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Often, history feels distant - a collection of names and dates. But sometimes, a single image can bridge the gap. This collection of 17 historical photos includes a variety of images that illustrate remarkable events and everyday life from bygone eras. These windows to forgotten times showcase everything from a Parisian illusionist's ghostly companion (1863) to Victorian mountaineers, including a lady fully dressed and corseted, crossing a crevasse in the Alps in 1900.

Check out the full collection below to experience history like never before.

1. A Japanese postcard of a 'Bijin' (beautiful person) with her kitten. Circa 1907.

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2. Hattie 'the Mad Hatter' Madders is widely regarded as the first woman to have held the boxing heavyweight championship of the world. She won the title in 1883, defeating Scottish pugilist Wee Willy Harris in the opening round. A gentle woman at heart, Hattie ultimately went to Ireland and became a dairy farmer.

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3. Portrait of Hattie Tom, an Apache Native American, 1899.

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4. ‘Antarctica'. By Herbert George Ponting. Circa 1911

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5. A bride leaves her recently bombed home to tie the knot in London. 1940

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6. A double-exposed photograph of French illusionist Henri Robin with a "ghost." Photo by Eugène Thiébault, 1863.

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7. Female firefighters in action in London, 1916

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8. "The Kiss of Peace" Tatler, London, England, September 27, 1905

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Related: Step Back in Time With These Rare Historical Photographs

9. Portrait of a little girl sunbathing with her pet cat in the pram and doggie at her side. This photo was taken in Cleveland, Ohio, USA around the early 1900s

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10. A female Mason perched high above Berlin, 1910

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11. Victorian mountaineers, including a lady fully dressed and corseted, cross a crevasse in the Alps, 1900

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12. Three women riding bicycles in Helsinki, Finland in the 1890s (photo by Jakob Ljungqvist).

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13. Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870-1942), an American pioneering female photographer, poses with her camera on the streets of Manhattan, New York, 1901

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14. A charming picture of a Victorian lady "attempting" to ski

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15. This 1858 photograph, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, captures an excursion on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

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16. A mother helps her kid with a loose tooth, taken by American photographer A. Granger in New York in 1897. The photo was originally a stereograph.

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Related: 13 Colorized Historical Pics You Shouldn’t Miss!

17. A London bar scene with a pub landlord, his barmaids, and a lone drinker. Circa 1893

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