Page 11 Old, Rare Photos

One or two of these may be repeats. (Most of these photographs can be "clicked on" for a more detailed view.

"It is more convenient to prevent the passage of a law, than it is to declare it void after it has been passed."
James Madison, 1787
John Adams

Samuel Reshevsky, age 8, defeating several chess masters at once in France, 1920.

The last known picture of Adolf Hitler, April 30, 1945, the day he died.

Eisenhower's Inauguration on January 20, 1953.

Nazi rally in the Cathedral of Light c. 1937.

Marilyn Monroe performing for troops stationed in Korea, February 1954.

The last known picture of Albert Einstein, taken in March, 1955.

Mugshot of Joseph Stalin held by Okharna: the Tsarist Secret Police, 1911.

One of the first photos that was taken inside of Hitler’s bunker (Fuhrerbunker) in 1945 by Allied soldiers.

Hindenberg over Manhattan on May 6, 1937, hours before disaster.

Before alarm clocks, there were knocker-uppers.
Mary Smith earned sixpence a week shooting dried peas at sleeping workers' windows. Limehouse Fields, London.

Citizens in a bar celebrate the end of alcohol prohibition in the United States. December 5, 1933

A Native American looks down at a newly-completed section of the transcontinental railroad. Nevada, about 1868.

Wedding. Egypt – 1923.

Liberated Jewish man holds Nazi soldier at gunpoint during WWII.

NYC Grand Central Station, 1929.
The sun can't shine through like that now because of taller buildings.

Louis Armstrong plays for his wife in front of the Sphinx by the pyramids in Giza, 1961.

Two Civil War veterans from both sides shake hands at Gettysburg -1913.