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“Moments To Remember”: 50 Remarkable Photos That Show A Different Side Of History
Old photos are important pieces of historical evidence, but they also serve as a way to introduce some comfortable nostalgia. It’s a reminder that, despite the various differences, there were just as many examples of shared humanity. Besides, there is also something downright cozy and comforting about images from “simpler times.”
We’ve gathered some interesting pics from a Facebook group dedicated to sharing vintage photos. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to add your own thoughts in the comments below.
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#1
Tricycle G**g In Brooklyn. New York City (1930s)
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#2
Ella Fitzgerald Arrested After Singing To An Integrated Audience In 1955
#3
Two Native American Women On An Arizona Magazine From The 1970s
#4
A Stylish Family Outing (1946)
#5
Female And Male Students Walk Downtown Kabul, Afghanistan (1981)
#6
A Sharecropper Mother From Transylvania, Louisiana, Educates Her Children At Home, Focusing On Letters And Numbers (1937)
Raymond Core 1 year ago
People were poor in those days. People don't know what poor is, anymore. My Great Aunt, at 93 years old, lived in the same house she grew up in. You could see the ground between some of the floorboards and the winter wind blew through gaps in the walls. This memory is from the early 1960s. We had an outhouse but was only used if working in the fields or with the cows but we had neighbors that still used an outhouse as primary toilet and hand pumped their water. They weren't so poor but didn't want to 'modernize'. They didn't begin electrification until 1938, suspended expansion for the war, and had only been seriously expanding since the early 1950s. Some younger folks today assume all that has been standard for a hundred years. LoL.
#7
Iran Air Stewardess Before The Iranian Revolution Of 1979
#8
Woman Pours Alcohol From A Cane Into A Cup During Prohibition (1922)
#9
Cute Photo In Japan, 1958. 📸 Marc Riboud
#10
A Mother And Daughter Prepare For Winter With Canned Fruits And Vegetables In Saint Mary's County, Maryland (1940)
#11
Children In An Iron Lung In 1950 Before The Advent Of The Polio Vaccination
Hippopotamuses 1 year ago (edited)
Everyone needs to see pictures like this, before they start spouting about the dangers of vaccines.
#12
New York Showgirls Getting Smallpox Vaccine (1947)
#13
Survivors From The 87th Floor Of The World Trade Center (North Tower) Wandering In The Dust After The Collapse Of The South Tower - New York City, September 11, 2001
Peeka_Mimi 1 year ago
Almost all the survivors have developed cancer from inhaling the debris. Tragic.
#14
How Schoolwork Was Researched And Completed Before The Internet (1960s)
#15
In A Moment That Now Holds Historical Weight, The Future Pope Leo XIV—then Newly Ordained—met With Pope John Paul II In 1982
#16
Wedding In Paris (1930)
#17
In Texas, During The 1940s, Men Dressed In Shorts And Cowboy Boots Attended To Women At A Drive-In
Novlette Williams 1 year ago
Before there was hooters, there was cooters. Also the one on the right looks Colin Jost.
#18
A Father Purchases A Pedal Car For His Son (1955)
#19
In The Final Stages Of The Vietnam War In 1975, President Ford Ordered The Mass Evacuation Of Vietnamese Orphans From Saigon. Operation Babylift Saved More Than 3,000 Orphans
#20
A Sea And River Fish Shop In Amsterdam Showing Off Some Prime Halibuts (1913)
#21
Glass Worker Carrying A Tube Of Rolled Glass At Pilkington Glass Ltd Of St Helen's, Lancashire (1918)
LittleTeapot 1 year ago
How has no one just said: dang, that lady’s strong! The weight, the fragility, the balance to carrying that cylinder over rocks and mud. Badass.
#22
Ejnar Mikkelsen, A Danish Explorer, Was Photographed In 1912 After Surviving Two And A Half Years Stranded In Greenland
Stranded in Greenland with fellow explorer Iver Iversen. They endured extreme isolation, hunger, and hallucinations while awaiting rescue.
#23
The Japanese 'Bad Boys' In The 80s Did Their Hair Like 'Greasers' Of The American 1950s
#24
Drinking A Glass Of Belgian Beer (1971)
#25
School Kids Wait In Line To Be Served Free Soup And A Slice Of Bread. Sydney, Australia (1930s)
#26
First Class Train (1930s)
Kenny Kulbiski 1 year ago
All that room and she's still gotta stick her legs out into the aisle.
#27
As The Titanic Was Sinking Into The North Atlantic, 24-Year-Old Stewardess Violet Jessop Helped Passengers Into The Lifeboats
She rescued a baby whose parents were nowhere to be found. She soon made it into a lifeboat and survived the tragic ordeal. Four years later, Jessop was working for the Red Cross aboard the Britannic, the Titanic's sister ship, when it sank in the Aegean Sea. She had to jump out of her lifeboat as it was being sucked into the ship's massive propeller in order to survive.
