15 Images That Show History Like Never Before
There are brilliant photographs that manage to transform the way we see the past, offering us a new perspective or something surprising we've never noticed before.
The following collection of images reveals key moments in history, ranging from details to a single instant captured in a specific way.
For example, there are photos of nurses giving the Nationalist salute to General Franco, the leader of the fascist forces during the Spanish Civil War in 1938, and of an Imperial Japanese Army soldier accompanied by logistical support elephants and their mahouts somewhere in Burma during World War II.
Many of these pictures highlight historical figures and little-known events, aiming to provoke a reaction from the viewer.
Battle of the Bulge, 1944
US soldier shakes hands with a dog in Luxembourg , Battle of the Bulge, 1944.
Waco, 1993
Timothy McVeigh with anti government brochures and bumper stickers in Waco, 1993.
Spanish Civil War, 1938
Nurses giving the Nationalist salute to General Franco, the leader of the fascist forces during the Spanish Civil War, 1938.
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla looking out his Colorado Springs lab in 1899.
Latife Uşaklıgil & Mustafa Kemal
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his wife Latife Uşaklıgil in Ergama village on the way to Edremit on 8 February 1923.
Mary Harris Jones & Calvin Coolidge
Labor union organizer Mary Harris Jones with President Calvin Coolidge. Washington, D.C. September, 1924.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
General Dwight D. Eisenhower is addressing paratroopers in 1944.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reviews paperwork in his command train, 1918. With him is his Private Secretary, Philip Sassoon MP.
Germany 1939
Children inspect Panzer 3 Tank in Freiburg, Germany 1939.
Camp David Peace Accords
Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin sign the Camp David Peace Accords between Israel and Egypt. White House, Washington DC. September, 1978.
WWII, Burma Campaign
An Imperial Japanese Army soldier accompanied by logistic support elephants and their mahouts somewhere in Burma. WWII, Burma Campaign (1941-1945).
Germany, 1936
Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels sign autographs for members of the Canadian figure skating team at the Winter Olympic Games, Germany, 1936.
Rotterdam, 1949
The first U.S.-bound Beetle being loaded onto a New York-bound ship in Rotterdam, 1949.
London, 1935
A gas-powered flare aides a police officer directing traffic in the London fog, 1935.
NYC, April 24 1865.
6-year-old Teddy Roosevelt watching Lincoln’s funeral procession going through Union Square, NYC, April 24 1865.
