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50 Images Rarely Seen In History Books, Courtesy Of This FB Page
Did you know that the first Tour de France happened in 1903? Or that there existed a Fat Men's Club in New York, whose members had to weigh over 200 pounds and learn a secret handshake and password to enter? These are only a few facts from the Facebook group 'History Images'. The group serves us as a window to the past through various pictures.
It consists of more than 544,000 people who are engaging in discussions, exchanging information and gathering their knowledge.
Bored Panda has gathered some of the finest pictures for your curiosity, so without further ado, see them below.
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#1
White Protesters Joined The March On Washington D.c. During The Civil Rights Movement, In August 1963
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 3 years ago
What's really crazy/sad is this could be a picture taken a few years ago.
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#2
Stoney First Nation Member, Guide Samson Beaver With His Wife Leah And Their Daughter Frances Louise, 1907. (Photo Taken By Mary Schäffer)
#3
Portrait Of An American Soldier In 1918
BetterBitterButter 3 years ago
I don't know why but he looks really sad and filled with anguish to me.
#4
A Indigenous Man Topples A Statue Of Spanish Conquistador Diego De Mazariegos On The 500th Year Anniversary Of The Discovery Of The Americas. Chiapas, Mexico, 1992
Jeff White 3 years ago
Just save it? And do what with it? If stored in the hall of shame, maybe. Or the Hall of Historical mistakes / behavior that is no longer acceptable. Of course remembered, but tearing down statues of reprehensible peoples actions is an act of history also.
#5
Maori Women From New Zealand In 1902
#6
Reporters Who Exposed The Watergate Scandal Watch President Nixon Resign, 1974
#7
French Actress And Animal Lover Brigitte Bardot Pose For A Photo With A Harp Seal Pub In Newfoundland, Canada. Mar 1977. Bardot Traveled To Newfoundland To Publicly Oppose Seal Hunting
#8
Twenty-Year-Old Arifa, A Member Of The Pro-Government Women's Unit, Guarding Their Village From The Mujahedeen, The Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan, 1987
#9
Three Jewish Children On Their Way To Palestine After Being Liberated From The Buchenwald Concentration Camp. The Girl On The Left Is From Poland, The Boy In The Center From Latvia, And The Girl On The Right From Hungary, 1945
The Mediterranean Fruit 3 years ago
Happy they made it out. So sorry for what they had to go through
#10
Albert Einstein At 5 Years Old. Munich, 1884. [colorized]
![Albert Einstein At 5 Years Old. Munich, 1884. [colorized]](https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/interesting-history-images-38-64b0ff9c90830__700.jpg "Albert Einstein At 5 Years Old. Munich, 1884. [colorized]")
#11
A Photo Of An Engineer Wiring An Early Ibm Computer, 1958 By Berenice Abbott
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 3 years ago
Notice she's wearing pants? Clearly a visionary and genius of her time.
#12
Gas Station In Germany, 1958
Anna Stephenson 3 years ago
Is it just me or does that look a heck of a lot cleaner and classier than most petrol stations around these days??
#13
A Sami Woman, Toddler, And Infant In Lapland, Finland, 1917
Janner Wingfeather 3 years ago
I love that surprised look that babies have a lot of the time. Chubby little cheeks.
#14
Motorcycle Chariots At New South Wales Police Carnival, 1936
#15
Titanic Survivors Marjorie And Charlotte Collyer In New York Immediately Following The Sinking Of The Liner In 1912. [colorized]
![Titanic Survivors Marjorie And Charlotte Collyer In New York Immediately Following The Sinking Of The Liner In 1912. [colorized]](https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/interesting-history-images-5-64b0f85d16adb__700.jpg "Titanic Survivors Marjorie And Charlotte Collyer In New York Immediately Following The Sinking Of The Liner In 1912. [colorized]")
#16
Bodybuilder Relna Brewer Showing Her Strength By Ripping A Phone Book Apart, 1938
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 3 years ago
I love the adorable curls mixed with the "she could kick your @$$" vibe.
#17
Indian Chief Speaking To Army Officers About The Construction Of Garrison Dam. North Dakota, 1946
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 3 years ago
I have no witty comment. What America did to the Native Americans is appalling, period.
#18
Tippi Hedren Having Her Cigarette Lit By A Crow On The Set Of The Birds, 1963
Hazel Sage 3 years ago
“Hey, I noticed that Hitchcock has been really nasty to you lately, so I’d like to take this opportunity to say that we’re all rooting for you, and what an honor it is to light your cigarette!”
