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83 Fascinating And Emotional Historical Photos That Don’t Let Us Forget The Past (New Pics)
Learning human history can be a tricky thing; you’re most likely never going to learn everything there is to learn. In school, we only learn the broad strokes of the past, but throughout our lives, we have the opportunity to delve into history more deeply.
The largest history server on Discord, “World History,” is a community of enthusiasts “who live and breathe history.” They even have a dedicated subreddit where other corners of the Internet can come and see rare photographs and stories they might not have come across before — “Historycord.” Here is a selection of some interesting historical pics you, Pandas, can enjoy as well!
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Ella Fitzgerald Sitting In A Houston Jail Cell After She Was Arrested For Singing To An Integrated Audience, 1955
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Anne Frank's Father Otto, Revisiting The Attic Where They Hid. He Was The Only Surviving Family Member. 1960
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Teens Protest The Arrival Of The Horace Baker Family, The First African American Family In All White Delmar Village Folcroft, Pennsylvania, 30 Of August 1963
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In November 1990, Life Magazine Published A Photo Of David Kirby Being Comforted By His Father. The Photo Is Considered To Have Changed The Face Of AIDS
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Chinese American With A Note That Says He Is Chinese, Not Japanese, To Avoid Harrasment At Work, 1940s
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Croatian Ustaše Guards Ordering A Jewish Man To Remove His Ring Upon His Arrival At Jasenovac Concentration Camp, Yugoslavia, 1941-1942
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The Inquiring Photographer Asks: Do You Approve Of Parents Turning A Daughter Out Of Their Home Who Has Had A Child Out Of Wedlock? June 1925
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Princess Alexandrine Irene Of Prussia (1915 – 1980) The Oldest Daughter And Fifth Child Of Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, And Cecilie Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She Was Born With Down Syndrome But Adored And Never Hidden By Her Family As Was The Custom Of Her Time
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Pilot Victor Vizcarra, After Being Evacuated From A Jungle Landing Site. After Being Hit And Ejecting, His Flame-Engulfed F-105 Fighter-Bomber Passed Beneath Him As He Parachuted And Crashed Into A Mountain. Vietnam War, 1966
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On June 14th, 1941, The Soviets Began Mass Deportations In Estonia, Latvia, And Lithuania. Over 130k People Were Forced Out Of Their Homes & Taken To Siberia Until 1953
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Mexican Federal Soldier Says Goodbye To His Daughter At The Train Station Before Going To War, During The Mexican Revolution, 1915
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In The Fierce Battles Of Iwo Jima In March 1945, Pvt. Francis M. Hall Kneels Alongside His Faithful Doberman Pinscher, "Rascal”
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“Nurses Of A Field Hospital Who Arrived In France Via England And Egypt After Three Years Service." August 12, 1944
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1931 Cast Of The Famous Comedy Shorts Our Gang (Later Known As The Little Rascals) Posing Alongside Their Real-Life Mothers
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Last Image Of Simo Häyhä, A Finnish WWII Veteran And The Best Sniper Of All Time, Before His Passing At The Age Of 96 In 2002
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Dec.1943. An Italian Family Sits Down To Dinner In Tarrytown, New York As Documented By Eliot Elisofon A Life Magazine Contributor. The Photo On The Wall Is Of A Son Kia During The Invasion Of Sicily
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In 1982, Susie Phipps-Guillory Sued Louisiana To Be Legally Considered White After Learning Her Birth Certificate Said “Colored” Because She Was 3/32 Black. She Lost And The State Refused To Change Her Birth Certificate
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A Polish Woman Holding A Photo Of Her Husband At The Opening Of A Katyn Massacre Memorial In London, 1976
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Haitian Dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier And His Wife Michèle Bennett On The Way To The Airport To Flee Haiti After A Popular Uprising, 1986
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This Week In 1945: A Gi Of The 4th Infantry Division Dug Into His Position On A Hillside Overlooking The Prum Valley As The Division Pushed Ever Closer To The Rhine River. The Village In The Background Is Weinsheim
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The Zenith Space Commander (1950s/60s). One Of The First TV Remotes That Didn’t Need Batteries. It Used Ultrasonic Sound Produced By Hitting Aluminum Rods With A Small Hammer Inside The Device
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Joseph Stalin, His Henchman Lavrentiy Beria, Stalin's Daughter Svetlana (In Beria's Lap) And Abkhaz SSR Leader Nestor Lakoba, 1931
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A U.S. Army Air Force B-25b Mitchell Bomber, One Of 16 Involved In The Doolittle Raid, Takes Off From The Flight Deck Of The Yorktown-Class Aircraft Carrier Uss Hornet (Cv-8) For An Air Raid On The Japanese Home Islands, On April 18, 1942
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Lt. Cmdr. Gerald R. Pearson Displaying The “Spoils Of War” After The Battle Of Iwo Jima, March 1945
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"Teamwork: Riflemen Draw Sights On A Jap Hillside Position As A Flame-Throwing Tank Shoots A Tongue Of Flame At The Enemy. This Photo Was Found In The Camera Of A Wounded Combat Photographer." Okinawa, May 11, 1945. (Usmc Archive Photograph And Original Caption)
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As Fellow Troopers Aid Wounded Buddies, A Paratrooper Of A Company, 101st Airborne, Guides A Medical Evacuation Helicopter Through The Jungle Foliage To Pick Up Casualties During A Five-Day Patrol Of An Area Southwest Of Hue, South Vietnam, April 1968
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A Soldier Specializing In Grenade Combat In Quang Nam Is Waiting For The Enemy To Appear (Quang Nam Is A Central Province Of The Republic Of Vietnam)
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Two Soldiers Of The Brazilian Expeditionary Force Lunch On Top Of A M8 Greyhound Armoured Car, 1944
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German Non-Commissioned Officer (Nco) Of The Colonial Schutztruppe Forces Alongside An East African Woman Around 1910 In German East Africa
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Willie Nelson With His Beloved Grandmother Nancy. She And Grandfather Alfred Stepped Up To Raise He And His Sister As Their Parents Took Off When Willie Was Infant
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Antoine Dubuclet Jr., A Wealthy Black Sugar Planter, Served As Louisiana’s First Black Treasurer
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Col. Robert Gould Shaw, Commander Of The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Made Famous By The Movie “Glory” In 1989. This Photo Was Taken In May 1863, About 3 Months After Assuming Command Of The 54th And A Week Or So Before They Shipped Out From Boston To Beaufort, SC. He Was 25 Years Only Old
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81 Years Ago Today, American Gis Rest Behind An M5 Stuart Tank Near Germersheim, Germany. (March 25, 1945)
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