Random Famous Historical Photos Recreated By 'The Simpsons' (17 items)

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  (#6) Lisa Is Sworn In As ‘Little Miss Springfield’ In A Scene Reminiscent Of LBJ Being Sworn In As President

  Lisa Simpson comes in second for the Little Miss Springfield pageant, but takes over the title when the winner gets struck by lightening. When Lisa is sworn in, the scene is carried out in similar fashion to the oath taken by Vice President Lyndon Johnson aboard Air Force One in November 1963.

  After President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, the Vice President took the oath of office alongside the government staff and the fallen president's widow, Jacqueline Kennedy. Captured on film by Cecil Stoughton, Johnson was sworn in by federal judge Sarah T. Hughes, the first woman to have ever performed the duty. 
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  (#9) Bart And His Friends Recreate The Famous Iwo Jima Flag Raising

  As one of the most identifiable pictures in history, The Simpsons has referenced the famed flag-raising picture from Iwo Jima several times. Photojournalist Joseph Rosenthal was with the US Marines who captured the island of Iwo Jima in 1945, privy to the raising of the flag atop Mount Suribachi. Rosenthal described how he captured the moment on film:

  I went... slogging thru the deep volcanic ash, warily sidestepping the numerous Japanese mines... As the trail became steeper, our panting progress slowed to a few yards at a time. I began to wonder and hope that this was worth the effort, when suddenly over the brow of the topmost ridge we could spy men working with the flagpole they had so laboriously brought up about quarters of an hour ahead of us.

  I came up and stood by a few minutes until they were ready to swing the flagpole into position. I crowded back on the inner edge of the volcano’s rim, back as far as I could, in order to include all I could into the scene within the angle covered by my camera lens. I rolled up a couple of large stones and a Japanese sandbag to raise my short height clear of an intervening obstruction.

  Rosenthal's shot won the Pulitzer Prize that same year (a first in the award's history), was featured on posters and postage stamps, and was the model for the Marine Corps War Memorial build during the 1950s.
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  (#3) Martin Wins The Class Election And Channels Harry Truman

  In an attempt to spread the word of the victorious presidential candidate, the Chicago Daily Tribute printed a front page that read "Dewey Defeats Truman." Unfortunately for Dewey and the newspaper, incumbent Harry S. Truman won in a surprising upset. The Democratic candidate defeated the Republican Governor of New York, embracing his underdog status and appealing to the masses for a come-from-behind win. 

  Just like Truman, Martin Prince unexpectedly defeats Bart in an election for class president (after no one but Martin and his friend Wendell actually vote), and he holds up the erroneous headline from The Daily Fourth Gradian after his win.
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  (#17) The Pic Of ‘General Sherman’ The Catfish Resembles A Famous Loch Ness Monster ‘Photo’

  General Sherman, the legendary catfish that lives in the depths of the aptly named Catfish Lake is, according to lore, "a hundred years if he's a day." An image of General Sherman that hangs in the bait shop at Catfish Lake looks much like a widely-circulated photo of the so-called Loch Ness Monster in Scotland.

  One of the most notable pictures of "Nessie," taken by Doctor R. Kenneth Wilson in 1934, has perpetuated the myth of the monster in Loch Ness. The creature that continues to fascinate tourists and scientists, even though this specific photo has been thoroughly debunked.
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  (#2) A Couch Gag Recreates A Famous Pic Of Construction Workers On A Girder

  One of opening couch gags on The Simpsons paid homage to workers - specifically those eating lunch on a girder in 1932. The picture of 11 construction workers taking a break while building the RCA Building in New York City, feet dangling as they banter high above the ground.
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  (#8) When Milhouse Cries, He Channels The 'Weeping Frenchman' Photo From 1941

  Initially associated with the Third Reich invasion of France in 1940, the "Weeping Frenchman" or "Crying Frenchman" was taken in 1941. As French regiments marched through Marseilles on their way to Africa, an onlooker (Jérôme Barzotti) epitomizes the reaction of the fallen nation as the exiled troops leave the country. The image appeared in the 1943 propaganda film, Divide and Conquer. 

  For Milhouse, his lamentation comes from the dismantling of all-things-children, including a local toy store. 

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