Unseen History
Sharing real moments from history, both famous and forgotten. Posting daily here since I left Twitter.
- A 2000-year-old Roman silver dagger discovered in 2019 in Germany and restored over 9 months. #WorldHistory #History
- Róża Maria Goździewska, the youngest Polish Nurse in the Warsaw Uprising at 8 years old 1944. Photo: Eugeniusz Lokajski “Brok”. Colored by AlixOfHesse #WorldHistory #History
- Gilda Grey, Puff Block Crepe, between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925 #WorldHistory #History
- Cat on shoe shine stand on sidewalk. Photo by Angel Rizzuto, 1960 #WorldHistory #History
- Monet with a pigeon on his head, and his wife Alice, Venice, 1908. #WorldHistory #History
- Rare photo of Kim Il-sung's tumor on his neck, 1984 #WorldHistory #History
- A man swimming and painting. Venice, Italy. #WorldHistory #History
- Victorian babies eating, 1896 #WorldHistory #History
- People in San Francisco enjoy an open-air church service during the 1918 Spanish Influenza pandemic. #WorldHistory #History
- Morning at Passchendaele (1917) #WorldHistory #History
- A British seaplane pilot sends an urgent message via pigeon. WWI era, 1914-18. #WorldHistory #History
- Family watches Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation speech on television, 1991 #WorldHistory #History
- The Nemean Lion Parade burgonet of Charles V made by famed armorer Filippo Negroli in Milan c. 1541 #WorldHistory #History
- Audrey Hepburn in Rome, 1960. Photo by her son, Luca Dotti. #WorldHistory #History
- The Le Passe-muraille (Passer-Through-Walls ) sculpture in the Paris catacombs #WorldHistory #History
- A Ukrainian-American family celebrates the death of Stalin, 1953 #WorldHistory #History
- Coney Island during a heat wave, NY, USA, 1936. #WorldHistory #History
- David Attenborough entertains Prince Charles and Princess Anne with a cockatoo. 1958 #WorldHistory #History
- Stunning detail on the statue Ugolino and His Sons, 1865–67. Sculpture Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux #WorldHistory #History
- Stunning detail on the statue Ugolino and His Sons, 1865–67. Sculpture Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux #WorldHistory #History
- 1,500-year-old ceramic Maya figurine that included a removable helmet. El Perú-Waka', Petén, Guatemala Photo by Kenneth Garrett #WorldHistory #History
- Public urinal, Paris, 1875. Structures like this could be found on the streets of Paris in the late 19th century. #WorldHistory #History
- The Making of the Perfect Martini by Guy Buffet, 2000 #WorldHistory #History
- San Francisco, 1906 #WorldHistory #History
- A child with bread and milk, Istanbul, Turkey, 1989 #WorldHistory #History
- Lonnie Johnson, the NASA engineer who invented the Super Soaker. #WorldHistory #History
- The remains of a 2000 years old tortoise and its egg found in Pompeii #WorldHistory #History
- The future Queen Elizabeth II, photographed at 18 at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, 1944. #WorldHistory #History
- November 11, 1918, the Armistice that ended World War I was signed in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne of France. #WorldHistory #History
- A fisherman, 1930, Istanbul, Turkey #WorldHistory #History
- Statue of Liberty undergoing some restoration work 1984-86, New York. #WorldHistory #History
- Exposition Universelle de Paris 1889 #WorldHistory #History
- Jeep cemetery, Okinawa, 1945. #WorldHistory #History
- A man climbs on top of an electricity pole just to get a glance of Mahatma Gandhi’s last rites in New Delhi, 31st January 1948. #WorldHistory #History
- The great San Francisco earthquake of April, 1906. #WorldHistory #History
- The cast of Star Wars without costumes. Harrison Ford (Han Solo), David Prowse (Darth Vader), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Kenny Baker (R2-D2) and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), 1977. Colorized by @jecinci #WorldHistory #History
- A Bedouin man on top of a camel, Suez, Egypt, 1876. #WorldHistory #History
- Iowa class battleship leads a battlegroup, 1987 #WorldHistory #History
- Venice, Italy, 1950. Photograph by David Seymour. #WorldHistory #History
- The Virgin Mary punching the devil in the face, 'The De Brailes Hours', Oxford ca. 1240 #WorldHistory #History
- The Library of Celsus in Ephesos. Photo by Nazlı Atabey #WorldHistory #History
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini's last masterpiece -the ecstasy of blessed Ludovica Albertoni, 1671. #WorldHistory #History
- An 81-year-old Nikola Tesla, 1937. Color by Jecini. #WorldHistory #History
- Tunnel of Eupalinos, 6th century BCE, runs for 1km through Mount Kastro, Greece. It was in use as an aqueduct for around 1,100 years #WorldHistory #History
- Two girls gallop full speed on sheep in Cornwall, England 1969. Photo by John Drysdale. #WorldHistory #History
- Medusa - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1630 #WorldHistory #History
- Studio Portrait of a German Soldier, WWI The flowers tucked into his uniform are an indication that he will be sent to the frontline soon. #WorldHistory #History
- A Dutch family stands in their devastated town after the German invasion. May 1940 #WorldHistory #History
- It took just over a year to build the Empire State Building, utilizing as many as 3,400 men each day. #WorldHistory #History
- Ring with an inscription to Hera. Greece, about 575 BCE #WorldHistory #History
