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29 Fascinating Photos From History

Take a trip back in time with these stunning images.

Published 7 years ago in Wow

Take a trip back in time with these stunning images.

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Howard Carter, Arthur Callender, and an unidentified Egyptian worker open the inner chamber and see King Tut’s sarcophagus for the first time

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Pioneer motorcycle racer Arthur Mitchell, pictured here with his 1914 Harley-Davidson

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Robert Wadlow, the tallest man ever recorded and confirmed at 8’11”, pictured here in 1939, just one year before his death
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Nikola Tesla with his induction motors, 1898

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The last episode of Seinfeld, in 1998, and the cast saying goodbye
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Times Square, New York City, 1911
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Lumberjacks with California Redwood trees, 1915

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Soldiers returning from Europe in WW2, 1945
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Sergeant Stubby, a Boston Bull Terrier who became the most decorated dog of the first World War
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Underwater 23 kiloton nuclear bomb test, Bikini Atoll, 1946. Fun fact: the bikini swimsuit was named after Bikini Atoll because, like the weapon, the designer felt the swimsuit would also be “small and devastating.”

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Nighttime construction of the Hoover Dam, 1931
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Roxy Theatre, West 50th Street, Manhattan, 1954
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American troops during WWI using newly-developed acoustic technology to locate enemy aircraft

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A closeup of an actual Wright Brothers flyer. This photo was taken in 1911, and keep in mind the earlier turn-of-the-century iterations were much more primitive.
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Zeppelin’s used to “dock” at mooring masts, and passengers would entire via a gangplank. This photo was taken in Cardington, England in the ‘20’s.
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November 1960 Beatles Photo — The Beatles first photoshoot

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New York World’s Fair – July 7, 1939 – World of Tomorrow Lagoon
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Gold Hill, Virginia City, Nevada, and 1867 gold mining town
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Mt. St. Helens erupting in Washington state, 1980

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A Dodge/Plymouth dealership in New York, 1948
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Colorized photo of Manhattan in 1943
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Niagara Falls froze over in 1911

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23
The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, visits NYC in 1956
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Manhattan and Central Park at night, photo taken in 1937
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Completed 1958 Chevrolet models leaving the assembly line

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Mount Rushmore being constructed, in 1939
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The Golden Gate bridge being constructed in San Francisco, 1937
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This is officially the last image taken of the Titanic before it sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.

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This photo depicts Adam West and Burt Ward in 1966 filming for Batman, in a scene where they are scaling a building in Gotham

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