Category Archives: rare images

Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej’s Funerals

Posted on 14/02/2007 by Alex Galmeanu

Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej was the first Communist leader of Romania from 1948 until his death in 1965. Officially he died of liver cancer but there are rumors that he was intentionally irradiated during a visit in Moscow. Some believe that … Continue reading →

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Cu Henri Cartier-Bresson prin… Drumul Taberei

Posted on 03/02/2007 by Alex Galmeanu

Cum ar fi fost sa il vedeti cu aparatul la ochi pe aleile din Drumul Taberei sau mai bine in magazinul Big Berceni din Piata Sudului. Pai daca ati fi fost ceva mai atenti prin 1975 l-ati fi observat cu siguranta pentru ca Henri … Continue reading →

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Bucharest under heavy bombing – part two

Posted on 31/01/2007 by Alex Galmeanu

These images are relatively new on the Internet. It was a little bit shocking for me to see them. I just heard some stories from my grandfather and from some books that the Bucharest was hit in 4th and 15th … Continue reading →

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23rd of August Military Parade

Posted on 29/01/2007 by Alex Galmeanu

I found these pictures in my father archive. I suppose that the images are made in 1952 or 53. This is an 23rd o of august military parade (the national day in the Romanian communist era). The pictures are shoot in Saint … Continue reading →

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The earliest photograph of a human figure on paper

Posted on 18/08/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

How is it to be the first human figure on a photographic image? First ever photographed and printed on a photographic paper, it is something or not?

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The first Great Masters of Photography in America

Posted on 17/08/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

Two partners in Boston–Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes–are today widely considered to be the first great masters of photography in America. Their partnership lasted from 1843 to 1862.

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Bucharest under heavy bombing

Posted on 01/08/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

I just found these images on the net. All the images are of what’s identified as “bomb fall plot” photos.

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to stand in a queue philosophy

Posted on 27/02/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

The queue, this was the big philosophy of the Romanian communism. It was an ordinary thing for everybody to stand in a queue for something those days

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Unirii Square in 1967

Posted on 27/02/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

Again for those who know the Bucharest very well and are old enough to remember (this is not my case:)), this is the old Unirii Square with Hanul lui Manuc in the background and Unirii Market in the left.Â

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Nicolae Titulescu’s private images

Posted on 22/02/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

These are very rare private pictures of one of the most important European diplomats before the Second World War.

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