35 Historical Photos That Shine A Light On The Past
History books may be filled with words, but a picture can tell us far more about past events. This collection of historical photos is filled with forgotten moments that really bring the past back to life. Giving us glimpses of popular trends, stirring up nostalgia and shining a spotlight on all the travesties mankind endured, these images tell a story better than any eloquent essay. Scroll below to check out these insightful photographs in the gallery below.
#1 How It Was Done Before There Was Fast Food On Every Corner
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#2 My Grandparents’ Wedding, 100 Years Ago Today
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#3 Old School Public Shaming In Times Square, 1955
Image source: Harvest Heart
#4 The Paramount Pictures Logo On The Day It Was Originally Painted. [1965]
Image source: Campanile Fine Art, Inc. Artwork by Dario Campanile
#5 1950s Necklines
Image source: Nina Leen
#6 Atelier Photo: “A Lesbian Couple In Semi Drag Wedding Attire”; Kingdom Of Hungary – Budapest, 1920
Image source: awkward-humanbeing
#7 The World’s Last Commercial Ocean-Going Sailing Ship – The Pamir – Rounding Cape Horn, 1949
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#8 “Happiest Man In China”
Image source: powerofthestruggle
Taken In 1901 By British Anthropologists After Deciding To Document The Chinese. The Chinese Didn’t Know Photos Were A “Serious Matter” And Decided To Be Goofy, Hence The Pose And Smile.
#9 The Dressing Room At The Moulin Rouge, 1924
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#10 A French Woman With Her Baguette And Six Bottles Of Wine, Paris, 1945
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#11 Google In The 1970s
Image source: R0ckandRoll
#12 A Policeman In San Francisco Scolds A Man For Not Wearing A Mask During The 1918 Influenza Pandemic, 1918
Image source: Dobbin, Hamilton Henry
#13 The 9 Kings Of Europe Gather For The First And Only Time For A Photograph At The Funeral Of King Edward Vii In London. May 20th, 1910
Image source: W. & D. Downey
#14 A Group Of Frontiersmen With An Advertisement. United States, Montana, 1901
Image source: catsmob
#15 A Businessman And Secretary Working In A Pool During A Heatwave In Berlin, Germany 1926
Image source: Pahl, Georg
#16 Building Of The Atomium In Brussels For The World’s Fair 1958
Image source: fr3n
#17 Forced Perspective On The Beach, Circa 1943
Image source: Unknown
#18 My Mom As A Teenager With A Moose Calf In Alaska, 1952
Image source: Area_49
#19 The Wives Of The Astronauts On The Apollo 8 Mission At The Moment They Heard Their Husbands Voices From Orbit, 1968
Image source: Lynn Pelham
#20 President Harry Truman Shakes Hands With Pablo Picasso, Vallauris, France, 1958
Image source: red_devillz
#21 Incredibly Sharp Looking Kids In Harlem, 1970
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#22 My Dad Taking A Selfie, Using A Piece Of Wood To Activate The Shutter, Circa 1957
Image source: RAZORBACK_69
#23 Woman In Vultee-Nashville, Tennessee Operating An Air Drill For A Dive Bomber, 1942. Not Colorized, Kodachrome
Image source: Alfred T. Palmer
#24 Anti British Propaganda, Japan 1941
Image source: Gerardo Perrotta
#25 Woman Inspecting This New Thing, The Security Belt In Her Car, Circa 1950s
Image source: Joyce Johnson
#26 My Dad In 1984 Trying To Transfer Files From His Commodore 64 To His First Apple Computer
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#27 John F. Kennedy Campaigning Door-To-Door In West Virginia In 1960
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#28 Portable Beach Changing Rooms, 1930’s
Image source: Weird Vintage
#29 In My Research, I Came Across This Rare And Beautiful Photo Of A Jewish Jewelry Seller In Sana’a, Yemen. Probably Mid 1900s
Image source: koenji
#30 Mobsters Hide Their Faces At Al Capone’s Trial 1931
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#31 My American Grandmother Visiting Athens In The 1960s
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#32 A Man Browses For Books In The Old Public Library Of Cincinnati. The Building Was Demolished In 1955. Today An Office Building And A Parking Lot Stand Where It Used To Be
Image source: fcnaranjo
#33 Buzz Aldrin — Did You Know I Took The First Space Selfie During Gemini 12 Mission In 1966?
Image source: michaelconfoy
#34 An Undercover Police Officer On Duty. New York, Brooklyn, 1 July 1969
Image source: Don Hogan Charles
#35 Check Out The Gnarly Insect Screen Covering The Grill! 1957
Image source: Dave Gelinas
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It cost our family of 9 a $100 to eat at McDonald’s. So if course we ate plenty of roadside picnics!
#14: “Ladies, come to the Wild West, we have kitties and puppies!”
#33 is very clearly fake. You can see the edge of the poster and tape under it, bottom left hand corner.
It cost our family of 9 a $100 to eat at McDonald’s in 1974. So if course we ate plenty of roadside picnics!