1. The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in 1861

2. Unpacking the Head of the Statue of Liberty delivered June 17, 1885.

3. Charlie Chaplin in 1916 at the age of 27.

4. How could parents ensure that their children were getting sunlight and fresh air when living in apartment buildings? The baby cage, ca. 1937.

5. Hotel owner pouring acid in the water when black people swam in his pool, ca. 1964.

6. Bookstore ruined by an air raid, London 1940.

7. Little girl comforting her doll in the ruins of her bomb damaged home, London, 1940.


8. Artificial legs, United Kingdom, ca. 1890.

9. Unknown soldier in Vietnam, 1965.

10. 1920′s lifeguard.

11. 1928 fashion show at the beach.

12. Former slave showing whipping scars 1700.

13. Measuring bathing suits in the early 1920s. If they were too short, the women would be fined.

14. A space chimp poses for the camera after a successful mission to space in 1961.

15. Testing new bulletproof vests, 1923.

16. Austrian boy receives new shoes during WWII.

17. Hitler’s officers and cadets celebrating Christmas, 1941.

18. Frozen Niagara Falls, 1911.

19. Last prisoners of Alcatraz leaving, 1963.

20. A penniless mother hides her face in shame after putting her children up for sale, Chicago, 1948.

21. A most beautiful suicide – 23 year old Evelyn McHaleleapt to her death from an observation deck (83rd floor) of the Empire State Building, May 1, 1947. She landed on a United Nations limousine…

22. New York City fire station, ca. 1912.

23. 5:00 P.M., September 3rd, 1967 Sweden changed from driving on the left side to driving on the right – this was the result.


24. Testing football helmets in 1912.

25. Carl Akeley posed with the leopard he killed with his bare hands after it attacked him, 1896.

26. Allied soldiers mock Hitler atop his balcony at the Reich Chancellery, by Fred Ramage, 1945.

27. 13 June 1944 An English brewery donates a sizable amount of fresh beer for the troops fighting in Normandy and a unique delivery method is created, strapping kegs to the underwings of Spitfires being shipped to forward airfields. Flying at 12,000ft chills the brew to perfection.


28. Wedding rings from WW II concentration camps. Eachpair of rings represents a family, a marriage, a couple. 1945.

29. A man trying to sell his car after losing all in the GreatCrash of 1999.

30. Leonard Siffleet, captured Australian commando who fought in WWII, moments prior to being beheaded by a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy. 1943.

31. Iranian woman in the era before the Islamic revolution by Ayatollah Khomeini. Iran, 1960.

32. Animal Tamer Captain Jack Bonavita sitting down with some of his cats, ~1870s.

33. 1865: Hanging hooded bodies of the four Lincoln assassination conspirators.

34. Loggers in California with the felled giant ‘Mark Twainredwood’, 1892

35. The last Jew in Vinnitsa, 1941.

36. NASA at the Calculation board before Powerpoint.

37. Railroad bridge from the years 1901-1904, in the State of Oregon, USA.

38. Coney Island on July 22, 1940, as photographed by Weegee.

39. Russian spy laughing through his execution in finland during The Winter War, 1939.

40. Loading 5MB of Memory into a Pan am Jet, 1956.

41. The statue of Liberty surrounded by scaffolding as workers complete the final stages in Paris c. 1885.

42. Emperor Meiji in full court dress, 1872.


43. The Cologne cathedral stands tall amidst the ruins of the city after allied bombings, 1944.

44. First pig to fly, 1909.

Awesome pictures.. Some really moved me..Indeed, for you to predict the future, you must study the past.. Though not in Nigeria.. Study history in Nigeria and stay at home till Jesus comes..

45. Photo of Wright Brothers Glider in Flight,1911.

46. Filling Car With Gas 1910.

47. The last known picture of Adolf Hitler, April 30, 1945.

48. A late nineteenth century photo of the partially excavated Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre (left) and the Great Pyramid of Giza (right) behind it.


49. A Coca Cola company delivery truck in Knoxville, 1909.

50. Soviet Plane-spotters around 1917.

51. Robert F. Kennedy sleeps on the floor of a plane during his 1968 presidential campaign.


52. Last four couples standing in a Chicago dance marathon. ca. 1930.

Really touching pictures.

life continues

Mods help me share na....

53. The smallest shop in London – a shoe salesman witha 1.2 square meter shoe store, 1900.

54. Lumberjacks very sure of their skills – 1915.

55. African Child in Human Zoo. Brussel, Belgium.

56. Crowd in Times Square celebrating the surrender of Germany, May 7th, 1945.

57. Frank Embree about to be lynched, Fayette,Missouri, July 22, 1899.
He was falsely accused of a crime, handcuffed and stripped nude and whipped before a white mob. He was then lynched and castrated and then front, back and before and after images of his murder were sold as postcards.

