A selection of old interesting photographs from different times and countries.
A worker removes a book from a shelf in the Cincinnati Main Library, 1874.
Prayer service before the offensive in the regiments of the 37th Infantry Division. In the photo, Infantry General A.M. Zayonchkovsky, Cavalry General A.M. Kaledin, cavalry general A.A. Brusilov. Carpathians. July 1916.
Raising the flag during the morning formation at the women's camp of the Imperial Labor Service. Baden. Third Reich. 1940
Fashion show of beachwear. London, 1936
Rasputin, Major General Putyatin and Colonel Lotman, Russian Empire, 1904.
Photographer: Karl Bulla.
Race car driver at the time of the accident, Washington, 1936.
One of the underground Nazi gold vaults captured by the Allies, April 1945.
Fedor Ivanovich Shikunov. In 52 air battles he shot down 25 enemy aircraft. Killed in Germany on March 15, 1945.
Henry Osborne with dinosaur limbs, 1899.
Jean Bugatti next to the Bugatti Royale “Esders”, 1932, France
Fight a few meters from the Rechnoy Vokzal metro station, 1979, Moscow
The photograph captured several colorful characters. Who they are, why they dressed up like that is unknown.
A prostitute in a camp with Soviet soldiers during the invasion of Czechoslovakia, August 1968.
Cubans collect aluminum for the US Army. The inscription on the poster is “With the Americans and for the Americans to the end,” 1941.
New York, 1905.
Young intelligence officer Vanya Mikhailenko, awarded the medal "For Courage". Kalinin Front, 1942.
Ernesto Che Guevara sits proudly and revolutionary on a pot, Rosario, Argentine Republic, 1929.
Robert McGee. In 1864, when Robert was a child, he was scalped by a Sioux chief named Little Turtle.
Drawing on birch bark by a 7-year-old boy, Onfim, who lived in Veliky Novgorod 700 years ago.
Mongolian criminal, 1913.
Saddam Hussein arrives on a friendly visit to the USSR, 1972.
Pacific natives view the F4U Corsair aircraft. At first they mistook the military for gods. 1943
Soldiers of the SS Division Death's Head go on patrol, winter 1942.
Eva Braun does gymnastic exercises on the shore of Lake Königssee, which is still considered the cleanest lake in Germany, 1942.
Police protect a swimming group of blacks and desegregationists from an angry mob. St. Augustine, Florida, 1964.
Mikhail Bulgakov with his sisters Vera, Nadezhda and Varvara.
Soviet soldiers drink to celebrate the New Year on the banks of the Vistula, 1945.
Construction workers queuing for pay, Rockefeller Center, New York, 1931. It was from that year that the tradition of the annual Christmas tree in this center began, which is still alive.
Royal boat in the form of a fish, India, 1857.
A car that could drive on slopes at an angle of 65 degrees. England, 1936.
Broadway, New York, 1850.
Chinese prisoners standing on a pile of stones, one stone removed daily until strangulation occurred, 1900.
A Russian family “marked” the gates of their house to protect themselves during the Armenian pogrom. Baku, 1990
Greek gold bracelets that are over 2,200 years old.
Soviet citizens look at American televisions at an exhibition in Moscow, 1959.
Loggers sitting on the stump of a giant sequoia, 1904.
Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay.
Soldiers of the UVV unit (fascist collaborators) play cards near Kharkov, World War II.
Public transport of shaved-headed French women punished for collaborating with the Germans. Cherbourg, France, 1944.
German soldiers who captured a young partisan, July-August 1943.
Playing cards under a canopy on Safronovskaya Square. Nizhny Novgorod, 1896.
Driving training for the King's African Rifles, 1943.
A stone on the head teaches students not to lower their heads and look at the road all the time. Hussein Obama, the father of US President Barack Obama, also served in KAR.
German soldiers prepare a chlorine gas attack, Poland, World War I, 1915.
Warsaw ghetto, April 1943.
Horses and men at war, women plowing on their own, France, 1917.
A boy holds a sign that says "All I Want for Christmas is a Clean White School" - protests after Ruby Bridges, a black girl, was the first to attend an all-white school, New Orleans, 1960.
Excavation of the Sphinx statue in Giza. Egypt, 1850s.
Tsar Alexander III, 1893.
American officers drink at Hitler's private residence in the Bavarian Alps, May 8, 1945.
Hitler talking to Mussolini through a train window, 1940.
Nikola Tesla in national Serbian costume, 1880.
View of the Kremlin with the Stone Bridge, Moscow, 1880s.
