Usually, when you read a history article or story, it’s mostly just dry facts and your imagination. But a photo gives something a bit different… It shows you how something actually looked, letting you understand the historical moment more intimately. Whether it would be a historical landmark, a famous person or random photo of the past – they all have fascinating stories behind them, and we’re just about to show you.
Keep on scrolling to take a look at our list of rare historical photos that might shine a new light on how you saw these historical moments.
(h/t: designyoutrust)
#1 Dorothy Counts – The First Black Girl To Attend An All White School In The United States – Being Teased And Taunted By Her White Male Peers At Charlotte’s Harry Harding High School, 1957
#2 Nikola Tesla Sitting In His Laboratory With His “Magnifying Transmitter”
#3 Austrian Boy Receives New Shoes During WWII
#4 The Graves Of A Catholic Woman And Her Protestant Husband, Holland, 1888
#5 Jewish Prisoners After Being Liberated From A Death Train, 1945
#6 A Lone Man Refusing To Do The Nazi Salute, 1936
#7 Race Organizers Attempt To Stop Kathrine Switzer From Competing In The Boston Marathon. She Became The First Woman To Finish The Race, 1967
#8 Harold Whittles Hearing Sound For The First Time, 1974
#9 Job Hunting In 1930’s
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