Rare and interesting historical pictures (41 photos)

A selection of exclusive historical photos, telling about a particular stage of development of our vast world, many of which are truly rare and has only recently been published.

Charles Godfrey flies through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on his plane «Nieuport 11", 7 August 1919.



So begins to build the capital of Brazil - Brasilia.



Construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, July 1888.



Bomber B-29 "Superfortress" entitled «Enola Gay» dropped the "Little Boy" (atomic bomb) on Hiroshima during World War II. It was the first plane that dropped the atomic bomb from a height.



One of the pictures taken during the photo session group «The Beatles» album cover for «Abbey Road». On the cover was another picture - it "Beatles" go in a different direction.



Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.



Matriculation Albert Einstein received when he was 17 years of age.



The shooting of the film "Star Wars" in the iconic ship "Millennium Falcon».



The first computer - ENIAC, made in the USA. He was the first high-speed electronics combined with the ability to be programmed to solve complex problems. He could add or subtract 5000 times a second.



Untouched seal on the door of the tomb of King Tutankhamun.



First Google team in 1999.



The first supermarket «Wal-Mart» opened in 1962, Sam Walton. Then he called «Walton`s Five and Dime».



One of the first fast-food restaurants «McDonald`s», opened its doors in 1948.



Moment when George W. Bush was informed about the September 11 attacks.



Henry Ford (founder of the company «Ford Motor Co»), Thomas Edison (inventor of the phonograph, cameras and light bulbs), Warren Harding (publisher) and Harvey Samuel Firestone (founder of the company for the production of tires and rubber «Firestone Tire and Rubber Co»).



May 28, 1987 18-year-old German Mathias Rust landed his plane "Cessna 172B Skyhawk" on Red Square in Moscow. This case is regarded as a complete failure of the air defense of the Soviet Union.



One of the first photos taken in Hitler's bunker in 1945.



Madonna, Sting and Tupac at the party.



Quagga - an extinct subspecies of the Plains zebra. Last living quagga was photographed in London Zoological community in 1870.



Ticket for "Titanic».



Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, 1991.



Elvis Presley during his service in the US Army.



Willard Scott - "author and performer of" the first Ronald McDonald, 1963.



Haircut "Elvis" was very popular among women in 1957.



4-year-old Luis and 2-year-old Lola, the surviving passengers of "Titanic».



Frozen Niagara.



Swim team at the Olympics in 1948.



Real Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh - prototypes famous fairy tale characters. 1926-28.



Last photoshoot «The Beatles», August 1969.



Case on the road: traffic on the New York street stopped due to passing through her cat with a kitten.



Laboratory of Nikola Tesla, 1899.



Yuri Gagarin and Fidel Castro in Havana in 1961.



Portrait of Bonnie and Clyde, 1933.



Steve Jobs, 1984.



Salvador Dali on the set at Phillip Halsman, 1954.



Louis Armstrong in Egypt, 1961.



Layout Mount Rushmore.



Famous architects in dresses in the form of their creations: Stewart Walker (Fuller Building), Leonard Schultze (Waldorf-Astoria), Ely Jacques Kahn (Squibb Building), William Van Alen (Chrysler Building), Ralph Walker (1 Wall Street), DEWard (Metropolitan Tower), Joseph H. Freelander (Museum of New York).



Cottingley Fairies. Francis Way and Elsie Hill cardboard cut out men, photographed them, and passed off as the real fairies. At the beginning of the 20th century, the story caused a lot of noise, and still photo magic men are considered one of the most talented hoaxes of the 20th century.



Portrait of a woman with tea pairs on the chest, in 1890.

The death of "Hindenburg" - the end of the era of airships, USA, May 6, 1937.



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