30 Shocking Photos From History That You'll Never See In A Textbook
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These historical images can't be found in any of the textbooks you read in school.
1. 1980: The glasses John Lennon wore as he was assassinated.
2. 1928: Filming the MGM credits.
3. 1941: Schwerer Gustav, weighing in at 1,350, is the largest piece of artillery ever used in combat.
4. 1973: A group has a picnic in the middle of the deserted highway during the Oil Crisis.
5. 1939-1945: A mule being fitted for a gas mask by a soldier in the British Indian army.
6. 1937: Men's shoes being tested by The National Bureau of Standards.
7. 1993: Queen Elizabeth II fires a British l85 rifle.
8. 1950s: Queenie, the world's first surfing elephant.
9. 1931: Gabby Hartnett, former Cubs catcher, signing a ball for Al Capone's son, Sonny.
10. 1956: A 5MB hard drive being loaded onto a PanAm plane.
11. 1960: Che Guevara and Fidel Castro on a fishing trip.
12. 1966: A space selfie, taken by astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin.
13. 1853: Henri Le Secq at the top of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
14. 1910: Rodman Wanamaker, a department store mogul, with Native American chiefs at the groundbreaking ceremony for the National American Indian Memorial, which was never completed.
15. 1973: Alice Cooper and Salvador Dali.
16. 1961: The Beatles perform for a crowd of 18, a year before they get famous.
17. 1959: A dove lands on Fidel Castro's shoulder during a speech.
18. 1930s: A freckle removal treatment done using carbon dioxide.
19. 1918: A German dispatch dog carries a message to the front lines after jumping over a trench.
20. 1960: Alfred Hitchcock and his grandchildren playing in the snow.
21. 1950: Paul Remos, a strongman who worked at a circus, hold his son up so he can feed a giraffe.
22. 1931: Jackie Mitchell, the only female to ever strike out Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth.
23. 1870: The only existing photo of a Quagga, a plains zebra that is now extinct.
24. 1915: The Napoleon of the Chimps, named Little Nap.
25. 1924: A human game of chess.
26. 1942: One of the first flight simulators.
27. 1862: Neurologist Duchenne de Boulogne performing a study on facial muscles by electrocuting a man's face.
28. 1955: Confederate veteran, Billy Lundy standing in front of a F-100 Super Sabre at age 97.
29. 1940s: A photo of a B-17 bombardier heading toward Germany.
30. 1918: Charlie Chaplin, standing on top of Douglas Fairbanks' shoulders to promote Liberty Bonds.
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