77 Rare And Intriguing Photos That Show History Between The Headlines

History is rich and fascinating, but with so many moments to remember and life moving as fast as it does, we tend to hold onto only the biggest ones. The lesser-known stories get lost along the way—which is a shame, because they’re often just as captivating.

Thankfully, corners of the internet like the Instagram page Rare Histories do a wonderful job of giving them the spotlight they deserve. We’ve rounded up some of their most interesting posts below. Scroll down to check them out.

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Women Marching For The Right To Vote, 1913

Group of women in vintage clothing holding a banner and American flags in a rare historical photo showing history between headlines.

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77 Rare And Intriguing Photos That Show History Between The Headlines

Women Marching For The Right To Vote, 1913

Arnold Schwarzenegger On The Day He Received His American Citizenship

Kmart Employees Watching The Moon Landing, July 16, 1969

South Vietnamese Parents And Their Five Children Fleeing Toward Saigon, June 19, 1972

Nagasaki, 20 Minutes After, 1945

Presley Concert, 1957

Harvey Ross Ball And His Creation, 1960s

Female Police Officer Inspecting A Woman's Bathing Suit, 1920s

A "Prettiest Legs" Competition In Paris, 1950

Padaung Women Asking A London Policeman For Directions, 1935

A Milk Vending Machine In London; 1940s

A Beautician Paints Stockings Onto A Customer's Skin During Stocking Rationing, London, England In 1941

Winston Churchill In His Swimming Costume, 1922

100,000 Units Of Marks, Equal In Value To One US Dollar, 1923

A Man From France Tastes Coca-Cola For The First Time, Paris, 1950

Pierre Culliford (Peyo), Creator Of The Smurfs, Presenting His Finished Drawing Of A Smurf At A Studio In Brussels, Belgium, 1983

A Pig Photobombing A Wedding In 1927

Typist Of The Future - Circa 1970

Girls At A Beatles Concert In Plymouth, 13 November 1963

A Pigeon Bus From Wwi Served As Collecting Point For Messenger Pigeons From The Front Lines

The Changing Shape Of Female Swimwear From Victorian Era To Late The 1920s

Female Worker Bottling Ketchup At The Original Heinz Factory Circa 1897

An Airman Being Captured By Vietnamese In Truc Bach Lake Hanoi In 1967

Walt Disney On The Day They Opened Disney Studios

Al Capone's Prison Cell In Eastern State Penitentiary, Pennsylvania

The Face Of The Statue Of Liberty, 1800s Before Being Attached To Body

Helmet With A Built In Communication Device So That The Riders Can Communicate To Each Other, 1960s

Hindenburg Airship, 1920s

A Worker Paints The Golden Gate Bridge With A Fresh Coat Of Its Iconic Color, 1956

16-Year-Old Walt Disney As A Red Cross Ambulance Driver During WWI

Glass Soda Bottles Were Popular Back Then (Late 1970s/Early 1980s)

The Crew Of Apollo 12 The Second Crew To Land And Walk On The Moon, 1969

A Sailor Gets A Tattoo On His Arm In Virginia, 1939

Slot Machine Selling Warm Sausages On A Railway Station In Germany, 1931

A Blind Couple Walking With Their Child In The Streets Of Budapest, 1984

Diner Drive-In In Los Angeles, 1950s

The Use Of Masks During The Spanish Flu Pandemic, 1918

A Japanese Commuter Train Early In The Morning, 1964

P.t. Barnum & Bailey's Combined Circus Performers, New York 1924

Members Of The US Board Of Tea Experts Meet To Taste Teas, Their Mission Was To Set Up Quality Standards For Imported Tea, 1947

A Group Of Havana Schoolboys In 1937 The Boy With The Lollipop Is Fidel Castro

Unpacking Mona Lisa After The End Of World War IL In 1945

Albert Einstein Plays His Beloved Violin, 1941

Gene Cernan Smiling For The Camera, With His Suit Covered In Lunar Dust, December 13, 1972

Playing Chess On Broadway, NYC At The Corner Of Broadway And West 49th Street In Midtown Manhattan, August 1986

Shoe Shiners Taking A Lunch Break New York City, 1947

14-Year-Old Osama Bin Laden (2nd From The Right) In Sweden

Albert Einstein's Office On The Day Of His [passing]

Pin Boys Work The Bowling Alleys In New York City, 1910

Chess Lesson In A School Pskóv, USSR, 1975

The Commander Of An M48 Patton Tank Looks Through His Lens During Vietnam War, 1967

Post Officers Show Off Their Brand-New "Autopeds" Scooters, Washington, D.c. 1917

Passengers Watching The In-Flight Film On An Imperial Airways Flight, 1925

Lounge Interior Of A Trans World Airlines (Twa) Convair 880, 1958

The First Subway Store, 1965, Bridgeport, Connecticut

New Recruits Of The 7th Queen's Own Hussars Regiment Practice Balancing On Wooden Horses, 1935

In 1953 The 600-Foot Long, 70- Foot-Wide Marine Angel Transited The Chicago River

The Control Room At The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Continues To Operate After The Disaster, Circa July-August 1986

A Douglas Aircraft Company Worker Rivets An A-20 Bomber At The Plant In Long Beach, California

Newly Built F4u Corsair And F6f Hellcats Being Prepared To Be Shipped To The Pacific Theatre, USA, 1944

People Parked Curbside To Watch A Plane Take Off (NYC), 1951

Fishermen On Baker Beach As The Golden Gate Bridge Is Under Construction, 1936

Timekeepers At The 1912 Summer Olympics In Stockholm, Sweden

The Original Taco Bell Menu From The 1960s

Moving A House In San Francisco, Us In 1919

The Five Romanov Children With Their Heads Shaved After An Attack Of Measles, In January 1917

"The Apple", India's First Satellite Being Transported Manually

The Assembly Line Of Porsche 911's At The Stuttgart Factory, 1970s

Old Derricks At Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 1931

American Soldier Trying To Catch A Goldfish In The Marble-Lined Pool Of The Taj Mahal, WW2, 1942

A Woman At A Beauty Show Under Art Deco Hair Dryer, 1930s

Chrysler Building Under Construction, NYC, 1929

A Smiling Girl In A Kimono On New Year's Day, Japan, 1914

Log Trucks In North Bend, Washington, 1943, Us

Automated Drive-In Delivery Metal Track At The Fast Food Restaurant "The Track" Los Angeles, California, USA, 1949

Navy Pilots Playing Basketball In The Forward Elevator Well Aboard Uss Monterey The Jumper Of The Left Is Future U.S. President Gerald Ford, 1944

Chicago Board Of Trade Floor Under Construction In 1929

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