21 Old, Rare, and Fascinating Historical Photos
Who isn't a history buff? Everybody loves a cool photo from the past, especially when it's one you haven't seen before.
These 21 rare photos from history will hopefully trigger that history lover inside of you, and teach you a fact or two along the way. Here are 21 fascinating historical photos.
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An unauthorized photo taken of Stalin inside of the Kremlin shows the very moment he was informed that Germany had begun their invasion of the Soviet Union. It was taken by Komsomolskaya Pravda, editor in chief. He was ordered to destroy it, but instead saved it. June 22, 1941.
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1970s photo of Kim Jong Il shaking hands with his future wife and singer Ko Yong Hui. She would become the mother of Kim Jong Un.
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Before alarm clocks, people were employed to wake workers up with a long stick. A knocker-up was a profession in England and Ireland that lasted well into the late 1920s.
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A giant volcanic mushroom cloud explodes some 20 kilometers high from Mount Pinatubo, June 12, 1991.
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"Margaritas," the Carlist women's organization, are preparing for a military parade on the Avenue of Freedom. San Sebastián, Spain, 1936.
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FMLN Guerilla raiding the Sheraton Hotel in San Salvador with a "surprised guest." November 1989.
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Soldier stands besides his M60 machine gun, which is mounted on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to deter rioters from entering the building during the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination riots in Washington D.C. April 1968.
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North Korean founder Kim Il Sung declares his son and future leader Kim Jong Il to be the supreme commander of the Korean People's Army during a speech in 1991.
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Sayid Abdullah, the last Khan of Khiva of the Khongirad dynasty. He ruled from 1918 until the monarchy was abolished following the Red Army invasion in 1920.
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