Rare Photos Not Appropriate for History Books

facts first presents rare photos not appropriate for history books throughout the years photography has captured small glimpses in today's gone by recently there's been a surge in previously unreleased and freshly uncovered photographs these pictures have ranged from highlighting atrocities to all inspiring to eerie to rare photos not appropriate for history books and everything in between Paris France 1880s constructing the Statue of Liberty in this image you can see the famous New York skyline without the iconic statue as she wasn't ready for her debut yet at that time Lady Liberty was still being assembled by the French engineer Gustave Eiffel Lady Liberty was unveiled to the wonderment of all who came to the ceremony on October 28 1886 Salvador Dali 1953 in a goat drawn carriage even by artistic standards Salvador Dali remains one of the most fascinating and eccentric artists of all time his imagination surpassed even his canvas and it often spilled out into his real life while the rumors of him using goat feces as perfume can't be substantiated you can see him here enjoying a ride in a carriage drawn by a goat diving suit 1911 the inventor this photograph shows the incredibly creative and newly patented diving suit with the inventor Charles E McGuffey standing proudly beside it this diving suit weighed over 550 pounds and it was constructed out of an aluminum alloy the weight of the suit made it perfect for sinking the diver into the depths of the waters below McDuffie suit helped break a new record in 1914 by reaching the depth of 212 feet in the Long Island Sound Russia 1924 game of human chess there is nothing that could be more fun than gathering 31 of your closest friends for an afternoon of standing on squares and playing one of the most classic games known to man life-size human chess as depicted in this aged photo may not be as high-stakes as it was in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone but then again this was Soviet Russia so maybe it was the Titanic 1912 bon voyage this photograph is one of the last known depictions of the ship before it met its infamous fate it sank into the Atlantic Ocean and the history books on its maiden voyage April 14 1912 a shock wave of grief and horror reached the mainland as news of the tragedy spread however even now more than a hundred years later and seeing images such as this one we know that our hearts will go on first meeting 1919 Helen Keller and Charlie Chaplin in this delightful image you can see what happens when the famed film actor and what are the world's most prolific advocates for the mute blind and deaf come together for a meeting you can see Helen Keller as she reads Chaplin's lips by touching his mouth gently and by all accounts even she thought he was hilarious the canals of Venice 1956 cleanup time nearly everyone on this planet has heard of Venice's canals but few have wondered about how they're maintained or cleaned in this photograph you can see a portion of one of Venice's canals cordoned off drained and made sludge free by the hard work of many laborers this cleaning task is on a monumental scale and it must have been back-breaking for those who did the work Marilyn Monroe 1956 the seven-year itch one of the most widely recognized and iconic pictures to come out of the 20th century pop culture is and probably always will be Marilyn Monroe standing on a New York City sidewalk grate trying to keep her white dress down this picture was taken in promotion of her film the 7-year itch directed by Billy Wilder Steven Spielberg 1975 Jaws in this magical movie moment captured in time you can see director Steven Spielberg chilling out in the mouth of Bruce the mechanical shark used in the film who they affectionately named Bruce because that was the name of Steven Spielberg's lawyer Spielberg was only 27 years old when he directed the movie and the shark shown in this image is only one of the three full scale models created world war ii circa 1940 smiling russian woman soldier over 800,000 women served in the soviet forces during the Second World War most of them served in a medical capacity but there were a few who made it to the combat zones as snipers and gunners like the woman soldier shown in this image while fighting Nazis must have been a terrifying ordeal she seemed to take in a pleasure with her service Boston Marathon 1967 first woman runner Katherine Schweitzer in this image ran hard and fast into the history books as the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon while officials and race organizers were chagrined at her audacity she didn't let them stop her and she finished the race with a time of 4 hours 20 minutes Montana 1901 eligible bachelors most turn to the century ladies were looking for a good quality husband and these Montana men were more than happy to offer up their services while there is not much information available for this picture you can imagine that there were not too many eligible women and the vast wilderness of Montana during the early 1900's géza 1870s on the road there if you've ever seen any modern-day photographs of the Giza pyramids what may be the most striking about the image is the lack of people Giza did not become a popular tourist attraction until almost a hundred years after this picture was taken now the Great Pyramid receives millions of visitors year after year photograph recording 1916 mountain chief this amazing image captured Francis Densmore recording Mountain chief a leader of the Blackfoot tribe with a photograph in 1916 Densmore devoted her entire career to preserving the musical culture and traditions of Native Americans like mountain chief through phonograph recordings she was an enthusiastic ethnomusicologist and many of her recordings are still available to this day Disneyland 1961 employee cafeteria there might be nothing better than sitting down and having lunch with Snow White and Goofy after an entire year's worth of construction Disneyland dubbed the happiest place on earth opened for business in 1955 quite smartly as this image shows you can see no apples on the tray of Snow White Gettysburg 1913 the 50th anniversary in this powerful picture veteran soldiers on both sides of the mason-dixon line assembled and reconciled by joining hands on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg President Woodrow Wilson