25 rare historical photos that will surprise you

Archive photos surprise and fascinate. Sometimes it seems that the world is slowly going crazy. But he was always a little weird, with a lot of funny things and no less funny people. And this makes life even more interesting.

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Launching of a paddle steamer. Michigan, November 9, 1912

Queen, 1970

Homeless children of Moscow, 1995

An Australian soldier in Ypres, Belgium, 1917

Demonstration demanding the release of political prisoners, Moscow, October 31, 1905

Intrepid acrobats train on the roof of the Empire State Building, 1934

Arrested striptease club dancer tries to prove to the judge that her underwear sufficiently covers all the interesting places, Florida, 1931

Roy Scheider on the set of the movie "Jaws"

Photos from declassified military archives of Great Britain. Queen Elizabeth II personally tests the L‑85 assault rifle, 1993

A harsh childhood. Rattle of the 1930s

The last picture of Vladimir Lenin during his lifetime — at the time of the photo he had already suffered three strokes and could not talk at all, 1923

The head of the Occupational Health and Safety Service, Clifford Roberts, acts as a model during a fire training course for employees of McGuire Hospital, USA, 1965

The village of Troparevo in Moscow, 1956. This place is now a high-rise residential area of Moscow

Winona Ryder on the set of the movie "Beetlejuice", 1987

Fashionistas of New York, 1969

London Pub, UK, 1964

Grown-up daughter meets her father, who returned with the last batch of 10,000 prisoners of war, Germany, 1956

A local resident among the destruction in Sarajevo, Bosnia, 1994

Anatomical model of a pregnant woman, XVII century. And the coffin-shaped case served as a reminder that anatomy can only be studied on deceased people.

Angelina Jolie with her mom, 1970s

Double Statue of Mephistopheles and Margarita, Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, India

Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and David Fincher on the set of the movie "Fight Club", 1999

800-year-old temple in Cambodia

Casa Professa Church, Sicily, Italy