30 Rarely-Seen Historical Photos You Probably Won't See In History Books (New Pics)

Thanks to dedicated historians, almost all important events that happened throughout history have been extensively documented and passed onto future generations. However, it's only since the invention of the camera that we started documenting these events in a visual format. And you know what they say - a picture is worth a thousand words. If you're an avid fan of history, then the r/HistoryP**n/ subreddit is the place for you. It has over 2.6 million members, who regularly share fascinating and rarely-seen historical photographs that you probably won't find your text books - check out some of the best ones below! And if you want more, see our previous posts here and here!

#1 100,000 Iranian Women March Against The Hijab Law, Tehran 1979

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#2 In 1941, The Photo On The Left Was Taken Of Soviet Soldier Eugen Stepanovich Kobytev On The Day He Left To Go To War. The Photo On The Right Was Taken In 1945 After The End Of The War, Just 4 Years Apart

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#3 A Red Cross Nurse Writing Down Last Words Of Mortally Wounded Soldier, Taken Around 1917

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#4 Meet The "Night Witches", Fearless Russian Female Pilots Who Bombed Nazis By Night, 1941

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#5 Sir David Attenborough As A Young Man, Late 1950s

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#6 Keshia Thomas Protects An Alleged Kkk Supporter From A Mob In Ann Arbor, Mi, 1996

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#7 Annette Kellerman Promotes Women's Right To Wear A Fitted One-Piece Bathing. She Was Arrested For Indecency (1907)

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#8 A Native American Mother And Her Child - 1900s

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#9 An Undercover Police Officer On Duty. New York, Brooklyn, 1 July 1969

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#10 A Boy's Reaction Staring At A TV Screen For The First Time (1948)

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#11 Grand Central Terminal, NYC, The Sun Can't Shine Through Like That Now Due To The Surrounding Tall Buildings. 1929

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#12 Arikara Warrior 'Bear’s Belly' - North Dakota, USA - Photo By Edward Curtis (1909)

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#13 British Soldiers (Interrupted During Drag Show Rehearsals By A German Raid) Manning A Bl 6-Inch Mk Vii Naval Gun At Shornemead Fort, England In 1940

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#14 A Woman Overlooking A Snowy Mountain Pass In The Pyrenees Mountains, France - 1956

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#15 Lockheed Martin Employee Sally Wadsworth Working On The Fuselage Of A P-38 Lightning In California In 1944

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#16 Coal Miners Coming Up A Coal Mine Elevator After A Day Of Work In 1920's Belgium

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#17 Visiting Quarantined Family And Friends At Ullevål Hospital, Oslo - Photo By Anders Beer Wilse - 1905

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#18 American Troops Treat A Wounded Dog On Orote Pennisula. W.Eugene Smith. 1944

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#19 San Francisco's Iconic Cliff House, Shortly Before It Was Destroyed By Fire In 1907

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#20 Shepherds Listening To Music Records, Azerbaijan 1939

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#21 JFK & Bill Clinton Greeting At The White House, In 1963

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#22 Today In 1945, The Auschwitz Death Camp Was Discovered And Liberated By The Red Army

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#23 Geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor And Meteorologist Charles Wright In The Entrance Of An Ice Grotto. Terra Nova Expedition, Ross Island, 5 January 1911. Photo Taken By Herbert Ponting

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#24 Anti British Propaganda, Japan 1941

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#25 Female Snipers Of The 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front, 775 Confirmed Kills, Germany, May 1945

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#26 A U.S. Marine Rescues Two Vietnamese Children During A Gun Battle At The City Of Hue, During The Tet Offensive Of The Vietnam War - 1968

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#27 Mother And Baby Of Family Of Nine Living In Field On U.S. Route 70 Near The Tennessee River, March 1936

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#28 A German World War II Prisoner Is Released By The Soviet Union And Reunited With His 12-Year-Old Daughter, Who Has Not Seen Him Since Infancy. 1956

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#29 Homecoming, A British Soldier With His 8 Month Old Daughter As He Arrives At The Docks From Overseas 1945

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#30 Last Sword Duel In History In France, 1967 Between The Mayor Of Marseille And The Socialist Party Candidate For Presidency

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