Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Random Rarely Seen Photos

In this gallery you will see a number of rare photos associated with different, well-known people and events of the last century.

 Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.

  
One of the first McDonalds.


Construction of the Brazilian capital - the city of Brasilia.


 Meeting of Adolf Hitler and the Pope Pius XI


 Elvis Presley in the army.


 The Beatles beginning of career.


 Titanic.



 Osama bin Laden with his family in the early '70s.



The destruction of the Berlin Wall.


The evolution of  Coca-Cola bottles (from left to right: 1899, 1900, 1915, 1916, 1957, 1986).




John Lennon gives an autograph, a few hours before his death.


Construction of the statue of the Saviour in Rio.




Albert Einstein


Charlie Chaplin and Mahatma Gandhi

 

First digital computer




The first Google team - in 1999.





3 comments:

  1. that is not Pope Pius XI with Hitler. the caption should read "Hitler with Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo, the papal nuncio in Berlin, 1935."

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    1. What makes you think that, James? Records indicate that he was Pope from 1922 to 1939....is that incorrect?

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  2. the caption with Adolf Hitler and Pope Pius XI is incorrect. the caption should read "Adolf Hitler with Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo, the papal nuncio in Berlin, 1935."

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