We've only experienced around 150 years of the photograph, a fraction of human history, but there's been plenty to capture in that time.
We've only experienced around 150 years of the photograph, a fraction of human history, but there's been plenty to capture in that time.
With two world wars, a moon landing, and countless cultural milestones around the world, it's impossible to include it all but we tried our best.
Here are 25 historical photos of anything and everything.
1
The Launch of SkyLab
The first space station. May 14, 1973.
2
Chaos
The first morning after Sweden changed from driving on the left to the right side of the road, 1967.
3
D-Day Aftermath
Two boys watch from a hilltop as American soldiers drive through the town of St. Lo. France, 1944.
4
Meeting Between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Lyndon B. Johnson
The Oval Office. Photo taken by Presidential Photographer Yoichi Robert Okamoto on March 28th, 1966.
5
World War II Woman Aircraft Worker
Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California, 1942.
6
Polish State Authorities
Destroying a Ukrainian Orthodox Church in eastern Poland during the policy of revindication, 1938.
7
The Pacific Theater
The forward elevator of USS Enterprise is blown 400 feet into the air after being hit by a Japanese kamikaze Zero, May 14 1945.
8
The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
During the First World War, France, 1917.
9
A Squad of Georgian Soldiers
The Caucasian theatre of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.
10
Trail Creek Ranch
Wyoming in the 1950s.
11
Eva Schloss
An Auschwitz survivor and the posthumous stepsister of Anne Frank, 1946.
12
Przemyśl
Poland in 1972.
13
“Kiss of Friendship”
Russian and American soldiers kiss during a party celebrating victory in WWII. Germany, 1945.
14
Princess Ashraf Pahlavi
Visiting a nursing school. Iran, 1970s.
15
Hungarians of Czechoslovakia
Welcoming Hungarian soldiers with flowers after the First Vienna Award, November, 1938.
16
Cabana in Use
Cape May, New Jersey, 1978.
17
Street Musicians
With gekkin lutes. Japan, Meiji period, around 1900.
18
U.S. Border Guard
Talking with Mexican men behind the border fence, 1920s.
19
The Bison Pen
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, 1900.
20
Units of the 20th Army Corps, Army of Georgia
Passing on Pennsylvania Avenue near the Treasury, 1865.
21
Japanese Port Departure
Late ‘50s, Asano Cement.
22
British Suffragette
Arrested during a protest, 1910.
23
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Signing the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War. 1945.
24
1st United States Volunteer Cavalry Trooper
Wielding a Collins & Co. No. 22 machete during the Spanish-American War circa 1898.
25
The UN Millennium Summit
US President Bill Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, and French President Jacques Chirac hanging out at the UN Millennium Summit, 2000. Together they represented the five permanent members of the UN security council.
