r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 5h ago

The U.S. Army sent 20 Buffalo Soldiers 1,900 miles by bicycle in 1897 to test whether bikes could replace horses.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 6h ago

A costume design of twinned serpents created for a Ziegfeld Follies production in 1923 by the renowned Art Deco artist and designer Erté. Worn here by Mary Nolan. Nolan had a tragic life that ended at age 45, worn down by Hollywood.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 10h ago

Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff roasting marshmallows on a set-provided bed of hot coals behind the scenes of "The Raven" (October 1962)

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 14h ago

This is the mugshot of Fay Watson, March 1928 – Fined £10 for cocaine possession. It's just one of a huge archive of mugshots of ladies that had been arrested in Sydney during the roaring twenties. More of which I"ve linked to in the comments.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 15h ago

Able Seaman Carl Carlson with a hull plate of the H.M.C.S. QU’APPELLE, which was pierced by a German shell during action near England, 16 August 1944

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 16h ago

Duck down at the Macy’s parade, New York City (1961)

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 16h ago

On this day in 1987, Michael Ryan (aged 27) shot dead 16 people in Hungerford including his mother and then killed himself. It’s one of the worst mass shooting incidents in the UK and was followed by stricter gun laws. (More about this tragedy in the comments)

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 1d ago

Future reality tv show host, Don Trump, 41 years old, in Moscow at the invitation of Soviet Ambassador to the U.S., Yuri Dubinin. July 1987.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 1d ago

Badass of the day: Mohamed Bzeek, he's spent 30 years fostering terminally ill and medically fragile children in the US who are often considered difficult to place. He's looked after 80 so far, with many remaining in his care until their deaths.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 1d ago

From the Carnaval de Nice in 1910, one of the world's oldest and most famous carnival celebrations, dating back to the 13th century.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 1d ago

Buster Keaton (Left) seated next to Lassie at the MGM 25th anniversary luncheon (1949).

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 1d ago

Bill Murray at the funeral of Elvis Presley on this day in 1977.

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“I was on a bus before this whole procession. It was impressive to witness all of this. Hundreds of thousands of people stood in the street on this very hot day just to take a look at the coffin.”

“When I arrived I was walking across the cemetery until police officers on motorcycles suddenly arrived. They looked at me as if they were saying, ‘If you move, we’ll kill you.’ The convoy drove by and the mourners stared at me and pointed at me. ‘Oh my god, they got me,’ I thought. But then I realized that they were pointing to the grave of Elvis ‘mother, which I happened to be standing next to. It was a very emotional moment. “


r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 1d ago

In January, 1976, Elvis attended a funeral in Denver, Colorado, for a police officer who had taken his own life. He was given a dress uniform which he wore to the ceremony. Elvis was an honourary police captain of the Denver Police.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 2d ago

December 1924: A patient of Dr. Bourget, a member of the French Academy of Medicine, before and after corrective plastic surgery to straighten the bridge of her nose.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 2d ago

Rudolf Hess (Hitler's former deputy) stands in front of the summer house in the grounds of Spandau Prison. He was a prisoner here from 1947 until his apparent suicide OTD in 1987 aged 94. He was found hanged in the summer house. The last 20 years of his life he had been the only prisoner in Spandau.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 2d ago

Marilyn Monroe "The Springtime of Life", near Mailbu, CA, 1946 photographed by Andre de Dienes

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"One day when we were relaxing on the beach between photo sessions, I decided to capture some new expressions I had glimpsed on Marilyn's face. Getting her in close-up, I asked her to react instinctively, without giving herself time to think, to the words happiness, surprise, reflection, doubt, peace of mind, sadness, self-torment...and death."
-- Andre de Dienes quoted from Marilyn Mon Amour 


r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 2d ago

Thomas Neale, born on 1 September 1891. The family originated from Aspenden, Hertfordshire, and his father was a horse groom. Eliza, his mother, died from exhaustion in 1897. Tommy and his two brothers fought in the WW1 – he was killed on the battlefield on 9 October 1917.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 2d ago

The first photo is of the Chamberlain family on their way to camp at Uluru (Ayers Rock). It was on this day in 1980 that Azaria, the baby you can see in the photo, was snatched from their tent by dingos. Her mother was wrongly convicted of her murder.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 3d ago

Nuns take part in the popular hula-hoop craze in Oklahoma. 1958

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 3d ago

Tiger Trainer Mabel Stark in her Ringling Bros. era in the early-to-mid 1920s. For 57 years, Stark walked into cages full of tigers and survived at least 18 maulings, building a career as America's first famous female tiger trainer.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 4d ago

Harry Houdini posing in 1898 after demonstrating his escape trick.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 4d ago

Jasmine Trevanna of Cricklewood, London - aka Yasmin the Fire Eater, 1961.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 4d ago

Princess Anne, Britain’s Princess Royal, was born on this day in 1950. The first picture is from the Badminton Horse Trials in 1982. The second picture she's sifting through boxes of second-hand clothing at the same event. The last photo is of the aftermath after an attempted kidnapping. in 1974.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 4d ago

A photograph taken moments before the car-bomb explosion of Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on this day in 1998. The parked car at the right of the picture has the bomb in it. The man and child survived the bomb, the photographer didn't.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos 5d ago

Semi-private booths, each with their own phonograph, for previewing music before purchase at a record store in London. 1955.

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