An iconic photo taken in Germany in 1931. On the back of the picture, the rabbi's wife wrote, "Our light will outlast their flag." One of the bravest pictures ever taken.

Leaving a bad review in the 1920s

The Flying Tailor: Franz Reichelt preparing for take off from the Eiffel Tower wearing his designed parachute in 1912. His jump proved to be fatal.

A "Mancage in Afghanistan", 1921.A criminal would be put in this iron cage, raised to the top of the pole, so that his friends could not pass food or poison to him and was left to die.

The famous Mata Hari, actress, exotic dancer, courtesan and spy, in Paris, 1910s

Cavalry soldiers in Yosemite, 1900s

A game of human chess St Petersburg (then Leningrad), Russia, circa 1924

Recording The MGM Roar, 1928

Philadelphians looking at the new map of Europe after WWI, November 1918

George VI, King of the United Kingdom, being extremely serious (1938)

Coalmine in France, 1970's.

Fun Fact: Once a horse went down to the mine it usually stayed there for entire life.

King Olav V of Norway rides the subway during the oil crisis of 1973. The ticket collector offered him a free ride, but Olav insisted on paying the ticket fare.

Sculpting begins on the face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota, 1927

An almost empty classroom after white students refused to attend their newly desegregated school, New York, 1964

Marilyn Monroe sings to soldiers in Korea, 1954

A boxing match on board the USS Oregon in 1897

German air raid on Moscow in 1941

Young Nikola Tesla teaching a girl how to swim, 1900.

Divers leap into the Thames, 1934

Bruce Lee receives martial arts instruction, 1955.

An early phone tower in Stockholm, 1890.