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24 Fascinating Historical Photos They Didn't Show In School

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Published March 31, 2025

Published March 31, 2025

The planet and the web are filled with thousands of photos that were taken at all points in time, and not all of them are taught in school. There isn't much left these days that is undocumented or uncovered. There are so many events that have taken place in history that are so interesting and worth learning about. History is broad and winding and fun to learn. With everything there is to read up on, it can be a bit overwhelming at times. While it may be impossible to learn about everything that happened in the past, people can find some very intriguing facts and photos online.

Images from all points in time can be found, from the Wild Western days to some of the most iconic events from the 90s. From celebrities before they were famous to behind the scenes of major events in the news that everyone has seen, it is all captured. Knowing that all of these images exist out there is both unsettling and pretty amazing, it makes for some very entertaining scrolling sessions and some cool rabbit holes to fall in.

It's fun to get away from the normal content the web has to offer. Instead, take the time to indulge in some interesting historical facts and rare photos with a cool backstory. Here are 24 utterly unique images and some unknown facts to wonder about today.

Taken during the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the year of the "Dream Team", Michael Jordan and Larry Bird

(Source: Reddit)

Dr. Zaius meeting some human folk during the making of 'Planet of the Apes', 1967

(Source: Reddit)

Nun and sleeping children, Cuba, 1940

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The Van Halen family on the ship that took them to America, 1962

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Mohammed Ali in a boat on his trip in Egypt, 1964

(Source: Reddit)

Jason Statham (right), a member of the British national diving team with the Soviet diving team, Moscow, 1990

(Source: Reddit)

"I slept on top of the Great Pyramid one night and in the morning I woke up to see a pair of Adidas sneakers by my face. This pyramid guide was taking tourists to the top," Louie Psihoyos, 1981

(Source: Reddit)

Michael Jackson as Charlie Chaplin, 1979

(Source: Reddit)

Dorothy Counts, the first black girl to attend an all-white school in the US, 1957

(Source: Reddit)

Amy Peterson inspecting champagne bottles wearing a steel mesh mask, 1933

(Source: Reddit)

A lesbian couple at Le Monocle, Paris, 1932

(Source: Reddit)

Children of hop pickers on a farm in Kent, England, photographed hiding in a trench while an aerial battle takes place, 1940

(Source: Reddit)

One of the last photos of Charlie Chaplin, 1977

(Source: Reddit)

Aerial photo of Manhattan, NYC, 1939

(Source: Reddit)

A 14-year-old boy working in France found studying a playground exhibit at the Children's Welfare Exposition of the American Red Cross, he has been working since age 11, 1918

(Source: Reddit)

Young Roosevelt watching Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession in NYC, 1865

(Source: Reddit)

Annie Edson Taylor poses with her cat and the barrel she rode over Niagara Falls in 1901

(Source: Reddit)

James Dean sitting in an open coffin at Hunt's Furniture Store in Indiana, 1955

(Source: Reddit)

Alice Doherty and her family, 1900s

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Saddam Hussein's engagement day, 1963

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Bill Murray at Elvis's funeral, 1977

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Celebrating the end of prohibition, 1933

(Source: Reddit)

Anne Frank and her sister, Margot, in the Netherlands, 1940

(Source: Reddit)

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, assistant surgeon during the Civil War, first female surgeon and MOH recipient 1864

(Source: Reddit)

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