28 Truly Intriguing Photographs From the Depths of History

Nathan Johnson Published 03/14/2023 in wow

History is far more interesting than you might think. What textbooks are missing, we've gone and found.

While some people can learn through reading text, others need a more visual approach, to see the past to really put it into perspective.

So take a trip through time and enjoy this fascinating batch of pictures collected from the past.

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1970s. Girl Licking Ice Cream And Playing With The Tip Of The Gun’s Bayonet To Elicit A Reaction From A Royal Guard Outside Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden
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Anna Coleman Ladd Was An American Sculptor Who Is Best Known For Her Work Creating Prosthetic Masks For Soldiers Who Were Disfigured During World War I
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1976. Soviet Explorer, Nikolai Machulyak, Feeding A Polar Bear And Her Cubs With Condensed Milk And Meat, Near Cape Schmidt Off The Coast Of The Chukchi Sea
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Beatles Fans In 1964 And 2013. Ringo Starr Took The Top Photo From Car Window, After The High School Friends Skipped School To See The Beatles During Their First Trip To The Us In 1964
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C. 1910. Native American Blackfoot Warriors At Glacier National Park, On The Shore Of St. Mary Lake, Montana. Photo By Roland W. Reed
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C. 1929. A Little Girl Hands Lilies To A Police Officer On Duty At The Porte Saint-Denis In Paris
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Powerhouse Mechanic, 1924, By Lewis Hine
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C. 1910. Child Miners Photographed By Lewis Hine. Hine’s Photographs Were Instrumental In Bringing About The Passage Of The First Child Labor Laws In The United States
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Great Blizzard Of 1888, New York City
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1894. Archaeologists And Workers Pose In Front Of The Near-Perfectly Preserved And Still-Upright Statue Of Antinous, Unearthed Near The Temple Of Apollo In The Sanctuary At Delphi, Greece
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C. 1930s. A Turkish Fisherman Returns With His Booty
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C. 1911. Mexican Revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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1975. John Cleese On The Set Of Monty Python And The Holy Grail
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Hong Kong, 1950s-60s
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1911. The Wreck Of The Arden Craig Off The Isles Of Scilly, West Of Cornwall. Photo By Francis James Mortimer
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1954. A Young Boy Carrying Two Bottles Of Wine Under His Arms, Rue Mouffetard, Paris. Photo By Henri Cartier-Bresson
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1930s. A Chinese Buddhist Monk Walking On A Chain Bridge At Jiangyou Figure Hill Temple In China
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1928. A War Veteran Sells Matches On The Street In Canterbury, Kent, England. Photo By Clifton R. Adams
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1945. 10-Year-Old Stoic Japanese Boy Standing At Attention Having Brought His Dead Younger Brother To A Cremation Pyre, Nagasaki
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1910. Paris Motor Show At The Grand Palais In Paris
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September 1945. Australian Soldiers Catch Up On News From Home After Their Release From Japanese Captivity In Singapore
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C. 1910. Portraits Of Immigrants At Ellis Island, New York, By Augustus F. Sherman
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1889. A Blind Man Carrying A Paralyzed Man With Dwarfism In Damascus, Syria. Photo By Italian Photographer Tancrède Dumas
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1931. German Photographer Willi Ruge Took This Photograph Seconds Before Landing During His Seven-Minute Parachute Jump From An Airplane Over Berlin
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1930. Worker Smoking Cigarette And Carrying Bag Across Shoulders Pauses In The Middle Of Steel Beam High Above City Streets, During Construction Of The Manhattan Company Building At 40 Wall Street, New York City. Photo By Arthur Gerlach
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Members Of The Red Warriors – A French Youth Anti-Fascist Street Gang That Used Violent Force To Combat The Surge Of Violence From France In The Mid To Late 1980s
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1936. The New York Central Railroad Streamliner 'Mercury' Passes Through Syracuse City Hall
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1932. Sailing Ship S.v. Penang In Millwall Docks, London, Towers Above The Poverty Of The Surrounding Housing
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1967. Kangaroo Hits A Photographer For Trying To Photograph Him, England. Photo By Voller Ernst
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1945. Boys Hanging On A Full Train After The Liberation Of Holland. Photography By Menno Huizinga

