Fascinating Photos: 30 Rarely Seen Pictures From History

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A Kitty Basking In The Beard Of Louis Coulon, A French Metallurgist, Taken In 1890

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Rare Picture Of A Black Female Union Soldier 1862

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This Photograph Shows A Young Mother, Exhausted From Spending Hours Making Matchboxes, A Pile Of Which Can Be Seen On The Table

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A Woman Dressed Up As Batgirl In 1904, 35 Years Before The Creation Of Batman In 1939, And 57 Years Before The Creation Of Batgirl In 1961

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Two Ladies Making A Snow Lady. This Photo Was Originally Printed In Strand Magazine, Volume III 1892

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Portrait Of Ah-Weh-Eyu (Pretty Flower), Of The Seneca Nation, 1908. Photo By J.l. Blessing

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Portrait Of Hattie Tom, An Apache Native American, 1899

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Unidentified African-American Family Prairie Settlers From The 1880s

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A Young Victorian Lady Photographing A Mirror Selfie. Circa 1900

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Amelia Van Buren With Friend Photographed By Thomas Eakins, Late 1880s, Metropolitan Museum Of Art: Photography

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A Female Mason Perched High Above Berlin (C. 1910)

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Rather Creepy Victorian Humpty Dumpty Adaptation From Alice Through The Looking Glass Circa 1873

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Autremagazine 1890s, An Inuit Man Warms His Wife’s Feet. Greenland

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Portrait Of Victorian Bird-Man In Norway, Robert Collett (1842-1913) Taken C. 1910

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Female Japanese School Students, They Were Wearing Edo Period Uniforms Consisting Of A 'Hakama' (Skirts Worn Over A Short-Sleeved 'Furisode Kimono', In The Tokyo Prefecture, Meiji Era, Imperial Japan, C. Early 1910s

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Unknown Victorian Lady Pulling A Face For The Camera

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Vintage “Selfie” Photo Set With Unknown Female Couple Either As Lovers Or Possibly Sisters ( Due To Likeness) Circa 1900

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A Couple Of Victorian Travellers Looking Rather Dandy Taken Around 1890s

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Portrait Of Actresses Maude Adams And Ethel Barrymore, Taken In New York, Circa 1897

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"A Fine Day In London" Photographed By Hector Colard C.1898

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Unknown Victorian Woman In A More Unusual Pose At The Time, Having A Good Ol’ Chuckle

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Street Vendor Selling Mummies In Egypt, 1875

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‘Blackbirds’, A Group Of Men And Women Sitting In A Fallen Tree. Photograph By Louis Milton Thiers C1910

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Mother And Daughter Watch A Tall Ship Navigate The Thames Assisted By A Steam Tug, London, Ca. 1880 - Sunderland Antiquarian Society

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Having A Tooth Taken Out At The Dentist In The UK In The 1870s

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Portrait Of A Cat Photographed By Edward And Henry T. Anthony & Co. Circa 1869-1875

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Portrait Of Another Victorian Batwoman, Shown As Marie Schleinzer, Taken At Adele Kuk Hof-Atelier, Vienna Circa 1890

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Alice Doherty - The Minnesota Woolly Girl - Poses With Her Family In A Typically Dour Victorian Photograph Circa Early 1900s

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A Victorian Lass With Rather Long Hair In A Fashionable Pic C1890s

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Young English Victorian Lady Posing With Her Pet Cat C1890s