wow

16 Amazing Photos Collected From History

Interesting stuff from the history vault.

1.

A ‘Knocker-up’ was hired to ensure that people would wake up on time for their jobs. Mary Smith earned sixpence a week shooting dried peas at sleeping workers’ windows in East London in the 1930s. She would not leave a window until she was sure that the workers had woken up.

2.

Two “Cop Killers” photographed after interrogations, 1920s

3.

Samurai in Yokohama, Japan. Photo by Felice Beato | 1864–65

Advertisement

4.

Eureka, Colorado 1900

5.

Slaves from a Coffe Plantation in Brazil, 1885

6.

Silent ‘Grand Schema’ Monks of the Russian Orthodox Church, Balaam Monastery, Russisan 1888

7.

Clyde Barrow, of Bonnie & Clyde fame, poses with his car and guns in Joplin, Missouri 1933

8.

An Inuit man warms up his wife’s feet in Greenland, 1890s.

9.

An elephant used by German soldiers to move heavy logs near the Western Front of World War I, 1915

Advertisement

10.

BBC sound effects workers making effects for a program in studio 1927

11.

Grigori Rasputin with his admirers 1914

12.

On December 13, 1913 One Of The World’s Greatest Art Heists Was Solved

13.

Welcome to America 1904, Ellis Island

Advertisement

14.

Martin Luther King Jr. was shielded by his aides from a a mob of hostile whites after being struck by a rock to his head, while leading the march with civil rights demonstrators to protest housing discrimination in Chicago, Illinois. August 5, 1966

15.

Jack Johnson, early 1900s

16.

Police trade shots with barricaded suspect, Los Angeles, Feb. 17, 1938

10
45,645
Views
4
Comments
0
Favorites
Categories: Wow
Next

Next on eBaum's

No Articles Found
No Articles Found
Sorry, we were unable to load more articles
Congratulations! You've reached the end of the never-ending list.
{if(/video|article/i.test(wData.articleType);}
Menu search Account Home Video Gallery Article Contest Newest NEW Popular Forums Spicy Games Picture wiFunny Feels Creepy WTF! FTW! WOW! wiEww Facepalm Ouch Blog pinterest Contest Winner Contest Finalist facebook pinterest twitter whatsapp email user views user comments user favorites Next Article List View