I am looking for famous group photos of interesting people that you wouldn’t normally see all together. Obviously some historic context is good, too.
For example:
A Great Day in Harlem (57 jazz greats)
or
The 5th Solvay Conference (17 Noble Prize Winners).
I’ll even include The School of Athens… though people has to stand really still for that photo.
Any other interesting additions?
There’s this photo of the very first few employees of Microsoft, back in 1978.
search the online photo archives of Library of Congress and Smithsonian. You will probably find 1000’s of wonderful examples.
Abraham Lincoln, supposedly John Wilkes Booth, and numerous cabinet members and dignitaries at his second inaugural (Booth circled)
The Beatles, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Mia Farrow and others
Not a group, but eerie:John Lennon and Mark David Chapman
Pic ofThomas Edison, Henry Ford, President Harding, and Harvey Firestone on a camping trip
Helen Keller, Annie Sullivan, and Mark Twain
Bill Clinton and JFK
Not famous, but interesting to me: The Big 10, ten daughters of Brigham Young born in a 2.5 year period (late 1840s/early 1850s) who were basically a decameral celebrity in their day.
Chang and Eng Bunker with their wives and children and a slave
Butch, Sundance, and gang
Well known but still interesting: USA For Africa. I like to try and name everyone. I see you, La Toya Jackson!