You Probably Haven't Seen These 45 Rare Photos Of Historic Moments Taken From Different Angle

By | August 16, 2015

You've probably seen photos of these iconic moments in our history. But have you seen them from this perspective?

1. During Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech, photo taken from behind the Lincoln statue August 28, 1963

dv1

2. The original Hollywood sign, shortly after it was installed, 1923

dv6

3. Onlookers standing on couches, tables and chairs to see the signing of the treaty of Versailles marking the end of World War I, 1919

dv11

4. Wilbur Wright circles the Statue of Liberty in the Model A, September 29, 1909

dv14

5. New York after the US victory over Japan, August 14, 1945

dv17

6. An over-the-shoulder view of JFK’s “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech, 1963

dv21

7. The only known photo of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, before giving his famous speech, November 19, 1863

dv22

8. Mourners climb telephone poles to get a view of Gandhi's funeral procession, 1948

dv27

9. Jacqueline Kennedy backstage looks on during her husband's the first televised debate against Richard Nixon, 1960

dv43

10. A photograph taken in secret during a Supreme Court session, one of only two ever taken, 1932

dv30

11. A large crowd mourn the death of Abraham Lincoln outside the Courthouse in Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1865

dv31

12. The very first Rockefeller Christmas Tree, 1931

dv33

13. View from the top on the opening day of the Empire State Building, 1931

dv34

14. Bird’s eye view of JFK’s funeral in the Capitol Building, November 1963

dv35

15. Massive crowds gather for Woodstock, 1969

dv44

16.Golden Gate Bridge just a few moments after it opened, seen from atop one of the arches, 1937

dv38

17. Spectators react to the explosion of the Challenger shuttle, January 28, 1986

dv46

18. Howard Carter looking through the open doors of Tutankhamen's Shrine, January 1924

dv23

19. Norway receives their first ever shipment of bananas, 1905

dv26

20. Director Alfred Hitchcock on set during the filming of "The Birds" (c. 1962)

dv45

21. The traffic jam at the Brandenburg Gate on the first Saturday after the fall of the Berlin Wall, November, 1989

dv9

22. The recording of the MGM Lion, 1929

dv2

23. A picture taken by Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition to the South Pole, 1910, they died on their return journey

dv3

24. German prisoners react to footage of concentration camps, 1945

dv4

25. The models of “American Gothic” stand next to their painting

dv5

26. The Beatles shooting for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967

dv7

27. Race organisers trying to stop Kathrine Switzer from running in the Boston Marathon. She became the first woman to finish the race, 1967

dv8

28. The filming of Batman and Robin.

dv10

29. Fidel Castro eating ice cream during a visit to a US military camp, 1959

dv12

30. The iceberg thought to have caused the sinking of the Titanic. Black and red paint is smeared along the side, 1912

dv13

31. African Americans protesting against the war in Vietnam during the Harlem Peace, March 1967

dv15

32. The “Tank Man” stand off in Tiananmen Square. “Tank Man” is to the left of the digger, 1989

dv16

33. The last few prisoners of Alcatraz leaving as the prison is shut down for good, 1963

dv18

34. Neil Armstrong's space photo taken by Buzz Aldrin shortly after walking on the moon, 1969

dv19

35. An injured survivor of the Hindenburg is carried to safety, May 6, 1937

dv20

36. An East German guard passes a flower through a gap in the Berlin Wall on the morning it was torn down, 1989

dv24

37. Three men running in the marathon at the very first modern Olympic Games, 1896

dv25

38. Enlisted menaboard an American ship react happily after hearing the news of Japan’s surrender, 1945

dv28

39. The very first underground train journey. Edgware Road Station, London, 1862

dv29

40. Salvador Dali kissing the hand of Raquel Welch after finishing his famous portrait of her, 1965

dv32

41. Iranian forces look on at burning oil fields set alight by Iraqi forces during the Gulf War, 1990

dv36

42. Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan in the general's tent at Antietam, October 3, 1862

dv37

43. The back of the Hoover Dam just before it was submerged and never seen again, 1936

dv39

44. The unfinished Washington monument, abandoned after funds ran out and civil war broke out (c. 1857 - 75)

dv40

45. The photographs that inspired Norman Rockwell.

dv41dv42