attended the event along with 50,000 soldiers involved in the war James Naismith 1890s the inventor of basketball James Naismith was a Canadian American sports coach and physician he developed the game of basketball in 1891 while teaching physical education in Springfield Massachusetts the original game consisted of using peach baskets for the hoops and had just 13 basic rules in this image you can see him fine-tuning the game with a bit of practice and help from his wife Maude film icons 1928 the MGM lion this photograph captured the photo shoot of the roaring lion scene at the beginning of every MGM film while several Lions have been used throughout the years this particular Lions name is Jackie and he's also appeared in some of the classic Tarzan movies world war 1 circa 1915 when bullets collide this amazing photograph captured two bullets that collided midair during the Battle of Gallipoli the battle lasted over 10 months and ultimately led to a few Allied countries or retreating it's still considered a defining moment of victory for the Turkish army zero gravity 1958 18 clause in a move that would not meet peeta standards today scientists decided to use a cat to study the effects of weightlessness at zero gravity on animals captain drew EP parks piloted his f94 sea jet to an altitude of 25 thousand feet and released the cat to see what would happen parks denoted that the cat's reaction was one of bewilderment and that sentiment was captured very well in this photograph testing circa 1950s the h-bomb the United States detonated 23 nuclear devices at Bikini Atoll between 1946 and 1958 this astonishing picture shows the moment after an h-bomb hit its target the bombs were tested underwater in the air and on the sea leaving the area uninhabitable because of radioactivity [Music] tourists at the white house 1981 Pablo Escobar Pablo Escobar known as the king of cocaine was estimated to have a net worth of over three billion dollars at the height of his career this photograph taken by his wife is of him and his young son as they visited the White House in Washington DC the Tour Eiffel 1932 painting in the sky brave painters are shown here coding the Eiffel Tower with new paint since its construction the tower has been repainted 18 times with an estimated 60 tons of paint to complete the job each time it takes 25 workers a full year to paint the tower [Music] going for a stroll 1938 gas proofed this photograph was taken in the same year that Germany occupied the Sudetenland bomb shelters and drills were commonplace in Britain's larger cities but one of the fewer known devices to reach the citizens was this gas proofed stroller given this picture it's no wonder the coffin looking device never caught on to walk about British infants skyscrapers 1934 baby cages while the British Council had the right idea that children needed access to fresh air and sunlight this may not have been their best option thankfully anyone with children or vertigo can breathe a sigh of relief as these baby cages did not stick around very long Audrey Hepburn 1958 Pippin this heartwarming picture shows Audrey Hepburn pursuing a bit of goods while out shopping with her pet deer Pippin Pippin and Hepburn met while filming green mansions Pippin received a lot of love from Audrey and was even allowed to snuggle with her at bedtime Stockholm 1890 the telephone tower the old Stockholm tower was built in 1887 and connected more than 5,000 telephone lines this was before telephone lines were buried which started in 1913 the tower was damaged by a fire in 1952 and demolished a year later but this picture of it still proves it stood in all of its monstrous glory at one time journey to space 1957 the first animal Leica depicted here was the first animal ever to travel to space like I was just a lowly stray in the streets of Moscow before becoming a cosmonaut unfortunately Leica never returned to earth having died within just a few hours of departure she's memorialized by a Moscow monument that still stands to this day space chimp 1961 ham ham the Astro chimp who were better known as ham the chimp was named after the Holloman aerospace medical center in New Mexico he was launched from Cape Canaveral on January 31st 1961 fortunately ham came back just fine from his space travels with nothing more than a little bruising around his nose [Music] swimsuits 1922 your measurements please authorities kept a pretty close eye on women wearing swimsuits in the early 20th century this photograph taken at the Potomac shows an official measuring the length of a woman's swimsuit to see if it abides by the rules women were often arrested for in modesty if the swimsuit did not meet dress codes military tradition 1952 must be Air Force graffiti for those who are unfamiliar with this little-known military tradition this photograph captures US Navy McDonald's plane and the tagging that was done to it after erroneously landing on the wrong aircraft carrier new and France 1950 coca-cola this image shows the trepidation on the faces of a few French patrons who tried coca-cola for the first time after it was made officially available in France while it was available in the country beforehand it was never distributed by licensed vendors until the 1950s new to Norway 1905 bananas this image highlights the first time bananas were delivered to Norway the load of boxes and crates weighed over 3,000 kilograms this tasty tropical fruit was made available for places like Norway through global trade read all about it 1912 the Titanic disaster Edward John parfaite is forever captured selling newspapers detailing the harrowing fate of the Titanic parfaite stood outside the offices of White Star Line in London to sell his newspapers the day after disaster struck he was 15 years old at the time Elvis Presley 1958 before he was king in March of 1958 Elvis Presley joined the US Army he was discharged in 1960 and completed an 18-month tour in Germany during his military life prohibition circa 1920s a tower of barrels prohibition was a failed experiment in United States history between 1920 and 1933 authorities often confiscated barrel after barrel of alcohol and assembled them in large towers as shown in his photograph they would then light the tower on fire to dispose of the illicit goods subscribe for more [Music] you

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Published: Sun Oct 20 2019