You might have already seen some of these pictures on ‘Thinking Humanity’ before, but not all of them.
We present to you a big collection of 200 rare and historical pictures that should make you think. Please take your time and enjoy!
The Beatles
Famous album cover art for The Beatles album Abbey Road, correct? Not exactly, this is them walking back in the opposite direction.
The Eiffel Tower
Construction of the Eiffel tower in July, 1888.
Brasilia City
Construction of Brasilia city, which would later become the capital of Brazil. 1960.
Arc de Triomphe and Bebe
Charles Godefroy taking his Nieuport 11 Bebe through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on August 7th, 1919.
Che Guevara and Fidel Castro
Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.
Albert Einstein’s matriculation certificate
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).
Enola Gay
A Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber named \u201cEnola Gay\u201d was the bomber that dropped the \u201cLittle Boy\u201d (nuclear bomb) over Hiroshima, Japan during World War 2. It was the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war.
«Millenium Falcon»
Filming Star Wars inside of the iconic «Millennium Falcon» spacecraft.
ENIAC
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.
First McDonald’s
One of the first McDonald’s restaurants open in 1948.
First Wal-Mart
The first Wal-Mart store was opened in 1962 by [a salesman] Sam Walton. It was called Walton’s Five and Dime.
Bush after 9/11
The moment George W. Bush was notified of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
The First Google Team
The First Google Team in 1999.
Ford, Edison, Harding and Firestone
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.
Inside of Hitler’s bunker
One of the first photos that was taken inside of Hitler’s bunker (Fuhrerbunker) in 1945 by Allied soldiers.
Madonna, Sting and Tupac
Madonna, Sting and Tupac hanging out.
Mathias Rust’s Cessna on the Red Square
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).
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley during his service in the U.S. army
Quagga
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.
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates chatting in 1991.
Boarding pass for Titanic
The real boarding pass for RMS Titanic.
The unbroken seal on King Tut’s Tomb
The unbroken seal on King Tut’s Tomb.
The oldest running car on the planet
1884 De Dion, Bouton et Trepardou Dos-a-Dos is the oldest running car on the planet. It was the first car to participate in an automobile race.
Family photo on the moon
During the Apollo 16 mission, Charles Duke left a family photo on the moon that was enclosed in a plastic bag.
Vought F4U Corsair
Vought F4U Corsair crashes on the deck of a carrier when the arresting gear failed. Most likely sometime during WW2 in the Pacific Theater.
John F. Kennedy at Cape Canaveral
John F. Kennedy at NASA’s Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex in 1962.
