It’s time to take a look back into the past and see the less exposed side of history, what people don’t talk about enough and what’s rarely shown in history books.
We’re so used to seeing the past a certain way because of the usual things we learn, but in reality, history has too many sides and far too many things going on to actually know every single detail.
So, in this gallery, we’ll be diving into those rare moments we never get to see but that are just as captivating and interesting.
1
Early 1930s, Hoovervilles
"The place where people who had lost everything during the 1930s lived."
2
Anne Frank’s father, Otto in Amsterdam, 1960
"Revisiting the attic entrance where he and his family hid for two years before their betrayal. The only member of his family to have survived the holocaust."
3
World War I soldiers paying tribute
"To the 8 million donkeys, horses, and mules that passed away in the war."
4
William Mckinley, the 25th US president
"Walking into the expo where he would be shot twice and killed."
5
Titanic Orphans, brothers Michel and Edmond Navratil, 1912
"They were the only children to be rescued from the Titanic without a parent or guardian."
6
The last public execution by guillotine in June 17, 1939 at Versailles France
"It was Euge Weidmann who was convicted of six murders."
7
Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo smiling during his trial
"He was kept in his cage to protect him from the enraged relatives of his victims in 1992."
8
An Auschwitz survivor holds her great-granddaughter
"She was 2 years in the extermination camp in one of the groups doing work."
9
Right before it all went wrong
Charles Manson on his wedding day with Rosalie Rosie Jean Willis in January 1955.
10
Palestinian women in 1910
"Drinking coffee in Jerusalem."
11
Anna Nicole Smith with billionaire J. Howard Marshall in 1994
"After he died a year later, his 1.6 billion estate went entirely to his son. Despite years of legal battles, Anna never received a penny."
12
Mark Twain lying in bed at home in 1909
"He passed the following year. The photo is not colorized, this is an Autochrome Lumiere."
13
Lady Diana and Prince William in August of 1997
"This was the last photo of them together."
14
Laika, the first dog in space
"No provisions were made for her return, and she died there in 1957."
15
A school dustbin in Hellersdorf, East Berlin, June 1991
"Here comes the end of Soviet communist propaganda for schoolchildren."
16
Germany in 1936
"At the time people didn’t think it could get as bad as it did."
17
The last queen of Mongolia in 1920
"Genepil was executed in May 1938 as part of the Stalinist repressions in Mongolia Queen Genepil."
18
Seems like four kids in a coat
"A shepherd from the village of Karakechdi with his children, Azerbaijan, in the 1980s"
19
Ella Fitzgerald arrested
"After singing to an integrated audience in 1955."
20
Abby Stockton managing 135 pounds with ease
"In Santa Monica, California 1946. She was just 5'2 ft and 115 pounds."