Iconic Photographs

You won’t see this at the zoo anymore: The only known photo of a living Quagga at the London Zoo (1870)

The quagga is an extinct subspecies of plains zebra that lived in South Africa until the 19th century. It was long thought to be a distinct species, but genetic studies have shown it to be the southernmost subspecies of plains zebra.

Racing cars on the roof of the Fiat Factory in Turin, Italy (1923)

Italian job

Wrong thread!   great answer though

Anne Frank’s father Otto, revisiting the attic where they hid from the Nazis. He was the only survivor (1960)

A navigation hotline in 1963. Long, long before Google Maps.

Testing the first modern bulletproof vest – 1923

there is no way in hell that that is the first test. million to one they fired bullets at the vest first! Still, I wudnae do it! 

Maybe they used death sentence prisoners to "volunteer"!

Recall as a kid my dad brought home a hard hat from work, so I'm messing with it, got it on and say to one of my mates to whack me on the head with a solid metal torch we had,,, feckin nearly killed me it did...

Elephants know how to have fun. Just ask Queenie, the first one to water surf (circa 1950)

Last public execution in the United States, Kentucky, 1936.

About 20,000 people showed up and created a carnival-like atmosphere to watch Bethea McVeigh’s hanging, a black man convicted of the rape and murder of a white woman. The delight and fervor displayed by the mostly-white audience during the execution will forever haunt the town as one of its darkest days.

Guilty tho 

Adam Mint wrote:Recall as a kid my dad brought home a hard hat from work, so I'm messing with it, got it on and say to one of my mates to whack me on the head with a solid metal torch we had,,, feckin nearly killed me it did...

Ah, that explains it.

His mum dropped him on his head...

These two bullets were found after the Battle of Gallipoli which started in 1915 and ended in 1916 during WWI.

The allies consisted of British, French, Australia and New Zealand against a fierce Turkish Army. In the end, the allied side lost 46,000 troops while the Turkish lost 65,000, with the Allies retreating from the battle.

The Turks still consider their victory at Gallipoli to be a great, defining moment in the nation’s modern history. Eight years later, the Turkish War of Independence broke out, led by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Ataturk was a commander at the battle of Gallipoli.

The battle was also Australia and New Zealand’s first military campaign as independent dominions in the British Empire. It was a formative moment in the national consciousness of both countries.

Queen Elizabeth II fires a British L85 battle rifle (1993)

Shot of the first post WWII nuclear test, Operation Crossroads in the Marshall Islands.

The 15-megatonne Bravo test on 1 March 1954 was a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It exposed thousands in the surrounding area to radioactive fallout and forced the evacuation of the islanders, many who refuse to return even to this day

John F Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe; Not A Rumor Anymore.


It is widely accepted that JFK and Marilyn Monroe did have sex at least once, In 1962 at Bing Crosby’s house in Palm Springs. A friend of Marilyn’s is quoted as saying:

Later, once the rumor mill was grinding, Marilyn told me that this night in March was the only time of her “affair” with JFK. Of course she was titillated beyond belief, because for a year he had been trying, through Lawford, to have an evening with her. A great many people thought, after that weekend, that there was more to it. But Marilyn gave me the impression that it was not a major event for either of them: it happened once, that weekend, and that was that.

The next and last time Marilyn Monroe crossed paths with JFK was at Kennedy’s 45th birthday party at Madison Square Garden. The knowledge that Monroe and JFK had already had a one-night stand by this point makes the sensuality she brought to her performance of Happy Birthday, Mr. President even more palpable.

Slapper

John Major and Edwina Curry... Doesn't really compare, does it?

I refer you to post No. 448 here
https://www.tenerifesforumoffun.com/t10429p425-iconic-photographs

Blox! I'm using 2 or 3 different sites and the photos are duplicated on some...

Aye, this one...