History is full of useful stories, that when studied, can help us live our lives in the present. You know what they say, "those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it."
History is full of useful stories, that when studied, can help us live our lives in the present. You know what they say, "those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it."
Now, this doesn't exactly apply to pictures from history, but unlike studying the past, pictures of the past offer us a different perspective on our collective history. They show us how it looked.
If you consider yourself a history buff, then you're going to love this collection of fascinating photos collected from the past.
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Chrysler Corporation Offers $2,000 To Anyone At The 1976 Chicago Auto Show Who Could Break The Composure Of Living Mannequin Nancy Del Corral
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Prisoners At Dachau Concentration Camp Greet Their American Liberators From A Barbed-Wire Fence.(Germany, April 1945)
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A Champagne Inspector Wearing A Special Mask To Protect Against Accidental Discharges, Ca. 1933
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An Enthusiast For Men's Dress Reform Walking Down The Strand In London. The Mdrp (Men’s Dress Reform Party) Was Formed In The Interwar Years In Britain, 1930
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British Hurdler Percy Hodge Demonstrates The Perfect Obstacle Jump While Carrying A Bottle And A Glass On A Tray. Percy Hodge Became An Olympic Champion In The 3000m Hurdles In 1920
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Physicists And Nobel Prize Winners Marie Curie And Pierre Curie Shortly After Their Wedding. France (1895)
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Children Playing With A Toy Guillotine, France, 1959
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A Beach Party In The 1970s
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A Studio Portrait Of Hattie Tom, A Young Chiricahua Apache Woman, Photographed At The U.S. Indian Congress Of The Trans-Mississippi And International Exposition In Omaha, 1898
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Punk Rock Girl London, 1979
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A Lady From The Ouled Naïl Tribe In Algeria, Photographed By Rudolph Lehnert In 1904
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An Ultra Light Horse-Drawn Car In Traffic Paris (1943)
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Oldriev’s New Tricycle. Photo By Chas. W Oldrieve, 1882
14
Charles Godefroy Flies Through The Arc De Triomphe In Paris. The Height Of The Opening Is 29.42 M, The Width Is 14.62 M. The Wingspan Of The Aircraft Is 9 Meters Wide, 1919
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Puritan Demonstrates Against Too Revealing Swimwear On A Florida Beach, 1985. USA
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G.o.e Herbert Tea & Dining Rooms, 10 New Street, Chipping Norton, England. 1910
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A Piglet Which Is Being Treated By The Pdsa (People’s Dispensary For Animals) In Ilford With A Sun Ray Lamp, To Cure A Skin Ailment, 1938
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Breakfast Tea Being Passed Between Cars On A Train From Peshawar To Lahore In 1983.
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May 3rd 1960, Otto Frank Standing In The Annex That He And His Family Hid In During Wwii. Until They Were Found And Arrested By The Gestapo In 1944
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Six-Year-Old Anne Frank Holding A Jumping Rope Next To Her Friend, Sanne Ledermann, On A Pavement In Amsterdam. 1935
21
Seeing Two Mickeys On A Parisian Street In The Early 1930’s Either Elicited Pure Delight Or Sheer Terror
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British Military Equipment Disguised As Elephants, India, Wwii
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1963: A Clown At The Lunch Counter
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Riders On The New York Subway Sit Without Newspapers During A Newspaper Strike In The City (1953)
25
Quality Control At Emi's Vinyl Lp Pressing Plant In London (1965). The Beatles Rubber Soul
26
An Iron Man Of The Past In A Diving Suit. The Suit’s Name Was ‘Iron Man’ Too. It Had Electric Charging And Pressure Protection Systems. New York, 1907
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A Tactical Trick Used By Soldiers During The Mexican Revolution, 1913
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A Telepath Tries To Hypnotize A Chimpanzee, 1941
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Lucille Ball, Once Called The Greatest Pair Of Legs On Broadway, In A 1930s Publicity Still As A Blonde
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Wyatt Earp (March 19, 1848 - January 13, 1929) Photographed By His Wife Josephine Earp
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'The Half Suit' Photo And Concept By Pippa Garner, 1982
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By Alfred Eisenstaedt. Student Nurses Getting Lessons, Roosevelt Hospital NY, 1938
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Two Kashmir Giants Posing With The American Photographer James Ricalton, 1903. One Of The Giants Was 7’9” Tall While The “Shorter” One Was A Mere 7’4” Tall
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The Local Priest Takes A Strong Turn At The Front And Gives These Atala Cyclists A Break During Their Training Run In Preparation For The 1959 Giro D'italia Stage Race. Italy - Near Milan, 1959
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A French Civilian Woman Pours A Drink Of Cider For A British Soldier With Bren Machine Gun In Lisieux, 1944
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‘Coffin Beds’ At A Salvation Army Shelter In London. Operated By The Salvation Army, They Are One Of The First Homeless Shelters Created For The People Of Central London. Aka "Four Penny Coffin", For Four Pennies, A Homeless Client Could Stay At A Coffin House, C.1900
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A Swagman Using A Hollowed Gum Tree As A Campsite, 1880. A Swagman Was A Transient Labourer Who Travelled By Foot From Farm To Farm Carrying His Belongings In A Swag (Bedroll). The Term Originated In Australia In The 19th-Century And Was Later Used In New Zealand
38
Boy Poses With Deceased Brother - 1800s Tintype - Found At Thrift Store
39
Welsh Spiritualist Colin Evans Feigns Levitation By Jumping Up And Down In Total Darkness And Filming Himself With An Infrared Camera. London, 1939
40
Wilton Lackaye As Svengali
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A Soviet Light Bath: An Ultraviolet Light For Children To Get Enough Vitamin D During The Long Winters Without Much Sunlight
42
A Fake Ghost Scene Taken By Two Brothers, Circa 1900s-1910s
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The Coffin Of The Red Baron Being Carried By Members Of The Australian No. 3 Squadron, Lead By An English Priest, For Burial In Northern France. The Ace Pilot Of World War I Germany Was Shot Down On April 21, 1918, And Given A Full Military Funeral By The Australian Unit Who Recovered His Body
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A Lady Is Arrested During The Battle Of Cable Street, 1936. For Those Unaware, The Battle Was Between The Residents Of East London And Oswald Mosley's Facist Blackshirts
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Around 1890, A Mother And Her Son Were Captured In A Photograph Taken In Lisdoonvarna, Ireland. The Son, Who Was A Ballad Singer, Can Be Seen Holding A Printed Poem In His Hand
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“Only In The Provinces Are The Great Melancholy Cultivated, The Silence And Solitude Essential To Succeed In Such A Tiring Sport As Cycling” The Words Of Gianni Brera Are Reflected On The Face Of Giusto Cerutti, The Piedmontese Runner Immortalized During The 1928 Tour De France
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Husband And Wife, Sunday Morning, Detriot, Michigan, 1950 By Gordon Parks. He Had Been Sent Back To Fort Scott (Where He Lived Until He Was 16) By Life Magazine To Find 11 Members Of His Segregated Elementary School And See What Became Of Them. The Story Was Never Published
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Old Vennel, Glasgow. From Thomas Annan’s Photograph Series Of ‘The Old Closes And Streets Of Glasgow’ 1868
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Straw Hats Made By Messrs Olney's Of Luton, Bedfordshire Being Carried To The Packing Rooms, 1933
