{"id":1811,"date":"2024-12-05T16:10:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T16:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2024-12-05T16:11:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T16:11:12","slug":"teenagers-at-a-party-in-tulsa-oklahoma-in-1947-photographed-by-nina-leen-credit-sebcolorisation-facebook-facebook-facebook-facebook-facebook-facebook-facebook-facebook-facebook-facebook-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/archives\/1811","title":{"rendered":"Teenagers at a party in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1947, photographed by Nina Leen.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class='\"entry-header'>\n<div class='\"entry-content' clear data-content-ads-inserted='\"true\"' data-slot-rendered-content='\"true\"'>\n<p>History is more than just innovations and triumphs. In truth, much of it involves numerous instances of brutality, warfare, and other unsettling, regrettable realities.\n</p><p>Take a look below at some of the most haunting moments from history.\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-8383\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2023%5C/12%5C/main-qimg-fa6fc2fb93e6c911d819d2a8b036be5e-lq.jpeg%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/main-qimg-fa6fc2fb93e6c911d819d2a8b036be5e-lq.jpeg' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"602\"' height='\"430\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>The two siblings shown here are experiencing the thrill of an electrical storm at Sequoia National Park in California around 1975. Shortly after this picture was taken, they were struck by lightning. Both survived.\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-8387\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2023%5C/12%5C/main-qimg-bf874cc097a6eb8659d96876c0c85365-lq.jpeg%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/main-qimg-bf874cc097a6eb8659d96876c0c85365-lq.jpeg' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"602\"' height='\"904\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>Joseph Goebbels glares at Jewish photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1933.\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-8396\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2023%5C/12%5C/refas9stvg401.webp%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/refas9stvg401.webp' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"640\"' height='\"819\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>Anne Frank\u2019s father Otto, revists the attic where he and his family hid.\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full is-resized><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-8397\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2023%5C/12%5C/tC37xpAaANa5FplwCdOH_uI5Sqhud3KPNHI-EzhUBFE.webp%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/tC37xpAaANa5FplwCdOH_uI5Sqhud3KPNHI-EzhUBFE.webp' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"960\"' height='\"656\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>Che Guevara\u2019s last moments. Bolivia, 9 October 1967.\u00a0\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-8399\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2023%5C/12%5C/62f4b92e12d2f_xlmh4shnzc081__700.jpg%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/62f4b92e12d2f_xlmh4shnzc081__700.jpg' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"700\"' height='\"466\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>Replica dog tags of every soldier who never made it back from Vietnam.\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full is-resized><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-8400\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2023%5C/12%5C/dark-history-photos-23-62f5fc9eceba7__700.jpg%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dark-history-photos-23-62f5fc9eceba7__700.jpg' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"700\"' height='\"1008\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>People on display at the Coney Island Human Zoo in 1904.\n<div id='\"grow-me-inline-subscribe-cta-root-0\"' class='\"inline-subscribe\"' data-testid='\"inline-subscribe-cta-0\"' data-within-recipe='\"false\"' data-inline-subscribe-cta='\"true\"'>\n<div data-nosnippet='\"true\"'>\n<div class='\"ShadowDomContainer___StyledDiv-paiu0k-0\"'>\n<div class='\"sc-jLFzpH' kzzvxj test>\n<div class='\"SpotlightSubscribeForm___StyledDiv3-sc-156rk68-0' catcww>\n<div>\n<div class='\"sc-hrZiYQ' djqbm data-testid='\"inline-subscribe\"'>\n<div class='\"sc-hRwTwm' kkkftt>\n<div>\n<div class='\"sc-czGAKf' cosqov>\n<h3 class='\"sc-ibQCxQ' lmsaoh>Subscribe to the History Defined newsletter!\n\n</h3><p class='\"sc-cKajLJ' jnrnjs>Get updates on the latest posts and more from History Defined straight to your inbox.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-8403\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2023%5C/12%5C/u4gz4rhjkh9a1.webp%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/u4gz4rhjkh9a1.webp' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"960\"' height='\"630\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>A father looks for his two missing sons during the Kosovo war in 1999. He would later find them.\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-8406\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2023%5C/12%5C/b6s09finvgr61.jpg%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/b6s09finvgr61.jpg' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"634\"' height='\"414\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>The survivors the 1972 Andes plane crash.\n<p>&nbsp;\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-8410\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2023%5C/12%5C/zxbkwacxwyvz.jpg%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zxbkwacxwyvz.jpg' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"600\"' height='\"731\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>The last photo ever of Nikola Tesla, 1943\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-8412\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2023%5C/12%5C/nyjusmtcn1991.jpg%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nyjusmtcn1991.jpg' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"571\"' height='\"321\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>Segregationists harass 6 year old Ruby Bridges with a doll in a coffin.\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-8413\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2023%5C/12%5C/2x8qkbz5nmga1.webp%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2x8qkbz5nmga1.webp' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"960\"' height='\"639\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>Windows on the World, the restaurant on top of the WTC North Center, 1976.\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-8414\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2023%5C/12%5C/0d3xf7yud1901.webp%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0d3xf7yud1901.webp' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"960\"' height='\"696\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>Shells from an Allied bombardment all fired in a single day on German lines in 1916\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-8415\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2023%5C/12%5C/dark-history-photos-101-62ff789215100__700.jpg%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dark-history-photos-101-62ff789215100__700.jpg' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"700\"' height='\"567\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>Women and girls using Radium paint, not knowing the health issues that would soon follow. 1922.\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-8417\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2023%5C/12%5C/62ff3a92c0dd3_10540204545_e0a27d3140__700.jpg%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/62ff3a92c0dd3_10540204545_e0a27d3140__700.jpg' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"700\"' height='\"553\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>The Gadget, the first atomic bomb, 1945\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-8420\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2023%5C/12%5C/ws4dot1owd991.webp%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ws4dot1owd991.webp' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"640\"' height='\"976\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>Temporary NYPD headquarters at a Burger King, September 11, 2001.\n<p>&nbsp;\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><picture class='\"wp-image-9787\"'><source srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/6j8m8h689yhc1.jpeg.webp' https: type='\"image\/webp\"' sizes='\"auto,'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/02%5C/6j8m8h689yhc1.jpeg%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/6j8m8h689yhc1.jpeg' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"688\"' height='\"473\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>Leftist woman handing out anti-shah manifesto. Tehran, Iran, 1979.\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-9788\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/02%5C/8s8ob8rhwyhc1.webp%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/8s8ob8rhwyhc1.webp' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"960\"' height='\"761\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>Pyramid of\u00a0WWI\u00a0German helmets in New York, 1919.\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' aligncenter size-full><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-9789\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.historydefined.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/02%5C/pdf69dmjp7ic1.webp%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pdf69dmjp7ic1.webp' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"640\"' height='\"768\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-element-caption\"'>Austro-Hungarian trench raiders near Caporetto, 1917.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History is more than just innovations and triumphs. 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