History in black and white photos: unique pictures that speak for themselves (17 photos)

History is always interesting and useful. Before you is not easy a selection of historical facts, and photographs, which are in full convey the spirit of each event captured on them.





1. French soldiers dine on coffins. World War I



2. "Snake Man" entertains other soldiers at the front. France, 1915



3. In the spring of 1945, many animals from the Berlin Zoo lived in the apartments of citizens. They were protected from the possible consequences of military action



4. "The most dangerous animal in the world." Exhibition at the Bronx Zoo, 1960s



5. Traces of the struggle of the British and German Air Force in the sky of London, 1940



6. German soldiers eat a baguette during the invasion of France, 1940



7. Adam Rainer is the only person in the history of mankind who was both a dwarf and a giant.



At 19, he was only 4 feet 8 inches (142 cm) - due to a tumor pituitary. By the age of 33, he had reached a height of 7 feet 2 inches (218 cm), and by the day At death (aged 51), he grew to 7 feet 8 inches (234 cm).

8. The Japanese are listening to the emperor's message of surrender. Japan, 1945



9. Iranian woman before the Islamic revolution. Iran, 1960



10. Mona Lisa is taken out of a secret cache where she was during the Second World War. 1945



11. Mobile pigeon mail service. World War I. Germany, 1915



12. Women haulers, Nizhny Novgorod province, 1910s



13. The French shave the head of a woman who was caught in a relationship with a German officer. 1944



14. Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to survive descending Niagara Falls inside a barrel. USA, 1901



15. Petersburg Athletic Society, 1905



16. Field dentistry in World War I