#19
Handsome Young Crow Boy Dressed Up In Sheepskin Chaps And Fringed Gloves, Circa 1910. Photo By Richard Throssel
#20
A Japanese Samurai In Full Armor With A Sword, 1867
#21
The Endurance Ship Being Stuck In The Antarctic Ice (Forever), 1915
#22
Henryka "Heniuta" Wieczorek, A Member Of The Polish Underground Resistance, On The Last Day Of The Warsaw Uprising: October 2, 1944. [colorized]
![Henryka "Heniuta" Wieczorek, A Member Of The Polish Underground Resistance, On The Last Day Of The Warsaw Uprising: October 2, 1944. [colorized]](https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/interesting-history-images-39-64b0ffccee6e3__700.jpg "Henryka \"Heniuta\" Wieczorek, A Member Of The Polish Underground Resistance, On The Last Day Of The Warsaw Uprising: October 2, 1944. [colorized]")
Turnip and a Frog 3 years ago (edited)
In a couple of days Poland will be celebrating the 79the anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, but some of the commemorative events begin today. Fewer and fewer Uprising veterans attend every year. They are an amazing group of people. They truly understand human dignity and honour, and have remained advocates of democratic values. This is especially important in a country where democracy is failing.
#23
On The Set Of The Movie "Godzilla", 1998
#24
Jacob White Eyes, Iron Tail And Buffalo Bill Cody At Caffè Greco In Rome During Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show Tour In Europe Back In 1890
#25
A Peanut Vendor From 1890, Wearing A Suit Made Of Peanuts
#26
Two Of The Biggest Names In Japanese Cinema History: Actor Toshiro Mifune And Director Akira Kurosawa On The Set Of Seven Samurai, 1954
#27
Mermaids On The Set Film "Peter Pan", 1924
Indosidius 3 years ago
Why do mermaids wear sea shells? B shells are to small and D shells are to big. (I'll see myself out)
#28
A Woman Wearing An Elaborate Headdress In Japan During C. 1870-1890s
#29
Land Mower With Air Conditioning, Circa 1950
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 3 years ago
Watch her just keep driving, off the lawn and out of town.
#30
Porfirio Diaz And The Aztec Sun Stone, 1910
#31
Panoramic Shot From An Airship Of San Francisco, Razed To The Ground After An Earthquake And Subsequent City-Wide Fire, 1906
#32
"A Member Of The Auxiliary Territorial Service, Miss Elizabeth Amery, Computes The Range At 428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, December 1942." Original Color Photograph
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 3 years ago (edited)
This woman is a genius in my eyes... I still can't use a compass worth $h/t.
#33
King Charles III On The Buckingham Palace Balcony After His Mother's Coronation In 1953
#34
Burlesque Costumes In The 1800s Were A Bizarre Affair. This Is Eliza Blasina Wearing A Horse-Head Headdress. If You're Interested, I've Compiled A Gallery Of 10 Images Of Burlesque Performers From That Era
#35
Ham Is The First Chimpanzee Astronaut To Return From His Legendary 16-Hour Flight In 1961 Year
similarly 3 years ago
Unlike humans, where showing the teeth is a smile and indicates happiness, when chimpanzees show their teeth, it's a threat behavior. Jane Goodall's opinion was that this was not anger, but fear: fear of the capsule and fear of the electric shocks they used to "train" Ham (and his successor Enos) to perform tests during their flights.
#36
An Old Photo Of A Samurai Was Taken By Felice Beato. Japan, Edo Period, 1865
#37
Miners In The Serra Pelada Gold Mines In Brazil, 1980s
#38
Annie Edson Taylor Poses With Her Cat And The Barrel She Rode Over The Fall, Of 1901
#39
Diane Keaton And Al Pacino During The Filming Of The Godfather In 1972
#40
The First Tour De France, 1903
#41
Apollo 13 Splashes Down In The South Pacific. 17 April 1970
#42
Queen Sophia Of Greece, 1915
#43
Testing Prototype Space Suit Intended For Use In Nasa's Apollo Moon Landing Program, Mojave Desert, California 1962
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 3 years ago
This looks like a parody of a spacesuit rather than the real deal!
#44
December 17, 1949: Santa Claus Rides A Motorbike With A Sidecar Down Oxford Street In London, England
#45
Chippendales Night Club, The First Strip Club In La - 1979. Photo Via - Bettmann Archives
#46
The New Pramobile Made By Dunckley, London, England C. 1930
cerinamroth 3 years ago
Looks pretty much like the Babboe bikes I see here every day on the kindergarten run in Germany!
#47
Man In A Pressure Suit With A Beaker Of Boiling Water In A Vacuum Chamber Simulating An Altitude Of 65,000 Feet, Feb. 8, 1953
#48
Acrobats In Japan. Ca. 1900
#49
Tourists Having Tea And Sunbathing At The Top Of The Great Pyramid, 1938
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 3 years ago
Oh my word, that would never fly today! This feels disrespectful somehow?
#50
Mount Rushmore Is Under Construction. This Photograph Was Taken In 1932 While Workmen Were Carving The Face Of George Washington
#51
The First Image Of Mercury, Was Taken By Nasa's Mariner 10 In 1974
#52
House Built From A Tree Stump. "The Stump House On The Lennstrom Farm Near Edgecomb, Washington" 1905
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 3 years ago
How did they even decide to do this? "Hey, wanna live in that there stump?"
