Cameras have been around for a long time and have taken millions of photos, but only a select few make it as timeless classics. The result is tons of incredible historical photos that get lost in time. Fortunately, thanks to the internet, we can find and share some of those photographs for you to look at for the first time. Check out 20 new history pics you've probably never seen before.
During World War II, women across the United States took care of themselves and their families while able-bodied men were away. One photo here shows a mother servicing her car while her son helps to the extent of his abilities. It is a snapshot of life for many families at that time.
Meanwhile in France in 1944, some of those American men can be seen looking at the Eiffel Tower while sitting in their Jeep, after the city had been liberated. The war wouldn't officially be over for another full calendar year, but retaking Paris was proof that it was only a matter of time before the Allies prevailed, and the American troops who had made it through could return home. See those pics and many more in this fresh collection of historical photos.
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With her husband at war, Mom works on the car, 1944.
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A U.S. Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber from the 19th Bomb Group attacking a target in Korea. February, 1951.
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Enraged Syrian dictator Hafez Al-Assad at a press conference reacting to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becoming the 1st Arab world leader to visit Israel, 1977.
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A daughter teaching her mother how to read, Alabama, 1890.
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Austro-Hungarian trench raiders near Caporetto, 1917.
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Josiah Harlan, Prince of Ghor: An American born in Pennsylvania who traveled to Afghanistan with the intention of making himself a king. He failed. (1838-1845).
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Men of the Royal Flying Corps pictured in France 1917/18.
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View from a Royal Air Force Ventura bomber during a raid on Den Helder, The Netherlands, 12 February 1943.
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Lion tamer and animal trainer Jack Bonavita poses with his lions. He was eventually killed by one of his polar bears in 1917.
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Conqueror MK 2 of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment at Soltau training area, July 1959.
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The second image of former Italian President Aldo Moro as a hostage of the Red Brigades, April 19, 1978. He was later killed as a hostage.
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Portrait of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso by Arnold Newman, 1954.
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Soldiers of the 4th U.S. Infantry Division look at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, after the French capital had been liberated on August 25, 1944.
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Swedish weightlifter rejoices after successfully lifting weights at the Olympic Games in Montreal, 1976.
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Polish art critic and art collector Feliks "Manggha" Jasieński, 1861-1929, wearing a Samurai helmet and kimono, Kraków, Poland, 1903 or 1904.
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Vogue: Florida Fashion. Kodachrome by Toni Frissell, shot in February of 1944.
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The Norwegian steamer Oria in the 1920s.
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In 1922, the man with the longest beard was Zach T. Wilcox of Carson City, Nevada. He grew out his beard for 41 years, starting 1881.
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Oil from the grounding of the MV New Carissa freighter washing ashore on the North Spit, Southern Oregon Coast, 12 February 1999 after it ran aground on February 4th.
