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Sharing real moments from history, both famous and forgotten. Posting daily here since I left Twitter.

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · Dec 7

In 1913, 10-year-old Sarah Rector, a Black girl in Oklahoma was given a 160-acre land allotment. While the best farmland was reserved for white settlers, her barren plot struck oil, making her one of the country’s first Black millionaires.

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 28

A 2000-year-old Roman silver dagger discovered in 2019 in Germany and restored over 9 months.

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 28

Róża Maria Goździewska, the youngest Polish Nurse in the Warsaw Uprising at 8 years old 1944. Photo: Eugeniusz Lokajski “Brok”. Colored by AlixOfHesse

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 28

Gilda Grey, Puff Block Crepe, between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 28

Cat on shoe shine stand on sidewalk. Photo by Angel Rizzuto, 1960

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 28

Monet with a pigeon on his head, and his wife Alice, Venice, 1908.

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 28

Rare photo of Kim Il-sung's tumor on his neck, 1984

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 28

A man swimming and painting. Venice, Italy.

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 28

Victorian babies eating, 1896

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 28

People in San Francisco enjoy an open-air church service during the 1918 Spanish Influenza pandemic.

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

Morning at Passchendaele (1917)

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

A British seaplane pilot sends an urgent message via pigeon. WWI era, 1914-18.

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

Family watches Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation speech on television, 1991

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

The Nemean Lion Parade burgonet of Charles V made by famed armorer Filippo Negroli in Milan c. 1541

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

Audrey Hepburn in Rome, 1960. Photo by her son, Luca Dotti.

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

The Le Passe-muraille (Passer-Through-Walls ) sculpture in the Paris catacombs

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

A Ukrainian-American family celebrates the death of Stalin, 1953

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

Coney Island during a heat wave, NY, USA, 1936.

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

David Attenborough entertains Prince Charles and Princess Anne with a cockatoo. 1958

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

Stunning detail on the statue Ugolino and His Sons, 1865–67. Sculpture Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

Stunning detail on the statue Ugolino and His Sons, 1865–67. Sculpture Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

1,500-year-old ceramic Maya figurine that included a removable helmet. El Perú-Waka', Petén, Guatemala

Photo by Kenneth Garrett

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

Public urinal, Paris, 1875.⁣ Structures like this could be found on the streets of Paris in the late 19th century.

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

The Making of the Perfect Martini by Guy Buffet, 2000

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

San Francisco, 1906

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 27

A child with bread and milk, Istanbul, Turkey, 1989

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