29 Fascinating Photos From History

1. November 1960 Beatles Photo — The Beatles first photoshoot

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

3. This is officially the last image taken of the Titanic before it sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.

4. The Golden Gate bridge being constructed in San Francisco, 1937

5. Mount Rushmore being constructed, in 1939

6. Completed 1958 Chevrolet models leaving the assembly line

7. Manhattan and Central Park at night, photo taken in 1937

8. The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, visits NYC in 1956

9. Niagara Falls froze over in 1911

10. Colorized photo of Manhattan in 1943

11. A Dodge/Plymouth dealership in New York, 1948

12. Mt. St. Helens erupting in Washington state, 1980

13. Gold Hill, Virginia City, Nevada, and 1867 gold mining town

14. New York World’s Fair – July 7, 1939 – World of Tomorrow Lagoon

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

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. American troops during WWI using newly-developed acoustic technology to locate enemy aircraft

19. Roxy Theatre, West 50th Street, Manhattan, 1954

20. Nighttime construction of the Hoover Dam, 1931

21. 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.”

22. Sergeant Stubby, a Boston Bull Terrier who became the most decorated dog of the first World War

23. Soldiers returning from Europe in WW2, 1945

24. Lumberjacks with California Redwood trees, 1915

25. Times Square, New York City, 1911

26. The last episode of Seinfeld, in 1998, and the cast saying goodbye

27. Nikola Tesla with his induction motors, 1898

28. Robert Wadlow, the tallest man ever recorded and confirmed at 8’11”, pictured here in 1939, just one year before his death

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