41 Rare And Captivating Moments In History You’ve Probably Never Seen Before

Here are some snapshots of some of the most captivatingly vulnerable moments in history.
These rare images show some of the most influential leaders in the past that let their hair down for a moment.
Luckily, for us, a photographer was there to capture that moment and share the humanity in it all.

1. EXECUTION BY CANNON, IN SHIRAZ, IRAN, MID-LATE 19TH CENTURY

2. THE ROYAL NAVY ON THE WAY HOME FROM FRANCE WITH QUEEN VICTORIA ON BOARD, WHO HAD JUST VISITED NAPOLEON III, 1858

3. CLIMBERS BRINGING DOWN CORPSES OF THEIR FELLOWS FROM MONT BLANC, 1895

4. MAJOR GENERAL HORATIO GORDON ROBLEY WITH HIS COLLECTION OF TATTOOED MAORI HEADS, 1895

5. GOLD DIGGERS MARCHING THROUGH CHILKOOT PASS, THE ONLY WAY TOWARDS DAWSON CITY, 1898

6. ICEBERG THAT HAD RED AND BLACK PAINT ON IT. THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE ICEBERG THAT SANK THE TITANIC. PHOTOGRAPHED IN 1912

7. SELFIES CIRCA 1920

8. MELTED AND DAMAGED MANNEQUINS AFTER A FIRE AT MADAM TUSSAUD’S WAX MUSEUM IN LONDON, 1930

9. A RARE COLOR PHOTOGRAPH OF TWO PARISIAN WOMEN FROM 1930

10. PORSCHE SHOWING THE MODEL OF THE BEETLE TO HITLER, 1930’s

11. CLASS HELD IN A TRAIN WAGON (REASON UNKNOWN), ONTARIO, CANADA, 1932

12. THE OLYMPIC FLAME ARRIVES IN BERLIN, 1936

13. TOFFS AND TOUGHS – THE FAMOUS PHOTO BY JIMMY SIME THAT ILLUSTRATES THE CLASS DIVIDE IN PRE-WAR BRITAIN, 1937

14. DRIVING CLASS AT MICHIGAN HIGHLAND PARK UNIVERSITY, 1939

15. SEARCHLIGHTS ON THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR, 1942

16. GEORGES BLIND, A MEMBER OF THE FRENCH RESISTANCE, SMILING AT A GERMAN FIRING SQUAD, OCTOBER 1944

17. A DUTCH WOMAN ENTERING MILITARY CAPTIVITY WITH HER HUSBAND, A GERMAN SOLDIER, 1944

18. TO DEMONSTRATE THE SUPERIORITY OF THE RED ARMY, 57.000 GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR ARE HERDED THROUGH DOWNTOWN MOSCOW, JULY 1944

19. LIBERTY BRIDGE IN BUDAPEST MADE TEMPORARILY USABLE AFTER THE SIEGE, 1945

20. JAPANESE GUARDS BOW BEFORE US PRISONERS OF WAR BEING RELEASED FROM A YOKOHAMA DETENTION CENTER FOLLOWING THE CAPITULATION OF JAPAN, 1945

21. THE LAST COMMERCIAL SAILING SHIP, PAMIR, TO ROUND CAPE HORN IN 1949

22. JAMES DEAN POSING IN THE COFFIN IN THE LOCAL UNDERTAKER IN HIS HOME TOWN IN THE YEAR OF HIS CAR CRASH AND ENSUING DEATH, JANUARY 1955

23. FIDEL CASTRO PLAYS BASEBALL IN HAVANA, 1959

24. A LOW-DIVISION HOCKEY MATCH IS INTERRUPTED, SWEDEN, 1959

25. IRANIAN WOMAN BEFORE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION, 1960

26. RESIDENTS OF WEST BERLIN SHOW CHILDREN TO THEIR GRANDPARENTS WHO RESIDE ON THE EASTERN SIDE, 1961

27. THE BEATLES LOOKING BACK, 1962 AND 1969

28. THE LAST PRISONERS LEAVING ALCATRAZ, 1963

29. FRANK SINATRA STEPPING OFF OF A HELICOPTER WITH A DRINK IN HIS HAND, BY YUL BRYNNER, 1964

30. COUNTER-PROTESTER WITH HER DAUGHTERS AT A CIVIL LIBERTIES RALLY BY BLACK PEOPLE, BOGALUSA, LOUISIANA, 1965

31. WOODSTOCK – THE OPENING CEREMONY. BETHEL, NEW YORK, 14 AUGUST 1969

32. DETECTIVE IN DISGUISE IN BROOKLYN, 1969

33. RIEN NE VAS PLUS IN THE DUNES HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS WHILE MAN IS LANDING ON THE MOON, 1969

34. ONE OF THE TWO RIACE BRONZES DISCOVERED BY AN AMATEUR SCUBA DIVER IS BROUGHT OUT OF THE IONIAN SEA. CALABRIA, ITALY. AUGUST 1972

35. BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON AS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, 1973

36. AN ASSISTANT HOLDING AN UMBRELLA OVER AN ACTOR’S HEAD DURING THE FILMING OF THE SCANDALOUS EROTIC THRILLER CALIGULA, 1976

37. PELÉ TAKING A BREAK ON THE FIELD OF HUNGARIAN FOOTBALL CLUB MTK WHILE FILMING “ESCAPE TO VICTORY”, 1980

38. FOLLOWING A JUMP WORTH A GOLD MEDAL, POLE VAULTER WLADYSLAW KOZAKIEWICZ SENDS A MESSAGE TO SOVIET SUPPORTERS WHO HAD GIVEN HIM THE RASPBERRY. MOSCOW OLYMPICS, 1980

39. BRITISH SOLDIER OBSERVING ARGENTINEAN HELMETS AFTER THE BATTLE OF GOOSE GREEN ON THE FALKLAND ISLANDS, MAY 1982

40. STEVE JOBS AND BILL GATES DISCUSS THE PC’S FUTURE AT JOBS’ PALO ALTO HOME, 1991. PHOTO BY GEORGE LANGE

41. CAMELS AND BURNING KUWAITI OIL FIELDS THAT HAD BEEN BLOWN UP BY RETREATING IRAQI TROOPS, 1991. PHOTO BY STEVE MCCURRY/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC