25 Fascinating Photos From Our Interesting History

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An American pilot taking a picture of his "bomber" preparing to drop a bomb manually during a bombing run in WWI in 1917. The bomb has "share this raticide" written on it (raticide is a form of poison).

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Danish resistance fighters detain 2 German soldiers as the resistance began to liberate towns and cities in Denmark in 1945.

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Eleanor Ambrose, highest paid dancer in the U.S. at this time, gets a massage by her maid in 1926.

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A WWI veteran is begging on the streets of Berlin, Germany in 1925.

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A man does a balancing act on top of a skyscraper in NYC, US in 1926.

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Nigerian soldiers removing sacred tablets in East Africa in 1940.

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A club in Havana, Cuba in 1938.

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Miss America finalist in Atlantic City, US in 1927. I love how there's a Native American in the contest.

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The lifesavers car in the US in 1934.

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Turkish belly dancer Aiche Nana performing a strip tease in the middle of a restaurant in Rome, Italy in 1958.

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Getting gas during a flood in England in 1935.

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Warriors known as the The Head Hunters of Borneo pose with the heads of their enemies hanging behind them in Indonesia in 1927.

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A Buddhist monk and his pupil in Tibet in 1889.

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Prince Albert poses for a portrait on the pitch as he attends the Civil Service Annual Athletic Sports event at the Chelsea stadium in England in 1920.

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Children playing with toys in Berlin, Germany in 1926.

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Poor children share a bowl of food in Bolshoi Murashkin, Russia in 1904.

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Models take their pet rabbits to the beach in California, US in 1937.

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A saloon in a tent in a mining town in California, US in 1900.

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A variety of men dance at an openly gay club in Paris, France in 1933.

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An Australian battalion on one of the Pyramids at Giza, Egypt in 1915.

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Men and women march in a womens suffrage parade in London, England in 1900.

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Officials looking for disease or lice on arriving immigrants at Ellis Island off New York City, US in 1923.

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Roy Burston with family and friends all using early versions of a boogie board or bellyboard at the beach in Australia in 1924.

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A rebel is about to be executed at the early stages of the Mexican Revolution in Mexico in 1910.

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3 Men are working on creating a better stockings in the US in 1940.