18 historical photographs that captured significant and interesting moments of their time (18 photos)

When man invented the camera, he was in some way subjugated time. Photos can capture valuable and interesting moments in just a fraction of a second and immortalize them for years to come. Thanks to pictures taken, we can move to different places and times, despite the fact that they are in the distant past. Is not it fantastic?





Of course, today this possibility hardly surprises anyone. Every a person is able to accumulate a whole archive and save it for future generations (not the fact that there will be something valuable, but try everything is worth it). Photographs of the past are of course of great value, as they were made by photographers at moments of some special and exceptional events.

We suggest you go to a small but extremely exciting photo tour. The pictures below will show you interesting events of the past that will never be repeated.

Great Blizzard of 1888, New York



An Austrian nobleman takes a mobile pastry shop on the road, 1922



Pescara helicopter test flight, 1922



The Pescara 2F was one of the first experimental helicopters to have a coaxial design.

Schlörwagen drop car, 1936



Designer Karl Schloer tried to develop the perfect aerodynamic car. Unfortunately, the unusual car did not hit into mass production, as it was extremely unstable and in a strong side wind, he was simply “blown away” from the road.

Howard Carter and an assistant examining Tutankhamen's sarcophagus, 1922



Pramobil, developed in England. Photo taken in 1930



In the years 1920-1930, a pramobile was invented - a device that which helped mother and child to travel freely. Pramobil developed a maximum speed of up to 22 kilometers per hour.

Tornado over the Capitol, 1922



US soldier wearing the crown of the Holy Roman Empire, 1945



A woman milks a cow with an elephant's head. April Fool's joke in Het Leven magazine, Netherlands, 1932



In those days there were their photoshop masters!

American photographer James Rickalton poses with two elite riflemen in the service of the Maharaja of Kashmir, 1903



The two twin brothers were known as the Kashmiri giants. Their height was 2.23 meters.

Over 3,000 workers building the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City pose for a photograph at the end of construction work, 1964



Photograph of a man kneeling at a statue of Ramesses in Egypt, 1856



Federal Reserve Bank, New York, 1959



Queen Elizabeth II wearing the robe at her coronation in June 1953



Children in front of the world's largest log cabin in Portland, Oregon, USA, 1938



Built in 1905, burned down in 1964.

A man in a space suit holds a beaker of boiling water. It is in a vacuum chamber that simulates a height of 20 kilometers, 8 February 1953



The Germans are testing the Messerschmitt Bf.109 fighter, 1940