Awesome Historical Photographs

A MICHELIN TIRES PROMOTIONAL GIMMICK

THE SCHIENENZEPPELIN, A RAILCAR DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE A ZEPPELIN, SEEN FROM THE REAR. IT WAS DESIGNED BY FRANZ KRUCKENBERG IN 1929.

PABLO ESCOBAR VISITS THE WHITE HOUSE WITH HIS SON

“FAT MAN,” THE ATOMIC BOMB THAT WAS DETONATED OVER NAGASAKI, BEING TRANSPORTED IN 1945

THE “GREAT MANTA,” CAUGHT IN 1933 BY CAPTAIN A.L. KAHN

A MODIFIED, ALL-TERRAIN MODEL T, 1918

A GAME OF AUTO POLO, 1910

THE TITANIC’S PROPELLERS

JIMI HENDRIX DRIVES A DUNE BUGGY WITH A FRIEND IN 1968

THE APOLLO 1 MISSION PRACTICES THEIR WATER LANDINGS, 1966

MOUNT RUSHMORE, MID-CONSTRUCTION

STEVEN SPIELBERG WITH A MINIATURE INDIANA JONES SET

A 1939 BABY IN A “BABY CAGE,” BUILT TO GIVE APARTMENT-DWELLING BABIES FRESH AIR

You might be cool, but you will never be as cool as a man in a HIPPO-DRAWN CART

WILLIAM HARLEY AND ARTHUR DAVIDSON, POSING WITH THEIR MOTORCYCLES IN 1914

THE ORIGINAL MODEL OF MOUNT RUSHMORE, 1941. MONEY RAN OUT BEFORE THE FIGURES COULD BE COMPLETED.

THE QUEEN FIRES A RIFLE, 1993

BUILDING THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, 1884

FIDEL CASTRO AND CHE GUEVARA TAKING A FISHING TRIP IN 1960

PORSCHE 911’S ASSEMBLY LINE IN STUTTGART, GERMANY IN 1970

A 550LB DIVING SUIT FROM THE 1900’S

THE FIRST SLIDE IN BRITAIN, INVENTED BY CHARLES WICKSTEED. THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN 1922.

FILMING THE MGM OPENING CREDITS SEQUENCE IN 1928

JOHNNY CASH PERFORMING FOR PRISONERS OF FOLSOM PRISON

LUNCH HOUR, ON SET OF STAR WARS

FILMING THE ‘MILLENNIUM FALCON’ IN STAR WARS