José Dusorc at the age of 21, 1905. Height 2.28 meters. Shoe size 62.
Real estate developer Fred Trump with his son Donald, 1970s.
In the background is the American version of “Cheryomushki”; high-rise buildings for the poor in New York.
This selection contains rare and unique historical photographs that depict significant events in history, outstanding personalities and moments from their lives, as well as other interesting shots. This fascinating collection of photographs will allow you to take a fresh look at some facts. The photo below shows Charles Godefroy flying through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. He piloted his Nieuport 11 through the arch on 7 August 1919.
2. Construction of the city of Brasilia, which later became the capital of Brazil. 1960:
3. Construction of the Eiffel Tower in July 1888:
4. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress, named "Enola Gay", was the same bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. It was the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon:
5. The famous cover of the cover from The Beatles Abbey Road album, do you recognize it? Only, unlike the original cover, in this photo they go in the opposite direction:
6. Che Guevarra and Fidel Castro:
7. Albert Einstein's certificate, which he received at the age of 17, his grades are quite mediocre, on a scale of 1 to 6:
8. Filming of the legendary film "Star Wars" inside the Millenium Falcon spaceship:
9. The ENIAC complex, built in the USA, became the first computer in human history. It was capable of performing complex calculations and operations thousands of times faster than any other machine before it:
10. Unbroken seal on Tutankhamun’s tomb:
11. First Google team in 1999:
12. The first Wal-Mart supermarket opened in 1962:
13. In 1948, one of the first McDonald's restaurants opened:
Read more about it in the selection of the most unusual McDonald's restaurants in the world.
14. The moment George W. Bush was informed about the 9/11 terrorist attacks:
15. Henry Ford (founder of Ford Motor Co.), Thomas Edison (inventor of the phonograph, camera and light bulb), Warren G. Harding (29th President of the United States) and Harvey Samuel Firestone (founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.) relax together:
16. A Cessna 172 piloted by Matthias Rust landed illegally on Red Square on May 28, 1987. The German amateur pilot flew from Finland to Moscow (after being tracked by Soviet air defense and Soviet jet fighters, who were never ordered to shoot him down):
17. One of the first photographs that was taken in Hitler's bunker (Führerbunker) in 1945 by Allied soldiers:
18. Madonna, Sting and Tupac Shakur:
19. Quagga is an extinct subspecies of zebra. The only Quagga to be photographed alive at the Zoological Society of London Zoo in Regent's Park in 1870:
20. Ticket for the Titanic cruise ship:
21. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates talking, 1991:
22. Elvis Presley, King of Rock and Roll while serving in the US Army:
23. Abraham Lincoln's hearse, 1865.
24. An F1 pilot ejects at an extremely low altitude. The pilot survived with multiple fractures. 1962.
25. Fidel Castro smoking a Cohiba cigar in Havana, Cuba. 1984.
26. German engineers checking the testing of Messerschmitt BF109 E3.
27. In 1955, Marilyn Monroe left Twentieth Century Fox to pursue other projects. As Marilyn put it, she was no longer "just a dumb blonde." She was a true renegade in the world of Hollywood. The photo was taken at the Ambassador Hotel.
28. Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. 1937.
29. Jack in the Box, 1964.
31. Manhattan, New York. 1908.
32. Martin Luther King Jr., before he was jailed for "demonstrating without a permit" in Birmingham, Alabama. April 12, 1963.
33. Mona Lisa being returned to her home in the Paris Louvre after World War II. 1945.
34. Rue Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec. Circa 1916.
35. NASA and calculations. Life Magazine.
36. Niagara Falls during the frost of 1911. People walk right at the base of the icy falls.
37. Piggly Store, Memphis, Tennessee. The first self-service grocery store, opened 1916.
38. Saturn V under construction at the Michoud Assembly Facility. All shuttles were used on lunar missions (Apollo 14-16). 1968
39. Rotterdam after the bombing, 1940. Photo taken after dismantling the ruins.
40. City Hall and Theater, San Francisco after the massive 1906 earthquake.
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80 years ago, on May 13, 1939, the MS St. Louis liner departed from Hamburg on a flight to Cuba, which gained fame due to the unsuccessful attempt of its passengers, Jewish refugees from Germany, to obtain asylum on the American continent.
On the way to freedom
A ticket to the five-deck St. Louis was quite expensive. Many Jews sold all their property to purchase it and pay for a Cuban visa, but even after that, some were unable to buy tickets for all family members. However, before leaving they would have lost everything anyway: refugees were forbidden to take significant amounts of money and valuables with them. Even those traveling on tourist visas were required to transfer all their funds to a government account - supposedly they could be received back upon return.
