These 18 Historical Photos Will Help You Gain A Different Perspective On The Past
by N/A, 9 years ago |
3 min read
These amazing photos give new dimensions to familiar historical stories. Whether you're a history buff or a layman, you'll find several surprises, and maybe even rethink  a few things you learned in school.
1. During the World War I Christmas Truce of 1914, British and German soldiers play soccer.
2. Chicago, 1922. A woman is arrested because her swimsuit's deemed "too short."
3. Piccadilly Circus, London, 1969. A group of skinheads passes by a group of hippies.
4. Cindy Breakspeare, winner of the 1976 Miss World competition, poses with Bob Marley. She's the mother of Damien Marley.
5. The iconic "Hollywood" sign used to have four extra letters.
6. Alabama, 1956. An African-American family buys ice cream at the "colored" section of an ice cream stand.
7. Taken outside Mussolini's Fascist Party HQ, 1934.
Eerily reminiscent of 1984.
8. A U.S. officer and a French resistance fighter, 1944.
9. The final standing couples of the 1930 Chicago Dance Marathon.
10. In 1941, Hitler oversees the final production of the Schwerer Gustav railway gun. Weighing in at over 1,350 tons, the railway gun was a hefty facet of the Nazi war machine.
11. The Spanish Civil War, 1937. That's George Orwell holding the puppy. And behind him? Ernest Hemingway.
12. An early example of a "selfie," 1910.
13. 1945: allied soldiers read the breaking news right at the end of World War II
14. 1969. Taken from the stage of Woodstock's opening ceremony.
15. Morgan Freeman in military garb, 1955.
16. 1864, right before the end of the Civil War. This is a slave auction house.
17. Moments before The Beatles' photoshoot for Abbey Road, 1969.
18. In New York City, two American Nazi supporters pose in uniform.
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