Historic Photos That Show The Past In Unexpected Ways

In the first photo (July 18), we see that the legs were put in position with positioning and stabilizing cables until they could be mounted to the first platform with millimeter precision using hydraulic jacks, and further construction could begin

A lightning strike on the Eiffel tower on June 3, 1902, at 9:20 pm by photographer Gabriel Loppé. The tower itself was designed as a natural lightning rod, acting as a faraday cage, and is struck approximately 5 times per year

It is the first known photograph of London, taken by French mr. De st. Croix coming to promote a new photographic technique of mr. Daguerre in Britain. The vague figurines (because of minutes-long shutter speed) are the first Londoners to be photographed

Since 1528 Building Was Stopped Because Of A Lack Of Interest And Money, But It Was Started Again In 1824 Using The Original Drawings. The Dome Was Finished In 1880

French painter Eugène Constant visited the city in between 1848 - 1852. He used the new method of albumen on glass plate negatives

It was long assumed that the man leaning on the oldest monumental sculpture in Europe was the famous archaeologist Schliemann, who excavated Troy and Mycenae in the 1870s, but archival research now shows that it's a German count

Is a daguerrotype panorama taken from the Beyazit lookout tower by French photographer Girault de Prangey. In the center is the Nuruosmaniye mosque, then less than 100 years old; on the left we see the hagia Sophia

British photographer Benjamin Turner had to stop mid-shoot, for which he had come from London, when part of his equipment fell into the water due to pushy onlookers who had never seen photography before

In fact the early 14th century administrative center which also served as medieval prison almost collapsed but was staved off through the use of emergency beams holding the structure in place

The 16th-century house is the smallest in Great Britain, with a floor area of ​​3.05 x 1.8 m. In 1900, the last resident, fisherman Robert James, who was 1.91 m tall, was forced to leave when the council declared the house uninhabitable

It began, paradoxically, with the demolition of the adjacent houses of the original 16th-century house in Stratford where the famous writer was born in 1564 and was based on a 1769 engraving of the original house

Giving his toy trains to another inmate (left) before he is taken to the gas chamber. Wrongfully accused of [crime], Joe had an IQ of 46, asked for ice cream as his last meal and was reportedly smiling while being led to the chamber-1939

This picture by Daguerre is less famous than his 1838 photo of the first people ever captured on the Boulevard du Temple because the date is less certain, but two people appear to be lying to the left of the statue, so it's possible this is in fact older

Of the more than 3,000 people who worked on the world's most famous ship, which set sail on April 2, 1912, 246 were injured, 28 of whom lost arms or legs to objects such as falling steel

The area around milk street, old south meeting house & central wharf, which was later destroyed in the great fire (1872), was photographed at an altitude of 1200 feet (or 365 meters) in Samuel A. King's air balloon

This was one of the main telephone junctions in Stockholm between 1887-1913 with about 5000 telephone lines connected here and remained as a landmark until 1953

The very first were installed here in 1830 but were quickly destroyed during the French revolution. This is one of 400 cast iron urinals installed in 1834 when peace was restored

Having a well-earned rest after capturing Hitler's Eagle's nest in Berchtesgaden, Bavarian alps, May 1945. The bunker complex was completed in 1938 for 30 million reichsmark which equals around 163 million dollars today

An observant eye will notice an Ottoman mosque in its center. It was demolished immediately after Greece gained independence from the ottomans in 1843 to showcase the idealized classical Greek identity again

National assembly-members were required to wear European hats and the traditional fez was banned for the Turkish population. It was an attempt by the pro-european Atatürk to shift Ottoman identity more towards the west

Dating back to the 1st century, it was a network of passageways with ingenious elevators, stairs and trapdoors to allow animals and soldiers to enter the arena at unexpected moments for spectacular effects

It is in fact the first war ever photographed. Roger Fenton took these photographs of Crimea in 1855, in which the French and British helped the Ottoman empire prevent russian power from expanding too much in central Europe

Construction of Gaudí's masterpiece is planned to be completed in 2026. The church is the most visited church besides saint peter's in Rome, and will be the highest in the world with its tower of Jesus reaching 172.5 meters

The 94-meter-high waterfall is the largest and most famous in the park. The photo, taken by William Henry Jackson, was taken from the location of the now-famous lookout point, before it was given that name in 1880

The photographer was Jesuit father Francis Browne, who was forced to disembark thanks to a telegram from his superior with the simple message: "Get off that ship," which saved his life

20-meter-high statue was finally excavated by Émile Baraize between 1925 and 1936. The photo was taken by inexperienced photographer Maxime du Camp during his trip to Egypt with the then-unknown writer Gustave Flaubert

The famous pillars in front are the remains of the temple of Saturn. The original temple is believed to be built in the Roman kingdom, but these pillars are actually the remains of the third temple, built in 360 a.d. After a fire

But did you know the photo we all know is in fact also a handmade black & white restoration of the 1875 original? The photo was selected by Friedrich Engels, who sent 12,000 copies to newspapers & organizations to promote Marx' famous "Das Kapital"

In the background to the right, instead of the Bijenkorf, we see the former Zocher stock exchange

The original gothic revival building, designed by c. Eidlitz, was built as the headquarters for the New York times. The newspaper's owner, Adolph Ochs, convinced the city to rename the area, long acre square, times square in 1904