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1970s. Girl Licking Ice Cream And Playing With The Tip Of The Gun’s Bayonet To Elicit A Reaction From A Royal Guard Outside Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden
2.
Anna Coleman Ladd Was An American Sculptor Who Is Best Known For Her Work Creating Prosthetic Masks For Soldiers Who Were Disfigured During World War I
3.
1976. Soviet Explorer, Nikolai Machulyak, Feeding A Polar Bear And Her Cubs With Condensed Milk And Meat, Near Cape Schmidt Off The Coast Of The Chukchi Sea
4.
Beatles Fans In 1964 And 2013. Ringo Starr Took The Top Photo From Car Window, After The High School Friends Skipped School To See The Beatles During Their First Trip To The Us In 1964
5.
C. 1910. Native American Blackfoot Warriors At Glacier National Park, On The Shore Of St. Mary Lake, Montana. Photo By Roland W. Reed
6.
C. 1929. A Little Girl Hands Lilies To A Police Officer On Duty At The Porte Saint-Denis In Paris
7.
Powerhouse Mechanic, 1924, By Lewis Hine
8.
C. 1910. Child Miners Photographed By Lewis Hine. Hine’s Photographs Were Instrumental In Bringing About The Passage Of The First Child Labor Laws In The United States
9.
Great Blizzard Of 1888, New York City
10.
1894. Archaeologists And Workers Pose In Front Of The Near-Perfectly Preserved And Still-Upright Statue Of Antinous, Unearthed Near The Temple Of Apollo In The Sanctuary At Delphi, Greece
11.
C. 1930s. A Turkish Fisherman Returns With His Booty
12.
C. 1911. Mexican Revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, Cuernavaca, Mexico
13.
1975. John Cleese On The Set Of Monty Python And The Holy Grail
14.
Hong Kong, 1950s-60s
15.
1911. The Wreck Of The Arden Craig Off The Isles Of Scilly, West Of Cornwall. Photo By Francis James Mortimer
16.
1954. A Young Boy Carrying Two Bottles Of Wine Under His Arms, Rue Mouffetard, Paris. Photo By Henri Cartier-Bresson
17.
1930s. A Chinese Buddhist Monk Walking On A Chain Bridge At Jiangyou Figure Hill Temple In China
18.
1928. A War Veteran Sells Matches On The Street In Canterbury, Kent, England. Photo By Clifton R. Adams
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1945. 10-Year-Old Stoic Japanese Boy Standing At Attention Having Brought His Dead Younger Brother To A Cremation Pyre, Nagasaki
20.
1910. Paris Motor Show At The Grand Palais In Paris
21.
September 1945. Australian Soldiers Catch Up On News From Home After Their Release From Japanese Captivity In Singapore
22.
C. 1910. Portraits Of Immigrants At Ellis Island, New York, By Augustus F. Sherman
23.
1889. A Blind Man Carrying A Paralyzed Man With Dwarfism In Damascus, Syria. Photo By Italian Photographer Tancrède Dumas
24.
1931. German Photographer Willi Ruge Took This Photograph Seconds Before Landing During His Seven-Minute Parachute Jump From An Airplane Over Berlin
25.
1930. Worker Smoking Cigarette And Carrying Bag Across Shoulders Pauses In The Middle Of Steel Beam High Above City Streets, During Construction Of The Manhattan Company Building At 40 Wall Street, New York City. Photo By Arthur Gerlach
26.
Members Of The Red Warriors – A French Youth Anti-Fascist Street Gang That Used Violent Force To Combat The Surge Of Violence From France In The Mid To Late 1980s
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1936. The New York Central Railroad Streamliner 'Mercury' Passes Through Syracuse City Hall
28.
1932. Sailing Ship S.v. Penang In Millwall Docks, London, Towers Above The Poverty Of The Surrounding Housing
29.
1967. Kangaroo Hits A Photographer For Trying To Photograph Him, England. Photo By Voller Ernst
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1945. Boys Hanging On A Full Train After The Liberation Of Holland. Photography By Menno Huizinga

