Rarely seen photos of famous, and infamous people, and events.....

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Barack Obama and his high school basketball team

Osama Bin Laden as a teenager (the second from the right in a green shirt and blue pants) on vacation in Sweden with his family

A young Osama Bin Laden practicing judo

Schwarzeneggers first time in New York, 1968

Bill Gates' mug shot. He was arrested in 1977 for driving without a license

Muhammad Ali trying to convince a man not to jump

Madonna, Sting and Tupac hanging out

A wedding gig in 1958 for three future members of The Beatles (McCartney, Lennon, Harrison)

The Beatles last concert on a London rooftop in 1969

The Rolling Stones in 1963

Hemingways passport photo in 1923

The firs Star Wars cast before filming the movie

Charlie Chaplin and Albert Einstein

Queen Elizabeth during her military service

Elvis Presley during his service in the U.S. Army in 1958

Elijah Wood and Macaulay Culkin together in 1993

Young Diane Keaton and Al Pacino on set of The Godfather, 1972

Steven Spielberg and Drew Barrymore on set of E.T.

Bruce Lee dancing

Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee

 

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Marathon runners competing during the first modern Olympic games, Athens 1896

Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937

Construction of The Statue of Liberty in Paris, 1884

Fidel Castro and Malcolm X in 1960

Walt Disneys early sketches of Mickey Mouse

A young Vladimir Putin (the 2nd from the left, wearing a hat)

Survivors from the Titanic boarding the Carpathia in 1912

Steven Hawking and Jane Wildes wedding

Hitler as the best man during Joseph Goebbels wedding

A colorized photo of George Armstrong Custer and soldiers during the American Civil War

Che Guevara and Fidel Castro

Mount Rushmore construction in 1939

Johnny Depp and Oasis

Pablo Escobar and his son posing in front of The White House in the 1980s

Da Vincis Mona Lisa returning to the Louvre after WWII

Construction of the Eiffel Tower in 1880

William Harley and Arthur Davidson, founders of Harley Davidson, with their motorcycles in 1914

Pablo Picasso and Brigitte Bardot in 1956

Future President Bill Clinton shakes John F. Kennedys hand

Lou Gehrig signing an autograph for Frank Sinatra in 1939

 

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Steven Spielberg poses in the mechanical shark used in JAWS

Robin Williams pretending to be a cheerleader, 1980. May you Rest in Peace.

 

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[The Living Tribunal]

Love all of it! Keep this stuff up Plainview!

The Osama Bin Laden pics are particularly striking.

 

[Plainview]

Love all of it! Keep this stuff up Plainview!

The Osama Bin Laden pics are particularly striking.

Whenever I come across something I find interesting, or pretty funny, I share it for all to enjoy as well.

 

[Videodrome]

Takes picture of Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee

Camera Explodes

 

[Z A C K]

Takes picture of Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee

Camera Explodes

That's why there's only 1 pic.

 

[illiniguy]

Harrison Ford:

Jennifer Aniston

Teddy Roosevelt

Robin Williams

 

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An injured survivor of the Hindenburg smokes as he is carried to safety. [6 May, 1937]

A young Adolf Hitler cheering at the announcement that World War One had begun. [1914]

The recording of the MGM Lion. [1929]

An over the shoulder view of JFK’s “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech. [1963]

Howard Carter Looking through the open doors of Tutankhamun's Shrine. [January, 1924]

Massive crowds gather for the first Woodstock. [1969]

A photograph taken by Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition to the South Pole, before they perished on their return journey. [191

An East German guard passes a flower through a gap in the Berlin Wall on the morning it was torn down. [1989]

Three men run in the marathon at the first modern Olympic Games. [1896]

Norway receive their first ever shipment of bananas. [1905]

The Beatles during their shoot for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. [1967]

Mourners climb telephone poles to get a view of Gandhi's funeral procession. [1948]

A Native American overlooks the newly completed Transcontinental railroad. [1868]

Enlisted men aboard an American ship hear the news of Japan’s surrender. [1945]

The first ever underground train journey. Edgware Road Station, London. [1862]

The Hollywood sign, shortly after it was installed. It originally read “Hollywoodland”. [1923]

The last known photo of the Titanic above water. [1912]

Fidel Castro enjoying ice cream during a visit to a US military camp. [1959]

A photo taken in secret of the Supreme Court in session, one of only two ever taken. [1932]

German prisoners react to footage of concentration camps. [1945]

 

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Race organisers attempt to stop Kathrine Switzer from competing in the Boston Marathon. She became the first woman to finish the

A large crowd, made up of many African Americans, mourn the death of Abraham Lincoln outside the Courthouse in Vicksburg, Missis

Salvador Dali kisses the hand of Raquel Welch after finishing his famous portrait of her. [1965]

Crowds flock to the the first World Series Game in New York. [1912]

The very first Rockefeller Christmas Tree is revealed to the public. [1931]

The iceberg that is thought to have sunk the Titanic. Black and red paint is smeared along the side. [1912]

African Americans protest against the war in Vietnam during the Harlem Peace March. [1967]

Neil Armstrong photographed by Buzz Aldrin, shortly after walking on the moon. [1969]

The traffic jam at the Brandenburg Gate as East and West Germans cross freely on the first Saturday after the fall of the Berlin

The filming of Batman and Robin.

The “Tank Man” stand off in Tiananmen Square. “Tank Man” is to the left of the digger. [1989]

View from the top on the opening day of the Empire State Building. [1931]

Bird’s eye view of JFK’s funeral in the Capitol Building. [November, 1963]

The models of “American Gothic” stand next to the painting

The aftermath of Victory over Japan Day in New York. [14 August, 1945]

Iranian forces look out at the iconic view of burning oil fields set alight by Iraqi forces during the Gulf War. [1990]

The only known photograph of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, before giving his famous address. [November 19, 1863]

Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan in the general's tent at Antietam [3 October, 1862]

Traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge moments after it opened seen from atop one of the arches. [1937]

The back of the Hoover Dam just before it was submerged and never seen again. [1936]

 

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A view from behind the Lincoln statue during Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech. [28 August, 1963]

Wilbur Wright circles the Statue of Liberty in the Model A. [29 September, 1909]

Spectators standing upon couches, tables and chairs to to see the signing of the treaty of Versailles and the end of World War I

The unfinished Washington monument, abandoned after funds ran out and civil war broke out. [c. 1857 - 75]

Jacqueline Kennedy backstage watching her husband during the first televised debate against Richard Nixon. [1960]

The last few prisoners of Alcatraz leave as the prison is shut down for good. [1963]

 

[Hazard71]

I see the face of the Cat in the Hat on the painting in the Dali, Welch pic. Does anyone else see it?

 

[sharkboy1200]

My wrestling nerd brain always puts the wrestler Sting before the musician. Once someone mentions the name, I presume a Stinger Splash isn't far away.

 

[Soda Jack]

Wow Plainview, great stuff.

 

[BDaddyK]

I love "candid" pics of historic people/events. Cool pics!

It still astounds me that a sitting President in the modern era was assassinated.
The pic of the Supreme Court in session is pretty cool too. It must have been no small feat to sneak a camera in and take a halfway decent pic, it seems easy with the tech. now, but back around the turn of the century.