When you see these photos many years later, their significance is even more apparent because they capture one of those historically unique events that become the symbol of an entire age.
These images capture some extraordinarily unusual occurrences that will alter the way you perceive the past.
1. The largest Manta Ray ever captured in 1933 off the shore of New Jersey
2. Malcom X and Muhammad Ali Clay enjoying themselves and having fun.
3. In 1938, the stunning Giza Pyramids welcomed travelers.
4. The WWII fight in Los Angeles that appeared to be from another planet
5. In 1962, JFK visited the Kennedy Space Center
6. Gay people protesting at the 1976 Democratic National Convention
7. Broadway in the 1960s was gorgeous
8. During the turn of the 20th century, Comtesse de Ségur, a French comedic actress
9. Princess Elizabeth, before she became queen, in 1945
10. Katherine Sui Fun Cheung was the first woman to obtain a pilot’s license in 1932.
11. A 1951 Korean hockey game at Imjin River
12. A year before it opened, the World Trade Center
13. 1984 behind-the-scenes photos of Ghostbusters
14. Princess Elizabeth’s perfection in 1944
15. The Little Mermaid of Copenhagen and The Frogman
