20 Historical Photographs That Will Astonish and Educate

If you think you know your history, get ready to be humbled. The rare photographs below show a different perspective of historical events, and you probably wouldn’t find them in any school textbook.

#20. A lipstick test on a bald man, 1950.

#19. Lumber-jacks, Portland, USA, 1915.

#18. A young Iranian woman, 1960.

#17. Healing a back problem with a bear. Romania, 1946.

#16. Alice Liddell – the little girl who was the inspiration for Lewis Caroll’s famous novel, Alice’s adventures in Wonderland.

#15. A machine for spraying perfume, 1952.

#14. Miss New Zealand falls unconscious during the “Miss Universe” comeptition, 1954.

#13. The polar explorer Peter Freuchen with his partner, 1947.

#12. The as-yet unknown Robin Williams (right) in Central Park, 1974.

#11. A group photo of military electricians, 1918.

#10. Ernest Hemingway fishing, 1904.

#9. Testing a rugby helmet, 1912.

#8. Fawzia Fuad, princess of Iran and queen of Egypt, 1939.

#7. Players from the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks search for a contact lense lost by Jack Evans, 1962.

#6. Gagarin at a Carlsberg factory, 1962.

#5. Acrobats perform on the Empire State building, 1934.

#4. New recruits of the 7th The King’s Own Hussars regiment practice balancing on wooden horses, 1935.

#3. Sound-proof booths for listening to music in a shop, 1955.

#2. The Opening Ceremony of the XXII summer Olympics, Moscow, 1980.

#1. Salvador Dali kisses the hand of the actress Raquel Welch, 1965.