History is more than just innovations and triumphs. In truth, much of it involves numerous instances of brutality, warfare, and other unsettling, regrettable realities.
Take a look below at some of the most haunting moments from history.
The two siblings shown here are experiencing the thrill of an electrical storm at Sequoia National Park in California around 1975. Shortly after this picture was taken, they were struck by lightning. Both survived.Christmas dinner, 1936. Dinner consisted of potatoes, cabbage, and pieLady and her horse on a snowy day in 1899Mother and daughter watch a tall ship navigate the Thames in London, 1880
