Since the last 300years, no invention has arguably been important like the camera. The first commercial camera was launched in the late 1800s, of which nearly everyone at that time documented historical occurrences with ease. Despite the advent of video records, photographs tend to stand out as it captures important moments like nothing else. Worth more than a million words, taking pictures is a way to preserve history and the art of memory keeping.  

History textbooks tend to consecrate the more significant events and overlook remarkable moments that genuinely epitomize what transpired at the time. But one way to move with time and forever etched into the annals of history is through photographs as they’re all that’s left for a man to look back on while also learning from past mistakes. These 25 photos are indeed something else, and it can be easy to think of history as an idea of what the world used to appear like. These hardly-seen photos have never felt so real. Take a look!

In 1961, Louis Armstrong Played For His Wife In Egypt

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Young Queen Elizabeth As A Mechanic Amid The WW2 In C.1939

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Here’s Ruby Bridges, The 1st African American To Attend A White Elementary School In The Deep South (1960)

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Freddie Mercury With His Mother In 1947

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Ship Of Soldiers Returned Home From WWII In 1945

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In The 1960s, Bars In Istanbul Hires Someone To Carry Drunk People To Their Homes Using The Drunk Basket

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Historical photos provide us with an opportunity to travel down memory lane. The images grant us the chance to view life from historical figures' eyes and understand their experiences. From the snap of workers painting the Eiffel Tower to the nine kings of Europe photographed together for the first and the only time, these moments captured in this article are one-of-a-kind moments. 

German Soldier Returned Home Only To Discover His Family Are No Longer There (1946)

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Nazis Asked 17-Year-Old Lapa Raidic Who Were Her Accomplices Before She Got Hanged. She Responded: ‘You’ll Know Them When They Come To Avenge Me.’ Lapa, A Serbian Girl Was Hanged Near Gradiska In 1943. She Had Lost Her Father, 15 Brothers And Her Uncle In The Battle Of Kozara

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Black Man Rode In A Bus Meant For White Passengers Only, In Resistance To South Africa’s Apartheid Policies In 1986

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This Is Margaret Hamilton And The Handwritten Navigation Software. Margaret And Her Mit Team Had Produced It For The Apollo Project In 1969

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Members Of The Dutch Resistance Celebrates Adolf Hitler’s Death In April 1945

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These historical photos genuinely revealed what made humans proud in an unfiltered manner, what left them heartbroken and in tears. Likewise, these photos can make you feel the spirit, fashion, leisure, and routine of that time; although they happened in the blink of an eye, someone was fortunate enough to capture on its camera. 

Policeman In San Francisco Scolded A Man For Not Wearing Face Mask Amid The 1918 Influenza Pandemic

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1969, Black Americans Were Prevented From Swimming Alongside Whites, But Mr. Rogers Invited Officer Clemmons To Join Him And Cool His Feet

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Princess Diana Shakes Hands With An Aids Patient Without Gloves In 1991

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The Statue Of David By Michelangelo. It’s Encased In Bricks To Prevent Damage From WWII Bombs

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The history of photography is as incredible as history itself. And without cameras, these historical images wouldn’t have emerged nor existed. 1957 witnessed the first digital camera, a binary digital version of an existing camera that permitted the transfer of images into a computer. In today’s world, we can no longer imagine the internet without photos daily. 

On June 8, 1958, 19-Year-Old David Isom Brok The Color Line In A Segregated Pool In Florida. It Resulted In Officials Closing Up The Facility

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The Tallest Nazi Soldier, Jacob Nacken Chatting With (160cm) Canadian Corporal Bob Roberts After Surrendering Near Calais, France on September 1944

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Albert Einstein, Daughter Margaret, And His Secretary Helen Pledging To Become U.S. Citizens To Avoid Going Back To Nazi Germany In 1940

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Anne Frank’s Father Otto Revisited The Attic Where They Hid From The Nazis. He Was The Only Surviving Family Member

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An American Soldier Cradled A Wounded Japanese Boy And Sheltered Him From The Rain In The Cockpit Of An Airplane Amid The Battle Of Saipan. The Soldier Waited To Transport The Youngster To A Field Hospital, July 1944

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Man Arrested For Cross-Dressing Emerged From A Police Van, New York In 1939

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Serbian Soldier Slept With His Father Who Came To Visit On The Front Line Near Belgrade In 1914/1915

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Jewish Prisoners Released From A Death Train In 1945

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Unique Photograph Of A German Soldier Going Against Directives To Help A Young Boy Cross The Newly Formed Berlin Wall After Separation From His Family In 1961

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Charles Thompson Greeted His New Classmates At Public School On September 1954. Less Than 4 Months After The Supreme Court Ruled That The Racial Segregation Was Unconstitutional, Charles Was The Only African-American Child In The School. Richard Stacks For The Baltimore Sun Captured This Photo

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Which of the historical photo got your attention?