Famous "historical" photos that are actually fake (10 photos)

It's a scam all around and there's nothing you can do about it. And the people in everything times was gullible and accepts many things for truth in the last authority, especially if it is presented beautifully and convincingly. Effect archival photographs have a "powerful argument". Like, look, here's how before it was. And then, with the help of a "damaged phone", these pictures spread across the web. There are a huge number of such "historical" ones, therefore you won't be able to remember everything. Let's take a look at the most popular "fake" photos that fooled a lot of people.

"Dinner at the skyscraper"





As much as we would not like to believe in the naturalness of this photo, Still, it's a well-executed staging for an advertising campaign. Rockefeller Center. True, the builders are really real.

John Lennon and Che Guevara



A photo of John Lennon plucking the strings is circulating online. along with Che Guevara, with whom the musician never knew. Actually pictured (below) on the right is Wayne "Tex" Gabriel, the band's lead guitarist "Elephant's Memory", which appeared in Lennon's 1986 concert.

Perfume photographed by William H. Mumler



In the first photo, Mumler presented the alleged spirit of Abraham Lincoln next to his wife, Mary Todd. In fact, these and other photos - skillful exposure. Mystical shots nonetheless excited the public of the XIX-XXI centuries.

Harem of Persian Shah Nasser al-Din



For a long time there were rumors about the extremely unusual tastes of Persian shah (in the photo, after all, it is clearly men in women's dresses). But after this time lies were refuted. It turned out that Nesreddin was fond of photography and European theater, but at the end of the 19th century, women were still forbidden perform on stage, so the role of a harem in court productions was played men, and it was all documented by Anton Sevryugin, who used favor of the Shah.

Marilyn Monroe and John Kennedy



Rumors about the relationship of the famous actress and the President of the United States spread thanks to outrageous artist and photographer - Alison Jackson, who known for works depicting the fictional private lives of celebrities, for which uses doubles.

Snow in Egypt



The news that swept all over the news and social networks in 2013, still roams the Internet, although everyone has long known that this is not a real Sphinx, but a copy of it in a Japanese amusement park, which confirms the top of the Eiffel Tower behind the pyramid in the first photo.

Man at the moment of the September 11 tragedy



In fact, this photo is an ordinary tourist who took a photo with New York in the background back in 1997.

William Harley and Arthur Davidson on their motorcycles



The second photo shows really happy fishermen and founders "Harley-Davidson", but on the first - just young guys who decided to memory to take a photo with your brand new bikes.

Albert Einstein in front of the explosion



The first photo is a collage of an archival photo of a scientist taken by Mark Home in 1933, and photographs of trials in Nevada in 1962 year.

Death of Kennedy



The photo is very similar to the real one, but the fact is that this is a frame from the filming of The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964). However, he still considered documentary.