23 Rare Photos From History's Vault

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A man on a makeshift bed made of a plank across two barrels, 1890. New York City

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A young girl examines the window display of a city shop selling fresh vegetables, 1850

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A Jewish cobbler in a coal cellar where he is living with his family in New York, 1887

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Widows selling old furniture London 1876

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Cleveland Public Library,1900s

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Two men standing on a high catwalk, surveying the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, with Manhattan in the background, New York City, 1877.

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Crowds outside the Kremlin during the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II in Moscow, 1896. On the left is the huge bronze Tsar Bell.

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Boy selling at market 1876

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Sikh officers of the British 15th Punjab Infantry regiment, shortly after the Indian Rebellion 1857.

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Garden laborers London 1877

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George Sherwood Stratton, better known as General Tom Thumb standing on a chair between two Life Guards.1860

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A group of Sikh sappers (combat engineers) of the Indian Army, 1858.

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Central Park, 1862.

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Alois Hitler, the father of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, wearing the uniform of an Austrian veteran. 1890

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Construction of the cable road on Broadway in 1891

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A mobile darkroom used by photographer Roger Fenton during the Crimean war, 1855

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Samurai committing seppuku (hara-kiri) in Japan 1880

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The soldiers of the Indian army who constitute the Viceroy of India's bodyguard.1880

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Washington, D.C., circa 1914

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Children’s Playground, 1892. New York

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Kingsbury and Neasden station, about 1890

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A Maharajah's tennis party at Kapurthla during the British Raj. 1890

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Girl waiting to sell in a London market 1877