#21 Kmart Employees In North Carolina Watching The Moon Landing (July 16, 1969)
Anatoly Rasskazov, another of the five photographers, had a different fate. He took photos of the reactor the morning after the disaster, when the officials sent him to take photos to see the scope of it. He took photos from a helicopter above the reactor and then from a car on the ground.
When he tried to develop the film, all of it from the first camera was burned by radiation. The film from the second camera was slightly blurry, but still visible. Because of the exposure to radiation, Rasskazov was left with a permanent radiation burn on his forehead and had "blood diseases and cancer," from which he passed away in 2010.
#22 Anne Frank’s Father Otto, Revists The Attic Where He And His Family Hid
Today, Times Square in New York is the epitome of entertainment and consumerism. But in the '50s, as evident from the photograph in this list, it emanated a vintage coolness many of us are so nostalgic for. In the '50s, the landmark wasn't as dangerous and seedy as it became from the 1960s until the 1990s. But disreputable businesses still reared their ugly heads at high speed.
#25 Shoichi Yokoi, The Japanese Soldier Who Hid In The Jungle In Guam For 27 Years To Avoid Capture, Weeps Upon His Return To Japan In February 1972
Schoolgirls might have protested the slacks ban back in the 1940s, but similar policies persist in schools to this day. For example, in 2018, a North Carolina charter school forbade girls from wearing pants and shorts to "promote chivalry and respect." In 2019, a judge found that ban unconstitutional, but the school pushed back and lost in court again in 2023.
#28 Marcy Borders - "Dust Lady" After Escaping The North Tower Of The World Trade Center On 9/11. She Would Die Of Cancer At Age 42
#29 This Is The First Image Captured Of Chernobyl, Taken 14 Hours After The Explosion On April 26, 1986
#30 Onlookers Witnessing The Challenger Explosion Shortly After The Space Shuttle Took Off, January 28th, 1986
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#32 In 1974, Japanese Photographer Masahisa Fukase Photographed His Wife, Yōko Wanibe, Every Morning From The Window Of Their Apartment In Tokyo As She Left For Work
#33 This Is A Photo Of A British Veteran Of The Napoleonic Wars Posing With His Wife. He Can Be Seen Wearing A Campaign Medal, Commemorating The Fact That He Served In Spain
#34 On September 11, 2001, Gary Box, A 35-Year-Old Firefighter Stationed In Brooklyn, Vanished Without Leaving Any Trace
#35 In 2018, Researchers Excavating White Sands National Park In New Mexico Uncovered A 1.5-Kilometre Trail Of 427 Ice-Age Footprints
#36 In 1985, At The Age Of 30, Sharbat Gula Became The Face Of National Geographic's Most Iconic Photograph
#37 N American Marine Tries To Communicate With Two Japanese Child Soldiers Captured On Okinawa, June 1945
#39 A German Child Meets His Father, A World War II Soldier, For The First Time 1956
#40 Spanish Archaeologist Manuel Esteve Wearing A Corinthian Helmet He Found In Jeréz, Spain (1938)
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