These Historical Photos Will Make You Wish You Could Turn Back Time

Albert Einstein and David Rothman, 1939

Albert Einstein was a theoretical scientist and a genius who was decades ahead of his time. In this photo from 1939, he was sitting on a beach rock next to David Rothman, a local department store owner. Although the men led different career paths, they became friends after Einstein walked into Rothman’s store asking for a pair of “sundahls,” which the store owner misunderstood as sundials because of the scientist’s accent. It turns out that Einstein was looking for sandals. The two eventually cleared things up, laughed about it and became friends. They also reported formed a band, too.