15 Forgotten Photos That Will Change Your Perceptions of the Past (16 photos)
Every historical photograph is a small portal to the past. 
Through it, you can instantly step into bygone eras and feel the pulse of life of past generations. And particularly striking moments, like the frozen power of Niagara Falls, the assembly of cars with original windows, and the display of bizarre carnival costumes, allow you to deeply experience the spirit of that time.
1. Two Kashmiri guards with photographer James Ricalton at the Delhi Durbar in British India (1903) 
The Delhi Durbar was the name given to large-scale events held in Coronation Park in Delhi to mark the coronation of the kings and queens of the British Empire. The Durbar (meaning "royal court") was held in 1877, 1903, and 1911. Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, but did not become Queen of India until 1877. In 1903, Edward VII was crowned in Delhi, and George V became the only emperor to attend his Indian coronation in person; the others were crowned in absentia. Edward VIII abdicated too quickly, and there was no time to crown him. Then, World War II and the Indian independence movement prevented the Durbar from taking place.
2. Indian scientists offer coconuts to members of the last tribe still living a Stone Age lifestyle on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean (1991) 
Visit ceased in 1997. The Sentinelese are known for their fierce defense of the island. Isolated for 60,000 years, they remain genetically related to their pre-Neolithic ancestors.
3. "Department Store Employees Prepare for War" 
This was the caption under this photo, published in issue 31 of National Geographic magazine in 1917.
In reality, Americans in New York City simply spend their lunch breaks working out on the roof.
4. On October 11, 1974, Leonid Brezhnev arrived in Chisinau. 
He visited the capital of Moldova in the 1950s, and in 1974 he came to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the MSSR (October 12, 1974).
Chisinau surprised Brezhnev with a new airport, built several years earlier, as well as the new Botanica district, through which the General Secretary passed. According to him, Chisinau had significantly transformed, transforming from a near-rural settlement into a modern city.
5. Soviet cosmonauts Georgy Beregovoy and Pavel Popovich present Neil Armstrong with a hunting rifle, June 1, 1970 
6. Two circus elephants, Kiri and Manny, move a wrecked car during post-war cleanup work in Hamburg, November 5, 1945 
7. "Guardian of the Pole" A snowman made from ice by polar explorers in 1973 
8. Emperor Alexander II with his wife Empress Maria Alexandrovna and their two youngest children, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, c. 1860 
9. A man dressed as a billiard king, with two sons dressed as billiard balls, 1886 
10. Alfred Hitchcock and the MGM Lion drinking tea, 1957 year 
11. People enjoy a rare view of frozen Niagara Falls, 1911 
12. Anti-Bolshevik demonstration in Petrograd in the spring of 1917 years 
13. Consequences of the gasoline shortage in the Netherlands, 1941 
14. Production of Beetle cars ("Oval") with oval windows at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, circa 1954 Year 
15. Bicycle polo match between the Irish and German teams at the London Olympics, 1908 
