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
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