Historical photos part 3

Jan 26, 2016 7:30 AM

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During the Apollo 16 mission, Charles Duke left a family photo on the moon that was enclosed in a plastic bag.

Disneyland employee cafeteria of 1961.

Civil rights activist James Zwerg after being beaten by a white mob in Alabama, 1961. (After the beating he had to wait two hour

for treatment as no white crew would pick him up.)

An American soldier replaces "Adolf-Hitler-Str." sign with a "Roosevelt Blvd" one in Berlin, Germany, 1945.

Martin Luther King Jr. removing a burned cross from his front yard. His son is at his side. Atlanta, GA, 1960.

Microsoft staff. December 7, 1978.

A native American man overlooking the newly completed transcontinental railroad in Nevada, ~1868.

A man on the corner is reading a newspaper which headline reads “Nazi Army Now 75 Miles Away from Paris”. New York, May 18, 1940

The assembly line of Porsche 911's at the Stuttgart factory. ~1970

Princeton students after a Freshman / Sophomore snowball fight. Princeton, NJ, 1893.

A different angle of the popular stand off between a man (top left in photo) and a column of Chinese Type 59 tanks (top right in

One of the heaviest WW2 tanks ever created, the Tiger II. It weighed ~68.5 tonnes and had 100-180mm armour on the front. Budapes

American soldiers discover Manet's “In the Conservatory” that was hidden (amongst other Nazi loot) in the salt mines of Merker,

Hitler inspecting the massive 800mm “Schwerer Gustav” railway gun from afar. It was the largest-calibre rifled weapon ever used

39th Tomsk infantry regiment with their motorcycle-mounted machine guns during WW1, Russia.

1884 De Dion, Bouton et Trepardou Dos-à-Dos is the oldest running car on the planet. It was the first car to participate in an a

Vought F4U Corsair crashes on the deck of a carrier when the arresting gear failed. Most likely sometime during WW2 in the Pacif

John F. Kennedy at NASA's Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex in 1962.

Walt and Roy O. Disney on the day that they opened the Disney studio. Beside them are their wives and mother.

This photo was taken in space right after World War II (1946). A team of soldiers and scientists used a German-made V-2 missile

Douglas MacArthur signing the official Japanese surrender instrument aboard the USS Missouri, 1945.

George S. Patton's Dog, Willie, mourning his best friend on the day of his death.

Joseph Goebbels on his wedding day. Hitler was his best man and can be seen behind him in a trench coat and top hat.

The following photo is believed to be the last photo ever taken of the RMS Titanic before it sunk in April 1912.

George Armstrong Custer and some of his fellow soldiers, during the American Civil War.

Howard Carter, an English archaeologist, examining the opened sarcophagus of King Tut.

An RAF pilot getting a haircut while reading a book between missions.

Manfred von Richthofen, aka “The Red Baron”, petting his dog on an airfield.

Samurai. ~ 1860 – 1880

A team of SAS soldiers in North Africa, 1943.

The original Ronald clown of McDonald's. 1963.

Soviet soldiers stop for a break in 1945 on the outskirts of Berlin.

Tsar Nicholas II goofing around with his friend in 1899.

John Young and Charles Duke training for the Apollo 16 mission in the New Mexico desert.

A German Krupp K5 283mm railway gun firing. It was one of the most commonly used railway guns during World War 2 by Germany.

Aircraft await orders while being grounded on 9/11. Nova Scotia, Canada. Photo: Halifax Airport.

Sven-Ole Thorsen and Arnold Schwarzenegger on the set of Conan The Barbarian.

Californian lumberjacks working in the Redwoods. These trees have lived for thousands of years, so seeing photos like this sadde

Part 1: http://imgur.com/gallery/P6itu
Part 2: http://imgur.com/gallery/uSo94

Dank

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

fun fact that photo on the moon is probably bleached white by now

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

TIL Simon Pegg was an RAF pilot

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I had no idea there was a Roy Disney

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Man they sure knew how to have a snowball fight back in the day.

10 years ago | Likes 103 Dislikes 0

Patton's dog. The feels.

10 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Those redwood trees made someone's deck happy.

10 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 3

I really wish many of the descriptions weren't cu

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Is there anywhere that tress that size still exist?

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

MLK's kid's like "cmon man, y'all are better than this"

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"Had to wait 2 hour" for what!!!!!?????

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Most likely waiting for medical attention since he was beaten

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Would that family picture now have faded to white like the flags?

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

+1 for not lying and saying sun aliens soaked them in bleach

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Bad move, now space alien creatures will find Charles Duke's family

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Hows that astronaut going to eat with his helmet on?

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Your copy-paste game is pretty bad though.

10 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 1

Yeah try to compile historical pictures that weren't on here before. It gets buried in usersub with 38 points....

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Cool gallery. That photo of the "SAS" is actually a photo of the long range desert group (LRDG)

10 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

"Snow fight"

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"snowball fight"

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Mama Disney does not look pleased with her sons life decisions

10 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

SHe also looks a smidge like Putin in drag

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Nice to see these pictures. Makes history more "real" and by seeing the individuals, also much more human.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

How'd they enclose the moon in a plastic bag?

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Also, I think my dad's luggage was on one of those planes. He'd flown home from France on 9/9 and his luggage got stuck in Canada bc of 9/11

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

#10 does look a lot like Daniel Craig

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I thought he looked like Tom Hardy!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That photo would be white due to radiation now

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

But...plastic bag...

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This post is good, however it has a lot of incomplete senten

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Samurai OG.

10 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 1

some live, some die, in the way of the Samurai

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Reminds me of a professor I once had, with a disturbingly weird fascination in Japanese culture. He always compared himself to a samurai.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

was it disturbing because he carried a sword to lectures?

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Close... he compared class to the culture, acting like this all great master. In reality he was a condescending old fart. It was ridiculous!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I like how the description is very thorough and comple

10 years ago | Likes 504 Dislikes 1

I totally agree wit

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Surprised there wasn't more of an outcry

10 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 1

+1 you clever sonofabit

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

That family photo was probably bleached white.... damn sun...

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

#10 - you sure that isn't a photo still from a Tom Hardy movie? Guy sitting on the right is a dead ringer.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The original Ronald McDonald looks like a serial killer.

10 years ago | Likes 159 Dislikes 0

Yeah...looks like a serial killer...

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The current Ronald McDonald is indirectly a serial killer.

10 years ago | Likes 46 Dislikes 1

But look at those fries. Those were real french fries.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Well, The first McDonald's and John Wayne Gacy are both from my hometown, Des Plaines, IL.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

John Wayne Gacy ringer!

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

They should bring him back.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

#31,for those who don't want to scroll back up and check.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'd say pedophile, but either way he is still creepy as fuck.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Every dude in the Microsoft photo looks like a serial killer. Except Gates. He looks like a victim

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Those SAS troops looked like a bunch bad asses

10 years ago | Likes 55 Dislikes 2

They were. Still are.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

They also look borderline emaciated. Look at the legs there.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I think that's what qualified them to be SAS troops.

10 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 0

It's still a prerequisite.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Well SAS stands for Super Army Soldiers

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I think it was actually special air service

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Apparently you haven't watched Ricky Gervais's show Extras

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Aren't they LRDG and not SAS? I may be wrong here

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

LRDG acted as transport, but the SAS provided most of the combat capability iirc. Both still required cast-iron testicles.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I think it's from after the LRDG and SAS teamed up, given the number of MGs.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I see

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