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26 Rare Historical Photos That'll Pique Your Interest

We are all curious about what happened in the past. The reason is simple. Those things are rare, and some of them are downright bizarre. Therefore, we can't help but be interested in finding and checking them out. So we have collected 26 very rare historical photos that will definitely quench your hunger. Scroll down to check them out right now because they are all so intriguing that you will never forget them once you see them.
Do you know Charles S.L Baker? He is the one who, along with several other persons, ran a business to produce the heater. In the gallery below, there is a picture capturing the moment when inventor Baker and his assistant demonstrated the heating/radiator system in 1906. Another photo shot Jewish inmates after being freed from a death train in 1945. The list goes on and on. And they will wow you.

#1. On February 8th, 1943, Nazis hung 17-year-old Lepa Radić for being a Yugoslavian Partisan during World War II.

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When they asked her the names of her companions, she replied: “You will know them when they come to avenge me.”

#2. Japanese couple taking a mirror selfie, 1920s

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#3. Bride leaving her recently bombed home to get married, London, Nov 4, 1940.

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#4. Harlem grocer standing in front of his store, 1937.

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#5. Couples in a bar, 1959 Pittsburgh.

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#6. In 1969, when black Americans were still prevented from swimming alongside whites, Mr.Rogers decided to invite Officer Clemmons to join him and cool his feet in a pool, breaking a well-known color barrier.

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#7. Inuk man teaching a boy how to shoot. The man, Allakariallak, was popularly known as Nanook of the North. Circa 1920s.

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#8. Photograph showing inventor Charles S.L Baker and his assistant demonstrating heating/radiator system, 1906

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Charles S. Lewis Baker (1859–1926) was an American inventor, who patented the friction heater.


#9. One of the earliest photos showing a Native American with a wolf

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Unlike the myths created about wolves by settlers, Indians maintained a close and respectful relationship with wolves. ? 1890s.

#10. David Isom, 19, broke the color line in a segregated pool in Florida on June 8, 1958, which resulted in officials closing the facility.

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#11. Jewish prisoners after being liberated from a death train, 1945.

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#12. Mother and daughter taking a walk in New York City, 1970. Radiah Frye and her daughter Mia Frye.

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#13. The real meaning of "Keep calm and carry on." Milkman during the London blitz 1940.

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#14. The two Kashmir Giants posing with the American photographer James Ricalton, 1903

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#15. Three lads play to the camera, Jamaica, 1960s.

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#16. KISS band with their parents, 1976.

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#17. Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1966, ran without a number because women were not allowed into the race.

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#18. The boy and his car, 1930s.

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#19. Hippie dad walking with his daughter. Amsterdam, 1968.

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#20. 22-year-old WASP pilot Shirley Slade in her flying helmet, goggles, and gloves, 1943.

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#21. Not everyone likes bikini, Miami Beach, 1980s

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#22. Central Park, New York City, 1973

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#23. Couple viewing the Apollo 8 spacecraft launch, 1968.

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#24. A teenager at an Elvis Presley concert at the Philadelphia Arena in Philadelphia (PA), April 6, 1957.

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#25. Cleaning women washing a crucifix, 1938.

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