15 striking examples of alternative chronicles of bygone years (16 photos)
Everyone is accustomed to formal portraits in textbooks and news reports. But not all archival films have preserved the glossy finish of events and people. 
We've collected 15 rare and unexpected historical photographs. There's no room for banality here, as they show Neil Armstrong making pizza, Albert Einstein enjoying an informal setting, and the actors of "Kidnapping, Caucasian Style" taking a short break between takes. These and other images will make you look at familiar characters and events in a new way.
1. Photograph of a samurai in Japan, Edo period, 1865, by pioneering travel photographer Felix Beato 
2. In 1939, Albert Einstein took a photo at Nassau Point, New York 
Next to him is his friend and local store owner David Rothman.
3. Rammstein and model Yulia Stepanova, who played Snow White in the video for the song "Sonne," 2001 
4. Lunch break during fieldwork, USSR, 1970s. 
5. Two sumo wrestlers. Japan, 1880 
6. Mexico, tour guides in 1968 Olympic uniforms 
Designers Irma Dubost and Julie Murdoch created futuristic A-line minidresses with high necklines, bright geometric prints, and striking capes.
7. Diane Arbus's Photograph of Twins, 1967, Rosella, New Jersey 
Sold for $128,000 at Sotheby's.
8. Fieldwork, Greece, 1956 
9. Bruce Lee with his wife Linda and their children Brandon and Shannon, 1970s 
10. Soviet soldiers feed polar bears condensed milk from a tank during military exercises on the Chukotka Peninsula in 1950. 
11. Standing Bear was a Ponca tribal leader who was among the most vocal in protesting the tribe's forced relocation in 1877. year 
12. Vivien Leigh during the filming of "Gone with the Wind," 1939 
She smoked up to four packs of cigarettes a day to cope with the intense stress of her role and the long, grueling hours of filming.
13. Neil Armstrong making pizza for his family, 1969 
14. Filming "Kidnapping, Caucasian Style," 1966 
15. A family on a motorcycle with a sidecar on a beach in Morocco, 1936 year 
