36 Rare Historical Photos That Textbooks Forgot

Unfiltered, unexpected, and deeply human—these photos show the side of history you never saw in class.

Three Female Students Walk In The City Of Kabul, Afghanistan, 1972

Albert Einstein Teaching At Lincoln, The United States’ First Historical Black University, 1946

An Officer Halts Traffic To Make Way For A Cat Carrying A Kitten Across The Street, 1925

A Baby Lamb Snuggles Up To A Sleeping Boy, March 16, 1940

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Camberley Kate, A.k.a. Kate Ward, And Her Stray Dogs In England In 1962. She Never Turned A Stray Dog Away, Taking Care Of More Than 600 Dogs In Her Lifetime

The Italian Royal Family, 1905

1969: Margaret Hamilton Next To The Navigation Software She And Her Team At Mit Wrote For The Apollo Program

A Man Posing With A Donkey In His Lap, 1910s

Richard White Bull, Oglala Sioux, 1899

A Photograph Of A Little Boy Carrying A Newborn Lamb, In Scotland, 1932

Cyclist From Estonia, On A Self-Made Bicycle, 1912

During The Spanish Flu Of 1918 In California

Mississippi’s First Interracial Couple- August 3, 1970

Cats Wait For The Fisherman To Return, Istanbul, 1970s

Miss America, 1924

French Soldiers Passing By A Dog Wearing Googles And Smoking A Pipe, 1915

Portrait Of John Smith, Also Known As The White Wolf, Elderly Native American Chippewa Of Cass Lake, Minnesota, In Traditional Dress, 1914

“Girls In The Windows” Taken By Ormond Gigli In 1960 In NYC. The Building Was Knocked Down The Next Day

Three Young Boys Sit In A Wagon In A Pittsburgh Neighborhood Street, 1920-1930

Abraham Lincoln’s Beloved Mutt Fido, The First Presidential Dog To Be Photographed, 1861

Roland, A 4,000 Pound Elephant Seal, Getting A Bath From His Handler At The Berlin Zoo. This Photo Was Taken In 1930

Animal Therapy, 1956

Unbelievably Stunning Couple (Love How Their Hands Are Clasped Together), 1960s

American Woman Welders During World War II

A German Immigrant Girl Waits To Be Processed At Ellis Island – New York, 1926

The Old Cincinnati Library Before Being Demolished, 1874-1955

Portrait Of A Filipina/Chinese Woman From The Philippines, 1875 Photo By Francisco Van Camp

A Portrait Of Hollow Horn Bear, A Man From The Brule Native American Tribe. 1907

A Dog Holds Onto A Little Boy As He Tries To Retrieve A Ball In A River With His Golf Club, 1920s

Victorian Woman Who Never Cut Her Hair, 1860-1900

A Soldier Shares His Food With Two Dutch Kids, 1945

Soviet Peasants Listen To The Radio For The First Time, 1928

Fred Rogers Performing A “Bedside Solo Show” For 7-Year Old Beth Usher During Her Coma After Undergoing Surgery For “Rasmussen’s Encephalitis” At The John Hopkins Childrens’ Hospital In Baltimore, Maryland, 1987

An American Soldier Wears A Hand Lettered “War Is Hell” Slogan On His Helmet, Vietnam, 1965

A Lovely Photo Of A Brother And Sister. I Love Their Fashion And Her Purse! Chicago, 1945

A Mountain Boy Fetches Water From A Spring, Great Smoky Mountains, Sevier County, Tennessee, Ca. 1950

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