Pictures that speak a thousand words
Rare Historic Photographs
Abraham Lincoln, before and after the Civil War
15 kiloton nuclear weapon detonates about 10 km from the cannon from which it was fired, Nevada Test Site, May 1953
Maurice Tillet, French wrestler and inspiration for “Shrek”, with American supermodel Dorian Leigh, 1945
Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon makes a pizza at home, Houston Texas, 1969
The last surviving Ground Zero rescue dog from 9/11. She was only two when the attacks occurred and was 15 when she was pictured here. Good girl.
#24 Sean Connery and his package places 3rd in the Mr. Universe contest, 1953
Man working an analog computer, 1962
The only known film footage of Mark Twain. This silent footage was taken in 1909 by the Thomas Edison Company at “Stormfield”, Twain’s Redding, CT home. Twain died the following year at the age of 75. A digitally remastered version of the entire 3-minute film can be viewed here
A World War II Sweetheart Grip – some soldiers put photos of loved ones under clear grips on their pistols
Adam “Batman” West jams with Leonard “Spock” Nimoy, 1967
An American Football Team, circa 1900
Charlie Chaplin at age 27 – 1916
U.S. Government mockups of how Hitler could have disguised himself
A flapper in the 1920’s, possibly in Grosse Pointe, MI
Man standing atop mountain of bison skulls that would soon be ground into fertilizer, the 1870s
LAPD Undercover Officers dressed as women to catch a purse-snatcher, 1960
The original Piggly Wiggly Store, Memphis, Tennessee – the first self-service grocery store opened 1916
The last picture of all four Beatles together, August 22, 1969
Bill & Hillary Clinton playing volleyball in Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1975
The “Great Manta” captured by A.L. Kahn, August 26, 1933
The Dalai Lama at age 2, 1937
Fourteen-year-old Osama bin Laden (second from the right) and his hip family, 1970s
Johnny Cash performing at Folsom Prison, January 13th, 1968
Queen Elizabeth II during her World War II Military service
Women, during WW II rationing, painting their legs to make it appear that they were wearing stockings,1942
Portable TV concept, 1967
Economy Class seating on Pan Am in the late 60’s
The East Bay Dragons, the first black bikers club, Oakland, California, the 1960s
American soldier inspects Nazi loot stored in a church at Elligen, Germany, April 24, 1945
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The flapper photo was taken in front of Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron, Ohio. The estate was built between 1912 and 1915 for F. A. Seiberling, founder of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
Hey, Jack,
That’s great to know. I just took a guess at Grosse Pointe because it looks so much like the estates built by the Firestones, Fords, Dodges and so on. I imagine Seiberling had a lot of ties, both socially and business-wise to those people. Thanks for the info!
That’s a modern picture done up to be vintage
Which one?