Some historical photographs seem perfectly ordinary until someone explains what was happening just outside the frame. A group of men eating lunch, children watching an airplane, or three politicians posing together might not look particularly remarkable at first. Then you learn about the dangerous construction site, the blockaded city, or the decisions being made behind closed doors. Even famous photographs can leave out important details, including the people who never received credit or the stories that unfolded afterward. Fortunately, archives have preserved much of that missing context. These pictures capture moments that deserve a closer look. Here are 15 historical photographs with stories you might not know.Wikimedia CommonsThe Titanic Had a GymA 1912 photograph shows the Titanic’s first-class gymnasium, complete with exercise equipment that passengers could use during the ship’s ill-fated maiden voyage.Wikimedia CommonsThe Third Man on the Olympic PodiumAt the 1968 Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their fists to protest racial discrimination in the United States, while Australian silver medalist Peter Norman wears a badge supporting their cause.Wikimedia CommonsThe Student Who Walked AloneElizabeth Eckford approaches Little Rock Central High School in 1957 while Hazel Bryan shouts behind her, during the school’s fiercely opposed racial desegregation.Wikimedia CommonsFace Masks Were Already Familiar in 1918People line up for influenza masks on a San Francisco street in 1918, when the city was battling a pandemic that spread around the world.Wikimedia CommonsThe Airplane That Meant DinnerChildren watch a C-54 aircraft approaching Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport in 1948, during the Allied airlift that supplied the Soviet-blockaded western sectors of the city.Wikimedia CommonsA City Destroyed TwiceA panoramic photograph shows San Francisco in ruins after the 1906 earthquake, although the fires that followed caused much of the city’s destruction.Wikimedia CommonsThree Lawyers, One Historic VictoryGeorge E. C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James Nabrit Jr. pose together in 1954 after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling against racial segregation in public schools.Wikimedia CommonsThe Crowd That Heard the War Was OverPeople celebrate in Times Square on August 14, 1945, following the announcement of Japan’s surrender and the approaching end of World War II.NASAThe Moon Landing’s Other CelebrationNASA flight controllers celebrate in Mission Control on July 24, 1969, after Apollo 11’s successful return to Earth, four days after the first Moon landing.Wikimedia CommonsThree Leaders Planning the Postwar WorldWinston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin sit together at the Yalta Conference in February 1945, discussing the final stages of World War II and postwar Europe.Wikimedia Commons / Lewis HineThe Newsboy Was Only FourLewis Hine photographed a four-year-old newspaper seller in 1913, documenting a childhood already occupied by regular work on American streets.Wikimedia CommonsThe Notice That Changed Thousands of LivesA government exclusion order posted in San Francisco in 1942 instructed Japanese American residents to leave their homes before being sent to wartime detention centers.Wikimedia CommonsLunch Break, 850 Feet Above ManhattanEleven construction workers sit along a steel beam in the famous 1932 photograph taken during construction of Rockefeller Center, which was part of a publicity shoot.Wikimedia CommonsThe Parade Was About More Than FashionWomen march through New York City in 1912, their orderly procession forming part of the campaign for women’s voting rights in the United States.War DepartmentThe Plane That Crossed an Ocean AloneCharles Lindbergh poses beside the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927, the aircraft he flew on the first solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris.The post 15 Historical Photos With More to Them Than is Immediately Clear appeared first on Den of Geek.