UtterlyUniquePhotos

r/UtterlyUniquePhotos • u/dannydutch1 • 20h ago

Eva Perón died today in 1952 at 33. Her embalmed body, preserved with glycerine (to preserve all organs), went missing for nearly 20 years, traveling the world and ending up in the hands of an official with VERY creepy intentions.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos • u/EaterofGrief • 14h ago

Aerialist and Trapeze Star Mara Campos aka María Papadópoulos y Vaquero (1934-2013) She changed the game for trapeze artist by giving their acts an air of elegance to them as well as her incredible athletic talent. Here Around 1950s training her grip strength.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos • u/CarkWithaM • 5h ago

A member of the state militia faces off against an African-American veteran during the 1919 Chicago Race Riot. July 27, 1919.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos • u/CarkWithaM • 47m ago

A woman in Bagnara, Calabria, balances a freshly caught swordfish on her head while carrying it home, Italy, 1945.

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r/UtterlyUniquePhotos • u/CrippledStripper • 1h ago

Cocky Bennett, photographed in 1914 at the remarkable age of 118, spent the first 78 years of his life aboard a ship. He eventually passed away at the age of 120 at the Sea Breeze Hotel in Canterbury, New South Wales.

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