Photos might seem easy enough to take, but remember, camera phones are a very recent invention. Back in the day, photos required a lot of setting up. While photography is an art, these photos are some of the most famous ever taken.
The photographers hit all the fundamentals, plus they were in the right place at the right time. Read on to see some of the most amazing historic photos LIFE magazine has ever published.
Gender Reveal, 1954
While many gender reveal parties have ended up being disasters in the modern day, here is perhaps the first ever gender reveal caught on camera. In it, Jane Dill is told that she is having a girl, and the photographer Wallace Kirkland was there to catch the moment with a split-second reaction.
Her reaction is truly priceless. The location was a lab in Illinois that helped many by revealing the gender of their unborn children.