On Saturday, May 13, 1939, the liner left its home port of Hamburg, carrying about nine hundred passengers, most of whom were women and children. On May 15, the St. Louis makes a stop in the French port city of Cherbourg to take on new passengers. Their total number reaches 937 people. Next is the course to Cuba.
Captain Gustav Schröder, the only captain in the Hamburg shipping company that owned the St. Louis who was not a member of the Nazi Party, did everything possible to make passengers feel comfortable. Before boarding the plane, knowing that almost all of them were Jewish refugees, he instructed the crew to treat the passengers with the utmost dignity. There was fresh food in the ship's kitchen. There was no promise of kosher food, but you could order fish dishes without restrictions.
Before going to sea, the captain was forced to hang portraits of the Fuhrer in his cabins and place Nazi flags with swastikas on the decks. Schröder complied with the order, but ordered that all this be removed immediately as soon as the ship left the port of Hamburg. Moreover, he provided the main hall of the ship for Jews to pray.
A calm and even festive atmosphere gradually reigned on the ship: in the evenings an orchestra played in the dance hall, and popular films were shown in the cinema hall. Smiling passengers took photographs for memory. Only the captain could not leave the feeling of anxiety. The fact is that a few days after sailing from Hamburg, he received a radiogram from the director of the shipping company, which said that, according to new amendments to Cuban immigration legislation, most likely, most passengers would not be allowed to disembark, and that “the situation is unclear definition."
After receiving this message, Schröder decided, in strict secrecy, to create a so-called “passenger committee” of people on whom he could rely in difficult times. And then, for the first time, when asked directly what he would do if he received an order to return to Germany, the captain promised to do everything in his power to prevent the passengers of his ship from returning back to the Reich. He said: “I know too well what will happen to you there.”
On May 27, the St. Louis liner entered the port of Havana and dropped anchor in the roadstead without receiving permission to approach the pier. However, with the exception of a handful of initiates, everyone on board was in joyful anticipation. Here it is, Cuba, here it is, freedom. But it soon became clear that passengers were not allowed to leave the ship. Customs officers and police arrived on the ship to check documents, after which they left, taking only 31 people with them. These were Cubans and other passengers who had Cuban passports. 906 Jews remained on board awaiting their fate.
Parking in Havana
The St. Louis remained laid up in Havana harbor for several more days in the hope that the refugees would still be accepted. During this time, intensive negotiations took place, which included the Cuban government, representatives of the German shipping company, the captain and “passenger committee” of the ship, as well as the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. The Cuban authorities put the financial issue at the forefront. Just for permission to go ashore, they asked for 500 dollars for each Jewish passenger, which would ultimately amount to about half a million. Neither the Joint nor the shipping company were able to pay that kind of money. Negotiations have reached a dead end.
Despair on the ship
No one on the ship expected such a turn of events. The long wait for freedom, which seemed so close, and the uncertainty began to affect the psychological state of the passengers. From the story of one of them: “Everyone was completely depressed... We were just waiting for what would happen, hoping that the situation would change. Of course, most of all we were afraid that we would be sent back to Germany. It would have been certain death... We saw the lights of America, that's all".
One of the passengers tried to commit suicide by throwing himself into the sea with his veins exposed, but was rescued. In order to prevent further attempts of such suicides, night patrols were organized, the decks were illuminated by floodlights, and lifeboats were kept on standby at all times.
On June 2, the captain of the St. Louis received an order from the President of Cuba demanding that he leave the country's territorial waters. It was emphasized that otherwise the ship would be attacked by the Cuban Navy.
last try
Gustav Schröder, as he writes in his memoirs about those events, clearly imagined what fate awaited his passengers upon returning to Germany. He did not remain indifferent to their misfortune and the approaching tragedy. Quote from memoirs: “I am responsible for these people, firstly, as a person, and secondly, as a Christian.”
Therefore, until June 6, the St. Louis circled near the American coast of Florida, as the captain of the liner hoped that the presence of many passengers with permission to subsequently enter the United States and the corresponding number on the immigration waiting list would allow refugees to disembark in this country. But the United States government also made it clear that it was not going to increase the previously established quota for immigrants, which had already been exhausted in 1939. Immigration officials said the ship would not be allowed into any port. US Coast Guard boats ensured that the St. Louis could not even enter American territorial waters.
