While historical photos are important, they are also a highly nostalgic feature that many from the older generation look back to in amusement. Some photos in fact are spectacular not just for the technicalities but for the iconic moment captured on celluloid. Take a look at 23 such photographs that take you down a walk of time.
This is a picture taken on February 11th, 1964 entertaining troops in Korea during the Korean War. Many actors and actresses would be flown in to boost morale of the troops.
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Not everyone liked Stalin including many Russian provinces. This is a Ukrainian woman giving away free food to celebrate his death.
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This was taken during the second world war and is an enlistment inspection of females who would serve in different departments of war.
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One of the worst maritime tragedies in history was made even worse by the fact that many more could have been saved but were not. This is the photo of the last lifeboats moving away from the Titanic taken on April 15th, 1912.
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A photo of enforcement officials destroys casks of alcohol in the 1920’s. Alcohol was prohibited between `1920 to 1933.
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This photograph of Al Capone fishing was taken in July 1931. The notorious gangster went on to suffer from several diseases including syphilis. He was incarcerated in the area for mental patients in prison and died from his disease which drove him almost mad.
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This photograph depicts scenes from Pearl Harbour on Dec 7th, 1941 during and after the Japanese bombing attack on the Naval base.
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Taken during the iconic music festival named Woodstock on August 16th 1969. The concert lasted three days.
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A picture of the construction of golden gate bridge in 1934.
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How weirdly times have changed and how hypocritical too. This was taken in 1979 just a few days after the revolution when the new religious regime imposed wearing of hijab for women. There were mass protests by women because of the move.
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This is photograph of German POWs in American camps being shown footage of Jewish concentration camps. You can see many covering their faces in disgust.
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You might have heard of Americas’ most notorious crime couple Bonnie and Clyde who robbed a series of banks and even people during the prohibition days. This is a picture of their bullet-riddled car when they were ambushed by security forces near Bienville, in Louisiana on May 23rd, 1934.
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An iconic photograph of Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney on 19th December 1983 during their musical collaboration that produced hits like “the girl is mine”
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This shocked the world in 1960 when TV cameras caught a live assassination of socialist politician Asanuma by 17 year old Yamaguchi using a traditional Japanese sword.
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Many of us simply look at pictures of the Sphinx at Giza without much interest but imagine the excitement of those discovering it for the first time. This photograph shows a partially excavated Sphinx in 1960.
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This was the first Benz manufactured with an internal combustion engine in 1886.
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This is a shot of none other than O.J Simpson being chased by police on June 17th 1994. He was caught eventually.
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This was in 1953 the day Hugh Heffner founded Playboy. He is surrounded by his bunnies.
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This is the filming of the iconic thriller movie, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho in progress.
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Female snipers of the 3rd shock army 1st Belorussian front in 1945. They were deadly and never missed their mark. They were credited with 775 confirmed kills.
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This is the original camera belonging to the inventor of photography and constructed by Giroux Alphonse, 1839.
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This is a shot of the famous Judy Garland taking a break during filming of the movie The Wizard of Oz.
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Princess Diana with prince harry at an amusement park in 1992.
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