14 of History’s Most Fascinating Photos You Ever See

Photographs can really bring history alive for people.Here are 14 historical photos that we think are awesome.

 

#1.

The Statue of Liberty surrounded by scaffolding as workers complete the final stages in Paris. Circa 1885.

 

#2.

One of the oldest photos of the Great Sphinx, from 1880.

#3.

The beginning of the Hollywood era: the filming of the MGM screen credits, 1928.

 

#4.

Wirths Circus arrives at platform 9, Spencer St. station in Melbourne, Australia. Alice the 102 year old elephant helps unload the trains, 1948.

#5.

In the aftermath of the D-Day invasion, two boys watch from a hilltop as American soldiers drive through the town of St. Lo. France, 1944.

#6.

Beautiful color image of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5 fighters, of Fighter Squadron JG54, during flight, 1943.

#7.

Attorney at law, Mohandas Gandhi, 1893.

#8.

A napalm attack near U.S. troops on patrol in South Vietnam, circa 1966.

#9.

Woodstock – The Opening Ceremony. Bethel, New York, 14 August 1969.

#10.

Benjamin, the last Tasmanian Tiger, at Beaumaris Zoo, 1933.

#11.

Charlie Chaplin without makeup.

 

#12.

A baby cries at a bombed train station in Shanghai, 1937.

#13.

Fritz, a television celebrity bulldog, is shaved by a Californian barber. April, 1961.

#14.

Chester E. Macduffee next to his newly patented, 250 kilo diving suit, 1911.