History,CuriositiesSEP 5, 2025

38 Weird History Pics That May Change How You See The Past

Did you know that on September 10, 1970, there was a Miss American Vampire pageant in Los Angeles? Organized as part of a promotional campaign for the television series Dark Shadows, it elected actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather as the winner. You might recognize her as the woman who declined Marlon Brando's Oscar on his behalf at the 1973 Academy Awards.

Yet, she wasn't the one who was crowned Miss American Vampire. What really happened? Well, it's up to you to find out, as you scroll down this list of historical pics. We've rounded up the most interesting ones from the Instagram page "Ethereal Fields," and present to you here those we think you might not have seen yet before.

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#21 Aleister Crowley Photographed By Jules Jacot Guillarmod During The K2 Expedition, 1902

#22 Morris Graves In His Garden Photographed By Immogen Cunningham, 1973

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#24 This Image Is Not Of Queen Genepil In 1923, But Rather A Different Mongolian Nobel Woman In 1921 Claimed To Be Genepil

#25 Soviet Invasion Of Prague

#26 Tattooed Woman From Hans Prinzhorn’s Book „prisoner’s Art“, 1926

#27 Circus Elephants Many And Kiri Clearing Rubble In Hamburg After World War II, 1945

#28 Peter Lindbergh, Comme Des Garçons, 1988

#29 Youth Poverty By Stephen Shames

#30 Sisters Of St. Joseph Of Carondelet, Practicing For A Possible Air Raid, 1942

#31 Valium Ad From The 80s

#32 The L’eplattenier Helmet Was A Prototype Military Helmet Designed For The Swiss Army By Charles L’eplattenier In 1916

#33 Christine Spengler, North Ireland, 1970s

#34 Nikita Khrushchev Excited About Corn, 1957-1962

#35 Soviet Prison Tattoos 1960-1980

#36 Doll Factory, 1950s

#37 Italian Futurist, Composer And Painter Luigi Russolo

#38 Iranian Revolution By Abbas Attar, 1979/1980

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