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Do you fancy yourself to know a bit about history? Be prepared, as some of these 30 rare photos might turn your perception of history upside down. You’ll be happy that #25 didn’t last longer.
29. “It has a whole 5 MB of storage” A 5 Megabyte Hard Drive loaded onto a PanAm plane. (1956).
28. Cosmetics of the 1930s. Anti-freckles treatment with CO2.
27. “Here you go, Sonny. Say hi to your father for me.” Gabby Hartnett (Chicago Cubs catcher) signing a baseball for the son of Al Capon, Sonny in 1931.
26. Glasses John Lennon wore when he was killed.
25. “Ja, ja. Das ist sehr gut, her Speer.” Hitler and Speer inspecting Schweer Gustav, the largest artillery weapon ever used (not much, though) in 1941.
24. “Raargh”. MGM sceen credits being filmed. (1928)
23. The French get their first taste of Coca Cola. (1950)
23. Fidel and Che chilling on the boat. (1960)
22. Billy the Kid’s only known photo. (1879)
21. “Colditz cock”, an ‘Alo ‘Alo-like glider (made of floorboards, bed-sheets and other high-tech material) used by British POWs in an attempt to escape Colditz camp. It finally flew in August 2012. The picture was taken (the only one of the plan ever) in 1945.
20. The only remaining photo of Lincoln’s second inaugural speech. (March 4, 1865)
19. A priest gives a last service for Titanic victims prior to them being buried at sea. (1912)
18. Salvador Dali and Alice Cooper in New York. (1973)
17. Otto Frank revisiting the attic they hid from the Nazis in and where his daughter, Anne Frank, wrote her famous diary. Taken, May 3, 1960.
16. The still unbroken seal on Tutankhamun’s tomb. It was untouched for 3,245 years. (1922)
15. “Next week, let’s have a picnic on Interstate 90.” A group of people having a nice picinic on an almost deserted highway durnig the Oil Crisis. (1973)
14. Queen Elizabeth the 2nd being badass and firing an L85 rifle. (1993)
12. A dove landing on Fidel Castro during his speech. (January 8, 1959)
11. Back of the Hoover Dam, moments it will be submerged forever. (1936)
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10. “Little Nap” (1915)
9. “Pawn G7 to G6″. A game of chess (using actual people instead of pieces) played in Sankt Petersburg (1924)
8. A Pakistani soldier inspects if the man is circumcised during the Bangladesh’s war of Independence to see if he is Hindu or not. (1971)
7. “Okay, sir, turn left in about 2 miles”. How directions were given before satnav. (1963)
6. George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg having a water pistol duel. No they’re dueling with laser pistols. (1983)
5. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. hoisting up Charlie Chaplin to promote Liberty Bonds (1918)
4. Alfred Hitchcock and his grandchildren catching snowflakes. (1960)
3. J. D. Salinger, working on his famous book “Catcher in the Rye”. (Between 1944 and 1945)
2. Jackie Mitchell, the only woman ever to strike out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehring. (April 2, 1931)
1. “The Beatles” playing for 18 people in the Aldershot club in England. They will become famous only a year later. (December, 1961)
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