Most people like to see rare historical photos. Seeing photos from some important historical moments and people or some photos that reflect some historical background moments all might be interesting to see.
Here is our previous ‘Rare Historical Photos’ post.
1. Cop Stops The Traffic In New York So A Mother Cat Holding A Kitten Can Cross Safely C.1925
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2. Remember That Photo Of The Construction Workers Having Lunch On The Unfinished Empire State Building? Well Here’s The Photographer Charles Ebbets Taking That Photo. 9/20/1932
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3. Rail Commuters Wearing White Protective Masks, One With The Additional Message “Wear A Mask Or Go To Jail,” During The 1918 Influenza Pandemic In California
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4. Stoney First Nation Member, Guide Samson Beaver With His Wife Leah And Their Daughter Frances Louise, 1907. Photo Taken By Mary Schäffer
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5. Mogadishu, 1993. An Italian Soldier Gives Food To A Local Orphan
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6. Atelier Photo: “A Lesbian Couple In Semi Drag Wedding Attire”; Kingdom Of Hungary – Budapest, 1920
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7. A Man Looking For A Job Wearing His Cv, England – 1930s
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8. A Beach In Iran A Few Months Before The Islamic Revolution, 1979
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9. A Man Browses For Books In The Old Public Library Of Cincinnati. The Building Was Demolished In 1955. Today An Office Building And A Parking Lot Stand Where It Used To Be
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10. 1972: 3 Women On The Streets Of Kabul, Afghanistan
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11. It’s No Longer Possible To See This, As Buildings Outside Block The Sun. Grand Central, NYC, 1929 Photo By Louis Faurer
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12. Freddie Mercury With His Mother, 1947
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13. A French Boy Introduces Himself To Indian Soldiers Who Had Just Arrived In France To Fight Alongside French And British Forces, Marseilles, 30th September 1914. [colorization]
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14. West German School Children Pause To Talk With Two East German Border Guards Beside An Opening In The Berlin Wall During The Collapse Of Communism In East Germany In November 1989 (Photo: Stephen Jaffe)
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15. Reporters Who Exposed The Watergate Scandal Watch President Nixon Resign, 1974
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16. A Man Guards His Family From The Cannibals During The Madras Famine Of 1877 At The Time Of British Raj, India
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17. A Man Takes A Selfie Using A Stick Of Wood To Activate The Camera, 1957
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18. French Soldiers Passing By A Dog Wearing Googles And Smoking A Pipe, 1915
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19. High School Teacher John T. Scopes Is Brought To Trial In Dayton, Tennessee For Teaching The Theory Of Evolution, Which Was Prohibited Under State Law. July 10, 1925
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20. A Black U.S. Soldier Reads A Message Left By The Việt Cộng During The Vietnam War, The Message Reads: “U.S. Negro Armymen, You Are Committing The Same Ignominious Crimes In South Vietnam That The Kkk Clique Is Perpetrating Against Your Family At Home.”, 1970.
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21. David Attenborough Entertains Prince Charles And Princess Anne With A Cockatoo. 1958
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22. Martin Luther King Jr. Removing A Burnt Cross From His Front Yard In 1960
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23. A Young Female Welder Photographed By Bernard Hoffman In Connecticut, Circa 1943.
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24. Woman Cutting Her Birthday Cake In Iran 1973, 5 Years Before The Islamic Revolution
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25. A Makeshift Hospital In The Vietnam War, 1970
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26. An Old Woman Leaving Her Home With Just A Portrait Of Her Husband And Rugs. Russian Soldiers Gave Her Just 5 Minutes To Pack Her Bags And Leave Before They Destroyed Her Home And Everything In It. Her Sons And Husband Were Already Dead. She Had Lost Everything. May 1995, Grozny
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27. Filming An Episode Of “The French Chef” With Julia Child, 1963
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28. Max Schreck Relaxing Behind The Scenes Of Nosferatu, 1922
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29. A Picture Of A Submerged Diver In 1899. Many Believe It To Be The First Photograph Taken Underwater
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30. Kubrick Taking A Photo With Daughter Vivian, On The Set Of The Shining. Nicholson Thought He Himself Was The Photo’s Subject. 1980
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