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Исторические фото, за которыми скрываются интересные истории. ФотоPhotos taken at the right moment.

Over the past few years, the world was made more pictures than in the previous century, because now there is a camera in every mobile phone. However, photographers from the past also managed to capture many interesting things.

We offer to your attention another selection of images that will forever remain in history.

1. The very first picture of a person, 1838

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To be more precise, a daguerreotype is an image of the Boulevard du temple in Paris taken by Louis Daguerre from his window in the spring of 1838. The image could be a lot more people, but due to long exposure to Daguerre managed to capture only a Shoe Shiner and his customer.

2. Indian tattoo on the face of white women, 1863

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Parents of olive Oatman was killed in 1859 when she was only 14 years old. She was kidnapped by Indians and then sold into slavery to a tribe of Mohave. After 5 years spent in the tribe, the girl managed to return to American society. Probably the Mojave, treated olive like a slave, but as equals, as they paid her the same tattoo worn by themselves.

3. The first known photograph of the obscene gesture, 1886

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Apparently, the baseball player Charles Radbourne something wrong with the photographer and he, without thinking twice, showed the camera the middle finger. This act remained in history as the world’s first obscene gesture, captured on photo.

4. Students after snowball fight, 1893

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That looked so these students from Princeton after a seemingly innocent snowball fight. They can easily be mistaken for soldiers returning from the battlefield, or for the victims of angry bees.

5. Sculptor helps the veteran to mask the effects of wounds, 1917

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Исторические фото, за которыми скрываются интересные истории. Фото

In the early XX century, plastic surgery was far from perfect, but it was an alternative mask, replacing the lost part of the face. One of the specialists for the production of such masks was the sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd. Of course, this method could not return victims still face, but yet many of them, my personal life and retreated to thoughts of suicide.

6. The tallest man in the history of medical observations, 1930s

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“Good giant,” Robert Pershing Wadlow remains the tallest man in history — his height was 272 cm with a weight of 199 kg. unfortunately, Robert has lived a very short life and died in 1940 at the age of 22 years.

7. German worker refuses to raise his hand in a Nazi salute, 1936

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This man’s name was August Landmesser. His gesture he expressed his disagreement with the policies of the Third Reich, which he could not enter into marriage with Irma Eclair, a Jew by nationality. Subsequently, she was sent to a concentration camp where she was put to death, and August was in the penal battalion and was missing.

8. Beer in the fuel tank of a fighter, 1944

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Of course, the aircraft “ran” the beer as fuel. Thus, during the Second world war, beer was delivered to the British soldiers who fought in Normandy. But before the beer was smart enough to fill the fuel tanks, barrels with him being suspended for the fighters instead of ammunition.

9. The future Queen Elizabeth II while serving in the army, 1945

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During the Second world war, the future Queen of England served in Women’s auxiliary territorial corps as a mechanic and ambulance driver. In this photo Princess Elizabeth holds in her hand watch — a gift from his comrades in training camp.

10. American soldiers returning home, 1945

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After the end of hostilities in Western Europe-dreadnought “Queen Elizabeth” returned safely to American soldiers in new York.

11. Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield, 1957

Исторические фото, за которыми скрываются интересные истории. Фото

Here’s how to describe the situation itself Sophia Loren: “Paramount has arranged a party for me. There was all stars. And that’s one of the latest appeared in Jayne Mansfield. She knew that it all look. Where were my eyes? Yeah, I looked at her Breasts because I was afraid that she fell out of the dress right on my plate”.

12. The woman with the thinnest waist in the world, 1959

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The Briton Ethel Granger decided on a extreme change to please my husband, William. She had to wear corset without removing it at night, as well as high heels and frilly piercing, which the husband himself pierced nose Ethel silver needle. Over time, the waist women decreased from natural 62 cm to 33, which allowed her to get into the Guinness Book of records.

13. The Beatles crossing Abbey road in the opposite direction, 1969

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Most of us have seen photos with the famous cover of the Abbey Road album. But there are other pictures of the Beatles taken at the same place — there were 6. By the way, white Volkswagen Beetle that accidentally got in the shot, in 1986, was sold at auction for 2 530 British pounds.

14. One of the prototypes of the “Uncle Sam”, 1970

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Uncle Sam, looking strictly with campaign posters — image of a collective. But in this photo it is easy to notice the similarity of “uncle” with one of their prototypes — a veteran Walter Botts.

15. Family photo on the moon, 1972

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Astronaut Charles Duke participated in the mission “Apollo-16” as the lunar module pilot, left on the surface of our satellite, the photograph of his family: himself, his wife Dorothy and their sons Charles Junior and Thomas.

16. Iranian pop singers to the Islamic revolution of 1979

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Before the Islamic revolution of 1979, many people in Iran looked the same as the Europeans or the Americans: they wore fashionable clothing, women concealed the hair, and even did not hesitate to appear in a bikini on the beach.

17. Kurt Cobain plays air guitar, 1993

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This picture posted on his instagram, lenny Kravitz, saying that it was made on 2 September 1993 at the MTV Music Awards. Lenny sang his hit “Are You Gonna Go My Way” and Kurt, standing behind the scenes, “accompanied” him on an imaginary guitar.

Bonus: Leonardo DiCaprio finally got his “Oscar”, 2016

Исторические фото, за которыми скрываются интересные истории. Фото

This photo was taken relatively recently, but it certainly will go down in history for two reasons: 1) Leo finally got his well-deserved “Oscar”; 2) the actor was so happy that could not resist a little prank. Well, we will not to abuse him for it, because he was waiting for the coveted statuette for 12 years.

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