#28
Picking Up Some Sugary Delights At The Candy Store. (1950s)
#29
Korean War Goodbye Kiss, Los Angeles, September 6, 1950
#30
Albert And His Sister, Maja Winteler- Einstein. New York (1939)
#31
Lynda Carter Arriving At London Airport For The Miss World Contest At Royal Albert Hall (1972)
#32
A Patient Buying Cigarẹttẹs From His Hospital Bed, 1950s
Hippopotamuses 1 year ago
I'm surprised. Not with the cigs per se, but with the risks of smoking in bed!
#33
Even The Window Cleaners Wore Suits 100 Years Ago
#34
Tupperware Party In The 70s
LilDumpling 1 year ago
Thatt room smelled like plastic, hairspray, cold cream, and cigarettes.
#35
Ava Gardner Taking A Selfie ~ 1947❤️🖤
#36
Computer Cafe, Japan (1978)
Hippopotamuses 1 year ago (edited)
I still remember the in-table pacman games in fish and chip shops (late 70s NZ). There was one opposite my secondary school, and the younger kids had to be herded back to en school en masse when lunchtime was over.
#37
Woman Stomping Grapes In Frascati, Italy (1957)
#38
Cleaning The Canals Of Venice, Italy (1956)
#39
A Playground In The USA In The 70s
#40
A One-Room Schoolhouse In Texas (1907)
Analyn Lahr 1 year ago
I'm not convinced that's 1907, by the clothes and quality. I could be wrong but that looks closer to 1937.
#41
The First Photograph Of The White House, 1846
#42
Kids Playing In New York (1940s)
#43
Girls Applying For A Model Casting In Lithuania, 1992
#44
Baby Strollers Strapped To The Front Of The Bus In Opawa, New Zealand (1950s)
#45
Women Were Advised To Take Off Their High Heels Before Using The Escalator At Gimbel's Department Store. Paramus, New Jersey (1966)
#46
An Amphibious Bike Called The Cyclomer In Paris, 1932. It Could Ride On Land And Water With A Load Of 120lbs!
#47
Just Another Night In The '70s—crop Top, Flare Jeans, A Cold Drink By The TV. No Better Vibe
Mook The Mediocre 1 year ago
And the f*g in hand, and a CRT TV. Good old days. Except for the whole Vietnam thing.
#48
Inside A Female Student’s Dorm Room At Indiana University (1948)
#49
A Quality Control Worker Inspecting Pepsi-Cola Bottles Fresh From An Automated Labeling System (1940s)
Bill Swallow 1 year ago
"Pepsi-Cola hits the spot, Twelve full ounces, that's a lot! Twice as much for a nickel, too! Pepsi-Cola is the drink for you!"
#50
First Snow. USSR, 1980. Photo By Ed Khakimov
#51
A Young Woman Enjoying A Beach Day, Deauville France (1920s)
#52
A Man And A Woman Making Funny Faces, Sweden In The Early 1900's
#53
Portuguese Shepherd, 1900. Photo By Auguste Bobone
#54
A Four-Year-Old Child Helping Her Family Pick/Dig Potatoes, 1931. 😍
#55
Sleeping Out On The Fire Escape On A Hot Summer Night, New York, 1948
#56
The Captivating Misty Ayers, Burlesque Dancer And Actress (1940s)
#57
The 'Universe 25' Experiment Is One Of The Most Disturbing Studies In The History Of Science, Carried Out By American Scientist John Calhoun Between 1958 & 1962
Calhoun designed an ideal environment for rats, called "Mouse Paradise", with abundant food, water and space, in order to study the social dynamics of a growing population.
Initially, the colony prospered, but after 317 days, population growth began to stagnate. Upon reaching 600 mice, serious social problems arose: hierarchies were established, the strongest individuals began to attack others, and aggressive and maladaptive behaviors emerged, such as violence between females and a lack of reproductive interest in males.
As passive, non-reproductive (beautiful mice) males dominated, the birth rate plummeted, juvenile mortality reached 100%, and the colony collapsed into cannibalism and homosexuality.
The experiment was repeated 25 times, each time with similar results, and has been used to model the study of social collapse and urban sociology.
Uncle Schmickle 1 year ago
Shows what overpopulation will do. Wake up people, we're headed down that path.
