Alex Buscemi
When we think of history, we often picture the iconic photos that made it into textbooks, but there’s a whole other side to explore — the rare, untold moments that rarely get mainstream attention.
This collection dives into those hidden snapshots, showing history from a perspective you’ve probably never seen.
From behind-the-scenes glimpses of famous events to candid shots of everyday life in the past, these rare historical photos highlight pieces of history that add depth and nuance to what we know.
It’s like flipping to a bonus chapter in a book you thought you’d finished, only to discover so much more.
Scroll through and get ready to see history in a new way.
1. Mississippi’s First Interracial Couple – August 3, 1970.
2. Fred Rogers Performing A “Bedside Solo Show” For 7-Year Old Beth Usher During Her Coma After Undergoing Surgery For “Rasmussen’s Encephalitis” At The John Hopkins Children’s Hospital In Baltimore, Maryland, 1987.
3. 1969: Margaret Hamilton Next To The Navigation Software She And Her Team At MIT Wrote For The Apollo Program.
4. Serbian Soldier Sleeps With His Father Who Came To Visit Him On The Front Line Near Belgrade, 1914/1915.
5. WWII Veteran Dean McCandless From The 505 PIR Of The 82nd Airborne Division. He Made All Four Combat Jumps (Sicily, Italy, Normandy, And The Netherlands).
6. Family Portrait After WWI.
7. Woman Cutting Her Birthday Cake In Iran, 1973.
8. Animal Therapy, 1956.
9. A Soldier Shares His Food With Two Dutch Kids, 1945.
10. The Old Cincinnati Library Before Being Demolished, 1874-1955.
11. An American Soldier Wears A Hand-Lettered “War Is Hell” Slogan On His Helmet, Vietnam, 1965.
12. The “Hasanlu Lovers” Died Around 800 B.C. And Were Discovered In 1972. They Died In What Seems To Be An Embrace Or Kiss, And Remained That Way For 2800 Years.
13. Young Girl Wearing Prosthetic Legs, England, 1890-1910.
14. This Is Maud Wagner, Who Is Widely Believed To Be The First Female Professional Tattoo Artist In The U.S., 1907.
15. Portrait Of John Smith, Also Known As The White Wolf, Elderly Native American Chippewa Of Cass Lake, Minnesota, In Traditional Dress, 1914. (Probably Born Between 1822 And 1826, Although Presumably As Early As 1784; Died February 6, 1922).
16. The Night They Ended Prohibition, December 5, 1933.
17. Roland, A 4,000-Pound Elephant Seal, Getting A Bath From His Handler At The Berlin Zoo. This Photo Was Taken In 1930.
18. Portrait Of Mother And Child During The Great Depression, 1939.
19. Penn Station, NY 1943. A Soldier’s Farewell To His Wife.
20. Father Passes Out When He Meets His Triplets For The First Time, 1946.
21. French Soldiers Passing By A Dog Wearing Goggles And Smoking A Pipe, 1915.
22. During The Spanish Flu Of 1918 In California.
23. Eunice Hancock, A 21-Year-Old Woman, Operates A Compressed-Air Grinder In A Midwest Aircraft Plant During WWII. August 1942.
24. Photo From The Restaurant Windows On The World, Which Sat Atop New York City’s World Trade Center’s North Tower, 1976.
25. Two Girls Dancing In The Streets Of London, 1954.
26. A German Immigrant Girl Waits To Be Processed At Ellis Island – New York, 1926.
27. Japanese-American College Students During Their Relocation To An Internment Camp. Sacramento, 1942.
28. Homecoming Prisoner – Vienna, Austria Ca 1946.
29. A Boy Shows Off His Ray Gun, 1950s.
30. “Do Your Bit! Skate To Work” Women Of The USO Promoting Gas Rationing During WWII. New York City, 1940’s.
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