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30 Historical Photos to Give You Chills

As we add more and more decades to the compendium of "history with cameras," the range of history we can see with incredible, firsthand clarity continues to widen. And it already stretches further back than you'd think; take a scroll through time and check out some of the rare snapshots of history down below.

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Terry Fox, A 21 Year Old Canadian Who Lost A Leg To Cancer, Began A Cross-Canada Run To Raise Money For Cancer Research. He Ran The Equivalent Of A Full Marathon A Day. He Made It 143 Days And 5,373 Km Before The Spread Of His Cancer Forced Him To Quit. He Died June 1981

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Albert Einstein Teaching At Lincoln, The United State’s First Historical Black University, 1946

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Sophia Loren, 1960

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Camberley Kate, A.k.a. Kate Ward, And Her Stray Dogs In England In 1962. She Never Turned A Stray Dog Away, Taking Care Of More Than 600 Dogs In Her Lifetime

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Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, The First Woman To Earn A Doctorate In Computer Science In The United States, 1965

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"Girls In The Windows" Taken By Ormond Gigli In 1960 In NYC. The Building Was Knocked Down The Next Day

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A Baby Lamb Snuggles Up To A Sleeping Boy, March 16, 1940

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London Punks And A Surprised Grandmother, 1982

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Dr. Religa Monitors His Patient’s Vitals After 23-Hour-Long (Successful) Heart Transplant. His Assistant Is Sleeping In The Corner, 1987

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Betty White Dressed In Vintage 1940s Clothing To Celebrate The 75th Tournament Of Roses, 1963

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Wedding Rings Removed From Holocaust Victims Before They Were Executed, 1945

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4000-Year-Old Writing Board By An Egyptian Student With Teacher's Spelling Corrections In Red

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The Beatles On What Kind Of Girl Do They Prefer, 1960s

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1,500-Year-Old Ceramic Maya Figurine With Removable Helmet, From El Perú-Waka, Petén, Guatemala

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Monty Python Crew, 1976

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This 1955 Photo Is One Of Walter Chandoha’s Most Famous Shots. “My Daughter Paula And The Kitten Both ‘Smiled’ For The Camera At The Same Time. …but The Cat’s Not Smiling, He’s Meowing”

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Buzz Aldrin, First Self-Portrait In Space. 1966

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Queen Isabel II, Veiled, 1855 C By Camillo Torreggiani. Masterful Use Of Light And Shadows To Make It Look Like Real Lace

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Mom Uses A Trash Can To Contain Her Baby While She Crochets In The Park, 1969

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People In Times Square, New York City Celebrate The Surrender Of Germany, May 7th, 1945

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One Of The Most Beautiful Trains Ever Made, The ‘Mercury’ Streamliner, Designed In Art Deco-Style By Henry Dreyfuss For The New York Central Railroad. Here's One Captured In Chicago In 1936

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Blackfoot Chief Two Guns White Calf, Early 1900s

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A California Teacher Teaching The Physics Of Surfing, 1970

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Electric Cars Charging, 1917

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The Wedding Portrait Of A Married Khalkha Mongolian Couple, 1920s

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Hattie Tom, A Young Chiricahua Apache, 1899

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Children In Minobashi Raincoats Going To A New Year's Event, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, 1956

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7000-Year-Old Neolithic Figurines From Romania, Called "The Thinker" And "The Sitting Woman"

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Portrait Of A Filipina/Chinese Woman From The Philippines, 1875 Photo By Francisco Van Camp

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A 4,500-Year-Old Egyptian Bead Dre

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