Little Pictures Big History
Mr_Incognito
Published
02/07/2014
More fascinating photos from the past.
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April 11th, 1909-About 100 people participate in a lottery to equally divide a 12-acre plot of sand dunes they've purchased, that would later become the city of Tel Aviv, Israel -
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Soviet officers at the open casket of cosmonaut and Soyuz 1 pilot Vladimir Komarov in 1967 -
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Creature From The Black Lagoon high res production still. 1954 -
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A meeting of the Mickey Mouse Club, early 1930s -
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"Equipment carried by a parachutist radio operator", ca.1940's -
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Camp Commandant Amon Goeth, infamous from the movie "Schindlers List", on the balcony of his house overlooking Plaszow labor camp, Poland . 1943-44. -
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Cabinet Ministers lined up to be executed after a coup d'etat in Liberia, 1980 -
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March blizzard in North Dakota, 1966. Caption jokingly reads "I believe there is a train under here somewhere!" -
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In 1913 it was legal to mail children. With stamps attached to their clothing, children rode trains to their destinations, accompanied by letter carriers -
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Crew of the Japanese carrier Zuikaku give one final banzai cheer before the ship sinks. 1944 -
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Howard Carter Looking through the Open Doors of Tutankhamun's Second Shrine, January 1924 -
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The White House kitchen, circa 1909 -
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Adolf Hitler's 4th grade class, 1899. The fuhrer-to-be can be seen top row, dead center -
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Civil rights protesters endure jeers, harassment, and being covered in ketchup and sugar at a sit-in in Jackson Mississippi, 1963 -
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Apollo 1 crew crossing the access arm to the command module on January 27, 1967 -
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Spectators standing upon couches, tables and chairs to get even a glimpse of the Versailles Treaty being signed, France, 1919 -
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Che Guevara greeting a woman in North Korea -
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An American manufacturing plant camouflaged under a fake neighborhood during WWII , 1944 -
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USAF aircraft fly over burning Kuwaiti oil wells, 1991 -
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John Filo's award winning photograph of 14-year-old Mary Ann Vecchio, kneeling over the body of Jeffrey Miller, a protester shot by the Ohio State National Guard during Cambodian Invasion protests. Four students were killed, and nine were injured. Kent State -
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An Iranian soldier looks out over the desert, darkened under clouds of burning oil set alight by Iraqi forces in 1990. -
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Gardai officer smashes glasses off someones face as the police charge crowds after a game between Cork Hibernians and Linfield from Belfast -
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An American Marine tries to communicate with two Japanese child soldiers captured on Okinawa, June 1945 -
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Filipino female guerilla leader shows US Army Pvt. how she used her long knife to silently kill Japanese soldiers during occupation.
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