Showing posts with label Photographs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photographs. Show all posts

Thursday, June 4, 2026

What are some rare historical photographs that are so unusual you wouldn't believe they exist?

 Historical photographs remind us of what life was like back then. The world we see today has changed dramatically.

Let's take a look at a few examples.

  1. Control room of German submarine UB-110

2. The opening of the Statue of Liberty's head in 1885.

3. A circus hippo pulling a cart, 1924.

4. Annette Kellerman advocated for women's right to wear tight-fitting one-piece swimsuits in 1907. She was arrested for indecent conduct.

5. Old Stockholm Telephone Tower, 1887.

6. Baby cages were used to ensure that children living in apartments could get enough sunlight and fresh air (circa 1937).

7. An Austrian boy receives new shoes during World War II.

8. A diagram illustrating the British class system.

9. "Wait for me, Papa," by Claude P. Detloff, New Westminster, Canada, October 1, 1940.

10. Around 1920, a young actor, Jackie Lucas, is trying to retrieve a ball that has fallen into a river with his golf club when a dog grabs his golf jacket.

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Do you have any photographs of famous works of art or historical pieces taken from unusual perspectives or angles?

 1. Niagara Falls straddles the border between the United States and Canada.

2. Central Park (New York, USA)

3. Barcelona, ​​Spain. Doesn't it look like a city that was planned and built meticulously?

4. Marina Bay, Dubai

5. Paris, France

6. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

7. Seattle, Washington

8. Vancouver, Canada

9. Bern, Switzerland

10. The Tree of Life. This acacia tree is located in Tsavo National Park in Kenya. The lines running through this tree are likely paths used by animals seeking shade or to eat leaves.

Which are the most amazing photographs taken at high altitude?

 Some adventurous mind blowing selfies & photos captured at high altitudes

The honeymoon selfie

Mountain Goat With Offspring

Skiing , Winter Games in Gulmarg

This glider pilot thought now was the right moment to test out his "selfie stick" for the first time...

Aero India is a biennial air show & aviation exihibition held at Yelahanka Airforce Station, Bengaluru every year. It is the second largest Air show in the world after Paris Air show.

Source : Google

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

What are some photographs that depict little-known scenes or landscapes?

 In 1857, the Sphinx, whose entire form had been buried, was discovered.

A fascinating image of the Great Sphinx of Egypt before it was fully excavated. This image was taken around 1880.

This image was taken in 1887. Half of it is buried in the sand. Amazing, isn't it?

The photo shows the original entrance to the Great Pyramid.

The Eiffel Tower (Paris, France) (Gustave Eiffel, 1887–1889)

Statue of Liberty (Liberty Island, New York) (Frédéric Bartholdi, 1876–1886)

This torch-holding arm was displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exposition and in Madison Square Park in New York from 1876 to 1882.

Tower Bridge in London, England (designed by Sir Horace Jones and George D. Stephenson between 1886 and 1894)

The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. (1861) (under construction)

Christ the Savior in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (designed by Heitor da Silva Costa, sculpted by Paul Landowski, 1926–1931)

In 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter unearthed the untouched and magnificent tomb of Tutankhamun.

The Italian Ministry of Culture announced the discovery of a stone urn containing gold coins at the site of the former Teatro Cressoni. The gold coins had not lost their luster.

Han Qiaoni, who hails from Yuxian County in northern Shanxi Province, China, had her feet bound from the age of two.

(Foot binding was a practice of stopping foot growth so that it would not grow larger than 3-4 centimeters. Feet that were 3 centimeters long were called "golden lotuses," and feet that were 4 centimeters long were called "silver lotuses.")

Close-up image of bound feet

A photograph of Princess Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, at the age of 18 in 1944, sitting at a desk and reading a book at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England. (Colorized)

And here she is, a little older and even more beautiful.

Captain Edward John Smith of the Titanic

Nagasaki, as seen from Kawaminami Koyanagi Island, 13 miles away, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing.

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Translator's Postscript

The Japanese embassy to Europe (the second embassy to Europe), which traveled by land due to the construction of the Suez Canal, also apparently visited the Sphinx. April 1864