Rare Historical Photos

Construction of Brasilia city, which would later become the capital of Brazil. 1960.

Very interesting collection of rare historical photos.

Alan Shepard, America’s first man in space, puts on his Navy Mark IV spacesuit.

Construction of the Eiffel tower in July, 1888.

Famous album cover art for The Beatles album Abbey Road, correct? Not exactly, this is them walking back in the opposite directi

Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.

Albert Einstein’s matriculation certificate that he received at the age of 17, showing his final grades.

Crew of the Starship Enterprise next to NASA’s Enterprise in 1976

The US-built ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first computer ever made

The unbroken seal on King Tut’s Tomb.

The First Google Team in 1999.

The first Wal-Mart store was opened in 1962 by [a salesman] Sam Walton. It was called Walton’s Five and Dime.

Henry Ford, Thomas Edison , Warren G. Harding and Harvey Samuel Firestone lounging together.

Mathias Rust’s Cessna 172 that landed illegally in the Red Square on May 28, 1987.

One of the first photos that was taken inside of Hitler’s bunker (Fuhrerbunker) in 1945 by Allied soldiers.

Winston Churchill in a swimsuit, 1922

Madonna, Sting and Tupac hanging out.

The Quagga is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra.

The real boarding pass for RMS Titanic

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates chatting in 1991.

Elvis Presley during his service in the U.S. Army.

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

Vought F4U Corsair crashes on the deck of a carrier when the arresting gear failed

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

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

1884 De Dion, Bouton et Trepardou Dos-a-Dos is the oldest running car on the planet.

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

Hitler inspecting the massive 800mm “Schwerer Gustav” railway gun from afar.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Tunguska Meteor Impact, 1908.

Auguste and Louis Lumiere, the first filmmakers in history, 1914