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50 Rare Photos From 100 Years Ago That Show Just How Much The World Has Changed
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100 years from now, space travel might be as common as hopping on a plane. Maybe self-driving cities will be a thing, or AI will be running entire businesses. Who knows, we might even have vacations on Mars! While we can only guess what the future holds a century from now, we don’t have to wonder about what life looked like 100 years ago.
Today, the Bored Panda team scoured the internet to uncover some fascinating photos from 100 to 110 years ago. These snapshots capture moments from a completely different era, giving us a glimpse into the world as it once was. Keep scrolling to see a stunning collection of old photos that might just make you appreciate how much (or how little) has changed!
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#1
My Friend's Great Grandma Posing In Traditional Maori Cloak C. 1920
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#2
My Great-Grandmother Was A Stunt Pilot In 1924
#3
My Great-Grandfather Circa 1920’s
This dapper lad was a Baker who eloped to Australia with a few £ in his pocket and made a life for himself baking bread.
ThatCrazyChick 1 year ago
He's handsome and he can cook? 😍😍😍 Your great-grandmother was one lucky woman.
#4
My Grandparents, About To Embark On A Trip After Their Wedding - Riga, Latvia, 1922
#5
A Pretty Girl And Her Cat, 1922
#6
My Grandmother And Her Brother In Their Hometown, Langensalza, Thuringia, Germany. C. 1924
#7
African American Girl Of The 1920s
#8
My Great Grandpa Wearing His Grandfather's Armor Circa 1920
Bonnie Blue Bird 1 year ago
Would love to know more about his grandfather. Bet he had some stories to tell.
#9
My Grandpa In The 1920’s In Hualien, Taiwan
#10
My Grandma’s Maid And My Grandma. 1922, Wales, UK
#11
A Canadian Cree Indian In 1920s
#12
African American Girl Of The 1920s
ThatCrazyChick 1 year ago
Beautiful lady, gorgeous dress! She looks like was the life of the party.
#13
My Great Grandfather | New York City, 1920
#14
My Great Grandma, Probably At Coney Island (Ca. 1920's)
#15
My Great Grandfather And His Best Friend In 1920. They Met And Fought Together In Wwi, And Their Eldest Children Married Each Other
#16
My Great Grandmother, Age 20, August 1920. The Gloves. The Coat. The Hat
#17
My Great Great Grandfather, Circa 1920
Father of 12 children, was in his late 70's early 80's in the photo. Worked harvesting flax to mill into fibre to make rope.
Sarah Bailey 1 year ago
Salt of the Earth kinda fella here. Looks like he would have been a great hugger!
#18
My Great-Uncle's Wedding. Egypt - 1923 [1788 X 1319]
#19
My Great Grandmother And My Grandfather 1925 In The French Caribbean
Multa Nocte 1 year ago (edited)
She's quite lovely. Edit: Oops! French Caribbean. Elle est tellement belle.
#20
Wedding, 1920s
Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago (edited)
Reminds me of photos of my Great Aunts wedding. I was always amazed at the size of the bouquets back then! As a child they reminded me of a massive hanging basket.
#21
My Grandfather, Part Of An Amateur Theater-Troupe, In 1924
Stephen Wild 1 year ago
My guess is that he was playing the Artful Dodger in some version of Oliver Twist...
#22
My Wife's Grandmother (Center) With Her Sisters, 1925
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
Reminds me of this photo of my grandfathers, from early 1930s Col-and-Le...6aea0d.jpg 
#23
Woman Member Of The Secret Service, Olive H. Doyle., 1920
#24
Farm In Kurrawaara Sweden 1920s - Drying Meat On The Roof
#25
My Great Grandfather Looking Out Over The Lake On His Estate In What Is Now Belarus Sometime Between 1920 And 1930
He eventually became a victim of Stalin's regime. According to my grandmother, he buried a chest full of valuables on this land before the Soviets came. It's never been found.
#26
My Grandparents' Wedding, 100 Years Ago Today
#27
“To A Darned Good Sport - Blanche 1928”
#29
Check Out My Great Grandfather Circa 1920- Yesterday Would Have Been His 107th Birthday!
#30
My Grandfather As A Toddler, In About 1922. He Would Later Go On To Fight In The South Pacific In Ww2, Raise A Large Family, And Live Into His Nineties
#31
My Great Grandfather, Battle In 1920. Charlottesville, Va
#32
Malamut Indians In Alaska, 1920s
#33
Ottoman Empire: My Great-Great-Grandfather, Died During The Last Pandemic Around 1920. Notice The Yatagan (Daggers) In His Belt
#34
My Second Great Grandparents And My Great Grandmother, Circa 1920 Eastern Europe, Transylvania
#35
My Great Grandparents Wedding In 1924. Would Love If Someone Could Remove The Crease In The Middle!
#36
My Grandmother, Born In Havana, Cuba 1924, Walking Home From Work Circa 1944 In Greensburg Pa
#37
Wedding, 1920s
Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago
The hanging basket style bouquet was definitely on trend then!
#38
Sylvia Hammerling - Taken At Mercunda, S.a. - 10 June 1920
#39
My Great-Great-Grandparents With Six Of Their Eight Children At Their Farm In Uppsälje, Sweden Ca 1925
Motivated sloth 1 year ago
I wonder how old this woman was when she had her youngest. Looks like she lived a lot of hard (but no doubt happy) years
#40
Indigenous Woman Pictured In Front Of Wigwam, Between 1923 And 1925
#41
Fabulous Lady, 1920s
Sarah Suelzle 1 year ago
She's so lovely -- look at her dimples !! 😊😍 Is it just me or do not as many people have dimples anymore?
