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50 Important Historical Photos That Might Change Your Perspective On Things (New Pics)
In the mid-2000s, historian Anna Pegler-Gordon said that visual media often seems more accessible to her students than the written record. They claimed images make the past seem more accessible, giving concrete shape to a world that sometimes seems intangible. Not to mention the immediacy of the image, which often conveys information more quickly than a primary document written in an unfamiliar, or even a foreign, language. But according to Pegler-Gordon, this immediacy also works well in discussion sections, where the shared experience of viewing a picture can provide a focus for lively group discussion.
Now, 15 years after the professor said these words, we can say that her insights were spot on. Take this subreddit, for example. It unites over 3 million people, and they're all exploring the past through historical photographs. The rarely seen images coupled with the detailed fashion in which the community shares them with one another (every upload includes an accurate description of what is being presented (event, location, war, year, etc.) not only provides a look into our earlier days, but also inspires interesting discussions in the comment section.
We at Bored Panda have already covered the subreddit here and here, but it has received plenty of new submissions since our last publication, so we thought it's about time we made another one. Continue scrolling to check out some of its recent posts and the conversation we had with historians Joshua Wilkey and Darren R. Reid.
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Cop Stops The Traffic In New York So A Mother Cat Holding A Kitten Can Cross Safely C.1925
Remember That Photo Of The Construction Workers Having Lunch On The Unfinished Empire State Building? Well Here's The Photographer Charles Ebbets Taking That Photo. 9/20/1932
"I think photography can be an essential and powerful tool for understanding history, but I think it is also necessary to view all photographs with a critical eye," professor, writer, and amateur homesteader Joshua Wilkey told Bored Panda. "While we might be accustomed to skepticism of photos in the age of Photoshop, photo editing isn't the only thing that should give us pause."
Dr. Darren R. Reid, who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Dundee and is now a lecturer at Coventry University, agrees. He explained to us that images are an incredibly important part of how we understand the past. "They give us a distinct look into how people and societies viewed themselves and each other," Reid said.
"In the medieval period, for example, Jesus and the saints were often depicted as physically larger than ordinary people — not because they were believed to be taller, but because they occupied a higher status in the minds of the artists who produced these images, and the audiences who consumed them. In later centuries, Europeans (and their descendants) looked to the classical world for inspiration, spending huge amounts of time (and money) on images that were both increasingly realistic and idealized."
"Native Americans and American colonizers were frequently depicted in classical poses — all deliberate choices that show us how many people perceived the invasion of the Americas and the genocides that occurred there," Reid continued. "They also include important details (such as items of clothing, hairstyles, etc.) that help us to picture the past. For modern people, this means we can more accurately imagine, and perhaps, empathize with the very different folks who came before us."
Rail Commuters Wearing White Protective Masks, One With The Additional Message “Wear A Mask Or Go To Jail,” During The 1918 Influenza Pandemic In California
Even then there were obviously idiots, like the woman in the centre, who didn't have the brains to wear one properly.
Where I am, you can get fined. They were super strict about it when Covid first peaked its head but now they getting slack.
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I came here to say the same. Come on put your d**k back in your mask d**k nose
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“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”
Strange how the world turns. Millions of people around the world died and this on top of all those killed during the war. Here we are today and some people just haven't learnt a thing...
I remember seeing a picture of the 1918 pandemic years ago. I remember thinking how odd they looked because of the masks. Now those photos look so normal to me. Wear a mask. Get vaccinated Please
The woman wearing it under her nose... I guess that's a human condition thing not a strange anti vax thing...
Oh shut the F up do you not realize most countries are opening up. Stop being afraid and lifer
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It came in waves, just like now, it lasted about 3 years. India is believed to have suffered at least 12.5 million deaths during the pandemic, and in the United States about 550,000 people died. Some scholars think the total number could be even higher.
Sad, but so very true. The only way is to look up records of those who died of a lung illness and compare their symptoms.
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It's even worse now though! At least in 1914, if you were run over by a car, that was your cause of death. Nowadays, however, covid is always to blame. *eyeroll*
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Funny how many people are agreeing with the "wear a mask or go to jail" thing.... You know we still have influenza, right? It worked so well for them!
Not the best propaganda for masking; secondary infectuous pneumonia has been identified as the main culprit in influenza deaths. NOT IN COVID!!! Covid is NOT 1918 flu... but still not a comparison you want to make.
And just like today, there’s always one eejit who can’t or won’t wear it correctly.
Imagine when idiots thought a little bit of fabric could block a virus. LOL.
