Comments on: 15 Incredible Historical Photographs

By: saber25

saber25 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:42:31 +0000

I am on the 15 incredible historical photographs list. No. 8(V-J Day) was on the Night at the Museum 2 but when Ben stiller and amelia earheart went in the two just went on kissing! love to be like that just wacth that movie. It’s like living in the 21st and then coming back to the 1940’s and better IN BLACK AND WHITE

By: Burn

Burn — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:06:44 +0000

my god, the trapped girl photo is just horrible

By: Abraham

Abraham — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:30:27 +0000

How about this one, is said to be one of the best 100 photos of all time.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CcSRO3Y1rUs/SfGMWf5SDlI/AAAAAAAAViI/ry4fWJ092s4/s400/guerra%2Babril%2B65.jpg

A Dominican man confronts a US Marine during the US Invasion of Santo Domingo 1965.

By: Jeff D.

Jeff D. — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:57:20 +0000

I think that the US marines’ raising of the flag on Mt. Surabachi would be near the top.
The Hindenberg disaster was another one that seems to qualify as an “incredible historical” photo.

By: nolod1207

nolod1207 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:02:46 +0000

Interesting list, heres a fun fact though #4 the lynching photo was actually made into a postcard. Well i dont know how fun of a fact that is but the first time i saw that photo was in a history course and it was flipped over to show the stamp and some of the writing on the back by apparently someone that was there. For the record the writer of the postcard was sending it to his dear old mother.

By: vix875

vix875 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:59:10 +0000

Great list, albeit some very tragic images. One image that always stuck in my memory was the young girl trapped in wreckage after the Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted in Colombia. She was trapped for 3 days in water, concrete, and other debris before she died.
Just horrible. Makes you appreciate life

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Omayra_Sanchez.jpg

By: norkio

norkio — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:57:31 +0000

@74, you are right about Mt Suribachi, the Iwo Jima photo. The flag was raised on the day the Marines secured the island. The photo was taken a few days later. It isn’t even the original flag. The photograph was staged by a Life magazine photographer if I recall correctly.

@81, the Great Depression affected everyone around the world, some nations more, some less. The Migrant Mother photo was just one representation of how poverty had affected this family. It’s one of a series of 3-4 photos of the family. Secondly, child labor is wrong regardless of where it takes place.

By: Michael Days

Michael Days — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:28:44 +0000

2 photo is freakin ASWOME-o

By: I4gotmyMANTRA

I4gotmyMANTRA — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:52:27 +0000

Number 15 gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for these.

By: Norman

Norman — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:57:18 +0000

This list showcases the power of photography and how it can capture a moment and hold it for eternity.