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82 Fascinating Photos That Teach About History In A Way School Can’t
The invention of photography changed the way people perceive history. Photos tell a better story than hundreds of words could, and they feel more convincing and real than a painting. When we look at an old photo, we see far more than just a picture. Our consciousness is transported to a different time, a different life.
The Instagram page history_in_images is dedicated to sharing that experience with everyone. It curates historical pictures of famous people, events, and casual moments. Browse our cherry-picked submissions and let a sense of wonder or nostalgia wash over you.
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Edith Steiner, A Jewish Woman Who Survived The Holocaust, And John Mackay, The Scottish Soldier That Saved Her. They Were Married July 17th, 1946, And Celebrated Their 71st Wedding Anniversary
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Game Warden Elliot Barker With A Badly Burned Bear Cub He Discovered Clinging To A Tree After A New Mexico Forest Fire
The cub would be named Smokey Bear & grow up to symbolize forest safety. (1950)
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A British Couple Sleeps Inside A "Morrison Shelter” Used As Protection From Collapsing Homes During The WWII 'Blitz' Bombing Raids. March 1941
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Around Two Million People Gathered In Times Square To Celebrate The End Of World War II In 1945
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Dummy Head Used By John Anglin To Fool Prison Guards While He And Two Other Convicts Escaped Alcatraz. 1962
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Johnny Cash Performing For Prisoners At The Folsom Prison In California On January 13, 1968
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Bank Robber "Pretty Boy" Floyd Was Known For Destroying Mortgage Papers On Heists, Freeing Hundreds Of People From Property Debt
#42
Buchenwald Concentration Camp Guards Who Received Beating From The Prisoners When The Camp Was Liberated, 1945
#43
Stephen Hawking Waiving A Handkerchief With The Members Of The Oxford University Boat Club, Early 1960's
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A Man Browsing For Books In Cincinnati's Cavernous Old Main Library. The Library Was Demolished In 1955
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August 4, 1979: Iron Maiden, An Unknown British Heavy Metal Band, Place An Ad In Melody Maker To Find A Second Guitarist
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Three Shafts Of Sunlight Illuminate The Basilica And Its Mosaic Floor In The Vatican, December 1971
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Titanic In Dry Dock. Here You Can See The Scale Of The Person Standing Next To One Of The Propellers. 1912
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Albert Einstein's Office Just As He Left It Taken Hours After He Died. Princeton New Jersey April 1955
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А High School Footbаll Game Continues As A Fire Rages On At A School In Northfield, Massachusetts. 1965
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Chichen Ltza, Mexico, Before Cleaning And Restoration, 1892 From The Peabody Museum Archives, Harvard University
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Plate Steel Spiral Casing For 70,000 Horse-Power Niagara Falls Hydraulic Turbine Unit At The Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, CA. 1920
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The Grande Galerie In The Louvre Abandoned During The World War II. Photograph By Marc Vaux 1940s
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