In the long course of history, there are moments that are permanently framed, revealing the past in a unique light and challenging our conventional wisdom of history.
1. On the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan in 1972, Afghanistan was a free, open and wealthy country.
2. On December 15, 1941, just a week after Pearl Harbor, Ruth Lee, a Chinese restaurant hostess, planted the flag of the Republic of China on the beach of Miami to avoid being mistaken for a Japanese.
3. From the beginning of the 20th century to the present, Jonathan the tortoise has spent 191 years.
4. This photograph shows economy class seats on Pan Am Flight 747 in 1970.
5. In 1939, during World War II, British farmers took measures to paint their cattle in order to protect them from being hit by vehicles.
6. Comparative photographs of Mount St. Helens before and after its eruption on May 17, 1980, illustrate the staggering destructive power of the forces of nature.
7. Moscow in 1958, in order to strengthen the immune system of the baby, it was believed that it was a good way to let the baby sleep outside.
8. Otto, Anne Frank's father, revisits the attic where they once hid from the Nazis.
9. In the 50s of the 20th century, there were specialized lipstick testers hired to test the durability and color of lipsticks.
10. On April 1, 1975, during the withdrawal of United States troops from South Vietnam, people fought for the opportunity to board an aircraft in Nha Trang, and the scene was chaotic.
11. In 1975, Vietnamese babies were airlifted to the United States for adoption in search of new family adoptions.
12. In 1953, a morning swimmer in Las Vegas witnessed a mushroom cloud from an atomic bomb test 75 miles away, and that moment was frozen in history.
13. Hills in the Seattle area were razed to the ground in order to expand urban space.
14. One day 87 years ago, Sylvan Goldman, the inventor, created the shopping cart.
15. This photo of a polar bear was taken in 1961 and records the moment of this world record.
16. In the context of the Gulf War, in 1991, a touching photograph of a Kuwaiti Bedouin girl holding a lamb was captured.
17. Students at Princeton University left this color photograph after a snowball fight in 1893.
18. Jim Thorpe. He wears different socks and shoes. 1912 Olympic Games. From American track and field.
19. In 1988, the director of the Belgrade Zoo called on Sami to return home to the escaped chimpanzee.
20. The Miss Idaho Potato pageant began in 1935 and showcased the aesthetics and fashion of the era.
21. In the thirties of the 20th century, construction workers stood on the chains of the unfinished Golden Gate Bridge.
22. In 1888, the Eiffel Tower was built.
23. Charles Abiz took the famous photograph "Lunch on the Top of a Skyscraper" on September 20, 1932, capturing the moments of life on the top of a tall building.
24. In 1979, Obama left a picture with his basketball teammates in the yearbook of his alma mater, Punaho School.
25. In 1974, during the visit of the Chinese martial arts delegation to the United States, Kissinger shook hands with the teenager Jet Li and took a group photo.
- Second-hand streets in Seoul, South Korea, 1945.
27. The tragic landing attempt of the USS Hindenburg on May 6, 1937, in which 36 people were killed, led to the end of the era of commercial airships.
28. The 911 terrorist attacks were one of the worst attacks in U.S. history, killing at least 2,996 people and having a huge impact on American society.
29. On August 6, 1945, the Little Boy atomic bomb exploded in Hiroshima, the first time in human history that nuclear weapons were used in warfare, resulting in the deaths of some 200,000 people and hastening Japan's surrender.
30. The center of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was located above the Y-shaped junction.