Statue Of Liberty is in New York. Washington Monument is in Washington D.C. Mount Rushmore is at South Dakota. Golden Gate Bridge is well known in San Francisco. Yes, all of us know that. No one is ever interested in History. After all its boring. But you know, why do people say that "History Repeats Itself"? Well, its because no one listens to it in the first place.
Even if you are not really fond of History, you must go further with this article. Because it carries some not-so-boring rather the rare historical photographs that you won't find anywhere else. They are the true heritage. While some have the deepest hidden secrets lying behind them, the others on the second hand will leave you laughing hard as well.
So, it's time that you scratch your head and wonder why didn't you take history to be something this interesting before.
Quite tough to believe but this was the very first version of Ronald McDonald mascot used by the world-famous food chain McDonald's. He surely did not attract many customers due to its horrifying appearance. It was an alive man who carried a tray with french fries and a drink. Instead of a clown's red nose, he sported a cup. Thankfully, the owners soon realized that it won't do any good to their customer base and designed the happy and lively mascot we see today. Surely, we are loving it!
This might not be the first time that you are seeing The Statue of Liberty. But it definitely will be the foremost time when you are seeing its face from such a close-up. It's quite unrecognizable. Isn't it? This picture was taken in 1885 in France where the statue was originally assembled to be shipped to New York as a gift to the United States. Wait, did you know that it was a gift?
The King Of Rock And Roll had his ties with the military too. Well, who knew that? The majority of us are used to seeing Elvis Presley as the rockstar of the 20th-century and have never seen him this young and that too at military camp. Probably none could even imagine that Elvis would have had such a disciplined life back then. This picture was taken in the year 1958, long before he emerged as the cultural icon.
This sight from the year 1923 is an amusing one. Though it's depicting the scene when the first ever designed bullet-proof jacket was being tested, it left the onlookers laughing hard. Who tries the efficiency of a bulletproof jacket by actually firing a bullet towards the man wearing it. One could have tested it over a statue instead of risking the life of an officer. Kudos to the officer who agreed to wear that jacket for testing.
What? Can't recognize him? Believe us, he is none other than the renowned Comic Perfectionist, Charlie Chaplin. This picture dates back to 1916 when he was as young as 27 years. All of us are so habitual of seeing him with a painted face, little mustache, and that infectious smile, that he with such a poker face seems to be completely incognito.
This breathtaking photo was taken in the month of May in the year 1937 when the world was mourning at the Hindenburg Disaster. It was a disaster that shocked the world when the German airship, carrying hundreds of passengers, caught fire while docking at the Naval Air Station in New Jersey. There was an enormous fire around. Nearly 36 people were reported to be killed aboard the ship and only 62 managed to survive. This event has its mark in the history only through means of photographs and the testimony of the eye-witnessers.
That's surprising to know such a massive incident has such little known. History can be engrossing...
This is the most surprising yet, the scary image you will find from history. There was actually a thing like "baby cages". These were extension cages at the windows of the houses of the aristocrats. They were constructed for the sole purpose of exposing the babies to the sunlight and fresh air during their primitive years. This photograph was taken in the year 1937. Did the people not think about the babies safety and their reaction when exposed to such a cage at a scary height. Thankfully, we have dumped certain things in the name of obsolescence.
The United Kingdom was going through a tough phase during the winters of 1938. It was when World War II broke out. People all around were scared. None knew what might come their way the next second. This picture was clicked in London during those times. It portrays a women passing by the streets with a gas-resistant stroller. Just imagine how horrifying the atmosphere must have been that people had to carry such stuff with them. She further wears a gas mask to protect herself. Terror was in the air.
Those animated cartoon characters from the Disneyworld that your children are obsessed with are nothing but of course real. Though they may be seen sitting at a lavish dining table in those animated movies, in reality, they too had to stand in ques at the food section. Disneyland has a special cafeteria for its workers. Right back in 1961 Snow White and Goofy too had to eat at those not-so-lavish dining areas. Little did we know that they didn't have enough time to come out of those costumes and make-up.
Back in the year 1954, March, the 15-megatonne nuclear test took place at the Marshall Islands. The intensity of the event was said to be a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bomb drop at the Hiroshima. This photograph is the first shot, post the WWII nuclear test- Operation Crossroads there. It exposed thousands of inhabitants of the island to radioactive compounds.
The Berlin Wall has its own set of history. Not many people are aware that the German Democratic Republic only got it built to separate East Germany with the West Berlin. This photograph was captured during the construction of the wall in 1961, where the Eastern side was working on constructing the wall and the western side was left thinking about what was going on.
