30 Rarely-Seen Historical Images That Might Change The Way You See The World
Many iconic moments in history have been captured through cameras and several of those past treasures are not widely circulated in the media but are definitely worth sharing.
The Facebook page “World Historical Pictures” is dedicated to collecting and sharing cool and fascinating pics that reveal some historical moments and the lifestyle of people from the past. Check out some of their best posts in the gallery below.
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#1 David Isom, 19, Broke The Color Line In A Segregated Pool In Florida On June 8, 1958, Which Resulted In Officials Closing The Facility
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#2 This Is George W. Mclaurin In 1948 Being Segregated From The Rest Of His University Class
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#3 Mount St. Helens Eruption, 1980. (Photo By R. Lasher)
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#4 The Huffy Radio Bicycle From The 1950s
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#5 World War One Memorial
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#6 The Full Tiananmen Square Massacre ‘Tank Man’ Photo, Is More Powerful Than The Cropped Version
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#7 An Immigrant Family At New York’s Ellis Island Is About To Embark On The Chase Of Their Dreams. The 1900s
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#8 New York. 1957
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#9 Federal Reserve Bank, New York, 1959. Photo Ormond Gigli
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#10 Homecoming Prisoner Of War – 1946
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#11 The Sioux Nation Of Native Americans Teepees Spread Across The Great Plains In 1800s
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#12 A Picture Of Dr. Religa Monitoring His Patient’s Vitals After Completing A 23-Hour-Long Heart Transplant. His Assistant Is Asleep In The Corner. 1987
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#13 A Photo Of An Engineer Wiring An Early Ibm Computer, 1958. (Photo By Berenice Abbott)
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#14 Ladder 118 Fire Truck Crossing The Brooklyn Bridge To The World Trade Center On September 11, 2001. Every Firefighter On The Truck Died Shortly After
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#15 Unknown Soldier In 1965
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#16 An American Mother And Daughter Hold The American Flag In The Early 1900’s
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#17 A Well-Dressed Young Lady In The 1930s. Almost Looks Like It Could Have Been Taken Yesterday
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#18 Sophia Loren Gives Jayne Mansfield The Side-Eye. 1957
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#19 “People Decorating A Saguaro Like A Christmas Tree In Southern Arizona, Circa 1930s.” Arizona Historical Society
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#20 This Young Boy Was Born In 1924 And He Is 2 Years Old In This Photo. He Died In 1944 In France On A Us Tanker. His Name Is Lonzo Hudgins And He Received A Purple Heart In Ww2. He Was My Mom’s 1st Cousin. I Love This Vintage Photo Of My Cousin
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#21 Over 3,000 Workers Who Build The Chase Manhattan Bank In New York City Pose For A Photo Near The End Of Constructional Work, August, 1964
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#22 Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, Is Greeted By His Family, Returning Home After More Than Five Years As A Prisoner Of War In North Vietnam
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#23 Kids These Days Don’t Know The Struggle (1990s)
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#24 Silent Film Actress, Delores Costello, Drew Barrymore’s Grandmother, 1928
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#25 American Athlete Jesse Owens Fills Up A Car At A Petrol Station In His A Uniform Of Cap, Shirt And Bow Tie. Owens Worked As A Petrol Pump Attendant To Help Finance His Studies At Ohio State University. (United States, 1935)
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#26 Thirteen Sisters In The Brooks Family View Their Only Brother Leslie Benjamin, Following His Birth At Home In Pittsfield, Massachusetts (1954)
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#27 Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) And His Long-Time Friend John T. Lewis (Probably Twain’s Inspiration For The Character “Jim” In “Huckleberry Finn”), Standing Together At Quarry Farm, Elmira, New York – 1903
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#28 Blackfoot Native Americans On The Roof Of The Mcalpin Hotel, Refusing To Sleep In Their Rooms, New York City
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#29 Madison Square, New York City Ca.1900
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#30 An Italian Child Arriving At Ellis Island, Early 1900s. (Us)
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