Rare photos from history (80s, facts, nazism, Russians)

[Oberleutnant]

Aleksey Yeremenko, a Red Army soldier rallying his troop to attack. He was shot dead a few seconds after the picture was taken. 1942



Lenin, without his iconic beard, 1917



A soldier shot dead during the Spanish Civil War, 1936



A young revolutionary named Stalin, 1902

[emeraldine]

Very powerful photos.

Many of these make any conversation that begins with, "Here's what I did today," seem rather insignificant.

[phonelady61]

Originally Posted by Oberleutnant

Samurai 1860-1880



Leonard Siffleet, a captured Australian commando who fought in WWII, moments prior to being beheaded by a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1943.



Animal Tamer Captain Jack Bonavita sitting down with some of his cats, 1870s.

I read up on this animal trainer fellow Captain Jack Bonavita . He had his arm aputated after a lion known to be
especially vicious bit his hand all up and it got infected and the drs had to remove his arm . In 1917 while training a polar bear , the bear turned around and attacked him , he died from his wounds . An assistant trainer ran 3 blocks to get a policeman and when they returned shot the polar bear dead . He was also married to a member of russian royalty .

[dizzybint]

[R. Crusoe]

Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, under construction in 1863

[dizzybint]

[Oberleutnant]

Joe DiMaggio meets Babe Ruth



These pictures were taken by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim author of Das Boot (from which the movie was based) on U-96's 7th war patrol.

U96's control room during depth charge attack.



Torpedoed merchant



If anyone remembers the scene in Das Boot where they meet Thompson @ sea. Here's a real pic of this incident (U572).





Albert Einstein



General Store 1917



Gold in pan. Photo taken in 1916



Washing gold in 1916



Captured Native American in 1891



The Old Inn. 1900



Avalanche of snow across railroad tracks. It was made in between ca. 1900 and 1916.



British tank on 5th Ave in New York City in World War I.

[Oberleutnant]

Balancing Act



Crowd awaiting TITANIC survivors



Paparazzi of 1910's



New York City street scene in 1920.



Coal miners



1920 Attack and Bombing of Wall Street. The blast killed 38 and seriously injured 143. The bombing was never solved, although investigators and historians believe the Wall Street bombing was carried out by Galleanists (Italian anarchists), a group responsible for a series of bombings the previous year. The attack was related to postwar social unrest, labor struggles and anti-capitalist agitation in the United States.
The Wall Street bomb caused more fatalities than the 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times, which was the deadliest act of terrorism on U.S. soil up to that point. The death toll was exceeded in the Bath School Disaster in 1927. (Wikipedia)



The Titanic before launching

[Oberleutnant]

Real Bathsheba Sherman. Lady in the middle. (Movie Conjuring)



Plaza Parking Lot 1940



Vintage gas station



F. Street, Washington DC 1938 - 1939



U.S. Senate Garage1938 - 1939



Bank Book 1940



Titanic Memorial

[KathrynAragon]

My uncle and Charleton Heston: