This document contains a collection of historical photos from various time periods showcasing important events, people, places and inventions throughout history. The photos depict things like the Titanic leaving port, the first airplane flight by the Wright brothers, Nazi Germany in the 1930s, the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945, and the construction of landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge and Statue of Liberty. The collection offers a visual timeline of significant people and milestones in technology, war, politics and more from the 19th century to the mid 20th century.
22. The California Gold Rush left hundreds of
boats from around the globe abandoned in
the port of San Francisco, 1850
23. Young Osama Bin Laden in a cave while
fighting the invading Soviet forces.
Jalalabad region, Afghanistan, 1988
24. German prisoners of war marching under the
supervision of Soviet soldiers, 1944. The Soviet
woman is showing a ’dulya’ (the finger) with her
hand to the Germans as they pass by.
25. A miniature, fully functional replica of a
Cadillac that was made for the British
Royal family of Siam. 1913
26. Titanic in dry dock, 1912.
Here you can see the scale of
the person standing next to one
of the propellers.
27. The headquarters of Benito Mussolini and
the Italian Fascist party – Rome 1930