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25 Seldom-Seen Historical Photos

Some rare, amazing, and bizarre photos from history's vaults.

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A Nazi is called out by a survivor liberated by the Allies from a concentration camp - 1945

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German POWs watch a video of a Nazi concentration camp for the first time - 1945

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Mankind has a very storied history on this planet. We have truly done some amazing and incredible things in our time here, but on the flip side, we have also been witness and party to some truly tragic and heinous things as well.

So get ready to take a virtual tour of the past from the comfort of your home or phone.

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Unpacking The Statue of Liberty - 1885

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Gas protection during wartime in England - 1938

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The glasses John Lennon was wearing the night he was assassinated - 1980

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Circus hippo - 1924

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Annie Edison Taylor, the first survivor from a barrel fall over Niagra falls - 1901

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Disneyland characters taking a lunch break - 1961

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Little girl with her doll outside of her bombed London home - 1941

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Hannah Stilley, the earliest born person ever photographed, born 1746 - photo 1840

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The Beatles perform for only 18 people at the Aldershot Hall - 1961

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Two bullets found after the Battle of Gallipoli during the First World War - 1916

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Audrey Hepburn grocery shopping with “Ip” her pet deer - 1958

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Students at Princeton after the annual snowball fight - 1893

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London Pub - 1898

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Liquor barrels set to be lit on fire - 1924

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The first ever atomic bomb, nicknamed “Trinity” - 1945

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Liverpool school children - 1941

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The British class system - 1937

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A German communist is defiantly executed - 1919

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Mummified heart of August Delagrange who was believed to be a vampire, supposedly killing 40 people - 1912

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This woman in Sylacauga, Alabama is the only person to be struck by a meteorite and live. - 1954

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Two women delivering ice - 1922

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Arnold Schwarzenegger showing off his guns to some elderly women - 1970s

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Louis Armstrong in Egypt - 1961

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