A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images (53 pics)

Posted in       26 Jul 2013       12355       4 GALLERY VIEW

Native American couple, Situwuka and Katkwachsnea in 1912.

1A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

The fuel tanks of the B-24H Liberator "Little Warrior" explode over Germany after being hit by anti-aircraft guns in 1944.

2A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

The Statue of Liberty photographed during a power failure in 1942.

3A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Camp Commandant Amon Goeth, infamous from the movie "Schindler's List", on the balcony of his house overlooking Plaszow labor camp.

4A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Hitler breaks ground on his ambitious plans to link all major German cities with highways.

5A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Amelia Earhart receives what proved to be her last haircut in 1937.

6A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

The RMS Olympic, the Titanic's sister ship, in wartime camouflage in 1915.

7A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images
The mugshot of Tokyo Rose, 1946.
8A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

George W. Bush plays a little dirty rugby for Yale in 1966.

9A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Harry Houdini exposes "spirit trickery" in 1925.

10A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Washington-Hoover Airport which was demolished in 1941. This is where the Pentagon stands today.

11A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

1945, German POWs weep and sit in disgust as they watch footage shot at a German concentration camp.

12A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images
The Golden Gate Bridge around 1935.
13A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Arnold Schwarzenegger shows off to some elderly women in the 1970's.

14A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

The Kennedy family leave the funeral of John F. Kennedy in 1963.

15A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

June 1915, Gallipoli: a Turkish snipersharpshooter, dressed as a tree, is captured by two Anzacs.

16A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Two childhood friends unexpectedly reunite on opposite sides of a demonstration in 1972.

17A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Union prisoners receive rations at Fort Sumter in 1864.

18A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

OJ Simpson carries the Olympic Torch in 1984. Nichole Brown can be seen on the left.

19A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images
Construction of Hoover Dam in 1934.
20A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Dr. Werhner von Braun,"Father of Rocket Science" and Walt Disney in 1954.

21A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Dinosaurs are transported on the Hudson River to the 1964 World's Fair.

22A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

A permanent stable cavity caused by the detonation on an underground nuclear test in 1961.

23A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Vladimir Putin and his childhood friends in 1969. None of them have been seen since!

24A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images
Future presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush with Governor George Wallace at a BBQ in 1983.
25A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Children for sale in Chicago, 1948. Some parents sold their children due to poverty.

26A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Survivors of the Titanic are taken on board the Carpathia in 1912.

27A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images
Anastasia shares a smoke with her father, Tsar Nicholas II two years before their assassination in 1916.

 

28A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Crowds rush through the castle on Disneyland's opening day in 1955.

29A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images
Mark Twain in 1883.
30A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images
The earliest known aerial photograph, taken from a balloon over Paris in 1858.

 

31A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Soviet soldiers stand dumfounded at a large pile of human ashes found at the Majdanek concentration camp in 1944.

32A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

A lion rides in the sidecar during a performance of The Wall of Death carnival attraction at Revere Beach, Massachusetts in 1929.

33A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Medical students pose with a cadaver around 1890.

34A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Construction of the Sydney Opera House in 1966.

35A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

A burial at sea on board the USS Lexington in 1944.

36A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Frank Sinatra asks Lou Gehrig for an autograph in 1939.

37A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Children rush into a candy store following the end of "sweets rationing" in 1953.

38A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

The rather luxurious seating area of the submarine, The Protector, in 1902.

39A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

What is thought to be the oldest known war photograph: New Hampshire volunteers depart for the Mexican War in 1846.

40A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images
Mourners pay their respect to slain civil rights leader, Medgar Evars in 1963. His killer was finally convicted in 1994.
41A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Soldiers comfort each other during the Korean war in the early 1950's.

42A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Albert Einstein brings sexy back in 1932.

43A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Prosthetic legs in 1900.

44A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images
Six year-old Arthur Conan-Doyle in 1865.
45A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images
The Japanese "War Tuba" used to locate enemy aircraft before the invention of radar. Circa 1930.
46A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images
Coney Island in 1905
47A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Ham the chimp returns to Earth following his historic 16 minute space flight in 1961.

48A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

The aftermath of the Great Hurricane of 1900 which killed an estimated 8,000 people in Galveston, Texas.

49A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

An iceberg photographed in 1912 bearing an unmistakable mark of black and red paint. It is believed that this is the iceberg that sank the Titanic.

50A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

A rescue boat comes alongside the crippled USS West Virginia shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

51A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Betty White at home with her dog in 1952.

52A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

Wielu324 just after German Luftwaffe bombing the 1st of September 1939. Not only did this bombing provide a spark for World War II, but it is generally believed to be the first terrorist bombing in history.

53A Look at a Past Gone By in Rarely Seen Images

4   Comments ?
1
1.
cieciu 11 year s ago
#53 to be more accurate, first terrorist bombing was in Guernica, Spain, 27th April 1937. Bombing Wielun (not Wielu324) was the first military operation during WW2, not the spark that started the War.
       
Reply
1
2.
Peanut 11 year s ago
Great post. Thanks for sharing
       
Reply
0
3.
LOLMASTER5000 11 year s ago
#9 He looks like a cross between Elvis and Steve Irwin.
#23 Can you say "fallout"?
#33 The expression on that Lion's face is epic.
#48 Look how pleased he is with himself. Poor bastard was probably dissected after that :(
#50 "Unmistakable mark of black and red paint"? Ummm, no, where?
       
Reply
-1
4.
gigantes 11 year s ago
#1 well, they're too beautiful to live, obviously. they must be wiped out if possible or their lands taken away and then destroyed at the very least!

#34 holy shit... not a model of a skeleton, not a real skeleton dried out, but an actual cadavar in process of decomposition. freaky.
       
Reply
random avatar
27353641acute
belayclappingdance3dashdirol
drinksfoolgirl_craygirl_devilgirl_witch
goodgreenheartJC-LOLJC_doubledown
JC_OMG_signkisslaughingman_in_lmocking
mr47_04musicokroflsarcastic
sm_80tonguevishenka_33vomitwassat
yahooshoot
/*secupdate

Tags

animals, art, awesome, beauty, car, cat, cute, Daily gifdump, Daily picdump, demotivational, dog, facts, fail, fails, funny, funny photos, Funny picdump, funny pictures, gif, hilarious, humor, images, interesting, kids, lol, memes, Morning gifdump, Morning picdump, people, Photobomb, photos, picdump, pictures, prank, these, These funny animals, weird, win, wins, wtf

Archives

2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
0000

How to comment

•    Don't insult other visitors. Offensive comments will be deleted without warning.

•    Comments are accepted in English only.

•    No swearing words in comments, otherwise such comments will be censored.

•    Your nickname and avatar are randomly selected. If you don't post comments for 7 days, they both are reset.

•    To choose another avatar, click the ‘Random avatar’ link.

random_banner_1