You’ve probably seen some of these iconic moments in our history. But have you seen them from a different perspective? Taking a look at these historic photos from another angle, we can learn so much more interesting things from our past.
1. A view from behind the Lincoln statue during Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech (August 28, 1963)
2. The recording of the MGM Lion (1929)
3. A photograph taken by Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition to the South Pole, before they perished on their return journey (1910)
4. German prisoners react to footage of concentration camps (1945)
5. The models of “American Gothic” stand next to the painting
6. The Hollywood sign, shortly after it was installed. It originally read “Hollywoodland” (1923)
7. The Beatles during their shoot for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
8. Race organisers attempt to stop Kathrine Switzer from competing in the Boston Marathon. She became the first woman to finish the race (1967)
9. The traffic jam at the Brandenburg Gate as East and West Germans cross freely on the first Saturday after the fall of the Berlin Wall (November, 1989)
10. The filming of Batman and Robin.
11. Spectators standing upon couches, tables and chairs to see the signing of the treaty of Versailles and the end of World War I (1919)
12. Fidel Castro enjoying ice cream during a visit to a US military camp (1959)
13. The iceberg thought to have sunk the Titanic. Black and red paint is smeared along the side (1912)
14. Wilbur Wright circles the Statue of Liberty in the Model A (September 29, 1909)
15. African Americans protest against the war in Vietnam during the Harlem Peace (March 1967)
16. The “Tank Man” stand off in Tiananmen Square. “Tank Man” is to the left of the digger (1989)
17. The aftermath of Victory over Japan in New York (August 14, 1945)
18. The last few prisoners of Alcatraz leave as the prison is shut down for good (1963)
19. Neil Armstrong photographed by Buzz Aldrin, shortly after walking on the moon (1969)
20. An injured survivor of the Hindenburg smokes as he is carried to safety (May 6, 1937)
21. An over the shoulder view of JFK’s “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech (1963)
22. The only known photograph of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, before giving his famous address (November 19, 1863)
23. Howard Carter Looking through the open doors of Tutankhamun’s Shrine (January 1924)
24. An East German guard passes a flower through a gap in the Berlin Wall on the morning it was torn down (1989)
25. Three men run in the marathon at the first modern Olympic Games (1896)
26. Norway receive their first ever shipment of bananas (1905)
27. Mourners climb telephone poles to get a view of Gandhi’s funeral procession (1948)
28. Enlisted men aboard an American ship hear the news of Japan’s surrender (1945)
29. The first ever underground train journey. Edgware Road Station, London (1862)
30. A photo taken in secret of the Supreme Court in session, one of only two ever taken (1932)
31. A large crowd, made up of many African Americans, mourn the death of Abraham Lincoln outside the Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi (1865)
32. Salvador Dali kisses the hand of Raquel Welch after finishing his famous portrait of her (1965)
33. The very first Rockefeller Christmas Tree is revealed to the public (1931)
34. View from the top on the opening day of the Empire State Building (1931)
35. Bird’s eye view of JFK’s funeral in the Capitol Building (November 1963)
36. Iranian forces look out at the iconic view of burning oil fields set alight by Iraqi forces during the Gulf War (1990)
37. Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan in the general’s tent at Antietam (October 3, 1862)
38. Traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge moments after it opened seen from atop one of the arches (1937)
39. The back of the Hoover Dam just before it was submerged and never seen again (1936)
40. The unfinished Washington monument, abandoned after funds ran out and civil war broke out (c. 1857 – 75)
41. The photographs that inspired Norman Rockwell.
42. Jacqueline Kennedy backstage watching her husband during the first televised debate against Richard Nixon (1960)
43. Massive crowds gather for Woodstock (1969)
44. Director Alfred Hitchcock on set during the filming of “The Birds” (c. 1962)
45. Onlookers react to the explosion of the Challenger shuttle (January 28, 1986)
