28 Shocking Weird historical photos need to be explained.

We read about historical events all the time, but usually, the only things that get written about are the events with great historical significance. While those are important, there are also little moments throughout history that, while they didn't make a great impact on the world, had just as much historical significance.







These are the small moments that make up our cultural narrative, and without images like this, they would be lost in time forever. Take a look at some of these moments below: #23 is so inconspicuous, but there's something about it that will definitely make you smile.

#1. A woman demonstrating on of the more creative accessories of the Prohibition era: The cane-flask.

#2. Frank Sinatra getting his shave on in 1965.

#3. Fraternity brothers participating in a panty raid at the University of Southern California, sometime during the 1950's.

#4. The fanfare for Queen Elizabeth II during her first official visit to Germany in 1965.

#5. A restored photograph of officer Alfred Cheetham on the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914.

#6. A chill looking California beach party in 1930.

#7. Louis Réard, the inventor of bikini, with a model in 1946. Not many people know this, but he named his creation after the Bikini Atoll, which was the site of nuclear weapon tests. But why? He felt his new swimsuit would create an "explosive commercial and cultural reaction."

#8. Marilyn Monroe at the opening of the USA-Israel Football International.

#9. A Japanese woman looking fabulous in a kimono in 1896.

#10. The United States Secret Service released this picture of Adolf Hitler in 1944, to show how he might try to disguise himself and escape capture.

#11. Admiral Byrd’s snow cruiser passes through traffic and onlookers His presence caused a traffic jam that went on for 20 miles in a jam and involved 70,000 automobiles.

#12. Elvis Presley in his front yard in Memphis, Tennessee.

#13. A first class suite on the Titanic before it sank in 1912.

#14. Taj Mahal in 1865 India.

#15. The world’s first wedding car, cruising down the street in 1903.

#16. A young Pablo Picasso in front of Le Bateau-Lavoir, Montmartre, Paris.

#17. First successful aerial color photograph of the Statue of Liberty.

#18. A young businessman learning the industry at the London Stock Exchange in 1937.

#19. Women's archery at the summer Olympic Games London in 1908.

#20. This is what a Saturday evening bath looked like in Spencer, Tennessee in 1939.

#21. Muslim Bandit in, Xinjiang, China, sometime around 1915.

#22. The earliest known photograph of Abraham Lincoln. It was most likely captured in 1846.

#23. Little girl and her pet toad at a 1936 pet show in Venice Beach, California.

#24. French weightlifter and 1920 Olympic champion Ernest Cadine, showing off his muscles in 1923.

#25. The Savage Skulls Street Gang looking tough in the Bronx in 1979.

#26. Chinese immigrant family getting together for a portrait in Oregon in the 1890's.

#27. Passengers resembling an advertisement on a bus in New York City, 1963.

#28. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the 1930's.