HistoryMAY 25, 2022

“Be A Witness To The Events That Changed Mankind”: 40 Important Historical Photos That Might Change Your Perspective On Things

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Although we cannot get into the minds of the people waiting in a queue on a cold day in Chukotka, Soviet Union back in 1985 to get wine, or what the daredevil sky boys who built the Empire State Building in 1930-31 were thinking when balancing unsecured on the 88th floor, we can get a fairly good glimpse into the wonders of history.

Thanks to photography, a new means of visual representation that debuted in 1839 and startled the entire world, a lot of incredible moments of the past are now carved into film forever. So today we’re taking a miscellaneous history class, one you wouldn’t have skipped at school, thanks to this educational Facebook page titled “Historic Photographs.”

With almost 2.5M followers, the page is an online destination for rare historical photos and incredible stories behind them. Below we selected some of the most captivating ones, so pull your seat closer!

#21 Silent Film Actress, Delores Costello, Drew Barrymore's Grandmother, 1928

#22 World War I Field: More Than 100 Years Later

#23 A Rare Example Where An Engineer Thought About The Mechanic. (Daf-Domburg Diesel From 1949. Made In The Netherlands)

#24 Niagara Falls Froze Over In 1883

#25 150 Million Year Old Dinosaur Footprints In France

#26 Marilyn Monroe Photographed By Earl Leaf 1950

#27 The First Photo Of Chernobyl On The Morning Of The Nuclear Disaster (April 26, 1986). The Heavy Grain Is Due To The Huge Amount Of Radiation In The Air That Began To Destroy The Camera Film The Second It Was Exposed For This Photo. Photo Taken By Igor Kostin

#28 Three Generations Of Women Outside Their Stone Cottage In Ireland 1927

#29 Bruce Lee And His Family In 1970

#30 Nan Wood Graham And Dr. Byron Mckeeby Pictured In 1942 Recreating Their Original Poses For The Iconic ‘American Gothic’. She Was The Painter’s Sister, And He Was Their Dentist

#31 The Seal Of Tutankhamun's Tomb (On The Third Golden Shrine) Before It Was Opened In 1923. It Was Unbroken For Over 3000 Years

#32 Shoemaker’s Lunch, 1944. Photo By Bernard Cole

#33 American Soldiers At Mass In The Rubble At Cologne Cathedral, March 1945

#34 The FBI Finger Print Files, 1944

#35 A 'Knocker-Up' In London (1929). Before Alarm Clocks, People Were Paid To Wake Clients Up For Work By Knocking On Their Doors And Windows With A Stick

#36 An Elevator Parking Lot In Chicago, 1930s

#37 The Roof Of An Old Fiat Factory. Yes, That Is A Track (Lingotto, Turin - Italy)

#38 A 32 Year Old Mom Trying To Start A New Life In California, March 1937

#39 Monica Bellucci And Gianni Versace, 1995

#40 Residents Of Hanoi Wait In Chest-Deep Sidewalk Shelters For The All Clear Signal, During An Air Raid Alert. Hanoi, North Vietnam, 1967