Captain Schroeder's attempt to obtain permission to land in Canada was also unsuccessful. It was also not possible to reach an agreement with the authorities of the Dominican Republic, who, contrary to their statement at the Evian Conference, like the Cuban government, set impossible financial conditions.
Return to Europe
The management of the Hamburg shipping company allowed the captain to direct the ship to any port that would accept its passengers, and the “passenger committee” to use the telegraph for free. Radiograms were sent from the ship to different countries of the American continent with a plea for asylum: to Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and some other South American states. But it was all in vain. The captain had no choice but to send the ship, rejected by the countries of the American continent, back to the shores of Europe.
After this, a group of young Jews tried to seize the ship. They climbed onto the captain's bridge, but Schroeder dissuaded them from further action, promising once again that he would do everything possible to save the passengers.
He conceived an adventurous plan: to deliberately run a ship aground near the southern coast of England, and then start a fire on it. Then nearby ports would be forced to accept those in distress. Only a few trusted people from the ship's crew were privy to the details of this plan. This desperate idea was almost carried out.
Meanwhile, representatives of the Joint did not stop negotiating with government circles in European countries about rescuing refugees. And only at the very last moment, when there was almost no hope left, the Jewish organization still managed to obtain the consent of four European countries to accept passengers from the St. Louis. On June 13, a telegram arrived on board saying that Great Britain had agreed to accept 287 Jews, France 224, Belgium 214 and the Netherlands 181. On June 17, the St. Louis entered the Belgian port of Antwerp. All passengers, according to the agreed quotas, were sent to countries that agreed to provide them with asylum, and the liner headed to Hamburg.
Two and a half months later, World War II began. In 1940, German troops occupied Western Europe, and their Jewish populations became victims of the Holocaust. According to various sources, the total number of former St. Louis passengers who survived in continental Europe during the war ranged from 180 to 260 people.
Epilogue
The voyage of the St. Louis liner was subsequently often referred to in literature as the “Voyage of the Doomed.” Its captain, Gustav Schröder, who became famous not only in Germany, but also in many countries around the world, never went to sea again after 1940. In 1949, his memoirs about that unprecedented flight to Cuba were published. In 1957, Schröder was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. He died in 1959 at the age of 73 in Hamburg, where he is buried.
In March 1993, at the Israeli National Holocaust and Heroism Memorial Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Gustav Schroeder was posthumously awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations for his courage in saving the passengers of the St. Louis. One of the streets in Hamburg was named in his honor in 2000.
Another interesting fact. During the entire post-war period, none of the leaders of the states of the American continent who denied asylum to Jewish refugees in 1939 recalled these events. The exception was the current Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau.
On November 7, 2018, in his speech in the country’s parliament dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the tragic events of Kristallnacht in Germany, he said, in particular: “In 1939, Canada turned its back on Jewish refugees... Decades have passed since then, but this is not "has lessened the burden of our guilt...Today I make a formal apology to the passengers of the St. Louis and their descendants. We also regret that we did not apologize sooner."
“A picture is worth a thousand words” is the motto of a photojournalist. This is their goal - to photograph truthful and bold images that tell their story without any words.
According to Mark Hancock, a professional photojournalist “is a visual reporter. The public trusts journalists if they tell the truth. The same trust extends to photojournalists for their visual reporting. This is of great importance for the photographer. There are always many people who look at the world through our photographs and expect to see the truth. Most perceive and understand images.”
Photojournalists do a really great job, they advocate for peace, for human rights, work for humanity to solve problems and issues, pay attention to people living below the poverty line, raise awareness about global education, child labor and much more... In this article We will present 35 touching and emotional photographs that not only reflect the state of affairs in the world, but also tell a story.
We express our sincere appreciation for the hard work of all photojournalists who work for humanity, sometimes risking their lives, to bring their vision of the world to us. This article is a tribute to all photographers and their achievements and work.
Photojournalism and documentary photography.
Man mutilated in Rwanda
World Press Photo of the Year: 1994 USA, Magnum Photos for Time. Rwanda, June 1994. A Hutu man was mutilated by the Hutu Interahamwe militia, who suspected him of sympathizing with Tutsi rebels. James Nachtwey feels that people need photography, he wants to help them understand what is happening in the world, and believes that photography can have a great influence on shaping public opinion and mobilizing protest.
Raffle
In this photo, Lurlena cries in the backseat of her car after losing the Princess Carnival competition at her school. She spent the whole day getting ready, wearing a new white dress and new shoes. The winner was determined based on whose parents bought the most tickets, but the Lurlena family could only afford eight dollars.
