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27 Interesting Photos For a Daily Dose Of History

Take a walk through the past with this fun collection of fascinating photos that help tell the lost stories of the past.


History is not a finite thing and is in fact something that's being created at all times, all around you.


So if you're going to just be an observer, might we offer up these fascinating photos from the past as a place to begin.

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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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Cop Stops The Traffic In New York So A Mother Cat Holding A Kitten Can Cross Safely C.1925

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A Beach In Iran A Few Months Before The Islamic Revolution, 1979

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1972: 3 Women On The Streets Of Kabul, Afghanistan

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Atelier Photo: "A Lesbian Couple In Semi Drag Wedding Attire"; Kingdom Of Hungary - Budapest, 1920

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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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A Man Looking For A Job Wearing His Cv, England - 1930s

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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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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.

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A Makeshift Hospital In The Vietnam War, 1970

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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.

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David Attenborough Entertains Prince Charles And Princess Anne With A Cockatoo. 1958

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Mogadishu, 1993. An Italian Soldier Gives Food To A Local Orphan

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The Queen Consort Of Mongolia, Genepil, In Mongolia. The Last Queen Consort And Married To The Bogd Khaganate, Bogd Khan, Until His Death On April 17th, 1924, When The Monarchy Was Abolished. She Was Killed During The Stalinist Purges In May 1938. Photograph Dated January 1st, 1923

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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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French Soldiers Passing By A Dog Wearing Googles And Smoking A Pipe, 1915

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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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Freddie Mercury With His Mother, 1947

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Indigenous Children Forced To Pray To God In A Residential School Ran By The Canadian Government And Catholic Church Between 1930 And 1970, Unknown Location

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Chinese Guerrilla Fighter Cheng Benhua Smiling Moment Before Execution By The Japanese, She Was 24.

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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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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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23.

Mt St Helens The 17th Of May 1980 And 4 Months Later

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Reporters Who Exposed The Watergate Scandal Watch President Nixon Resign, 1974

25.

A Man Takes A Selfie Using A Stick Of Wood To Activate The Camera, 1957

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26.

Eiffel Tower Under Construction, July 1888

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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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People Fighting To Get On A Plane In Nha Trang, April 1, 1975, During The Us Withdrawal From South Vietnam

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29.

David Bowie After Being Arrested For Marijuana Possession In Rochester, 1976

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Students Dance In Tiananmen Square Before The Arrival Of The Chinese Military, June 4th 1989

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