18 Fascinating Photos Collected From History

[Nick Lee]

One of the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of hostilities in 1945, Shoichi Yokoi (1915-1997) is overcome with emotion on his return to Tokyo, 2nd February 1972.​

Diana Spencer working as a kindergarten teacher at the age of 19 in 1980​

Happy newlyweds in USSR, circa 1959​

Eiffel Tower photographed during the construction of the 1st floor in 1887.​

Glass plate negative photo of a Lady using an early X-Ray machine, circa late 1890s.​

Meet the contestants of the World’s Most Beautiful Legs competition in 1951, their faces covered to not influence the jury’s decision.​

Ku Klux Klan members on a Ferris wheel in an amusement park in Cañon City, Colorado, April 26th 1926​

Young Child Dressed in a KKK Robe Touches His Reflection in a Riot Shield of a Georgia State Patrol Trooper, Sept 5, 1992​

People leaving their shelters after an air raid. Hanoi, North Vietnam, 1967​

Launch of a captured V-2 rocket from deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVB-41) during “Operation Sandy”, 6 September 1947.​

A wealthy woman being transported in a sedan chair by enslaved men in Bahia, around 1860.​

British inventor W. T. Warren demonstrating his padded safety flight helmet by throwing himself headfirst into the wall of an aviation hangar in Hendon, England. 1912​

Beatles fans clamoring to look inside Paul McCartney’s house in London’s St John’s Wood area in 1969.​

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne overlook the Que Son Valley, September 15, 1967​

Medical personnel of the 8225th M.A.S.H. in front of a Bell H-13 helicopter during the Korean War, October 14, 1951.​

President Lyndon B. Johnson meeting with presidential candidate Richard Nixon at the White House. Johnson wanted Nixon to support his efforts to negotiate peace during the Vietnam War, but Nixon’s campaign was secretly working to undermine these negotiations. (1968)​

Hannah Stilley, born 1746, photographed in 1840. More than likely the earliest born individual captured on film.​

Country store on dirt road. Sunday afternoon. July 1939. Gordonton, North Carolina. Kerosene pump on the right and gasoline pump on the left. Rough, unfinished timber posts have been used as supports for porch roof. Brother of store owner stands in doorway. Photo by Dorothea Lange​

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