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What are some rare photos of world history?

source: https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-rare-photos-of-world-history/answer/Roma-Hudson-1?ch=3&share=59cf9fab&srid=3GYJg

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In 1988, U.S. President Reagan visited the Soviet Union. Among the crowds in Moscow's Red Square, stood a disguised Soviet agent. Many years later, he became Russian President: Putin.

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In 1974, a child who first heard a sound with a hearing aid.

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In 1920, U.S. border inspectors stopped refugees from fleeing to Mexico.

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On Sweden's first day of changing traffic rules to right in 1967, all drivers were at a loss what to drive.

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In 1920, a tramp asked King George V of England for money.

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Slimming machines in the 1930s in the United States.

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In 1965, 5MB hard disk was removed from Pan Am aircraft.

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In 1955, a father prepared a surprise for the child.

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Austrian children receiving new shoes during World War II.

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One of the earliest photos of the Sphinx in Egypt, taken in 1880.

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In 1944, 18-year-old Norma Jane Mortensen worked in a California factory. Later, she changed her name to "Marilyn Monroe".

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In 1979, Obama took photos with other basketball team members at his alma mater.

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In 1969, Hillary Rodham, who had just graduated from college, changed her name to Hillary Clinton after she got married.

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1958: Elvis Presley in the army.

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In 1944, British distilleries used fighter planes to transport barreled beer to officers and soldiers on the front line.

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In 1975, Vietnam War Orphans were shipped to Los Angeles.

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In 1998, Sudan's civil war killed at least 100 people a day. In MSF's camp, the scrawny boy lines up to get his food, but at this moment is snatched by another man, then strides away…

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18.In 1932, construction workers rested on steel beams during construction of RCA buildings in New York City.

At that time, in the era of the great depression, the unemployment rate was very high, many college students became construction workers, and even six Harvard graduates interviewed for an elevator operator position.

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19.

Hitchcock served tea for the MGM lion. Yes, the one who often appeared at the beginning of a movie.

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20.

On June 17, 1991, a small truck fled from the foot of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. This is the second largest eruption in the 20th century.

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21.

Soldiers share bananas with lambs during the war, 1944

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22.

Tomb of women and husbands of different religions, 1888.

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23.

French little girl kisses American soldiers on Valentine's day, 1945.

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24.

In 1992, Michael vs. Michael. Michael Jordan and Michael Jackson.

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25.

In 1990, Michael Jackson was invited to attend an opening ceremony. The owner who invited him became president of the United States 26 years later. His name is Donald Trump.

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26.

In 1955, customers at the London record store auditioned for records in a soundproof room.

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27.

In 1911, the diving suit developed weighed 250 kg, which was the ancestor of diving suit later.

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In 1994, Bill Gates sat on 330000 pieces of paper with a CD in his hand and told the world:

The CD can record more than 330000 pieces of paper.

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29.

Little girl with penguin in zoo, 1937.

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30.

Blind women swimming with guide dogs, 1966

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31.

Black kitten waiting for milk, 1954

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In 1964, a hotel owner poured sulfuric acid into a swimming pool because he could not tolerate black people swimming in a "clean" pool.

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33.

The last kiss of World War II soldiers before going to sea.

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34.

In 1956, Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn were backstage at the Oscars.

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In September 1960, Chiang Kai Shek, who had always been serious in front of the media, put out his tongue to make a face.

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36.

Courts of the Qing Dynasty in China.

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37.

In 1923, the British tested the new bulletproof vest.

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38.

In 1958, elephants were surfing.

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39.

Nuns and children dancing.

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On May 29, 1974, Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai finally shook hands and said goodbye, and Zhou was admitted to the hospital that night.

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A group photo of Mei Lanfang, a master of art in the East, and Chaplin, a master of art in the West.

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42.

In the winter of the late Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi enjoyed the snow.

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Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, was being renovated at the Fushun war criminals Management Institute and was sewing his own clothes.

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44.

Girls on the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan in the 1970s

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45.

During the cold war, a West Berlin man kicked the East Berlin police

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46.

The statue of liberty in 1970s

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47.

Former US President Ford, playing traditional games with Japanese Geisha in Tokyo.

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48.

A soldiers of the Royal Guard fainted during a review by Queen Elizabeth II.

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49.

Princess Elizabeth, who served in the army in World War II, later the queen of England.

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The imperial garden of the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century -- Yuanmingyuan.It will soon be destroyed by the British and French invaders.

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51.

In 1944, in order to prevent Hitler from running away in disguise, the Allied forces released this set of pictures of "Hitler's possible disguise".

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52.

Iran, 1960, women in fashion. It's very different from today.

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53.

In 1960, ruby bridges was the first African American to enter a white primary school in the south of the United States.

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54.

In 1947, the 23-year-old woman jumped from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building and smashed into the roof of a car on the street. Strangely, she didn't suffer too much shock. Her death was quiet and elegant, just like sleeping.

