One-of-a-Kind Photos Most People Haven’t Come Across
History is full of moments that can't be explained, no matter how hard we try. Acts of cruelty that make wars look like a day at kindergarten, celebrity crossovers that shook the entire world but no one remembers anymore, sports events that changed everything, or political decisions that still have consequences to this day. When you think you know it all, some new historical facts resurface to make you feel small.
The internet is pretty much infinite, but even with all the existing information in the palm of our hands, we're still surprised when we see a rare photo of Elvis eating at an unknown diner, or lively photos taken during times of war, when everything is supposed to be gloomy. Those photos also make you think how the current times will be portrayed in a few decades, but that's a thing for another time.
So, here are one-of-a-kind photos most people haven't come across in their lifetime.
Ray Manzarek serving in the Army
The Doors' keyboard player in Thailand in 1962.
Queen Elizabeth in 1961
Playing pool. Did they let her win?
Ozzy Osbourne and Sebastian Bach
At the Moscow Music Peace Festival in 1989.
The Mynah Birds
The band created by the unlikely team-up of Neil Young and Rick James in Toronto in the 1960s.
Wizard of Oz filming
Actors in charge of playing Munchkins arriving at MGM studios in 1938.
Green Beret Captain Richard Flaherty
The 4'9" soldier had to wait for more than three years and a waiver to get into the army.
The Goatmobile
This was the latest technology of the 1900s.
First Underwater Photo
Emil Racoviță, a Romanian biologist and explorer, posing for photographer Louis Boutan in 1899.
Disarming a Mine
Finnish personnel clearing the waters in 1944. Everyone in the photo and the photographer were in danger.
Five-Year-Old Elizabeth Taylor
With her brother, Howard, in 1937.
Young Sigmund Freud
In 1872, with his mother. This explains a lot, probably.
Princess Diana at Live Aid
David Bowie, Brian May, and Roger Taylor chat behind her.
Ann-Margret in 1971
Riding a motorcycle near Las Vegas.
Bowling Alley in 1909
Before machines, underpaid boys collected and set the pins. And yes, that meant that they were there all the time, judging your skills.
James Dean in 1948
Not his best look.
Rollie Free in 1948
He's on his bike, trying to reduce wind resistance, to break the world speed record for a motorcycle at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
John Lennon and Elton John
Partying and making promises to each other in 1974.
Frank Sinatra and his parents
Royalty right here.
Snowman execution
Two women in 1939, ready to end a snowman.
Trying Cigarettes
Sol C. Korn, president of the Fleming-Hall Tobacco Company, trying out their newest models in 1945. He was president of different cigar companies from the 1920s to the 1960s, and he did this in all of them.
