Amazing historic photos...

[Locut0s]

I've seen a number of these before but not all of them, and not all in one place. Some of them are ho hum but others really are treasures to see:

http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/2013/march/rare_historical_photos.htm

Here are a few that stand for me but I urge you to take a look at the list for yourself:


Samurai taken between 1860 and 1880.


Martin Luther King, Jr removes a burned cross from his yard in 1960. The boy is his son.


Nagasaki, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945.


Fidel Castro lays a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial.


Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his wife on the day they were assassinated in 1914,
an event that helped spark World War I.


The headquarters of Benito Musolini and the Italian Fascist party taken in Rome in 1930.

[jakeXT]

1. The Mussolini one is from 1934

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19340411&id=A-1PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zVQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3099,1968168

[Locut0s]

3. Ahh thanks for the correction. I would not be surprised if a few of these were off...

Still amazing photo!

[LadyHawkAZ]

2. Wow!

The first photo following the discovery of Machu Pichu in 1912

Wow!

Child laborers in 1880


Wow and

The unbroken seal on King Tut's tomb


Wow!

So much wow!
I very much enjoyed this. Thanks for posting it!

[Art_from_Ark]

4. Actually, that picture of the child laborers (newsboys) was taken in 1910

in St. Louis, Missouri, by Lewis Hine.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/newsboys-in-iconic-labor-photos-identified/article_b4657c47-2173-52a3-9328-820c8039d3c9.html

[LadyHawkAZ]

11. Thank you for the date info correction

It's still a sad and moving photo, whenever it was taken.

[Art_from_Ark]

18. It is definitely a sad and moving photo

Back in the early 1900s, Lewis Hine traveled the country photo-documenting the plight of child laborers. More haunting photos of his can be found here:

http://www.geh.org/ar/letchild/letchil_sum00001.html

[LadyHawkAZ]

19. :(

Thank you for that.

[stuffmatters]

5. Double wow!

The MLK w/burned cross and Castro laying wreath at Lincoln Memorial are especially poignant and unforgettable snaps. Thank you!

[TxGrandpa]

6. Outstanding photos

And a rare look at history!! Thanks!

[cyberswede]

7. Nagasaki - holy shit!

[petronius]

8. Very cool, thanks for the link! I tried to scroll down slow and figure out

what they were without the captions - I didn't get very many right...

[yesphan]

9. Also,

the photo captioned as being Neil Armstrong is actually Buzz.

[xtraxritical]

10. What a great website, thanks.

[Adsos Letter]

12. Great find!

btw, there's a new book out on the assassination of the archduke and its place in launching the first world war:

July 1914: Countdown to War by Sean McMeekin

http://www.amazon.com/July-1914-Countdown-Sean-McMeekin/dp/0465031455/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369857529&sr=1-1&keywords=july+1914

[HeiressofBickworth]

13. A liberated Jew holds a Nazi at gunpoint.

This picture brought tears to my eyes. How did he resist the urge to shoot the Nazi in the head? Or did he? Who would have blamed him?

[Archae]

14. My Mom has one of these.

My Father's grandmother and great-grandfather were suppose to be on it, but due to a bureaucratic mixup, they missed the boat.
Ended up taking the next one.

[mwdem]

15. What was the fabulous Albert Einstein wearing on his feet?

That is too funny!

[66 dmhlt]

20. Ladies sandals - Size 11 ...

The next day, Einstein came into the store himself looking for “sundials.” Or so Rothman thought and he dutifully showed him the one he had in the backyard. Einstein pointed to his feet. He really needed sandals, so Rothman sold him the largest pair he had left: women’s size 11. Einstein, who’d described himself in a letter to a friend as “a kind of ancient figure known primarily for his non-use of socks and wheeled out on special occasions as a curiosity,” gladly wore them all summer, along with a pair of shorts tied around his waist with a piece of rope, and a white sports shirt.

http://www.longislandpress.com/2013/02/01/einstein-on-the-beach/

[Tom_Foolery]

16. I like Einstein's messy desk...

It looks my desk at work, but I'm no Einstein.

[Kingofalldems]

17. Check out Hilary.

[steve2470]

21. wonderful photos thanks ! nt

[sinkingfeeling]

22. Sam Walton's store remains the same in Bentonville. All the

shareholders who will be in Fayetteville next Friday, June 7, will make the trip up to visit it.



http://www.thethirdcity.org/blog/author/jon-randolph/page/3/



Thanks for the link. Great, moving photos!

[Art_from_Ark]

25. Walton also ran a Ben Franklin store just a block or two away from that store

My grandmother took me to the BF store so I could pick out a present for my 5th birthday. I can't remember whether I chose the cheapie guitar or the bongo drums.

[IrishAyes]

23. Thanks a million times over.

It's been fascinating, and I did visit the website.

[Libertas1776]

24. For oodles more vintage and historic photos...

Last edited Mon Jun 3, 2013, 09:50 PM - Edit history (1)

check out http://www.shorpy.com/ lots of everyday pics there

[Locut0s]

27. Wow thanks for the link. Make sure you check this out guys!

Bookmarked.

Some amazing stuff there in their galleries!

[Autumn]

26. Awesome.

Thanks for posting this.