35 Raw Historical Photos That Reveal Unfiltered Details From The Past

History has long been a beloved topic for many people over the years. There is a fascination with the topic and what it reveals about our ancestors that can be quite enlightening. However, we are more aware than ever that when it comes to history, there is always more than just meets the eye. Photographs can only reveal so much, and it is up to the observer to apply discernment when contemplating any vintage evidence at hand. 

#1 Freddie Mercury Having A Sleepover With Some Close Friends. Circa 1980

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#2 Dennis Rader (BTK) With His Daughter On Her Wedding Day In 2003

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#3 From Algerian War (1958)… A French Foreign Legion Soldier Carried A Starving Donkey… They Rescued It And Later The Donkey Became Their Unit Mascot Going By The Name ‘Bambi’

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#4 17-Year-Old Rowan Atkinson, Electrical Engineering Student At Newcastle University, 1972

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#5 Hangu, Pakistan (1/6/2014) — 15 Year Old Aitzaz Hasan Is Confronted By A Strange Man Attempting To Enter His Local High School

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Upon noticing explosives strapped to the man’s chest, Hasan tackled him, refusing to allow him inside. He did not survive. His actions saved 2000 of his fellow students.

#6 Burlington Mayor Bernie Sanders Picks Up Rubbish On His Own In A Public Park After Being Elected In 1981, His First Electoral Victory

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#7 Meet Yuri Knorozov, The Linguist Who Deciphered The Maya Script, 1953

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He listed his cat Asya as a co-author on his work but the editors always removed her. He always used this photo with Asya as his author photo and got angry whenever editors cropped her out.

#8 A Mongolian Girl Having A Laugh With Her Camel. The Little Girl’s Name Is Butedmaa And She Was Just 5 When This Picture Was Taken In 2003 By Photographer Han Chengli

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#9 In 1943 A Man And His German Shepherd Took Some Time Out To Pop Into A Photobooth In Grand Central, NYC. I’m Glad They Did

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#10 Two Well-Dressed Gents And Their Equally Dapper Dog In Stockholm, Sweden, 1880s

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#11 A Kiowa Girl Named O-O-Be Wears A Three Hide Dress Decorated With Elk Teeth, Oklahoma, 1894

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#12 John Belushi And Dan Aykroyd In Their Tiny New York Apartment, Mid 1970s

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#13 19th-Century Paris Once Had A Village Of Treehouse Taverns. Roast Chicken, Wine, And Rope Pulleys In The Branches, These Are Examples Of The Lost World Of Les Guinguettes De Robinson

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#14 Actors Who Were To Portray The Munchkins In The Wizard Of Oz Arriving At Mgm Studios In 1938

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#15 Barack Obama And His Fellow Classmates Protesting Against Homework, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1970s

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#16 In 1991, Mexican Photographer Antonio Turok Captured This Image Of The Solar Eclipse, From Chiapas, Mexico

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#17 A Young Liam Neeson Pictured With His Sisters, Elizabeth, Bernadette And Rosaleen In 1960 Outside Their Family Home In Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

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#18 A Korean Sailor Takes A Break From Transporting Cargo, Sitting Under The Shadow From The Sail, Smoking From His Long Bamboo Pipe. He Wears Cool Hemp Clothes. Circa 1904

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#19 Mississippi’s First Interracial Bride And Groom, Berta And Roger Mills, Enjoying Their Wedding Cake In 1970. 55 Years Ago

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#20 Once Called “The Lords Of The Forest”, Billions Of Ancient American Chestnut Trees Once Dominated The Appalachian Landscape

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Until 1904, when the accidental introduction of Asian Chestnut Blight rotted them by the millions. By 1920, the species was functionally extinct.

#21 Around 1924, A Young Frida Kahlo Is Photographed Wearing A Men’s Suit In A Family Portrait

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#22 21-Year Old Yves Saint Laurent At Christian Dior’s Funeral (1957)

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#23 Lew Alcindor’s Graduation At Ucla, 1969. (Later Known As Kareem Abdul Jabbar)

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#24 Robert Bloch, Author Of Psycho, At His Desk In The 1950s. Widely Regarded As His Most Enduring Work, The Novel Remains One Of The Most Influential Horror Stories Of The 20th Century

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#25 Dr. William T. Corlett Of Cleveland’s Western Reserve University Took This Photograph Of A Recovered Smallpox Patient. The Scars Were Permanent. Circa Early1900s

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#26 Alan Rickman As Tybalt In A Bbc Adaptation Of Romeo And Juliet In 1978

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#27 A Kiribati Warrior From Beru Wearing A Suit Of Armor Made From The Tough Outer Fibers Of Coconut Husks, A Helmet Of Dried Pufferfish, And Holding A Shark Tooth Spear

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#28 The Future Queen Elizabeth In Front Of A Playhouse Gifted To Her And Princess Margaret In 1932 By The People Of Wales

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#29 On The Left Is David Reimer On The Right Is Brenda Reimer

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They’re the same person, as a child he was a victim of a botched circumcision, so on the advice of one doctor, the family decided to have him castrated and raise him as a girl. At age 13 he began living as a boy again.

#30 Princess Margaret In The Bathtub Wearing Her Tiara, 1962. Tony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon) Can Be Seen In The Mirror Taking The Photo

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#31 Soviet War Veteran Standing Near The Eternal Flame On The Anniversary Of Victory Day In 1966

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#32 Madame Jeanne Calment (1875-1997) — Oldest Verifiable Person To Ever Live

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She drank wine and smoked until the age of 117, and was the last living person to have met Vincent Van Gogh. When asked to describe him, she would simply reply, “ugly”.

#33 Uma Thurman’s Mother Nena Von Schleebrügge Posing For Vogue Magazine In 1958

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#34 In 1910, Louis And Temple Abernathy Decided To Cross America By Horseback Without Adult Supervision, From Oklahoma To Manhattan

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They were just 10 and 6 years old. To get back home, they bought a car and drove it while their horses returned by train. In 1913 they made the same trip on a motorcycle

#35 Actress Merle Oberon Was Born In 1911 In Bombay And Hid Her True Origins Claiming To Have Been Born To White Parents In Tasmania

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The first Asian Best Actress Oscar nominee, she used skin bleaching and reinvention to survive Hollywood prejudice, keeping her heritage secret until after her death.