Rare Historical Photographs

This is a selection of some of the most important or famous historical photographs. Of all the photographs of historical moments taken around the world, there are some that will forever remain etched in our memories.
 

Little girl with her doll sitting in the ruins of her bombed home, London, 1940
 

Advertisement for Atabrine, anti-malaria drug, in Papua, New Guinea during WWII
 

Soldier shares a banana with a goat during the battle of Saipan, ca. 1944
 

106-year-old Armenian Woman guards home, 1990
 
Animals being used as part of medical therapy, 1956
 
Testing of new bulletproof vests, 1923
 
Construction of the Berlin wall, 1961
 
Bookstore in London ruined by an air raid, 1940
 
Mother hides her face in shame after putting her children up for sale, Chicago, 1948
 
Hitler’s officers and cadets celebrating Christmas, 1941
 

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