1944.
#16 A Man Rides A Bus In Durban, Meant For White Passengers Only, In Resistance To South Africa’s Apartheid Policies, 1986
At 4:31 AM, an unauthorized photograph captured Stalin inside the Kremlin at the precise moment he learned of Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. The image was taken by the editor-in-chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda, who was instructed to destroy it but chose to preserve it instead. June 22, 1941.
#18 Ruby Bridges, The First African-American To Attend A White Elementary School In The Deep South, 1960
#19 Freddie Mercury With His Mother, 1947
#20 7’3” (221cm) Jakob Nacken, The Tallest Nazi Soldier Ever Chatting With 5’3” (160cm) Canadian Corporal Bob Roberts After Surrendering To Him Near Calais, France In September Of 1944
#21 When the Nazis demanded to know her 'accomplices' before her execution, Lepa Radić defiantly replied, 'You will know them when they come to avenge me.' The young Serbian girl was executed at the age of 17 near Gradiška in 1943. She suffered the loss of her father, 15-year-old brother, and uncle during the Battle of Kozara.
#22 Albert Einstein, His Secretary Helen (Left), And Daughter Margaret (Right) Becoming U.S. Citizens To Avoid Returning To Nazi Germany, 1940
#23 Mobsters Hide Their Faces At Al Capone’s Trial 1931
#24 A German Soldier Returns Home Only To Find His Family No Longer There. Frankfurt, 1946
#25 “The Drunk Basket.” In The 1960s, Bars In Istanbul Would Hire Someone To Carry Drunk People Back To Their Homes
#26 May 20, 1910: The Nine Kings Of Europe Photographed Together For The First And Only Time
#27 Soldiers Returning Home From WWII, 1945
#28 David Isom, 19, Broke The Color Line In A Segregated Pool In Florida On June 8, 1958, Which Resulted In Officials Closing The Facility
#29 Russian Inmate Points An Identifying And Accusing Finger At A Nazi Guard Who Was Especially Cruel Towards The Prisoners In Buchenwald Camp
#30 In Cuban cigar factories around 1900-1910, hired readers would read aloud to the cigar makers as they worked. Since many employees were illiterate, lectores were employed to read novels, poetry, non-fiction works, and newspapers, which were selected by consensus.
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