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1. 1970s. Girl Licking Ice Cream And Playing With The Tip Of The Gun’s Bayonet To Elicit A Reaction From A Royal Guard Outside Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden

2. Anna Coleman Ladd Was An American Sculptor Who Is Best Known For Her Work Creating Prosthetic Masks For Soldiers Who Were Disfigured During World War I

3. 1976. Soviet Explorer, Nikolai Machulyak, Feeding A Polar Bear And Her Cubs With Condensed Milk And Meat, Near Cape Schmidt Off The Coast Of The Chukchi Sea

4. Beatles Fans In 1964 And 2013. Ringo Starr Took The Top Photo From Car Window, After The High School Friends Skipped School To See The Beatles During Their First Trip To The Us In 1964

5. C. 1910. Native American Blackfoot Warriors At Glacier National Park, On The Shore Of St. Mary Lake, Montana. Photo By Roland W. Reed

6. C. 1929. A Little Girl Hands Lilies To A Police Officer On Duty At The Porte Saint-Denis In Paris

7. Powerhouse Mechanic, 1924, By Lewis Hine

8. C. 1910. Child Miners Photographed By Lewis Hine. Hine’s Photographs Were Instrumental In Bringing About The Passage Of The First Child Labor Laws In The United States

9. Great Blizzard Of 1888, New York City

10. 1894. Archaeologists And Workers Pose In Front Of The Near-Perfectly Preserved And Still-Upright Statue Of Antinous, Unearthed Near The Temple Of Apollo In The Sanctuary At Delphi, Greece

11. C. 1930s. A Turkish Fisherman Returns With His Booty

12. C. 1911. Mexican Revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, Cuernavaca, Mexico

13. 1975. John Cleese On The Set Of Monty Python And The Holy Grail

14. Hong Kong, 1950s-60s

15. 1911. The Wreck Of The Arden Craig Off The Isles Of Scilly, West Of Cornwall. Photo By Francis James Mortimer

16. 1954. A Young Boy Carrying Two Bottles Of Wine Under His Arms, Rue Mouffetard, Paris. Photo By Henri Cartier-Bresson

17. 1930s. A Chinese Buddhist Monk Walking On A Chain Bridge At Jiangyou Figure Hill Temple In China

18. 1928. A War Veteran Sells Matches On The Street In Canterbury, Kent, England. Photo By Clifton R. Adams

19. 1945. 10-Year-Old Stoic Japanese Boy Standing At Attention Having Brought His Dead Younger Brother To A Cremation Pyre, Nagasaki

20. 1910. Paris Motor Show At The Grand Palais In Paris

21. September 1945. Australian Soldiers Catch Up On News From Home After Their Release From Japanese Captivity In Singapore

22. C. 1910. Portraits Of Immigrants At Ellis Island, New York, By Augustus F. Sherman

23. 1889. A Blind Man Carrying A Paralyzed Man With Dwarfism In Damascus, Syria. Photo By Italian Photographer Tancrède Dumas

24. 1931. German Photographer Willi Ruge Took This Photograph Seconds Before Landing During His Seven-Minute Parachute Jump From An Airplane Over Berlin

25. 1930. Worker Smoking Cigarette And Carrying Bag Across Shoulders Pauses In The Middle Of Steel Beam High Above City Streets, During Construction Of The Manhattan Company Building At 40 Wall Street, New York City. Photo By Arthur Gerlach

26. Members Of The Red Warriors – A French Youth Anti-Fascist Street Gang That Used Violent Force To Combat The Surge Of Violence From France In The Mid To Late 1980s

27. 1936. The New York Central Railroad Streamliner 'Mercury' Passes Through Syracuse City Hall

28. 1932. Sailing Ship S.v. Penang In Millwall Docks, London, Towers Above The Poverty Of The Surrounding Housing

29. 1967. Kangaroo Hits A Photographer For Trying To Photograph Him, England. Photo By Voller Ernst

30. 1945. Boys Hanging On A Full Train After The Liberation Of Holland. Photography By Menno Huizinga

