Rare Construction Photos The Statue Of Liberty

There is always a point in time when famous landmarks weren't there. One image of America which is fixed in the minds of millions is the Statue of Liberty and the history of its construction is fascinating.

Take a trip back in time and see extraordinary behind the scenes images of the creation of this superlative structure.

A giant is formed. The sheer scale of the statue under construction can be seen here, in contrast to the workmen posing woodenly for that fairly new invention, the camera. The more formal name for the statue is Liberty Enlightening the World and it is constructed with sheets of pure copper, even though the picture makes it look something like marble.

It is something of a miracle that we now have the finished product standing proudly on Liberty Island. Had it not been for the contributions of ordinary French and Americans then she would never have arisen in the first instance.

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The Life Of Joseph Stalin In Photos

Yes, this is not exactly Stalin's real photo album. This is the work of a writer Nodar Djin who has tried to imagine the way Stalin's photo album looked like if he had one.

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953; born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953.

While formally the office of the General Secretary was elective and was not initially regarded as the top position in the Soviet state, after Vladimir Lenin's death in 1924, Stalin managed to consolidate more and more power in his hands, gradually putting down all opposition groups within the party. This included Leon Trotsky, the Red Army organizer, proponent of world revolution, and principal critic of Stalin among the early Soviet leaders, who was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1929. Instead, Stalin's idea of socialism in one country became the primary line of the Soviet politics.

In power until his death in 1953, Stalin led the USSR during the period of post-war reconstruction, marked by the dominance of Stalinist architecture (most famously represented by the Stalin skyscrapers). The successful development of the Soviet nuclear program enabled the country to become the world's second nuclear weapons power; the Soviet space program was started as spin-off of the nuclear project. In his last years, Stalin also launched the so-called Great Construction Projects of Communism and the Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature.

This is my house. It’s small, yes, but I didn’t need a bigger one because I was just as small. I kept a goat in the annex and her name was Jeanne. In honor of Jeanne d’Arc. My father Beso worked in Tbilisi and he didn’t like Jeanna. So, when I was at school, he got drunk and choked her to death.

It’s me at school. I’m in the back raw, but in the middle. The photographer didn’t let me get closer to the pillow, even though I was his best pupil. Probably, he was bribed. By those who are next to the pillow, not by their parents. My parent, seeing the picture, told me to grow faster. But he liked it in general because one cannot see smallpox scars on my face in it.

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Rare Photos Of WW2 In Real Colour

Usually, not all but most of engineer don't take much interest in history. They treat history, during college or high school, as a boring-lame-easy-subject. Me, in the other hand, quiet passionate with history. 

These are some rare color photos of World War II. Take a look!

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How NASA Prepare Space Shuttle For Launching

As a kid, I really want to be an astronaut or cosmonaut. Not because I want to be in outer-space but because I have something inside me that really into heavy machinery. So, as today I already become an engineer, I think it is not really bad at all. 

These pictures shown the amount of thought and engineering that goes into every launch which is hugely immense. In each successful take-off, it represents the Mankind's finest effort, and is a wonder to behold. 

Too bad NASA already terminate the Space Shuttle program. NASA Space Shuttle Pre-Launch Activities.

External tank arrives by barge from Louisiana

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Celebrity Caught Smoking

Back in the day, it was cool to smoke. Everywhere you went people were smoking. Hospitals even had smoking sections. It wouldn't be strange to see your favorite actor or actress puffing away during an interview promoting their newest film. 

Now, seeing a celebrity smoking is about as rare as seeing a unicorn tap dancing with a leprechaun. Smoking is frowned upon and to keep up their ultra sexy appearances celebrity smokers have to sneak off when no one is looking to steal a smoke. But the paparazzi is everywhere, and they catch even this rare breed no matter where they hide. 

The following gallery is dedicated to the nearly extinct clan of celebrity smokers.

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