History is a fascinating subject! And when you learn the story through photos, it looks more recognizable, right? Imagine reading about Rosa Parks in a history book and seeing a picture of her sitting at the front of a bus. What would you prefer?
A Facebook page called .”Historical Photographs” shares historical facts along with some old photos to make things more interesting. If you would like to see photos of people, cultures, and events from the past, we have collected some photos from the Facebook page here. Check them out in the gallery below.
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#1 Rosa Parks Sits At The Front Of A Bus Following The End Of Racial Segregation By The Transit Company, Circa 1965
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#2 Long Before Color-Sensitive Film Was Invented, Russian Photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Took 3 Individual Black And White Photos, Each With A Filter (Red, Blue, And Green) To Create High-Quality Photos In Full Color. This Self Portrait Is Over 110 Years Old
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#3 On August 23, 1989, About 2 Million People From Latvia, Estonia, And Lithuania Formed A Human Chain That United All 3 Countries To Show The World Their Desire To Escape The Soviet Union And The Communism That Brought Only Suffering And Poverty. This Power Stretched 600 Km
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#4 Three Generations Of Women Outside Their Stone Cottage In Ireland 1927
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#5 Marilyn Monroe Photographed By Earl Leaf 1950
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#6 The FBI Finger Print Files, 1944
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#7 A ‘Knocker-Up’ In London (1929). Before Alarm Clocks, People Were Paid To Wake Clients Up For Work By Knocking On Their Doors And Windows With A Stick
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#8 Monica Bellucci And Gianni Versace, 1995
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#9 Mary Wallace: First Female Bus Driver For Chicago Transit Authority, 1974 (Colorized)
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#10 20-Year-Old Helen Mirren Dressed For Her Role As Cleopatra In A Theatrical Production, 1965
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#11 Niagara Falls Froze Over In 1883
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#12 World War I Field: More Than 100 Years Later
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#13 The Sioux Nation Of Native Americans Teepees Spread Across The Great Plains In 1800s (Image Believed To Have Been Taken In The Dakota Territory)
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#14 World War One Memorial In Vácrátót (Hungary)
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#15 Stoney First Nation Member, Guide Samson Beaver With His Wife Leah And Their Daughter Frances Louise, 1907. Photo Taken By Mary Schäffer
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#16 German Soldier Helps A Little Boy Sneak Across The Berlin Wall, 1961
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#17 A Dapper Group On Their Way To Church, Chicago 1940s
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#18 Residents Of West Berlin Show Their Children To Their Grandparents Living In East Berlin, 1961
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#19 Negotiation Between The Zoo Director And Escaped Chimpanzee. Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1988
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#20 Sailors Saluting A War Veteran, Leningrad 1989
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# 21 Cop Stops The Traffic In New York So A Mother Cat Holding A Kitten Can Cross Safely C.1925
# 22 Atelier Photo: “A Lesbian Couple In Semi Drag Wedding Attire”; Kingdom Of Hungary – Budapest, 1920
# 23 A Beach In Iran A Few Months Before The Islamic Revolution, 1979
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