r/UtterlyUniquePhotos

: "One of the most intense blizzards on record (North Dakota, 1966)"

: "Dr. Erich Salomon faked a broken arm so he could hide a camera in his cast to photograph the US Supreme Court - 1932"

: "Dr. Joe Medicine Crow, last War chief of the Crow Nation — while serving in the U.S. Army during WWII, he met the four requirements for becoming a War chief. He led a raid against a German position, disarming them and taking them prisoner. He then stole their horses. He died in 2016, aged 102."

: "Photo of Timothy Treadwell, an American bear enthusiast, who lived among brown bears in Katmai National Park, Alaska, for 13 summers. Unfortunately, in October 2003, Treadwell and Amie Huguenard were attacked and mauled to death by a massive half-ton bear at their campsite."

: "Kodachrome shot of mexican women marching on their kness towards the "Basilica of Guadalupe". This is a way to give thanks for a miracle to the virgin, still happens by the 1000s, circa 1950s-60s Mexico City, MExico."

: "After astronomical calculations and a 3-year wait for the right moment, Photographer Leonardo Sens took this photo"

: "Florence Thompson, the Migrant Mother in Dorothea Lange's famous 1936 photo, holds up her likeness during an interview after her identity was made known, October 10, 1978 "

: "Maximilian Kolbe, “The Saint of Auschwitz” — In August 1941, while imprisoned in the Death camps, Kolbe (a Polish priest) offered to take the place of a condemned man. After weeks of starvation, he was killed by an injection of acid. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1982. "

: "Jayne Mansfield enjoys a day in a boat with her Husband Mickey Hargitay, Early 1960s."

: "Dr. Erich Salomon faked a broken arm so he could hide a camera in his cast to photograph the US Supreme Court - 1932"