19 never seen before images from National Geographic's archives

National Geographic has brought back lost images, never seen before, and exposed them to new audiences.

A flock of birds seen through an enclosed courtyard in Old Havana, December 1987. Source: James L. Stanfield

A project launched by National Geographic, 'Found', had the mission to delve deep into its archives to find priceless photographs, invoking a deep sense of nostalgia in its viewers. National Geographic has brought back lost images, never seen before, and exposed them to new audiences.

We look at 19 iconic images never before seen from the archives of National Geographic.

1. The Statue of Liberty at dawn, 1978

Source: David Alan Harvey


2. London school boys pose with King Penguins, 1953

Source: B. Anthony Stewart and David S. Bower


3. Co-existing in harmony, 1964

Source: Walter Chandoha


4. A girl sitting by a lake in California, 1929

Source: Charles Martin


5. Victoria Falls, Zambia 

Source: Walter Maeyers Edwards


6. 'Bathyscaphe Trieste' journeys to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, 1960

Source: US Navy


7. Neil Armstrong floating in his space suit, 1967

Source: NASA


8. A kitten attacking its own reflection, 1964

Source: Walter Chandoha


9. John F, Kennedy's coffin lies beneath The Capitol's dome, 1963

Source: George F. Mobley



10.A rainbow arches over the Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Source: Volkmar Wentzel


11. A 3,000 feet waterfall in Venezuela, 1963

Source: Thomas J. Abercrombie


12. Welts, considered a sign of beauty, on the back of a Nuba woman in Sudan, 1966

Source: Horst Lutz


13. Grace Kelly in Monaco, 1962

Source: Gilbert M


14. A young girl plays inside a replica of a Lunar-module in Canada, 1975

Source: Robert Madden


15. Irish guards stand at attention after one guardsman faints, 1966

Source: James P. Blair


16. Tourists find a massive dead tree with a tunnel cut out for a road in Sequoia National Forest, 1951

Source: Andrew H. Brown


17. A hot air balloon from Anchorage, Alaska, flies over Cook Intlet, 1986

Source: Chris Johns


18. Men at work, blasting granite to build tunnels, 1963

Source: Robert B. Goodman


19. Astronaut Bruce McCandless floats a few metres away from the Space Shuttle Challenger

SOURCE: NASA


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