History is rich and fascinating, but with so many moments to remember and life moving as fast as it does, we tend to hold onto only the biggest ones. The lesser-known stories get lost along the way—which is a shame, because they’re often just as captivating.
Thankfully, corners of the internet like the Instagram page Rare Histories do a wonderful job of giving them the spotlight they deserve. We’ve rounded up some of their most interesting posts below. Scroll down to check them out.
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#1 A Pig Photobombing A Wedding In 1927
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#2 Women Marching For The Right To Vote, 1913
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#3 Pierre Culliford (Peyo), Creator Of The Smurfs, Presenting His Finished Drawing Of A Smurf At A Studio In Brussels, Belgium, 1983
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#4 Albert Einstein Plays His Beloved Violin, 1941
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#5 Padaung Women Asking A London Policeman For Directions, 1935
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#6 A Pigeon Bus From Wwi Served As Collecting Point For Messenger Pigeons From The Front Lines
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#7 A Man From France Tastes Coca-Cola For The First Time, Paris, 1950
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#8 Kmart Employees Watching The Moon Landing, July 16, 1969
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#9 A Beautician Paints Stockings Onto A Customer's Skin During Stocking Rationing, London, England In 1941
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#10 A Group Of Havana Schoolboys In 1937 The Boy With The Lollipop Is Fidel Castro
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#11 Arnold Schwarzenegger On The Day He Received His American Citizenship
#12 Nagasaki, 20 Minutes After, 1945
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#13 The Assembly Line Of Porsche 911's At The Stuttgart Factory, 1970s
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#14 A Blind Couple Walking With Their Child In The Streets Of Budapest, 1984
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#15 A Smiling Girl In A Kimono On New Year's Day, Japan, 1914
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#16 A Milk Vending Machine In London; 1940s
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#17 The Use Of Masks During The Spanish Flu Pandemic, 1918
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#18 Girls At A Beatles Concert In Plymouth, 13 November 1963
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#19 Presley Concert, 1957
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#20 Harvey Ross Ball And His Creation, 1960s
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#21 South Vietnamese Parents And Their Five Children Fleeing Toward Saigon, June 19, 1972
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#22 Female Police Officer Inspecting A Woman's Bathing Suit, 1920s
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#23 Slot Machine Selling Warm Sausages On A Railway Station In Germany, 1931
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#24 Unpacking Mona Lisa After The End Of World War IL In 1945
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#25 Albert Einstein's Office On The Day Of His [passing]
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#26 A Japanese Commuter Train Early In The Morning, 1964
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#27 Winston Churchill In His Swimming Costume, 1922
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#28 Glass Soda Bottles Were Popular Back Then (Late 1970s/Early 1980s)
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#29 New Recruits Of The 7th Queen's Own Hussars Regiment Practice Balancing On Wooden Horses, 1935
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#30 P.t. Barnum & Bailey's Combined Circus Performers, New York 1924
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#31 Al Capone's Prison Cell In Eastern State Penitentiary, Pennsylvania
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#32 An Airman Being Captured By Vietnamese In Truc Bach Lake Hanoi In 1967
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#33 Newly Built F4u Corsair And F6f Hellcats Being Prepared To Be Shipped To The Pacific Theatre, USA, 1944
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#34 Female Worker Bottling Ketchup At The Original Heinz Factory Circa 1897
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#35 The Face Of The Statue Of Liberty, 1800s Before Being Attached To Body
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#36 Hindenburg Airship, 1920s
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#37 A "Prettiest Legs" Competition In Paris, 1950
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#38 Timekeepers At The 1912 Summer Olympics In Stockholm, Sweden
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#39 Typist Of The Future - Circa 1970
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#40 Playing Chess On Broadway, NYC At The Corner Of Broadway And West 49th Street In Midtown Manhattan, August 1986
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#41 Walt Disney On The Day They Opened Disney Studios
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#42 A Sailor Gets A Tattoo On His Arm In Virginia, 1939
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#43 Diner Drive-In In Los Angeles, 1950s
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#44 The Changing Shape Of Female Swimwear From Victorian Era To Late The 1920s
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#45 Members Of The US Board Of Tea Experts Meet To Taste Teas, Their Mission Was To Set Up Quality Standards For Imported Tea, 1947
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#46 Shoe Shiners Taking A Lunch Break New York City, 1947
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#47 100,000 Units Of Marks, Equal In Value To One US Dollar, 1923
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#48 Helmet With A Built In Communication Device So That The Riders Can Communicate To Each Other, 1960s
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#49 Chess Lesson In A School Pskóv, USSR, 1975
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#50 People Parked Curbside To Watch A Plane Take Off (NYC), 1951
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