This picture is quite an adorable one. This little boy is totally awestruck on seeing the very tall or giant André. Anyone who came across André had a similar reaction. He was 7 feet 4 inches tall. The boy appears to be an even tiny one in front of this huge fellow. However, his expressions are way too cute.
We have been hearing of celebrities and other people undergoing plastic surgeries and cosmetology every now and then. But have you ever wondered that when the science was not that fine and furnished, how did such surgeries worked out and what were the results? This is the picture of the patient named Walter Yeo who is believed to be the first man to receive the facial reconstruction surgery to rectify the marks he suffered from an injury. Such kind of a thing was never even heard at that point in time.
It's hard to believe that history has ever seen a machine like that of "Spray tan". As suggested by the name, it was an equipment used to tan one's body. People back in 1949 visited salons to get their bodies ready for the summer months. They got their white skin darkened. In this photograph as well, a blonde woman is seen coloring herself up in colors of tan.
Who knew a chimp would show us the way to space? This picture was taken in 1961 when Ham-the chimp returned back from space after being launched as the very first primate into space. As a part of America's space initiative, this chimp was sent to space to see whether men can reach there or not. even the headlines read, " Space Chimp Lives, Paves Way For Flight By Men". People say some special arrangements were made in regard to his couch so that he doesn't hurt himself up in the process.
Though today it might sound very abrupt, there was a time around 1920's when a marshal was appointed at every beach, who measured the length of every woman's bathing suit to make sure that it wasn't indecent at any cost. The length of the suit shorter than a definite length made a woman prone to a fine. This surely hinders the feminist thinking, but was it decent enough for a marshal to check those lengths?
This picture is a perfect example of the saying that it takes forever to change your habits. Sweden, just like England asked its drivers to drive on the opposite side of the road. When Sweden changed its driving and traffic laws in 1967 it invited a havoc for itself. The drivers lost their cool and the main road was all jammed due to the gradual shift of driving in left to the right side.
Mount Rushmore today showcases the sculpture of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln in the order from left to right. But initially, in the year 1923, the very first prototype of the wall sculpture saw Thomas Jefferson’s face on the opposite side of George Washington. As the sculpture went into 18 months of carving, the makers realized that the granite was weak to stand the face in that spot. His face was then dynamited off and was carved on the other side.
Not that it is an actual waterfall of alcohol but it was no less either. In the years ranging from 1920 to 1933 alcohol was prohibited in the United States as an obligation towards the 18th Amendment of the Constitution. Every factory and household had to give away on their alcohol stores. This picture depicts a large amount of alcohol being poured out of the windows of a factory in Detroit, Michigan, in 1929.
Many of us won't be able to imagine the great physicist Albert Einstein on a vacation. Who knew that this physics king went out of the four walls of his lab. In this photo, he can be seen holidaying at Nassau Point, New York in the year 1939. This sight was surely a must capture one for the future generations.
Audrey Hepburn was a British Actress and model. For obvious reasons, celebrities', every action turn out to be paparazzi talk. One similar incident happened in 1958 when Audrey Hepburn visited a grocery parlor with her beloved deer pet. Well, no one would even allow us to visit the store with our pet, that too a deer.
A lot has been said and a lot has been heard about the "Unsinkable Ship- Titanic" which eventually sinks that too on its very first voyage from Southhampton to New York City. At sharp 11:40 PM on April 14th, 1912 the ships hit the iceberg and rest is history. A lot of researchers have been keen to know more about it. This picture was reportedly the last one to be clicked before the magnificent ship sank.
This photograph was snapped in the year 1941 at the Christmas Feast being hosted for the Nazi Officers. Back then, they all sat in a single hall with a compact table. They all managed to snuggle in the space available. This appears to be more of a hostel's mess but the smiles on the faces of these officers are priceless. Moreover, even for a dinner party, they all were dressed in their official uniform. Wow!
Helen Keller was the first deaf-blind person to ever have a bachelors degree. Later she won fame as an American author. Not many people know that she met Charlie Chaplin on the sets of the movie Sunnyside. Helen felt Chaplin's lips to understand his words and Charlie drew the pictures of the scenes on her palm to make her feel the atmosphere around.
None usually remembers the prisoners. But this set of prisoners have their name engraved in the history. Why? They were the last set of prisoners who were ever imprisoned in The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, located in San Francisco. It was said to be one of the highest security prisons in the United States. Ironically, it was closed in the year 1963 after a violent escape by several inmates in June of 1962.
