Immerse yourself in history with these 21 ultra-rare photographs

Immerse yourself in history with these 21 ultra-rare photographs

Today, we invite you to take a trip back in time. Be careful, not like Marty McFly and Doc in Back to the future. Here, no DeLorean but a selection of 21 extremely rare historical photos that will immerse you in History. We’ll let you discover them below.

#1 Elizabeth et Philip – 1939

Elizabeth II at 13 and Prince Philip at 18 in 1939

Aged 13, Elizabeth met 18-year-old Philip at the Royal Navy College, Dartmouth.

#2 Geisha before combing her hair – 1905

Geisha after her shampoo in 1905

Photograph of a geisha who has just washed her hair and is going to comb her hair.

#3 Cases of syphilis

Cases of severe syphilis in the early 1900s

serious case of syphilis on a woman in the early 1900s. Photo taken before the discovery of penicillin which will be the main treatment against this disease.

#4 Boarding an airship – 1930

boarding an airship in 1930

This is how boarding an airship took place. The photo depicts the British airship R101 and was taken in 1930.

#5 Indian Chiefs – 1891

portrait of the 10 chefs submitted 1891

Ten Indian chiefs pose for the photo taken in 1891.

#6 Casting original de la trilogie Star Wars

Casting original de Star Wars

#7 Albert Einstein and his daughter-in-law Margot Einstein

Albert et Margot Einstein 1939

Both attended the inauguration of the Jewish Pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.

#8 Meeting between Civil War veterans

50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1913 Veterans of the

Union veterans on the left and Confederates on the right during the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1913.

#9 British veteran of the Napoleonic Wars

British veteran of the Napoleonic Wars with his wife circa 1840

Photo of a former British soldier who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. He poses with his wife around 1860, 45 years after the Battle of Waterloo.

#10 Original Michelin Man – 1898

Original Michelin Man 1898

#11 Parents skating with their child – 1930s

parents with baby at the ice rink in the 1930s

#12 Street seller of mummies in Egypt – 1865

mummy seller in Egypt 1865

#13 The first patient who underwent a heart transplant – 1987

Tadeusz Zitkevits first heart transplant patient in 1987

Up, Dr. Zbigniew Religa resting after performing the first heart transplant in Poland in 1987. The operation lasted 23 hours. Below, the patient, Tadeusz Zitkevits, who died in 2017.

#14 Dutch children arriving at Ellis Island (New York) – Circa 1900

Dutch children at Ellis Island circa 1900

#15 California canteen before the attack on Pearl Harbor

Canteen in California before

Californian canteen in 1942 before Japanese Americans were placed in camps across the USA throughout World War II.

#16 Hand of an x-ray technician exposed to radiation – London, 1900

Hand of

#17 Marilyn Monroe visiting wounded soldiers

Marilyn Monroe visiting wounded soldiers in Japan in 1954

#18 Deaf from birth, Harold Whittles, 5 years old, hears for the first time thanks to a hearing aid

Harold Whittles hearing for the first time

#19 An Inuit father and son – circa 1920

Inuit man and his son learning to shoot

#20 University in Iran before the Islamic Revolution – 1971

University in Iran before the Islamic Revolution in 1971

#21 Tender moment between children at Auschwitz

Tender moment at Auschwitz between Jewish children

And to continue reading and traveling through time, we suggest you: discover these 40 historical photos that are as rare as they are astonishing.

Source: hitek.fr