#42
My Twice Great Grandmother (Left) And Her Sister Posing In Front Of Their Brand New Model T. (Michigan 1920)
#43
Champion Butter Fat Test Cow Tulip Of Morden, Queensland Times, 13 August 1926
#44
My Great-Grandmother On Her Wedding Day. A Village In Mexico. Circa 1920
#45
Handwritten Note On The Back Of This Snapshot: "This Is Me & My Flock Of 1921 Turkeys. Just Part Of The Flock." Location Unknown
#46
Afternoon Refreshment, Taken Sometime In 1925
#47
Woman With Fox Cubs At Woodland Park Zoo, Circa 1920s
#48
Basketball, 1921. My Great Uncle Sitting Down On The Far Left
#49
My Great-Grandfather At The Cawston Ostrich Farm In South Pasadena, California, Ca 1920
#50
Women Riding Camel At Woodland Park Zoo, Circa 1920s
#51
My Great-Great-Grandfather, Grandmother And Their Kids Including My Great Grandfather, In Front Of Their Farmhouse. 1921, Norway
#52
My Great Grandpa Ready To Play Soccer 1925, Germany
#53
Around 1925. Here’s My Dad And Grandmother Looking Like A Scene From An Old Movie
#54
Aboukaia-Driancourt Aboard The Monoplane "Demoiselle Santos-Damout", Taken Circa 1920
#55
Reading In A Deck Chair, Taken Circa 1920
#56
My Great-Grandmother's High School Basketball Team In Maryland, 1923
#57
My Grandfather Surfing In Hawaii, 1923
#59
Traffic On Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, Qld - Circa 1920
This was the second Victoria Bridge to be built on this spot. It entered into service in 1897 and was demolished in 1969 when a third (and current) Victoria Bridge was built. Since 24 January 2021, the bridge has been closed to general traffic and now carries buses, pedestrians and cyclists only.
#60
My Grandma, New Jersey, 1921(?)
#61
Travel Radio With Antenna. Photo Circa 1925
#62
Ontario Avenue After Snowstorm, Montreal, Quebec, Ca. 1900–1925
#63
Though Accounts Vary, John Smith Claimed That He Was Born As Early As 1784
His original names translate to things like “Sloughing Flesh” and “Wrinkle Meat.”
Multa Nocte 1 year ago (edited)
Funny - that's what I call my husband when he's being particularly cute.
#64
Fabulous Lady, 1920s
#65
Wedding, 1920s
#66
Bergen Aan Zee Strand Vermaak. In The Distance, The Hotel ''nassau Bergen'' Is Visible, 1920
#67
Woodland Park Zoo Director Gus Knudson With Monkey, Circa 1920
#68
This Is My Grandfather, A Small Town Dentist In Nebraska In The 1920's. There's A Gas Light On The Wall And He's Operating A Pedal-Driven Drill With His Foot. When The Great Depression Hit People Could No Longer Afford A Dentist So He Became The Town Postmaster, But Everyone Still Called Him "Doc"
#69
This Is My Great Great Grandfather Sterling Doyle In Waldport, Oregon Holding Two Chinook Salmon (1921)
#70
My Wife's Great-Grandfather & Grandmother, Butte Co. Ca, 1921
#71
1920 National Sextet Phaeton
#72
Lady Musgrave Hospital In Maryborough, Qld - Circa 1920
This was in John Street and was demolished in 1928.
#73
My Grandpa And His Team Of Horses 1920's
#75
Four Boys Riding Donkey At Woodland Park Zoo, Circa 1920s
#76
This Hood County, Oregon Farm Family Is Listening To The Radio On July 20, 1925
#77
Wolves Trained To Pull A Sleigh, Montreal, Quebec, 1925
#78
1920s Street Fashion
#79
My Grandfather- 1920’s
#80
My Grandpa (Fourth From The Left) At School In Rural Iowa Circa 1920
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My Dad (79) attended one room school house until he went to highschool.
#85
Opening Of The New Railway Station, Pune, 27 July, 1925
#87
British-American Gas Station, Queen Street West, Near York Street, Ca. 1920
#90
My Great Uncle’s Gentlemen’s Club Photo Circa 1920
#91
Floods In Goodiwindi, Qld - Possibly 1920
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure Goodiwindi was one of the places with severe flooding after ex-tropical cyclone Alfred last week.
#92
My Great Grandparents And Grandfather After Arriving In Moose Jaw Ca From Ua. Circa 1924
#93
Daimler Bus Circa 1920 On The Sunderland To Chester-Le-Street Service
#94
: A View Of Water Street Elswick Newcastle Upon Tyne Taken C.1920
#95
The Photograph Shows A Typical Street Scene In The Swirle During The 1920's
#96
Boys In Alkmaar, 1920
#100
My Grandparents On Their Honeymoon, 1925
#101
Uss Delong (Dd129) Beached In 1921 At Halfmoon Bay South Of California
#102
My 4th Great-Grandmother Lydia Canzada Taylor Green, Circa 1925
She would’ve been living near the Kansas/Oklahoma border at this time- the 1930 census shows her living in Coffeyville, KS and she died in Webb City, OK in 1932.
#103
The Pier In Acapulco 1920
#104
Uss O-13 (Ss-74) & O-14 (Ss-75) In Panama Canal, Either 1920 Or 1923 On Their Way Back To The Atlantic
#105
Floyd Collins With My 2nd Great-Grandfather About 1923 At Mammoth Cave
#106
Boylston Street, Near Hereford Street, Circa 1900-1920
#107
Old Bage, Taken Sometime In 1920
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Annik Perrot 1 year ago (edited)
Lovely pics, most of which I'd never seen before on BP. Kind of à record.
Annik Perrot 1 year ago (edited)
Lovely pics, most of which I'd never seen before on BP. Kind of à record.
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