In this photo, we see a little girl sitting on the ruins of her destroyed home while holding her favorite doll, trying to comfort herself. It seems like such an emotional photo, but that’s because it is. It gives you all kinds of feelings. This happened right after a bomb landed in London in 1940.
These bombings were done by the German Army and were known to be called the Blitz as part of World War II. Hopefully, this little girl turned out okay.
Bathing Suits
Have you ever experienced that embarrassing moment when your bathing suit would fly? Although at the present day, that can never happen, back in the 1920s, there was an official person at every beach with the authority to measure the women’s bathing suits to make sure that it was long enough and not considered indecent.
If you really think about it, people back then were very strict with women’s attire at the beach; if it was considered too short, she would be fined a hefty fee. The feminist in us rejects this idea, and if it were to happen at present, we are all pretty sure that there will be some people objecting to it.
Berlin Wall
Do you know what the Berlin Wall was made for? Well, in this photo, we see the Berlin wall when it was built back in 1961. This wall was made to separate East Germany and West Germany. It was built by the German Democratic Republic to cut off the Western part of the City. It was both an ideological and physical barrier.
In this rare image, you can see the eastern side working to build the wall while the other side started to wonder what was going on.
Disneyland Plans, 1954
It's hard to imagine a world without Disney, be it the nostalgic cartoons from our childhood like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck or, more recently, "The Avengers" franchise. However, a Disney fan favorite has to be the epic Disneyland and Disneyworld amusement parks around the world.
This photo shows Disneyland's history in the making. We see Walt Disney himself along with his "Imagineers" as they perfect the plans for the first Disneyland amusement park in Los Angeles.
Hindenburg Disaster
No, this photo is not of the Titanic. Although it looks quite similar, this is a photo of the Hindenburg Disaster taken on May 6th, 1937. This sensational photo occurred when the German airship carrying many passengers caught fire when it was trying to dock at a Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, in New Jersey.
A total of 36 people were killed in the fire, but thankfully 62 people survived. The event was marked by photographs, newsreel coverage, and eyewitness testimonies that were recorded and played back on the radio to this day. Such a rare opportunity to take this kind of photo. Amazing!