“History From Everyday”: 89 Of The Most Captivating Historical Pictures (New Pics)

Learning history can be fascinating. But history books don’t always have all the information. Some interesting nuggets and fun facts can slip through the cracks and we miss out on intriguing historical facts.

Luckily, there are pages like the History Everyday account on Instagram. It’s a place for rarely-seen but fascinating historical pictures. With its 354k followers, their mission is to encourage discussion and debate about iconic and controversial historical events. Curious to see what a Mongolian shaman looks like and what is “The Descent of Mombrone?” Scroll down and see for yourself!

To know more about learning the lesser-known facts of history, Bored Panda reached out to the creators of Footnoting History, a podcast that focuses on overlooked and underappreciated areas of history. We chatted with Christine and Kristin about how they find overlooked historical moments and why they’re so important. Read their insights below!

#1 Inuk Man Teaches A Boy How To Shoot A Bow And Arrow, Circa 1920

#2 Iranian University Students Before The Islamic Revolution, 1971

#3 Victorian Poverty, 1900

#4 Parents Taking Their Baby Ice Skating In The 1930s

#5 Soviet War Veteran Next To An Eternal Flame On The Anniversary Of Victory Day, 1966

#6 On 23rd August, 1989, 2 Million People In Lithuania, Estonia And Latvia Held Hands And Formed A Human Chain 675.5 Kilometers (420 Miles) Long

#7 A Geisha After Washing Her Hair, Before Styling It, In Japan In 1905

#8 A Blind Muslim Named Muhammad Carrying His Best Friend, A Paralyzed Christian With Dwarfism Named Samir, In Damascus, 1889

#9 Severe Case Of Syphilis In The Early 1900s Before The Discovery Of Penicillin, Which Would Become The Main Treatment

#10 Cambridge Students In The 1920s

#11 Miner From England Sits Down For Dinner With His Wife After A Long Day At Work In 1937

#12 A Schoolgirl Photographed At The 1968 May Day Demonstration In Lviv, Ukraine, By Pavliuk Ilya

#13 Hand Belonging To An X-Ray Technician At The Royal London Hospital, Which Shows The Damage From Radiation Exposure, 1900

#14 Marilyn Monroe Visiting Injured Troops In Japan In 1954. This Soldier Had Broken His Back And Had To Lie Face Down During The Initial Recovery Phase

#15 The Original Michelin Man From 1898

#16 A Heart Breaking Moment, Saved In An Ss Picture, Of Hungarian Jews At Auschwitz II-Birkenau

#17 The Exact Moment When 5 Year Old Harold Whittles, Born Deaf, Hears For The First Time After Being Fitted With A Hearing Aid

#18 In The Early 20th Century, Jean Libbera, Also Referred To As The “Double-Bodied Man,” Was A Sideshow Performer Alongside His Parasitic Twin, Jacques

#19 Alice Doherty, Photographed Here As A Teenager With Her Family In The Early 1900s

#20 Father And Son Crying As They Say Goodbye To Their Relatives Who Are Boarding A Boat To Buenos Aires In Search Of A Better Life During The Economic Hardship In Spain. The Photographer Manuel Ferrol Took This Picture In 1957 At The Port Of A Coruña

#21 Bedouin Mother From Saudi Arabia In 1948

#22 Star Wars Cast Out Of Costumes In 1977

#23 Princess Fatemeh Khanum “’esmat Al-Dowleh”, Princess Of The Royal Persian Family

#24 18 Year Old Philip Meeting Then 13 Year Old Princess Elizabeth At The Royal Navy College In Dartmouth In 1939

#25 Amasunzu Is An Elaborate Hairstyle Traditionally Worn By Rwandan Men And Unmarried Women, With The Hair Styled Into Crests

#26 Egyptian Street Vendor Selling Mummies In 1865

#27 Then And Now, 1970 And 2024. A Family Recreates This Photo 54 Years Later In Salford, England

#28 A Dutch Couple Take A Stroll Along The Beach In The 1930s

#29 This Is How Passengers Would Board Airships. This Photo Shows British Airship R101 In 1930

#30 Actress Marlene Dietrich Kisses A Soldier Returning From Ww2 In 1945

#31 Māori Woman With Her Son In 1890s New Zealand

#32 Spanish Heavyweight Boxer Paulino Uzcudun, Nicknamed “The Basque Woodchopper”, Photographed In The Early 1900s. In His Youth He Was A Competitive Wood Chopper

#33 A Man Who Has Been Badly Tarred And Feathered Seeks Medical Help, Date Unknown

#34 Lunch Time At A California School In 1942 Taken Shortly Before Americans Of Japanese Descent (Including The Boy Pictured) Were Taken And Imprisoned In Concentration Camps Across The US For The Duration Of WW2

#35 Albert Einstein With His Step Daughter Margot Einstein Sitting On His Lap

#36 Princeton Sophomores Pose For A Photo After A Snowball Fight In 1893

#37 Explorer Robert Peary Standing In The Deck Of The Ss Roosevelt Before Setting Off On His Expedition To The North Pole, Circa 1908