Only God knows why this Thread is not going to Front Page...

58. Underwater vehicle in use by the Israeli Commando unit 1967.

59. Five Australian former POWs catch up on news about the atomic bombings, after their release from Japanese captivity in Singapore, Sep 1945.

60. Drive-in theater, South Bend Indiana, 1950s.

61. People pose in windows and in front of shops on a street in New York City, c. 1865.

62. Tattooing a butterfly garter belt, 1930s.


63. Babies for sale. Italy, 1940.

63. World Head of States in 1889 From left to right: Yohannes IV (Emperor of Ethiopia), Tewfik Pasha (Khedive of Egypt), Abdülhamit II (Sultanof the Ottoman Empire), Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (Shah of Persia), Christian IX (King of Denmark), Dom Luís I (King of Portugal), Willem III (King of the Netherlands), Dom Pedro II (Emperor of Brazil), Milan I(King of Serbia), Leopold II (King of the Belgians), Aleksandr III (Emperor of Russia), Wilhelm I (German Emperor & King of Prussia), Franz Joseph I (Emperor of Austria & King of Hungary), Victoria (Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland & Empress of India), Jules Grévy (President of the French Republic), Leo XIII (Pope), Meiji (Emperor of Japan), Guangxu (Emperor of China), Umberto I (King of Italy), Don Alfonso XII (King of Spain), Oscar II (Kingof Sweden and Norway) and Chester A. Arthur (President of the United States).




64. French prisoner tied to a stake at Zwickau prison camp is given a drink by a fellow POW, Germany, 1917.


65. Deadwood, South Dakota, c. 1876.


66. Constructing Times Square, New York – 1903.

Taking us way back in time, see how the world has really transformed, am glad, happy and proud to be part of this first class developed generation.

That pix of a black girl in the zoo almost made me cry, and the pixes of scars inflicted on black slaves, the whites went very far with the whole thing.

I won't jugde them anyway, I ll just thank God for today. OP thankyou


Mods this topic deserves frontpage pleassse

Lily4star: Taking us way back in time, see how the world has really transformed, am glad, happy and proud to be part of this first class developed generation.

That pix of a black girl in the zoo almost made me cry, and the pixes of scars inflicted on black slaves, the whites went very far with the whole thing.

I won't jugde them anyway, I ll just thank God for today. OP thankyou


Mods this topic deserves frontpage pleassse

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Thanks Pretty, don't know why the Topic isn't on Front page.
May be something is wrong with the Thread/Pictures or I've done something wrong..Even got banned on the thread for 24hrs since yesterday morning(Antispambot).

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Thanks Pretty, don't know why the Topic isn't on Front page.
May be something is wrong with the Thread/Pictures or I've done something wrong..Even got banned on the thread for 24hrs since yesterday morning(Antispambot).

Goodmorning, so sorry about that, that's Nairaland for you. Can't say more than that

64. In 1972, as part of the Apollo 16 mission to the moon, astronaut Charles Duke embarked on a mission to the explore the moon's surface in a lunar roving vehicle. While there, he shot a picture of a photo of himself, his wife, and his two sons which was enclosed in plastic on the moon's surface, where it remains to this day.


65. This is The Statue of Liberty under construction in Paris in 1884.



66. This is Queen Elizabeth during her WWII service.

67. Here are cameramen shooting and recording the lion roar for the MGM logo.

65. Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is returned to the Louvre after WWII.


66. Allied forces mock Hitler from atop his balcony at the Reich Chancellery at the end of WWII.



67. This is a young Osama Bin Laden with his family in Sweden during the 1970s. Bin Laden is second from the right in a green shirt and blue pants.


68. Execution of a German Communist in Munich, 1919.

69. B-32 Bomber Factory in Fort Worth, Texas,1944.

70. USAAF B-25 sinks Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze off the coast of Xiamen, China, 6 April 1945.


71. Black children standing behind a fence of a “whites only” playground. Mobile, Alabama, USA(1956).


72. Ronald Reagan“punching”Muhammad Aliat his visit to the White House, 1983.

73. German aircraft engineerFranz Kruckenbergengineered and built theSchienenzeppelinin 1929 – atrain that was powered by a 600 horsepower aircraft BMW V12 motor. Propulsion was by means of a propeller located at the rear, it accelerated the railcar to 230.2 km/h (143.0 mph) setting the land speed record for a petrol powered rail vehicle. Only a single example was ever built, which due to safety concerns remained out of service and was finally dismantled in 1939.



74. The “Great Manta” that was captured by Capt. A.L. Kahn on August 26, 1933.

75. Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, England. 1951.


76. Mahatma Ghandi spinning yearn.