64 Historical Pictures you most likely haven’t seen before

These photographs all tell stories about the historical figures or events that they represent. Once taken simply to document their present, they now help us witness the past

Many photographs only become iconic shots years later, once we understand their importance and historical context. From historical landmarks and famous people to the basic daily routines of the past, these pictures portray the past in a way that we can empathize with and understand more intimately.

1. William Harley and Arthur Davidson, 1914

2. Bill Gates for driving without a license, 1977

3. The Beatles before making their most historical picture

4. Muhammad Ali & Michael Jordan, 1992

5. The Beatles, 1960

6. The first car factory in US, Ford Inc. 1926

7. Robin Williams joining the cheerleaders team, 1980

8. Halloween 1900

9. Camp Nou Stadium, Barcelona, 1925

10. Boxing in Yankee Stadium, 1923

11. Chicago, 1967

12. Bruce Lee on a dance floor

13. Einstein and his furry shoes

14. Osama Bin Laden and his judo mates

15. A kid with his artificial legs, 1898

16. The Statue of Liberty before being sent to America

17. The making of Batman 1966

18. Kobe Bryant when he was 18. 1996

19. The last picture of Titanic taken before sinking, 1912

20. Hachikō before his burial

21. Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger. 1969

22. The Beatles and Muhammad Ali. 1964

23. Martin Luther King,Jr and Marlon Brando (The Godfather)

24. Charlie Chaplin and Albert Einstein

24. Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee

26. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates

27. Ian Fleming and Sean Connery

28. Charlie Chaplin and Mahatma Gandhi

29. Marilyn Monroe and Sammy Davis, Jr.

30. The early Micky Mouse drawing by Walt Disney

31. The first computer in England, 1950

32. Marathon on the first summer Olympic, Athens,Greece. 1896

33. Golden Gate under construction, San Francisco. 1937

34. Fidel Castro and Malcolm X, 1960

35. A woman survived in Nagasaki, 1945

36. Kurt Cobain & Krist Novoselic

37. Vladimir Putin as a teenager

38. Johnny Depp dan Oasis

39. Muhammad Ali and a man who tries to commit suicide

40. Robert Downey Jr, and Slash

41. The Beatles’ last concert

42. Bob Marley playing with a soccer ball

43. A computer ad, 1980s

44. Buzz Aldrin doing a space selfie. 1966

45. President Bush receiving a news on 9/11/2001

46. Jack, posing with a newspaper about himself

47. The Rolling Stones,1963

48. Che Guevara and Fidel Castro,1965

49. Mt. Rushmore under contruction,1939

50. Playing golf on a skyscraper. 1932

51. The first banana arrived in Norway,1905

52. A japanese troop surrenders in front of US Armies

53. Eiffel Tower Under Construction. 1880s

54. Parking System in New York, 1930

55. One wheel vehicle introduced by M. Goventosa de Udine , Italia. 1931

56. Barrack Obama as a teenager

57. Jimi Hendrix’ last concert. Love and Peace Festival, Germany. 1970

58. Mahatma Ghandi in London

59. Queenie, the first ski elephant. 1950s

60. Kurt Cobain being Arrested

61. Steven Spielberg, Jaws, behind the scene.

62. An accordion player cries at FDR’s funeral

63. Heath Ledger and Christian Bale

64. Johnny Depp and Noel Gallagher

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