#58
A Group Of Young Girls Playing After School, Harlem, 1925
#59
Children Opening Gifts Christmas Morning. 1910
#60
Entenmann’s Bakery In Bay Shore, New York (1974)
#61
With 13 Sons, The Harrisons Of Jonesborough, Tennessee, Held The Title Of America’s Biggest All-Male Family (1955)
#62
Sean Connery On The Set Of "Goldfinger" (1964)
#63
High-Class Mercedes Fidelity Unit From 1965: A TV, A Phone, A Mini Fridge, And A Radio, All In One For Your Car
#64
Car Seats Were Not Equipped With Any Straps To Keep Baby Seat On The Seat. Instead, These Seats Depended On The Mother Extending Her Arm To Prevent The Baby From Toppling Forward. 1958
#65
Las Vegas Fashion Show (1945)
#66
Switchboard Operators (1955)
#67
Statue Of Liberty Towering Over The Paris Landscape Just Before She Was Disassembled And Shipped To New York (1884)
#68
Party Time, 1971
A refrigerator full of ultra-cheap Heidel Brau and Champagne Velvet beer in cans, plus Libby's tomato juice for Bloody Marys, a portable black and white TV and a friendly hostess, and you had it made.
#69
The 50s Were A Different Time!
Catherine Graves 1 year ago
Mothers have bathed infants in the handy kitchen sink since they were invented.
#70
British Model Jenny Clare Posing Next To Her Mini. London (1972)
#71
Ruth Disney Seen Standing With Her Big Brother Walt (1906)
#72
Behind The Lunch Counter At Woolworth's (1938)
S. E. in Indiana 1 year ago
They had good food there. Our local one had the best hamburgers. I really miss places like these.
#73
Poverty. Mother And Children In West Ham Bedroom London 1937
#74
A Vintage Christmas Tree Costume. When Going To A Party Don't Dress Like Everyone Else, Go As The Christmas Tree. Everyone Will Notice You!
Bill Swallow 1 year ago
Everyone will notice you - including the Cat. (Better pray the Dog doesn't...)
#75
Miss America Contestants (1925)
#76
I Remember When This Was The Easiest Way To Do Laundry And It Worked Great For Many Years Until Automatic Washers Came Along
#77
A 1966 Living Room
Barbara Burns 1 year ago
Looks like ours! Uncanny. The lamp! The snack bowls! The Rabbit ears! Even the feet on the coffee table. Not my mom, tho. LOL
#78
A Young Woman Holds Her Arms And Legs In Four Water Bathes With Electric Current, To Improve Blood Circulation, Circa 1938
#79
The Smoky Sky Lift In Gatlinburg, Tennessee In 1958
#80
Boarding American Airlines (1948)
#81
Stewardess School (1958)
#82
A Woman In Stockholm Buys A New Pair Of Stockings From A Strumpautomat Machine And Slips Them On In A Doorway (1956)
#83
The Two Sisters 1897
#84
Jayne Mansfield With Her Mother Vera Jeffrey, 1950s
#85
Atom-Blasted Seeds. Souvenir Of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, "The Atomic City". 1958
#86
Pacific Southwest Airlines Stewardesses (1960s)
#87
Workers Buildings Radios At Emerson (1945)
Bill Swallow 1 year ago
... Except for the one funny little guy in the back, who's building a Twonky.
#88
Charlie Chaplin And Family Posing For Their Christmas Card, 1964
#89
The Goodwin Family, All Eight Members Tragically Perished In The Sinking Of The Titanic, 1912
#90
Sacks Of Gold And Money Kept By The Germans In The Merkers Salt Mine In Thuringia, 1945
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 1 year ago
After watching a news story about Neo-Na.zis marching and recruiting. My grandfathers, who fought in WWII, said that "We should have shot every single Na.zi in the street." "Then they definitely would not try the sh.it again. Because they know what will happen."
#91
Woman Making Crêpe, Bretagne, Ca.1900
#92
Young Teen Girls Photographed With Their Dog. 1920s
#93
Students Walking Home From School In Sarasota, Florida (1940s)
#95
Women Receive Instruction In The Application Of Makeup, 1940
#96
A Teacher Watches Over Her Students As They Receive Lessons From The Library Media Center (1972)
Kabuki Kitsune 1 year ago
They were still using these things in the 80's. The idea was you read along with what the speaker was saying.
#97
Piragua Man In New York (1938)
#98
Women Hanging Out At Googies In Los Angeles (1950s)
#99
A Scandinavian Stewardess Examines A New Uniform Idea For Its Airline (1964)
April Pickett 1 year ago
This outfit was designed by men. You will note the obvious, but specifically check out the shoes. Yep, I'm going to walk up and down those aisles in 3-4" heels. The lady in the uniform on the left is not impressed.
#100
Fashion In 1974 —minis, High Waisted Chords And Buffalo Sandals
#101
Inside A 7-Eleven In Hurst, Texas (1959)
#102
An Italian-American Cafe, Little Italy, New York City, 1942
#103
The O'hare Family From Liverpool Had 15 Of Their 16 Children Between The Ages Of 0 And 17 (1949)
#104
Family Grocery Shopping, 1950
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