Tesla Is Your 23rd Cousin

Nikola Tesla is one of the most celebrated inventors in history. He is also known for his quirky personality and reclusive tendencies. In this article, we present 30 rare photographs of Tesla that provide a glimpse into his life and work.

Nikola Tesla is perhaps one of the most unappreciated scientists to ever live on Earth. Tesla was an inventor and researcher who changed society and redefined the future long before others even envisioned it. Tesla was a visionary, he was a genius, and we can say that he is indeed the man who harnessed lightning.
Tesla, a brilliant inventor, and visionary, was truly ahead of his time. Born in 1856 in modern-day Croatia, Tesla’s remarkable talent for understanding and manipulating electricity led to groundbreaking innovations that have shaped our modern world. His revolutionary ideas went beyond the scope of his contemporaries, as he conceptualized technologies such as wireless communication, remote control, and alternating current (AC) electrical systems, which are now integral components of our daily lives.
Today, we owe much of our technology to Tesla’s pioneering work. His development of the AC induction motor and transformer revolutionized the generation, transmission, and distribution of electrical power, making electricity accessible to millions of people worldwide. Furthermore, his work in electromagnetism laid the groundwork for the invention of radio, radar, and wireless communication. Although Tesla may not have received the recognition he deserved during his lifetime, his ingenuity and unparalleled vision inspire generations of scientists and engineers who work to harness the full potential of his ideas and transform the world around us. To celebrate his life, we have gathered 30 rare photographs of Nikola Tesla.
30 Rare Photographs of Nikola Tesla


A Photograph of Tesla when he was 23.

A photograph of Tesla sitting in his office.
Tesla is the one who came up with the idea of the Alternating current and AC motor, which we still use today. In fact, many of the technologies we live with daily can be traced back to Tesla and his futuristic ideas and visions.

Tesla thinking.

A photograph of Tesla working in his office in 1916.
In fact, more than 90 percent of his inventions are continuously being used today or are parts of other end products developed soon.

Tesla, in 1916 pointing towards a photograph captured in Colorado Springs in 1899.

Nikola Tesla’s High-Frequency generators and transformers are still being used today.
He is the man we need to thank for the Radio and Antenna.

Tesla performing one of his many experiments in his laboratory.

Tesla photographed in 1898, demonstrating wireless energy transmission.
This image shows Tesla lighting a wireless bulb using high-frequency currents.
Nikola Tesla photographed in 1916, working on one of his inventions.
He saw a world powered by technology, powered by free energy. He wanted humankind to achieve greatness through unlimited free energy.
A photograph of Tesla at the age of 40.
Some say Tesla was the man who truly harnessed lightning. He was a genius that somehow anticipated and envisioned many new technologies that were way ahead of their time.
A photograph of Tesla standing in his New York City Office in 1916.
A Photograph of Tesla holding his gas-filled phosphor-coated wireless light bulb. He developed it in the 1890s.
A photograph of Nikola Tesla sitting in front of his generator. The image was taken around 1899.
He was blessed with an eidetic memory and ‘otherworldly’ intelligence that made it possible for him to see things that no other man could.
An image of Tesla lighting a vacuum bulb using waves originating from a distant oscillator.
He was the mad scientist Earth desperately needed but ended up being the man whose creations were dramatically silenced.
A photograph taken in 1899 shows Tesla showing off wireless power transmission.
Photograph of Nikola Tesla in 1899 showing him experimenting with currents of High Voltage and High Frequency
A photograph of Tesla in his Colorado Springs Laboratory. The image was captured in 1899.
A rare photograph of Nikola Tesla standing outside of his Colorado Springs laboratory taken in 1899.
A rare photograph of Nikola Tesla performing experiments in his laboratory.
This photograph, captured in 1894, is the very first image taken by phosphorescent light.
The hand of Nikola Tesla captured by his artificial daylight.
A photograph of John T. Morris, Victor Beam, and Tesla.
Tesla- the man who harnessed lightning sitting in his Hotel Room.
A photograph of Nikola Tesla in 1937, accepting the order of the White Lion.
A rare photograph of Tesla during an interview.

Nikola Tesla reading a newspaper.

Photograph of Tesla during a dinner event.

Photograph of Nikola Tesla and King Peter II taken in 1942.

This is believed to be the last image of Tesla photographed in 1943.

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