History From A Different Angle

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Here are 24 rarely seen photos of some of the most famous scenes in history.

1. The Hoover Dam before it was flooded

2. The molten radioactive core called “The Elephant’s Foot”, after the Chernobyl disaster.

3. An East German soldier passing a flower through the Berlin Wall before it was torn down, 1989.

4. Wilbur Wright flies around the Statue of Liberty.

5. The first World Series Game. New York, 1912.

6. The “Tank Man” in Tiananmen Square.

7. Filming the MGM roaring lion intro.

8. The last photo taken of the Titanic before it sank.

9. The iceberg believed to have sunk the Titanic.

10. John F. Kennedy’s funeral in the Capitol building, 1963.

11. During Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech.

12. Jackie Kennedy watching her husband debate Richard Nixon.

13. Aftermath of the Victory Over Japan day celebrations, New York City, 1945.

14. An Iranian soldier watches the burning Kuwaiti oil fields.

15. The Hollywood sign when it was first built.

16. Making The Cover For Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

17. A picture of Neil Armstrong, taken by Buzz Aldrin, right after they successfully landed on the moon.

18. JFK giving his “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech in Berlin, Germany.

19. Traffic jam in Berlin as the border between East and West Germany opens.

20. Spectators watch the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

21. An aerial view of the crowds at the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969.

22. A Native American looks at the completed Transcontinental railroad.

23. The models of the American Gothic painting, by Grant Wood.

24. Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan.