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32 Rare and Intriguing Photos Everybody Should See

We can all agree that Napoleon once said, "History is a set of lies agreed upon." It's a historical fact. One of those historical facts that everybody seems to know. But history is littered with all sorts of smaller moments, of the in-between people and places that get brushed aside by the broad strokes of history. Down below are 40 rare historical photographs that too few people ever see, courtesy of the History Photographed Instagram account.

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"In 1979, 16 Year Old Brenda Ann Spencer Was Arrested After Killing Two People In California. When Asked Why She Did It, Her Reply Was "I Just Don't Like Mondays""

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"Members Of The Polish Resistance During World War 2, Then To Now"

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"In 1969, When Black Americans Were Prevented From Swimming Alongside Whites, Mr.rogers Invite Officer Clemmons To Join Him And Cool His Feet In A Pool, Breaking A Well-Known Color Barrier"

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"In 1912, Jim Thorpe, A Native American, Had His Running Shoes Stolen On The Morning Of His Olympic Track And Field Events" "He found this mismatched pair of shoes in the garbage and ran in them to win two Olympic gold medals that day. He was also the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States."

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""Everyone You Meet Always Asks If You Have A Career, Are Married Or Own A House As If Life Was Some Kind Of Grocery List. But Nobody Ever Asks If You Are Happy" - Heath Ledger"

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"Holocaust Survivor And The Soldier Who Rescued Her In 1944"

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"Women In Afghanistan During The 70s. Before Taliban"

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"A Goodbye Between North- And South Korean Relatives After A Family Reunion, Who Were Separated For Over 57 Years"

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"That Time When Princess Diana Broke The Royal Rules For Her Son William By Taking Part In The Sports Day Running Race At Her Son’s School"'

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"The Man Behind The Iconic Photo" "Never thought about it before, but you know that famous picture of a bunch of construction workers sitting on a girder way up in the sky and having lunch? Well here's the photographer who took that picture: Charles C. Ebbets"

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"Job Hunting In 1930's"

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"Rms Queen Elizabeth Returning 15,000 Soldiers To New York At The End Of Ww2 1945. The Ship Was Not Overcrowded, Soldiers Simply Ran To The Deck As They Arrived"

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"Economy Class On Pan Am 747 In The Late 60's"

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"A Skateboarder Zipping Through Central Park In The 1960s"

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"The Models Of The "American Gothic" Painting"

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"George Lucas Surrounded By Star Wars Props"

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"Father Faints When He Meets His Triplet Babies For The First Time In 1946. This Was Before Ultrasound Was Invented"

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"Lady Norman On Her Scooter/Autoped, 1916"

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"Temple Of Kukulcán (El Castillo)"'

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"Discovering The Mona Lisa, After Ww2"

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"More Than 40 Years Later!"

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"A Man Browsing For Books In Cincinnati's Cavernous Old Main Library. The Library Was Demolished In 1955"

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"Behind-The-Scenes Photos From Titanic, 1997" "“We were kind of the two goofy kids on the set,” Kate Winslet told Rolling Stone in 1998. “Y’know, working with Leonardo DiCaprio — he’s a bit gorgeous, and I was worried that I was going to be bowled over by him, or that he was going to find me all stuffy and Shakespearean and English. But the second we met, we just completely clicked.” Leonardo DiCaprio said, “She was my best friend for seven months. We’d unload the stresses of the shoot to each other, vent to each other, watch out for each other....We were partners.”"

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"A Llama In Times Square, 1957"

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"Jerry Stiller- Takes His Son Ben Stiller To A Play (1978)"

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"Downtown Los Angeles Photographed In 1901, And Again In 2001, Exactly 100 Years Later"

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"Beautiful Photo Of The Twin Towers In 1979"

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"New York In The Early 1900s. Colorized By Sanna Dullaway"

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"California Street, San Francisco. 1964"

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"The Simpsons" Writing Room, 1992"

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"Old Photos Of The Cast Of "Friends""

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"Tobey Maguire And Leonardo Dicaprio Bowling, 1989"

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