10 Historic Photos You’ve Probably Never Seen!

10 Historic Photos You’ve Probably Never Seen!

10. The Punt Gun

Used in late 19th and early 20th Century, this mechanized shot gun with devastating rounds was probably sufficient to scare an enemy into a quick submission. Equipped with an intimidating looks and high explosive power, these weapons of gore however saw no significant grim battle.

9. The Elephant-Mounted Machine Gun

Animals played a vital role in the World Wars and they are one of man’s most venerated friend. To tame these monsters, we had to venture past our fear of gore to transform an elephant into a death merchant. In this publicity snap taken in 1914, an American corporal is seen aiming his M1895Colt-Browning machine gun atop an elephant.

8. A Soldier On A Mountain Of Shells

World War I is one the most vicious battle ever fought in history of humanity. What started as a normal outing for Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, an erroneous turn by the driver and sheer coincidence of stumbling upon Gavrilo Princip on a street corner led to the fatal assassination that ultimately sparked a series of events that subsequently led to the outbreak of the war.

7. The Football Helmet Test

Prior to the age of computer simulators, men had to test things they way they saw fit. In this hilariously-brutal yet justified photo snapped in 1912. An unnamed man is seen ramming head first into a wooden structure to test the strength of the primitive helmets. Prior to the helmets, the late 18th and early 19th Century players protected their ears and head using leather straps lased with cotton.

6. Atabrine Promotional Post

When fear of death and insecurity combine on hysterical masses, few unscrupulous business-minded men are bound to whistle all the way to the bank. In this historical photo of killing two birds with a single stone, two human skulls are used as both fear and marketing technique. From this grim photo that violates the dead, an anti malarial (Atabrine) is advertised in a draconian and carefree fashion. What haunts most is the poster in question was strategically placed in 363rd Station Hospital.

5. The Rat Catchers

You’ve all heard of rat-catchers. A group of penniless and despised citizens employed to chase and kill rats in a bid to tame their sporadic sprouting across the cities. Still reeling in shock and frenzy of the black and bubonic plague, authorities went to extreme lengths to keep them ‘’death merchants’’ under wraps. These rodent-timers spent hours toiling in the belly of the earth; sewers and cellars as mice shun open areas.

4. The Unpleased German Crewman

In this photo that sums the rascal natures of combat, a German U-boat crewman is seen totally unpleased with the state of affairs. As a crew of the dreaded U-boat, the patrol took weeks or months. During those ‘’red-set-tape’’ period in the belly of the mechanized death machines, they had to be on guard against enemy submarines as well as spy radars, all while avoiding catastrophic collision with mines in addition to watching the skies for bombers.

3. George Blind

While most of us would freeze at the sight of a gun, George Blind was a different one altogether. Equipped with nerves of steel, George took the bull by the horn by literally smiling on the face of his supposed executioners. After being arrested on suspicion of being a French partisan; accusations that didn’t seat well with the third Reich, he was promptly whisked to interrogation chambers but amazingly failed to crack.

2. NASA Board Of Calculations

NASA is one of worlds most advanced space program where photos from space voyagers are analyzed by bored scientists before released to the uneducated eyes who marvel at the complexity and immensity of our universe. However, the pre-computer NASA was a different one. Complex spacecraft trajectories, navigation and orbits of spacecrafts were often calculated on the board and this notable photo snapped in their offices attest to that.

1. Titanic Funeral Mass

We all know Titanic was one of the most luxurious ship made in the early 1900’s. Needless to say, the operators swiftly criss-crossed the ship and right away branded her ‘’unsinkable’’. To the masses, she was a dream come true. However, we know nothing goes according to plan when you poke your proverbial middle finger in the face of doom and nature taught us the hard way.

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