20 Extremely Rare Historical Pictures You’ve Probably Never Seen Before
Marilyn Monroe
Who doesn’t know Marilyn Monroe? This model and actress became one of the biggest sex symbols of the ’50s and ’60s. She was also on the cover of the very first edition of Playboy. Even today, Monroe is widely regarded as one of the most recognizable Hollywood movie stars. She passed away in 1962, aged 36, due to an overdose.
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Einstein playing the violin
Did you know that Albert Einstein, the worldfamous physicist who is best known for his mass-energy equation (E = mc²), could also play the violin? The German-born genius wasn’t a one-trick-pony. Not only was he great at mathematics and physics, he could also play the violin, as you can see in the rare historical picture above. After discovering Mozart’s violin sonatas at the age of 13, music became a lifelong passion for Einstein.
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Godzilla
On the photograph above you can see the Japanese film crew working on the set of the movie Godzilla. They are working on the star of the movie, the enormous sea monster with the same name. The movie came out in 1954 and was directed by Ishirō Honda. This is one of the only pictures taken behind the scenes, giving us a unique peek into how movies were made in Japan, back in the ’50s.
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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Here is another behind the scenes photo of a world famous vintage movie. You can see the crew of the spaghetti-western The Good, The Bad & The Ugly instructing the star of the movie, Clint Eastwood. This 1966 movie became the definitive spaghetti-western and massively influenced what the world thought the Wild West had been like.
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Brigitte Bardot
This is a rare picture of Brigitte Bardot. The French fashion model, actress and singer rose to international fame as pinup girl. She was the French answer to Marilyn Monroe and was famous all over the world.
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Daredevils with motorcycle chariots
You’ve probably seen paintings of the Ancient Greeks and Romans racing eachother in chariots pulled by horses. But did you know that back in the ’20s, they tried to revive and modernize this ancient sport? Instead of using horses, chariot riders would use motorcycles to pull their chariots. It was a dangerous sport and it went extinct in the ’30s.
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Times Square in the ’70s
Times Square, New York City, in the ’70s was a completely different place than what it is like today. It was filled with erotic stores, peepshows, shady movie theaters, drug trade, alcoholics and con games. Despite the large numbers of police officers, crime flourished in the subway and underground passages of the Port Authority Bus Terminal. It began to change when the mayor decided to change things up in 1983.
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Drive-in restaurant
In the ’60s, drive-in restaurants were all the rage. You could get service from the safety and comfort of your own car. The restaurant in the picture above went so far as to install conveyor belts, with which they could easily transport the customers order to their car. Can you imagine coming across something like this today?
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The World Trade Center
The World Trade Center in New York was built in the ’70s. The buildings were designed by American architect Minoru Yamasaki. The two most prominent buildings, the Twin Towers, were destroyed in on 11 september 2001. Up until then, they had been a prominent feature of New York and was found on many tourist products.
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Claudia Cardinale
Here’s a rare photo of Claudia Cardinale, an acclaimed Italian actress who starred in many movies during the ’60s and ’70s. Like Monroe and Mansfield, she was first seen as a sex symbol, but she managed to prove her worth as a professional actress and is now mostly known for her skill at acting.
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Sauna tub
This weird invention is called the sauna tub. In the 1950s, it was all the rage. You enter the sauna tub and zip it up, leaving your head (and optionally, your hands) exposed. You then enjoy your private sauna and all the health benefits that come with it. It was also said to melt fat.
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The first Tour de France
This is a photograph of the first Tour de France, which was hosted in 1903. The bicycle race is still being held today, but back in 1903 it looked a lot different. On the photo above you can see that they used different bicycles than the ones we’re used to seeing today. Their attire is also vastly different.
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Weird dispensers in the ’40s
Back in the ’40s, you could pretty much find a dispenser for every product on the market. For example, take a look at this perfume dispenser found in a public bathroom in the US. You slid a coin into the slot, then pressed the plunger and the machine would squirt perfume. You’d simply hold your neck next to the nozzle and you’d smell great!
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The tallest man ever to live
Here we have Robert Wadlow, the tallest man to ever walk the earth. At age one, he was already over 3ft (1m) tall. He kept growing, until his death in 1940, aged 22. At that time, the gigantic man was 8’11” (2.72m) tall. This record has still not been broken by anyone, making Robert Wadlow the tallest man ever to live.
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Building the Empire State Building
The Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world when its construction was finished in 1931. Contractors had been working on the gigantic tower for the better part of a year, starting in 1930. They did this without any of the safety rules, regulations and laws we have in place today. As you can see, they worked without any safety straps or harnesses, 102 floors in the air. The construction cost 5 workers their lives.
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