Tough work in Hong Kong
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Sally Mann
This photograph, titled Candy Cigarette, is not just an image, it also tells a story. The photo is both emotional and beautiful. It reflects all the originality of the black and white image.
P iligrim
Tibetans believe that once in their lives they should make a pilgrimage to Lhasa; this has great moral significance for them. Many people, like the subject of this photograph, walk a journey of faith that sometimes spans thousands of kilometers, bowing every few steps.
Mass Games in Arirang
Even during the mass games in North Korea, the highest expression of state ideology, an individual can sometimes stand out from the crowd and break away from the group. But only for a moment.
At Iguazu Falls in Brazil
“It had rained for 10 days before I arrived, making the falls particularly wild and spectacular. Standing on an elevated viewing platform, I was able to photograph this school group, who stood frozen, emphasizing the incredible size of the waterfall.”
An Alawian boy runs after an SUV
“I took the photo during a month-long stay in Malawi, where I mainly worked in children's centers and also visited Mulanji Hospital. The photo was taken at Mulanji Hospital with four four-wheel drive ambulances traveling along an extremely rough road from village to village, visiting patients who were unable to reach the hospital. "
Sewing machine
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A child seeks refuge with his mother before a cyclone. Bangladesh.
New Year's Eve
This photo of a five-year-old gypsy boy was taken on New Year's Day in the gypsy community of Saint-Jacques, in the south of France. At Christmas and New Year, people gather in cafes in their best costumes to drink and dance.
B unt in the city
Burp!
Pain and beauty
Bhopale
This photo from December 4, 1984 shows victims who lost their sight in the poisonous gas leak tragedy. India.
And from the series “Children in Black Dust”, Dhaka, Bangladesh
A woman holds her child, blackened by coal dust. His nose is bleeding due to infections caused by exposure to dust and dirt while he was playing in a workshop at Korar Ghat on the outskirts of Dhaka. Many women bring their children with them to care for them while they work.
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11 May 2008 Cyclone Nargis hit southern Myanmar a week ago, leaving millions homeless and claiming up to 100,000 lives.
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S Andra Gil
A long line of visitors awaits Sandra Gil at the Miami detention center where her husband, Oscar Gonzalez, is being held. On the morning of November 8, immigration authorities arrested the family at their home. They detained and then released him and his son, with orders to travel to Colombia within a few weeks; the family was denied residency after seven years of living legally in the country.
Memories
Sitting alone surrounded by traffic. Nothing in anticipation. He talked to me for about an hour. About a lost life, an ordinary life, like mine, like many others. And now …
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Tap-tap buses wait for passengers to depart on their regular route in the city center of Port-au-Prince.
Swiss pilot Yves Rossi
The world's first man to fly with a jet engine strapped to his back flies during his first official demonstration, May 14, 2008, Switzerland.
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Gold price
On Wall Street, a man holds a "We Buy Gold" sign, the price of gold has increased due to the current financial crisis. New York, October 13, 2008.
Child labor in Egypt
Builder
One of the largest shopping centers in South Africa is under construction and its opening is a sign of the country's economic awakening.
Child labour. Bangladesh
Child labor is not a new problem in Bangladesh, as children remain one of the most vulnerable groups of the population, living under the threat of hunger, illiteracy, forced displacement, exploitation, human trafficking, physical and mental abuse. Although the issue of child labor is always discussed, there is hardly any significant progress even in terms of mitigation. 17.5% of children aged 5-15 years are engaged in economic activities. Many of these children work in various hazardous occupations.
Consequences of the earthquake in Balakot, Pakistan. 2005
This photo was taken about a month after the earthquake in Pakistan. People are still trying to find shelter and suffering from trauma. Winter was approaching and many needed shelter. This father and child are walking in search of food. The author spent ten days in Balakot documenting the post-earthquake situation.
In Ludwigsburg, Germany
A big wave
Man's head
The head of a male student, still alive but trapped under rubble. Photographed at the site of a parochial school that collapsed on the outskirts of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, November 7, 2008. At least 30 people were killed when the three-story school building collapsed while class was in session.
A starving boy and a missionary.
And the Afghan girl
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of course, Afghan girl, National Geographic photo, photographer Steve McCurry. Sharbat Gula was one of the school students in the refugee camp; McCarry rarely had the opportunity to photograph Afghan women, but he took the opportunity to photograph her. She was about 12 years old at the time. The photo made the cover of National Geographic the following year.
Earthquake in Sichuan Province
A man is crying, he is leafing through a family album that he found in the ruins of his old house.
