Category "History in Pictures": 35 interesting photographs from the pages of world history (36 photos)

As children, many people loved history - studying ancient cultures, long-gone civilizations, the development of technology and how much everything has changed, although people have remained the same. Therefore, whenever the opportunity arises to look into the past with our own eyes, even if at times gloomy, it is very difficult for us to pass by.





1. Terry Fox, a 21-year-old Canadian who lost his leg due to cancer, decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. Every day he ran a full marathon. Fox ran 5,375 kilometers in 143 days, but was unable to continue as the disease progressed. Fox died in June 1981.



2. Camberley Kate, aka Kate Ward, and her stray dogs in England in 1962. She never refused to help a stray dog and during her life managed to take care of more than 600 animals





3. Lamb hugs sleeping boy, March 16, 1940



4. Albert Einstein teaches at Lincoln, the first historically black university in the United States, 1946.



5. Dr. Religa monitors a patient's performance after a 23-hour (successful) heart transplant. His assistant sleeps in the corner of the room. 1987



6. “Girls in Windows,” photograph by Ormond Gigli, New York, 1960. The building was demolished the next day



7. Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, first woman to receive a doctorate in computer science in the United States, 1965



8. Portrait of a Filipina/Chinese woman from the Philippines, 1875. Written by Francisco Van Camp



9. 1500-year-old ceramic Mayan figurine with removable helmet, from El Peru Vaca, Petén, Guatemala



10. Miss America 1924



11. Queen Isabella II under a veil, 1855. Written by Camillo Torregiani



12. One of the most famous photographs of Walter Chandohi, 1955. “My daughter Paula and the kitten “smiled” at the camera at the same time.”



13. 4000-year-old Egyptian student's tablet with teacher's corrections in red



14. Interior of the Orient Express. This long-distance passenger train was created in 1883



15. London punks and the surprised lady, 1982



16. Buzz Aldrin, first selfie in space. 1966



17. Hattie Tom, a young Chiricahua Apache girl, 1899



18. People in Times Square in New York celebrate the surrender of Germany, May 7, 1945.



19. Sophia Loren, 1960



20. Microsoft Employees, December 7, 1978



21. The Mercury, one of the most beautiful trains in history, designed in Art Deco style by Henry Dreyfuss for the CentralNew York railroad. Chicago, 1936



22. Wedding rings taken from Holocaust victims before execution, 1945



23. Portrait of Ah-Weh-Eyu (Beautiful Flower) from the Seneca tribe, 1908. Photo by J.L. Blessing



24. Freddie Mercury and David Bowie backstage at Live Aid, 1985



25. Electric cars charging, 1917



26. This miniature ecosystem has thrived in almost complete isolation since the 1960s. During this time it was watered only once



27. Painted bison in the Altamira cave, Spain. They were drawn over a period of more than 20,000 years, between 35,000 and 15,000 BC. BC



28. Treasures that grew under Mexico for 500,000 years: a cave with crystals up to 11 meters long and weighing up to 55 tons



29. Children wearing traditional Mino straw cloaks attend a New Year's event, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, 1956.



30. Beautiful antique hearse from Dresden, Germany



31. Men in shorts and cowboy boots serve women in the parking lot of a tavern in Dallas, Texas.



32. Lunch on a Scandinavian Airlines flight in 1969



33. Seaforth Highlanders sitting in a trench with a dog during the First World War, 1915



34. Woman holding a baby in an urn while crocheting in the park, 1969



35. Gardener mowing the lawn at Stonehenge, 1955