#53
Sculptor Felix De Weldon Working On The Plaster Model Of The Us Marine Corps War Memorial, C. 1954. His Artwork Is Located Just Outside Of Arlington National Cemetery, In Virginia
similarly 3 years ago
de Weldon sent the original molds to Harlingen, Texas, home of one of the men, Cpl Harlon Block, where it is now on display at the Marine Military Academy. Interestingly, I read that one of the other marines who raised the flag, realizing that the original news account didn't include Cpl Block's name, hitchhiked from Arizona to South Texas to tell Block's mother that Cpl Block had helped raise the flag. Harlon Block was one of the men who was killed in action after raising the flag.
#54
The Twin Towers Under Construction At The World Trade Center, 1971
Louby Of Morrowind 3 years ago
RIP to the poor souls who suffered such a horrific death on that unforgettable day. This should be taught in schools. Truly the most significant tragedy of my lifetime so far. It's a cruel world sometimes
#55
Departure Of A Red Cross Train Going To Switzerland, Budapest, Hungary, 1947
#56
Hindenburg Airship, Flying Over Manhattan In 1937, Shortly Before The Disaster In New Jersey
#57
The Mississippi River Freezes Solid In February 1905. A Woman Standing On The Mississippi River Beneath The Eads Bridge At St. Louis, Missouri, With Dozens Of People Behind Her Seen Walking Across The Frozen River
#58
Saloon In Manitowoc , Wisconsin Note The Child Sized Beer. Circa 1890
Anna Stephenson 3 years ago
For a second there I thought it said "child sized BEAR.........and I searched for longer than I care to admit!.........might be time to get my eyesight checked lol
#59
Searchlights In The Night Sky During An Air-Raid Practice On Gibraltar, 20 November 1942
#60
Aerial Photo Of The Enormous Hughes H-4 Hercules Wooden Aircraft Being Built - Playa Vista, California - February 1947
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 3 years ago
It really is impressive, despite being totally impractical. It kept the record for the largest wingspan all the way until 2019! Made entirely of wood!
#61
Bonnie Parker, Of Bonnie And Clyde Fame C.1933
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 3 years ago
Bonnie and Clyde were absolute sociopaths who murdered without thought or remorse & I'm tired of them being made into some kind of "star crossed lovers who were just misunderstood, ride or die" romance story.
#62
A Janitor Sweeps The Floor Of The New York Stock Exchange Following The Wall Street Crash Of 1929
#63
Sagrada Família, 1905. Barcelona, Spain. Colorized
Andy Frobig 3 years ago (edited)
Sagrada Familia is racIng St. John the Divine to see who can be finished last
#64
Photo Taken During The Construction (1847-1858) Of The Lighthouse On Tiny Bishop Rock In The Scilly Isles
#65
Testing Football Helmets, 1912
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 3 years ago
This picture just really embodies my feelings about professional football so well...
#66
Ocean Liners Docked At The New York Passenger Ship Terminal, New York City, Circa 1960
#67
Fat Men's Club Of NY (1904) Members Had To Be At Least 200 Pounds, Pay A $1 Fee To Enter, And Learn A Secret Handshake And Password
#68
The Colossi Of Memnon, Two Huge Statues Of Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III That Stand Where His Mortuary Temple Was Once Located, As They Appeared In 1857
#69
Two Boy Scouts Caught Swimming Illegally Near Point Edward. Ontario, Canada, 1911 - By John Boyd
Ken Beattie 3 years ago (edited)
I'd love to know why it was illegal. There is some speculation on the reddit thread, but nothing definitive.
#70
Ottoman Soldiers The Defenders Of Gaza In 1917. (Colorized)
#71
Alexander II In His Office In The Winter Palace, Between Circa 1875 And Circa 1877
#73
The Manhattan Bridge Is Under Construction. March 1909
#74
Capt. Lowell H. Smith And Lt. John P. Richter Performed The First Aerial Refueling Using 2 United States Army Air Service Airco Dh-4b Biplanes. 27 June 1923
#75
A Rare Photo Of A Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet Flown By Eric Winkle Brown, 1945
TotallyNOTaFox 3 years ago (edited)
It was a late war bomber interceptor with fuel for 6 to 8 minutes of flight equipped with a chemical rocket engine. Without landing gear and only the ski in the front it was considered hard to land and overall wasn't that successful in the overall war effort
#76
Afghan Hunter With A Fox-Mask, 1970's
#77
Fire Drill In Cloth Hall Museum In Kraków, Poland. The Painting In "Prussian Homage" By Jan Matejko. Poland, 1930
Turnip and a Frog 3 years ago
The painting represents the official ending of the rule of the Teutonic Order and Teutonic State after 300 years of its violent history in Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, its last Grand Master surrendering to Polish king, Zygmund Stary in 1525.
#78
A Pan American World Airways Flight Attendant Preparing In-Flight Meals In The Galley Of An Airliner, Circa 1950
#79
Hydroplane Racer Dean Chenoweth Crashes The Miss Budweiser Hydroplane After A Speed Record Attempt In Which He Reached Over 200 Mph, Lake Washington, Seattle, 1979
#80
French Destroyer Le Triomphant Had Her Bow Painted By Her Crew In Late 1940
#81
Servicemen Test Radiation Levels On Christmas Island After A Nuclear Bomb Test In 1957
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