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30 Iconic Photos From History Everyone Should See

Theres A Reason None Of This Has Ever Been Forgotten. And Youre About To See It.
November 12, 2013 Entertainment
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Do you think you could recognize 30 of the most iconic photos from history? You may be surprised by just how many of these famous old photos you wont recognize. From Nazi Christmas dinners to the creation of the Statue of Liberty, every American should see these incredible photos.They all serve a special place in history.

1. Unpacking the Head of the Statue of Liberty delivered June 17, 1885

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2. The hippo belonged to a circus and apparently enjoyed pulling the cart as a trick 1924

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3. Charlie Chaplin in 1916 at the age of 27

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4. Annie Edison Taylor (1838-1921), the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel in 1901.

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5. Sharing bananas with a goat during the Battle of Saipan, ca. 1944

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6. Advertisement for Atabrine, an anti-malaria drug. Papua, New Guinea during WWII

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7. Artificial legs, United Kingdom, ca. 1890

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8. 1920s lifeguard

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9. Bookstore ruined by an air raid, London 1940

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10. Testing new bulletproof vests, 1923

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11. Suntan vending machine, 1949

12. A space chimp poses for the camera after a successful mission to space in 1961

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13. Unknown soldier in Vietnam, 1965

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14. Little girl comforting her doll in the ruins of her bomb damaged home, London, 1940

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15. Illegal alcohol being poured out during Prohibition, Detroit 1929

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16. Austrian boy receives new shoes during WWII

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17. Construction of the Berlin wall, 1961

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18. Animals being used as a part of medical therapy in 1956

19. Hitlers officers and cadets celebrating Christmas, 1941

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20. Children eating their Christmas dinner during the Great Depression: turnips and cabbage

21. The real Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin, ca. 1927

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22. Abraham Lincolns hearse, 1865

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23. A most beautiful suicide 23 year old Evelyn McHale leapt to her death from an observation deck (83rd floor) of the Empire

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24. A mom and her son watch the mushroom cloud after an atomic test 75 miles away, Las Vegas, 1953

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25. A penniless mother hides her face in shame after putting her children up for sale, Chicago, 1948

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26. Annette Kellerman promoted womens right to wear a fitted one-piece bathing suit, 1907 She was arrested for indecency.

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27. Martin Luther King Jr. with his son by his side removing a burnt cross from his front yard, 1960

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28. Walter Yeo, one of the first people to undergo advanced plastic surgery & a skin transplant.

29. Princeton students after a freshman vs. sophomores snowball fight in 1893

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30. Melted and damaged mannequins after a fire at Madam Tussauds Wax Museum in London, 1930

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Your history lesson is now complete. You get an A. Source

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