Saturday, November 15, 2025

What are the rarest pictures you have ever seen?

 Mortar fire, captured with a long exposure, over a World War I battlefield, 1917

A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on an Italian beach, 1957

Niagara Falls during the freeze of 1911. You can see people walking right at the bottom of the frozen waterfall.

A man riding his bike down the Eiffel Tour, 1923

The Venice Canals being drained and cleaned, 1956.

From 1920-1933, Alcohol was banned in the United States under the eighteenth amendment added to the U.S. Constitution.

A young French woman being punished for having a relationship with a German soldier.

Note with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's visage on it, which the Indian government has closed since 1948

Train Derailment at Gare Montparnasse, Paris, France. 1895.

This photo gives a great size comparison of Titanic's propellers.

A fugitive being dragged by border patrol so that he doesn't escape the USA and enter Mexico.

Bahadur Shah Zafar posing with Thomas Metcalfe and two attendants.

Marilyn Monroe with a sprained ankle on crutches, 1953

German children play with stacks of money during the hyperinflation period of the Weimar Republic, 1922.

Love in the middle of an actual riot in Canada – 2011

Albert Einstein's matriculation certificate that he received at the age of 17, showing his final grades from the Aargau Kantonsschule (on a scale of 1-6).

Kishore Kumar playing Table Tenis with his son Amit

Iran 1970 compared to Iran 2009

An early version of a telephone tower, Stockholm, 1890. As you can see, the wires leading from the tower were numerous.

Photograph of Shaheed Udham Singh (second from left) being taken from Caxton Hall, London after the assassination of Michael O'Dwyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh massacre. (Dated 13 March 1940)

An Exotic Dancer demonstrates that her underwear was too large to have exposed herself, after undercover police officers arrested her in Florida.

Death certificate of Bhagat Singh

A 7,600-ton multi-story housing block is physically moved in order to extend an avenue in the Romanian city of Alba Julia, 1987.

American soldiers return home after World War II, 1945.

Circumcision was used by Pakistani soldiers to identify Hindus during Bangladesh’s War of Independence (1971).

Elvis in the Army, 1958

(1930s) Vijayadashami (Dussehra) - Burning effigy of Ravana in Quetta, Balochistan

Indian revolutionary leader Rash Behari Bose with his Japanese Wife Toshiko

Painting the Eiffel Tower, 1932

Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrives at Parliament House in a bullock cart to protest against the increase in petrol and kerosene prices on November 12, 1973

The Man That Refused To Give The Nazi Salute, 1936

1945 - Subhas Chandra Bose giving toast to the Emperor of Japan

The Great Gama and his brother Imam Baksh square off during an exhibition match held in front of the Red Fort in Delhi, 1940s

Shaheed Bhagat Singh photographed secretly at Lahore Railway Police Station, during his first arrest 29 May to 4 July 1927 - in connection with Lahore Dussehra Bomb Case (25 Oct 1926) with Gopal Singh Pannu DSP, CID Lahore.

Amrish Puri with his family.

Nagasaki before and after the explosion of an atomic bomb, 1945.

Job Hunting In 1930's

Acrobats balance on top of The Empire State Building, 1934

1968 : The Beatles playing Holi In Rishikesh

Australian POW about to be executed by his Japanese captors.

1930s British Policeman directing traffic during Ganesha Visarjan procession In Bombay

The Taj Mahal, being covered up with jute during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

A young Indira Gandhi visiting Mohandas K. Gandhi

Khudiram Bose being led to the gallows

A coin of 1935 and having a stamp of george 5 king emperor. Its value is 1/12th of an anna or 1/3rd of a paisa.

Launch of Maruti 800 in Bombay.Diamond merchant Sameer Jhaveri receivin keys from Mrs.Manju Sanghi,wife of Director on Board.