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1.
1970s. Girl Licking Ice Cream And Playing With The Tip Of The Gun’s Bayonet To Elicit A Reaction From A Royal Guard Outside Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden

2.
Anna Coleman Ladd Was An American Sculptor Who Is Best Known For Her Work Creating Prosthetic Masks For Soldiers Who Were Disfigured During World War I

3.
1976. Soviet Explorer, Nikolai Machulyak, Feeding A Polar Bear And Her Cubs With Condensed Milk And Meat, Near Cape Schmidt Off The Coast Of The Chukchi Sea

4.
Beatles Fans In 1964 And 2013. Ringo Starr Took The Top Photo From Car Window, After The High School Friends Skipped School To See The Beatles During Their First Trip To The Us In 1964

5.
C. 1910. Native American Blackfoot Warriors At Glacier National Park, On The Shore Of St. Mary Lake, Montana. Photo By Roland W. Reed

6.
C. 1929. A Little Girl Hands Lilies To A Police Officer On Duty At The Porte Saint-Denis In Paris

7.
Powerhouse Mechanic, 1924, By Lewis Hine

8.
C. 1910. Child Miners Photographed By Lewis Hine. Hine’s Photographs Were Instrumental In Bringing About The Passage Of The First Child Labor Laws In The United States

9.
Great Blizzard Of 1888, New York City

10.
1894. Archaeologists And Workers Pose In Front Of The Near-Perfectly Preserved And Still-Upright Statue Of Antinous, Unearthed Near The Temple Of Apollo In The Sanctuary At Delphi, Greece

11.
C. 1930s. A Turkish Fisherman Returns With His Booty

12.
C. 1911. Mexican Revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, Cuernavaca, Mexico

13.
1975. John Cleese On The Set Of Monty Python And The Holy Grail

14.
Hong Kong, 1950s-60s

15.
1911. The Wreck Of The Arden Craig Off The Isles Of Scilly, West Of Cornwall. Photo By Francis James Mortimer

16.
1954. A Young Boy Carrying Two Bottles Of Wine Under His Arms, Rue Mouffetard, Paris. Photo By Henri Cartier-Bresson

17.
1930s. A Chinese Buddhist Monk Walking On A Chain Bridge At Jiangyou Figure Hill Temple In China

18.
1928. A War Veteran Sells Matches On The Street In Canterbury, Kent, England. Photo By Clifton R. Adams

19.
1945. 10-Year-Old Stoic Japanese Boy Standing At Attention Having Brought His Dead Younger Brother To A Cremation Pyre, Nagasaki

20.
1910. Paris Motor Show At The Grand Palais In Paris

21.
September 1945. Australian Soldiers Catch Up On News From Home After Their Release From Japanese Captivity In Singapore

22.
C. 1910. Portraits Of Immigrants At Ellis Island, New York, By Augustus F. Sherman

23.
1889. A Blind Man Carrying A Paralyzed Man With Dwarfism In Damascus, Syria. Photo By Italian Photographer Tancrède Dumas

24.
1931. German Photographer Willi Ruge Took This Photograph Seconds Before Landing During His Seven-Minute Parachute Jump From An Airplane Over Berlin

25.
1930. Worker Smoking Cigarette And Carrying Bag Across Shoulders Pauses In The Middle Of Steel Beam High Above City Streets, During Construction Of The Manhattan Company Building At 40 Wall Street, New York City. Photo By Arthur Gerlach

26.
Members Of The Red Warriors – A French Youth Anti-Fascist Street Gang That Used Violent Force To Combat The Surge Of Violence From France In The Mid To Late 1980s

27.
1936. The New York Central Railroad Streamliner 'Mercury' Passes Through Syracuse City Hall

28.
1932. Sailing Ship S.v. Penang In Millwall Docks, London, Towers Above The Poverty Of The Surrounding Housing

29.
1967. Kangaroo Hits A Photographer For Trying To Photograph Him, England. Photo By Voller Ernst

30.
1945. Boys Hanging On A Full Train After The Liberation Of Holland. Photography By Menno Huizinga