Photos from the past (40 photos)

A selection of interesting photographs from the past. Not only ours, and not only close





A young man standing in a snow-cleared area at Madison Avenue and 40th Street in New York City.



In March 1888, a severe snowstorm hit the East Coast. United States, stretching from the Chesapeake Bay to Canada.

A road roller with a diesel engine from the Kolomna Plant, 1910s



Kolomna plant was one of the first in the world to master the production of a new class of heat engines - diesel engines. In 1903 there was the first single-cylinder vertical diesel engine with a capacity of 18 hp was manufactured, and after a while the plant became the largest manufacturer in the country diesels. In 1904-1905, diesel engines with the trade mark of the Kolomna Plant have found application both in factories and in pipeline transport, and in power stations.

Porsche R39, 1989



Carla Bruni in the sauna, 1990s



December 23 she turned 55 years old

The car of the doctor of the town of Oradour-sur-Glane. He abandoned it on June 10, 1944 - right at this place he was stopped by SS soldiers.



Enraged by the opening of a second front in Normandy and the help of the French partisans, the Germans landed the doctor and, together with 642 residents of the town, brought them to the central square. The women and children were herded into the church, and the men shot from machine guns in the legs. Then, they were doused with gasoline and set on fire. Then the church was set on fire. Only 5 men survived and one woman.

Stephen King at his $12,000 "Wang" computer. 1982



An SS man was destroyed by a Soviet sniper. East Prussia, 1945



Burning buildings during the US invasion of Panama. Operation Just Cause, December 21, 1989



Delivery of gifts. England, Sussex, 1950



Beginner Lionel Messi



Christmas tree in the shape of an oil rig. Huntington Beach, California, 1942



Transportation of ZAZ-968 cars, 1970s, Brest



Koreans with weapons defend their shop from marauders. Riots in Los Angeles, April 30, 1992



Suitcase of the seller of New Year's light bulbs. 1960s



The host of the program "Good night, kids" Vladimir Ukhin with Stepashka and Karkusha. 1987



Collector of toy soldiers, English baron Charles Greenaway, who amassed one of the largest collections soldiers in the world, 1940s



A Soviet P-5 cruise missile accidentally flew into Finland and fell on the ice of Lake Inari. December 28, 1984



A girl lights candles on a Christmas tree - a tradition that has become a thing of the past due to the development of electrical engineering. 1920s



Pierre Richard and Gerard Depardieu in the film Papa, 1983



The defeat of the German embassy on Bolshaya Gruzinskaya in revenge for the destruction of the Soviet embassy by German and Hungarian students in Germany. June 24, 1958



Soviet cars on the streets of Kabul. Afghanistan. 1975



Jogging with a Walkman, Montreal, 1982



Satisfied Lenin surrounded by ladies in a nightclub in Moscow, December 21, 1992



Women feed swans on Wannsee lake. Germany, 1939



Unfortunate behind-the-scenes footage of the Kennedy family Christmas at the White House, 1962



The staged photograph turned out to be much more sincere and sincere, than it was originally intended. Pets during photo session started playing and “didn’t want to be photographed” at all, Jacqueline Kennedy tried to calm the dog, who began to gnaw on Christmas decoration, and the children were distracted by the ongoing action.

A French Marauder torn in half by an anti-aircraft shell. World War II



Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden drink tea. Altai Territory, 1981, © TASS Newsreel, Photo by Viktor Sadchikov



Student diary. 1915



Fishermen. USSR, 1950



Right-hand drive Lada Samara in one of the Australian car dealerships, 1988



Paul Verhoeven touches up Elizabeth Berkley's makeup in The Cheetah Club. Showgirls, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1995. Photographer Mary Ellen Mark



So they worked in the Ural mines in Bakal: they harnessed horse and went to hard work with the whole family. 1909 Photo Prokudin-Gorsky.



German soldiers break the Polish border barrier. 1939



Office of Richmond & Backus Co in Detroit in 1902 year. The company was founded in 1865 by Aruet Richmond, Frederick H. Backus and Benjamin Barton Richmond. Engaged in printing and stationery.



Reichsautobahn Berlin-​Königsberg with a filling station, 1934



Baby carriage in Beijing. China. 1956



A woman and her daughters protest against protesters at a march for black civil liberties. Bogalusa, Louisiana, 1965



The poster reads: "Nigga, you wouldn't want to be white." Recently, a black woman became mayor in Bogalus.

A British doctor disinfects prisoners just released from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany, 1945



Monica Bellucci