90 Rare Historical Photos
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From business to pleasure and everything in between, these rare historical photos depict a world that, for better or worse, no longer exists.
While some show moments from important historical events, like the Spanish Flu or the resignation of Richard Nixon, others show a slice of everyday life. Travel back more than 150 years through this collection of images.
Robert Cornelius Takes the First-Ever Selfie, 1839
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Pilot Ejected from Plane, 1962
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Abe Lincoln Looking Away from the Camera, 1861
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New York's Times Square, 1903
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Mama Cat and Kittens Cross a New York Street, 1925
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Conrad Veidt, the Inspiration for the Joker, 1928
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Men in Traditional Dutch Dress, 1900
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Waiting in the Greyhound Bus Terminal, 1969
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A Young George Clooney and Family, 1968
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Futuristic Baby Stroller, West Germany, 1950s
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Woodward and Bernstein Watching Nixon Resign, 1974
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Early 'Food Truck,' 1918
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Buying a TV, 1965
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Ladies' Scottish Climbing Club, Scotland, 1908
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A Serious Harvey Ross Ball and His Creation, 1960s
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Baby Elon Musk, 1970s
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WWII Combat Vet and Entertainer, Smoky, 1940s
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Dolly Parton and Husband Carl Dean, 1960s
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Demonstrating an Early Computer Mouse, 1968
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'American Gothic' Models, 1935
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Los Angeles Burger Stand, 1930s
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Young Notorious B.I.G., 1978
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The Carousel Bar in Circus Circus, Las Vegas, 1970s
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Car Hop Service in 1940s Dallas
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A Simple 1950s Kitchen
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Drug Lord Pablo Escobar on Vacation, 1981
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Lipstick Tester, 1960
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An Early Blockbuster, 1911
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A Picnic with Koalas, Circa 1950s
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Victorian Spirits, 1880
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A Game of Marbles, 1905
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Tap-Dancing Class, Circa 1950s
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Tuskegee Airmen Adjusting a Bomber's Tank, 1945
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1930s Roadside Stand in Alabama
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Wilbur's Watches, Circa 1950s
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Not Wearing a Mask During the Spanish Flu Pandemic, 1918
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Testing a Football Helmet, 1912
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Helen Keller Meets Charlie Chaplin, 1919
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'1984' Author George Orwell During the Spanish Civil War, 1937
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Chess Prodigy Samuel Reshevsky, 1920
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'Golden Girl' Bea Arthur Was Once a Marine, 1943
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Child Laborer, 1910
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Beatles Fans, 1960s
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Chief John Smith, 1920s
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Woman Posing as Humpty Dumpty
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Peter's Hardware Valentine, New Hampshire
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Pope John Paul II Meets Man who Attempted to Assassinate Him, 1983
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Swedish Bride, c.1880
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Freddie Mercury and His Mother, 1947
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Building the Hoover Dam, 1934
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Early Vacuum Cleaner, 1906
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Princeton Snowball Fight, 1890
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David Beckham Signing His First Contract
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The Video Store, Early 1980s
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Cat Taking Photo, 1909
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Al Capone's Soup Kitchen, 1930s
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Einstein Playing Violin, 1933
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Family Dinner During the 1950s
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Bobbing for Apples, 1920s
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Felled Giant Redwood, 1892
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Lincoln Assassination Conspirator Lewis Powell, 1865
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Children’s Playground, 1900
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Suffragette, 1917
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Italian Garden, 1952
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The Kennedy Family, Halloween 1963
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New York Tunnel Police, 1950s
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Kabul, Afghanistan, Early 1970s
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Bride and Groom Costume, 1930s
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The Follyphone, 1912
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American Soldier in Vietnam, 1965
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Las Vegas, 1947
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Showing Family Members New Babies Over the Berlin Wall, 1961
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The Michelin Man, 1898
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Bookmobile, 1920s
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Tesla in His Lab, 1899
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Beauty Lecture in Los Angeles, 1950s
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Detroit, 1940s
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The Spruce Goose in Long Beach, 1947
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Evacuation of Art at the Louvre Grande Gallerie, 1939
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Cooking During the Great Depression, 1930s
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Thomas Edison and Electric Car, 1913
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Child Bike Messenger, 1913
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Motorcycle Club, 1941
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Inuit Woman and Baby, 1912
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Homeschooling, 1937
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The Propellers of the Titanic, 1911
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Queen Elizabeth II, 1944
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Rowan Atkinson at Oxford, 1975
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Stray Dog Caretaker, 1962
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Meeting the Triplets, 1946
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