History never ceases to amaze. Old, historical photos are our window into another lifetime. To dream and learn through, and remember a time that quickly becomes forgotten. The stories a photograph is able to tell can be very intriguing. Well prepare to be intrigued because these photos have a lot to say. Or at the very least they are interesting as all heck.
Warning: some images may be graphic.
1. The Andromeda Galaxy.
The first ever photo taken of the Andromeda galaxy in 1888.
2. Going for a ride.
Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt became the first president to fly, 1910.
3. Stud-muffin.
A young John Wayne.
4. Pop Art.
Andy Warhol buys Campbell's soup at Gristede's market on Second Ave. in 1964.
5. Taj Mahal.
The Earliest known photo of the Taj Mahal, c. 1850-1860.
6. Diner Days.
Chattanooga, Tenneesee, 1965 Elvis Presley waits for his bacon and eggs while a woman is forced to stand and wait due to segregation.
7. Bridges.
A rope bridge in India, 1870.
8. Einstein.
Albert Einstein's desk just as he left it, a few hours after his death in New Jersey, April, 1955.
9. Sledding pals.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and then President George Bush go for a ride, 1991.
10. Peanuts.
The original voice cast of Peanuts.
11. Dresses.
Adele Ross Clothing 1966, anti-miniskirt signs.
12. Clinton.
1950 a four year-old Bill Clinton.
13. Wheelie.
1936, the oldest known documented wheelie.
14. Cadets.
"A possible image of Confederate cadets in Morgan County, AL."
15. Wile E. Coyote.
The original rules of Chuck Jones for his creations Roadrunner and Coyote.
16. Cigarettes.
Berlin, 1945 German boy tries to sell his father's Iron Cross for cigarettes.
17. Hostage.
Richard O. Hall is held hostage by Tony Kiritsis with a sawed-off shotgun during a live broadcast in Indianapolis, 1977. The gun was rigged so that if Kiritsis was killed or if Hall tried to escape he would be shot.
18. Hiroshima.
Hiroshima, 1945 a child left blind from the atomic bomb.
19. Helen Hulick.
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