Almost all of us have had fights with our friends and batchmates in our juvenile years. And when those fights were with pillows and snow, they meant a great fun. But not every snowball fight is a fun one. These men in the picture above were playing snowball and the intensity with which they threw those at each other was so high that two men amongst these could not even open their eye and the remaining one developed a wound under his eye. Wooh, that must have been painful.
Kathrine Switzer owns her fame to the Boston Marathon of 1967, which made her the very first woman to ever finish that marathon. But it wasn't easy for her to star that race. This picture is a clear evidence of the odds she had to face in order to gain that title. Many competitors tried to stop her from completing that race. They pushed and pulled her in an attempt to prevent her from winning.
Prosthetic limbs too date back in the history. In the 17th century, the artificial limbs were attached to the upper part of the body so that they do not move from the place they are specifically designed for. However, with time new and different techniques have been evolved to connect prosthetic limbs to one's body.
What seems to be a cluster and a mess in this picture is actually a crowd incorporating nearly 400,000 people at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair that first time took place in the year 1969 at Upstate New York. It was a three days long event which was attended by people from worldwide who were enjoying the fest and some music and artistic work. It is the aerial view that was captured back then.
Back in 1965, the actress Raquel Welch was the dazzling diva of that phase. Luckily the famous painter Salvador Dali got the opportunity to paint the portrait of this gorgeous lady. It is quite normal for anyone to go crazy at the presence of the most talked of the lady near them. This picture grabbed much attention where Dali could be seen kissing Welch's hand after he was done with her portrait.
It was truly a moment of joy as the United States won Victory over Japan in the World War II. As and when it was announced that the U.S. defeated its opponent, a sailor just grabbed a random woman standing next to him in the crowd and surprisingly kissed her in the middle of Times Square at New York City on August 14th, 1945. The photographer who clicked this "Victory-Kiss" was Alfred Eisenstaedt. Luckily, he was so spontaneous in his work that he captured this moment in his camera.
This photo was a record breaker when on April 16th, 1912 a young newspaper boy named Ned Parfett was selling the copies of an evening newspaper which broke the news of Titanic sinking to the people. Everyone was sure that the ship can't sink, and when it actually did, no one could wrap their heads around it.
This quite petrifying picture is a piece of reality. When a single-pilot controlled plane was facing certain troubles, its pilot crawled out to fix the issue. He must be a brave-hearted man who dared to undertake such a deadly task. Not only this, who was the other one who flew beside him to take this picture and not help him instead.
Jimi Hendrix is a popular figure. What made him popular was not only his songs, his music but also the fact that he died at a very early age and left the nation shocked. He passed away at an early age of 27 in 1970. What makes this photograph even more special is that it was the last picture that was clicked of him and just a few days after this he died an untimely death.
What makes this photo rare is that back in the 19th century, this POW stood right in front of Heinrich Himmler-who was a leading member of the Nazi Party. He stood there shirtless to portray his defiance to the Nazi leader while the other prisoners of his league sat there motionless. This POW Soldier depicted immense courage then.
It's my humble duty to provide milk as early as possible at every doorstep! This must have been the motivation this milkman must be carrying. He was on his milk delivery duty and he obediently fulfilled it despite the fact that London was facing The Blitz Attacks during September 1940 and May 1941. There was destruction all around but this milkman was all high-spirited.
These expressions-the expressions of freedom were all that these people prayed for when in 1945 Jewish prisoners in a camp train were captive. The prisoners were at last freed by the Allied Forces. This moment was a capture-worthy moment and was being clicked by Major Benjamin.
You must have seen your children watching MGM animated series and if not, all of us have seen Tom and Jerry which was a production of MGM only. There used to be the Lion which roared. He was Jackie-the lion. And this picture depicts the very first time this lion shot his famous "roar" live.
The giant manta ray is a species of some of the phenomenal oceanic ray family. Though biologically, they are huge and magnificent creatures who weigh more than 1000 kilograms, this one was nearly 26 feet long and weighed nearly 5000 kilograms. It was believed to be allegedly caught by a fisherman at the coast of Peru in Brielle, New Jersey in the year 1933.
Antartica has always been in talks due to some of the secrets, researchers believe reside in there. This little piece of unexplored ice land was a mystery even for the Britishers as well. During the year 1911, a grotto in iceberg was found during the British expedition. This is one of the rarest pictures that has ever been captured in history.
This photo was taken during an expedition to an Antarctica in 1911, a previously unexplored and little known about part of the world. It captures the essences and spirit of journeys and exploration at that time.