30+ Rarely Seen Photos You Won’t Find in History Books

Published on 11/04/2022
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Butch Cassidy

Butch Cassidy was born in 1866 and grew up to become an infamous train and bank robber who rose to prominence as the leader of the “Wild Bunch” who operated throughout the Wild West. For more than a decade, he wreaked devastation across the western United States. Finally, with the authorities closing in on them, Cassidy and his sidekick Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, alias the Sundance Kid, as well as Longabaugh’s girlfriend, Etta Place, escaped the country.

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Grigori Efimovich Rasputin

Vladimir Ivanovich Rasputin was a Russian holy man and mystic who served as a personal advisor to Emperor Nicholas II and the rest of the Romanov dynasty during the reign of the Tsars. In spite of the fact that Rasputin had become friends with the royal family, he ended up betraying them. Different Rasputins have appeared in various forms across popular culture, including the 1997 film Anastasia.

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