Philosophy

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Rare Historical Photos

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A small boy whose face was ravaged by Congenital Syphilis, which occurs when a child is born to a mother with syphilis. The devastation of this disease was horrible during the pre-penicillin era.




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Hindenburg Disaster, 1937.




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“Jackie” the Lion, recording the MGM roar, 1928.




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The Great Manta weighed over 5,000 pounds and was caught in Brielle, NJ, 1933.




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An Empire State builder hanging on a crane above New York City, 1925.

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John F Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe; their rumored affair.





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Police, dogs and man during the civil rights movement, 1964.




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Men celebrate the end of prohibition, December 5, 1933.




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Two American soldiers with special ammo for Hitler, Easter Sunday, 1945.

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 American corporal aims a Colt M1895 on top of an elephant during WW1, 1914.



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Men stand in a 45,000 ton steel pipe over the Hoover Dam.




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Shot of the first post WWII nuclear test, Operation Crossroads in the Marshall Islands.




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Organizers from the Boston Marathon attempt to stop a woman from running the race, 1967.


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Two German soldiers and their donkey wear gas masks.



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Remains of cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, who fell from space, 1967.




Man and his hippo-drawn carriage, 1924.



 
 
Steven Spielberg sits in the mouth of the mechanical shark used in his movie, Jaws.










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