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RARE HISTORICAL PHOTOS 5!

The following images allow us to connect with the past by capturing not just events, but the emotions and experiences of those who lived through them. We went digging through the archives of r/HistoricalCapsule and found some incredibly rare gems, so you can accompany us on a quick trip back in time.       Above is a rare photo of The Transformation Of Utrecht, Netherlands. (1982 vs 2026)       Look carefully at the following pictures. Some you probably haven't seen before. They are amazing. Enjoy! :)

One Of The First "Drone Shots" In History, 1911


Gunnar Kaasen, A Norwegian Musher And His Lead Dog
Balto Who Delivered Diphtheria Antitoxin To Nome,
Alaska Saving The City From An Epidemic, 1925


This Mirror Portrait Was Taken 110 Years Ago In Japan


During WWI, American Sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd
Crafted Remarkably Lifelike Prosthetic Masks For
Disfigured Soldiers, Helping Them Reclaim Their
Appearance And Confidence After The Devastating
Injuries Of Modern Warfare. (1918)


Inuit Woman And Child, King Island, Alaska,
Taken Between 1915 And 1925


Dolly Parton In A School Photo From 1959


Artist Monet In His Garden At Giverny, 1921


Women Meticulously Hand-Weaving A Persian Carpet
In Kashan, Iran, 1989


Two Gentlemen And Their Absolutely Delightful
Double-Walking-Stick-Wielding Dog, 1890s


Tutankhamun's Meteoritic Iron Dagger, Discovered
In His Tomb In 1922 And Later Confirmed To Be
Forged From A Meteorite


The World's Oldest Undeground Station,
Baker Street, England. 160 Years Apart


Pope Leo XIV, 1982


The Only Known Photo Of Vincent Van Gogh,
Taken At Age 19


Mary Edwards Walker, The Only Female Ever
To Earn The Medal Of Honor. (1865)


One Of The Earliest Known Photographs Of The Street Life
Of Tromso, Norway. The Image Shows The Main Square In
Tromso And Was Taken By Knud Knudsen In 1875



A Photo Of A Female Train Conductor In London In 1916.
While The Men Were Fighting, Women Took On Essential
Jobs Like This. When The War Ended, These Jobs,
Unfortunately, Became 'Men Only' Again


Biker Girls In Japan, C. 1980s


17 Year-Old Juliane Koepcke Was Sucked Out Of An Airplane
In 1971 After It Was Struck By A Bolt Of Lightning. She
Fell 2 Miles To The Ground, Strapped To Her Seat And
Survived After She Endured 10 Days In The Amazon Jungle


Two U.S. Army Soldiers Hold Each Other For Support, As
One Of Them Breaks Down Emotionally After Witnessing
Army Doctors Refuse To Treat Three Badly-Burned Iraqi
Children That'd Been Brought To Their Base By Relatives
Seeking Help. Balad, Iraq, 2003
Sweetpea - "In a war the politicians give ammunition,
the rich give the food and the poor give their children.
When the war is over the politicians get back the
leftover ammunition, the rich grow more food and the
poor bury their children." This was the quote that made
the rounds after the doctor's refusals. They were never
named. This is sergaent David Borell who tried to help.
He still is trying to understand."


The Size Of This Flag Flown On A Spanish Ship At The
Battle Of Trafalgar (1805). Compared To The Size Of
People Around It


An Iran Air Flight Attendant Posing In The Early 1970s
Iranians with less freedoms than at least 50 years ago




Happy Farm Family Inside Their Home In Sheridan County,
Kansas, 1939. The Three Girls Wear Homemade Flour-Sack
Dresses Sewn By Their Mother - When The Flour Suppliers
Realized Their Sacks Were Being Re-Used For Clothing,
They Printed Floral Patterns On Them For The Poor.


Golden Leaf Of The Crown Used For The Coronation Of
Napoleon, The Only One Remaining In The World, 1804


A Family In Front Of Their New House, (1900)


A 2000 Year Old Thracian Chariot With Horse Skeletons


German POW Soldiers React To Footage Of
Concentration Camps, 1945


A 140 Million Year Femur Bone That Weighs 1102 Lb
- 500kg Was Found In France


Steve Wozniak's Apple I (1976)


Early In His Career, Sylvester Stallone Was So Low On
Cash, He Was Forced To Sell His Dog, Butkus, For $40.
When He Landed Rocky, He Bought The Dog Back For
$15k And Gave Him A Role In The Movie. (1970s)


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