Take a look at this collection of 32 rare photos that is sure to blow you away!
32. Amazonian species of lily pads grown by a meticulous Covil War sharpshooter.
31. Tires from the Antarctic Snow Cruiser.
30. New Jersey lobsters, not even record-holders.
29. The carving of Rushmore.
28. Wreckage of a Zeppelin.
27. Redwood loggers of the mid 20th century.
26. “Mark Twain” redwood cut down in 1891.
25. Iraq’s Roman Arch.
24. Alaska State Fair Cabbage.
23. The building of the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam.
22. Charles Godefroy taking his Nieuport 11 “Bébé” through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on August 7th, 1919.
21. Construction of Brasilia city, which would later become the capital of Brazil. 1960.
20. Construction of the Eiffel tower in July, 1888.
19. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber named “Enola Gay” was the bomber that dropped the “Little Boy” (nuclear bomb) over Hiroshima, Japan during World War 2. It was the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war.
18. Famous album cover art for The Beatles album Abbey Road, correct? Not exactly, this is them walking back in the opposite direction. See original iconic photo here.
17. Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.
16. Albert Einstein’s matriculation certificate that he received at the age of 17, showing his final grades from the Aargau Kantonsschule (on a scale of 1-6).
15. Filming Star Wars inside of the iconic “Millennium Falcon” spacecraft.
14. The US-built ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first computer ever made. It combined, for the first time, the high speed of electronics with the ability to be programmed for many complex problems. It could add or subtract 5000 times a second, a thousand times faster than any other machine.
13. The unbroken seal on King Tut’s Tomb.
12. The First Google Team in 1999.
11. The first Wal-Mart store was opened in 1962 by [a salesman] Sam Walton. It was called Walton’s Five and Dime. [Source]
10. One of the first McDonald’s restaurants open in 1948.
9. The moment George W. Bush was notified of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
8. Henry Ford (the founder of Ford Motor Co.), Thomas Edison (inventor of the phonograph, motion picture camera and the practical light bulb), Warren G. Harding (29th president of USA) and Harvey Samuel Firestone (founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.) lounging together.
7. Mathias Rust’s Cessna 172 that landed illegally in the Red Square on May 28, 1987. A German amateur pilot that flew from Finland to Moscow (while being tracked by the Soviet air defense as well as Soviet Jet Interceptors – which never received permission to fire).
6. One of the first photos that was taken inside of Hitler’s bunker (Führerbunker) in 1945 by Allied soldiers.
5. Madonna, Sting and Tupac hanging out.
4. The Quagga is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra. The only Quagga to have been photographed alive was this mare at the Zoological Society of London’s Zoo in Ragent’s Park in 1870.
3. The real boarding pass for RMS Titanic (Wiki’d link because of this).
2. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates chatting in 1991.
1. Elvis Presley during his service in the U.S. Army.
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