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55.

In 1952, the paramount theater in Hollywood, the first color 3D film in history, Bwana devil.

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56.

It was on April 18, 1955, when Einstein left the office with the table set, he died that night.

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57.

In the early 1990s, when AIDS was spreading, a father was comforting his dying son in his hospital bed. The photo, published in the November issue of life in 1990, is widely believed to have changed public awareness of AIDS.

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58.

In Arlington, Texas, in 1991, then President H.W. Bush kicked off for major league baseball.

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59.

In 1963, Arnold Schwarzenegger was in his first bodybuilding competition when he was just 16 years old.

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60.

In 1945, after the capture of Berlin, a Soviet soldier held a statue of Hitler.

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61.

During the first World War, a British photographer shot a trench battle. What was on the night sky was not fireworks, but the light track formed by the mutual firing of mortars.

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Anthony Biddle, a famous Colonel, is a master of unarmed combat. In this picture, he ordered his trainees to stab him with bayonets, but they never did, because he was able to disarm them by himself.

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63.

Many people forget the impact of war on nature and human beings. In this photo, a Russian Reindeer is watching as Hurricane fighters bombard a hillside in Murmansk.

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64.

A group photo of the legendary fighter Ali and the Beatles.

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65.

This photo was taken by Fortune magazine in 1981 and is being discussed by two technology leaders. What are they talking about? Maybe it's the future of technology.

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66.

Titanic before sinking, 705th survivor photographed by RMS Carpathia photographer on board.

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67.

Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in his dorm when he was a sophomore at Harvard. He looks like he's drunk, and no one knows that the social software will bring him tens of billions of dollars.

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The picture of 1862 shows for the first time the actual operation of the metro train at edgewell Road Station in London. It is only composed of wooden train carriages.

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69.

Stalin made funny moves between the documentary.

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70.

American astronaut Buzz Aldrin may not be the first man to land on the moon, but he is the best self portrait ever taken. Completed the selfie at the first space station in 1966.

 

 

Although the length of this answer will be too long, I will continue to add some historical photos, you can choose to continue reading~

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71.Dubai 22 years transformation.

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72.1912, test football helmets.

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73.In 1940, after the London air raid, a young man read in the ruins, the title of the book is "the history of London". Churchill and Rufus were in chatterwell in 1950.

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74.On August 23, 1989, two million Lithuanians, latovians and Estonians joined hands to form an adult wall to protest peacefully against Soviet rule.

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75.

1981 LEGO ad.

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In 1965, Hawking married Jane Wilde.

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76.

In 1885, the statue of Liberty was completed in Paris.

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In 1961, Fritz, a TV star bulldog.

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On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. made a speech on "I have a dream". it looked at the Washington Monument from the Lincoln Memorial.

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The B-29 bomber flew over Mount Fuji.

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80.

The 14-year-old signed for Manchester United.

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81.

In the 1960s, London, the classic red double decker bus, the little boy crossing the street and his "mini double decker bus".

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In November 1963, de Gaulle attended Kennedy's funeral.

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In 1966, George Lincoln Rockwell, the leader of the US Nazi party, gave a speech in Lafite square near the White House to support the US Army in Vietnam.

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84.

In 1946, the cemetery of Henry chapel in Belgium, where 7992 American soldiers died in World War II were buried.

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85.

In 1968, IGBO soldiers in Nigeria's civil war.

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86.

On May 1, 1919, Lenin gave a speech on International Labor Day in red square.

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In 1918, in front of Grand Central Station in New York, a pyramid was made of helmets of German soldiers.

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88.

In 1965, the man skated in New York Central Park.

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In 1948, the redecorated White House.

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90.

In 1942, the Ukrainian city of Kerch was slaughtered by the Nazis.

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In 1972, Americans were in Vietnam.

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On April 29, 1945, American soldiers found a boxcar full of corpses in DAHAO concentration camp.

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In 1970, old Truman was in his hometown,independence city.

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94.

When Nixon visited China in 1972, he was thinking about how to use chopsticks.

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95.

On September 12, 1953, the Kennedy couple married.

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In 1957, in Berkshire, Elizabeth II drove by herself, carrying Prince Charles and Princess Anne on the road.

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In 1960, the Sydney Opera House was under construction.

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In 1965, the pageos balloon satellite was tested in a airship hangar in North Carolina. It looks like an alien spaceship or a product of the future, with a strong sense of technology.

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99.

In 1971, the men of the Corleone family.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, mersaylee said:

72. My favorite 😆

Petr Cech born in the wrong era. hahhaa. If not he confirm is the tester.

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Let me complete it with the #100 photo. :D :D (In case you find it familiar, see #45 above)

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100. In Dec 2019, a LTA appointed enforcement officer kicking a reckless PMD user off his device.

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