#38 Mongolian Shaman In 1909

#39 Acrobat Luisita Leers, Taken Circa 1929

#40 This Is A Picture Of A British Veteran Of The Napoleonic Wars, Posing With His Wife

#41 College Dorm At The University Of Illinois In 1910

#42 German Ww1 Veteran Hans Lange Holds A Portrait Of Himself As A 19 Year Old In 1918

#43 Crow Native Americans Watch The Rodeo In Montana, 1941

#44 George And Willie Muse, Two African American Brothers Who Were Kidnapped As Children In 1899 And Forced To Perform As Sideshow Attractions Because They Were Albinos

#45 The O’halloran Sisters Who Fended Off The Officers Evicting Their Family During The Irish Land War, 1887

#46 Mary Ann Bevan (1874 – 1933) Was An English Woman Who Toured The Sideshow Circuit As “The Ugliest Woman In The World” After Her Appearance Drastically Changed Due To Developing Acromegaly

#47 The Iconic American Wartime Photograph “The Thousand Yard Stare” Showing Exhausted 19 Year Old Us Marine Private Theodore J. Miller In February 1944

#48 Irena Sendler (1910-2008) Helped Smuggle Jewish Children Out Of The Warsaw Ghetto During Ww2, Providing Them With False Identity Documents And Shelter With Willing Polish Families Or In Orphanages And Other Care Facilities, Saving Those Children From The Holocaust

#49 Gino Franceschini, New York City, Was Only 5 Feet 6-1/4 Inches Tall And Had To Be 5 Feet 7 Inches To Qualify As A Fireman

#50 New Parents Of Quadruplets In The 1880s

#51 The Top Photo Shows Heart Surgeon Dr. Zbigniew Religa Resting After Performing The First Successful Heart Transplant In Poland In 1987, Which Took 23 Hours

#52 In 1978 A Ferrari Was Discovered Buried In A Yard In Los Angeles After Children Playing In The Dirt Alerted Police About Something Shallowly Buried

#53 Ellis Island Immigrants Circa 1910. At The Time Of This Photo The Child Was 11 Months Old And Weighed 55 Pounds (25 Kilograms)

#54 Bullet Bra In The 1950s

#55 On The Beach In Manhattan, 1970s

#56 Japanese Physician And Pathologist Fukushi Masaichi Collected Tattooed Skin From The Dead During The Early 20th Century

#57 Last Known Photo Taken Of Charlie Chaplin In October 1977, 2 Months Before His Death

#58 Dutch Children After Arriving At Ellis Island, Circa 1900

#59 American Troops On Board A Landing Craft Heading For The Beaches At Oran, Algeria During The WW2 Operation Torch, November 1942

#60 Young Couple In The 1940s

#61 A Photo Of A Detroit Family Titled “Factory Hand At Ford” Which Was Taken By A Visitor From Japan, 1954

#62 Jewish Soldiers In The German Army Celebrate Hanukkah On The Eastern Front, 1916, During Ww1

#63 Wooden Leg (1858 – 1940) Photographed Holding A Rifle At Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana In 1927

#64 Boxer Fred Bretonnel In 1920 At The Age Of 15 And In 1928 At The Age Of 23

#65 Robert F. Kennedy Stopping For A Meal At A Drive-In In Bluefield, West Virginia During The Campaign For His Brother John F. Kennedy To Become The 1960 Democratic Presidential Nominee

#66 Paul Alexander Is The Last Person Living In An Iron Lung After He Contracted Polio In 1952 At The Age Of Six

#67 The Mugshot Of American Gangster Al Capone On The Day He Arrived At The Federal Correctional Institution On Terminal Island In California, 1939

#68 A Portrait Of 10 Chiefs Taken In 1891

#69 These Photos Shows The Aftermath Of The July 28th 1945 Crash Of A B-25 Mitchell Bomber From The Us Army Air Forces Into The Empire State Building In New York City Between The 78th And 80th Floors, While Flying In Thick Fog

#70 Coca Cola Cans From The 1930s

#71 The Mentally Disabled Hidden Cousins Of Queen Elizabeth II

#72 The Children Of A Farmer In The Ozarks, Missouri, Photographed By John Vachon In May 1940

#73 Miners 850 Feet Deep In The Hubert Mine, Nevadaville, Colorado 1895

#74 Robert Mcgee, Scalped At The Age Of 14 In 1864

#75 Immigrant Family Arrives At Ellis Island In 1904

#76 A Mother With Her 8 Sons, All Served In Ww2, All Came Home

#77 American Civil War Veteran Jacob Miller, Photographed In 1911, With A Bullet Hole In His Head That He Obtained During The Battle Of Chickamauga Whilst Fighting For The Union Army In 1863

#78 Billy The Kid, An American Outlaw And Gunfighter Of The Old West Who Is Alleged To Have Killed 21 Men Before He Was Shot And Killed At The Age Of 21

#79 Union (Left) And Confederate (Right) Veterans Meet For The Battle Of Gettysburg’s 50th Anniversary In 1913

#80 Italian Officer Performing The ‘Descent Of Mombrone’ In The Italian Cavalry School Of Pinerolo, 1906