We have had the camera in our hands for nearly two centuries. Can you imagine how many things that universal eye has witnessed? Massacres, coincidences, discoveries, challenges, loves ... A picture is worth a thousand words, but what do you say if I bring you 69 incredible images from the history of mankind? It is very likely that you have seen the odd one or that you miss some other photographs, if so, tell me in a comment. Here I leave them for you, I hope you enjoy them!
In this photo we see an old alternative that many parents used to transport their children. They sent them by mail! This alternative was much cheaper than any other, since they only had to pay for the stamp.
Here you have a portrait of the man with the longest beard in history, nothing more and nothing less than 1,4 meters. He had a tragic end, he died stepping on his beard and breaking his neck.
These two friends certainly made a perfect match. One of them had no legs and another had no arms, so they became unconditional friends and were remembered in the annals of history.
The following photograph shows the members of the music group that remained playing until the end during the sinking of the Titanic.
Curious way to shave, don't you think?
Comparison between a score by Beethoven himself and another by Justin Bieber, is it true that human beings evolve over time?
Photograph of Anna Frank with her friends playing in a sandbox.
September 11, 2001. Two planes hit the twin towers, many were able to save their lives, but others could not control the situation and ended up throwing themselves from the skyscrapers.
Photograph of a tourist on the terrace of the building before the plane hits them.
Bill Gates posing in a rather peculiar posture.
Bob Marley without dreadlocks.
Equipment used for hunting bears in Siberia.
You won't believe it, but this man is Chaplin without a mustache or makeup.
Charles Chaplin in front of his fans in New York.
Hippo car from the 20s.
Mickey's gas masks, a Disney proposal.
Construction of the Eiffel Tower.
Einstein's school notes.
Improvised ballet school on the remains of a city devastated by war.
Spielberg with ET during filming.
Largest feline in the world (liger, mix of lion and tiger).
Flower Power movement.
Photographer taking a snapshot of one of the New York skyscrapers under construction around 1905.
Soccer practice on a motorcycle.
Golden Gate worker in San Francisco.
Trace of a shooting in Liberia after the civil war.
Hitler since his childhood.
M. Teresa of Calcutta in her childhood.
Robert Wadlow, the tallest person in history at 2,72 m.
Hachico's wake, remembered for his loyalty to his master.
People for whom the fingerprints were created. Without being relatives, they agreed in name and in the same prison.
Recording the credit titles of Star Wars.
Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan dancing.
Cage that was used to bring children to fresh air when there was no terrace.
Jimi Hendrix with his first electric guitar.
Photograph of Machu Picchu after its discovery.
A baby clung to the doctor's hand after making an incision.
Mickey and Minnie costumes at Disneyland.
Kennedy a few moments after receiving the shots that caused his death.
Only snowfall in the history of the Sahara desert, 1979.
1950, Eskimo girl with her puppy.
Child after the disaster in Haiti.
American children dressed up for Halloween.
Girl injured during the earthquake in Haiti.
Pigeons with cameras.
Remains of a couple in Iran.
Pablo Picasso light painting with a slow shutter speed.
Footprint of the first trip to the Moon.
Playboy bunnies in the 60s.
Police making sure that the bathers wear appropriate swimsuits and comply with the measurements.
First motor flight in history.
The Rolling's first performance as a consolidated group.
San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake.
Reno watching the World War II bombs.
Nap in the middle of the construction of a skyscraper in the 30s.
Farewell to a soldier.
Soldiers lighting a cigar with a flamethrower.
Star Wars mannequins in the middle of filming.
Survivors of the Titanic, first snapshot.
Steven Spielberg posing with his sticky shark on the set of the movie Jaws.
Last photograph of the Tasmanian tiger before its extinction in 1933.
Last photograph taken of the Titanic.
Runners smoking in the middle of the Tour de France.
Disneyland workers resting and eating.
Titanic workers staring at it.
Traffic stops on one of the great streets of New York for a cat to cross the street. 1925.
Last photograph of Anna Frank.
Vietnam War.
Shoes that Michael Jackson used to do one of his choreographies.
That of the tourist on the roof of the Tower was proven to be fake.
Why that photograph of the movie The Andalusian dog?
How was the photo of the tourist recovered on the terrace of the building, about to be hit by the plane???