Even back then idiots thought a little bit of fabric could stop a virus……. Time has proven them oh so wrong.
Darwinism at our level is obviously a genetic defect .. too much human inbreeding creates stupid
102 yrs later here we are! Just like the old saying goes “what goes around comes around”!
Well, people were just as dumb then as they are now. Wasn't it St. Fauci that wrote on all the cases of bacterial pneumonia that occurred as a result of wearing masks all the time during the 1918 "Spanish Flu" outbreak.
DOESNT THIS SEEM LIKE TODAY? IF YOU WISH TO SEE THE WORLD'S FUTURE SIMPLY LOOK AT ITS PAST.
didint it all end in riots and natural immunity? most people got sick and got immunity from it.ive been reading papers on the spanish flue in 2018 ,and i can say alot of the papers on it where changed to acomodate the new covid b******t. before almost everyone sayd the masks where just for show and didint do enything, and if you try reading about it now they say oh the masks worked and social distancing also helped....
Am i the only skeptic?? I don’t even “buy” this bullsh** picture. Really?? In 1918. People were wearing the masks?? I dont believe it! And as if thats not enough for me to call bs on this “1918” picture, somebody a wayyyyyy back then to the time to go to a printer and print a sign to hang around their neck??? In 1-9-1-8???? Hmmm🙄
Wear a mask or go to jail as the genius in the middle has her nose hanging out. These people with this mindset are the holier than thou tyrants running rampant today.
And yet there is always still one in the crowd that wears it wrong........
and of course there is that one person that doesn't cover their nose making the mask completely useless!
Petition to bring back that punishment. Also that lady in the middle doesn't have it all the over her nose.
They are better than nothing at all. Cloth masks are what they had. They didn't have the kinds of more effective masks we have today.
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Not as well educated or knowledgeable as people of today yet they knew the benefits of wearing masks.
You think anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers are knowledgeable and educated? Ha! That’s cute.
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So sorry we did not do same with Covid in 2020. Would have saved many lives. Bad “No maskers”.
No one would have guessed that 102 years later there would be a global pandemic that would take over a million lives worldwide!
California!!! Of course! The only state in the U.S. that isn’t a state at all!
Should have done that when Covid was really bad. Now people don't even have to isolate Must want to keep the virus around!!!
They figured it out, over a hundred years ago. Still dumbasses who refuse to figure it out today.
Time has changed, I guess we have more "freedom" now. (Yea right).
Indeed humans have withstood many pandemics and survived at the end
And yet you have the lady in the middle wearing the mask under her nose. It's good to know that stupidity is a constant, no matter the timeframe.
Yep. And then someone was shot to death over not wearing a mask. Later, the newspaper published a series of photographs of elected officials at a boxing match not wearing masks, and guess what happened? They all stopped wearing masks and the flu went away.
It went away because 100 million people died you stupid f**k
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Masks block your ability to spread germs, not to get germs on you. A mask over the mouth like these guys have would prevent coughed germs from spreading into the air and that's still good. Germs are so tiny a mask won't keep you from breathing it in. There are plenty of places with strong mask mandates where people are still getting sick. That's why they're now handing out free n9 masks. Now those are a completely different story. Those will protect the wearer.
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This looks fake. Anyone know how to fact check an image besides using google image? That was helpful in this case. BTW I am a mask wearer.
But..but...My Freedoms....My freedoms. Are so much more important than Your lives..😯😪 anti-masker,anti-vaxxer jerks!
While I am vaccinated and I think that's a good thing. I disagree with your implication. Yes, my freedom is more important than my life. Freedom is that important. The moment you start to think something is more important than your freedoms don't be too surprised if you start seeing freedoms stripped away.
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Wish they would implement this now during this current pandemic don't wear a mask wear a mask improperly go to jail.
And we're still fighting it. People tht thin this will magically go away are very mistaken. It's here, it will always be here.
Even then, seems to be idiots that wear them UNDER their noses. Today's people can't blame lack of information about that
Yep, they figured it out back in 1918 and here people in 2022 can't get with it!
idk why this was downvoted, you have a good point :)
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Wear your God damn makes please. It's a face covering like you would wear during a clod front in Alaska. Wear it. Period. J s yahsjxjjfjfjjdjfjjf 🤬
Remember when most people understood that if they wanted 2 enjoy the perks of living in a society then they were also required 2 give back 2 that society by putting their own silly preferences aside(like wearing a few inches of harmless cloth over their face or not) 4 the greater good of that society in order 2 protect others from a deadly, contagious disease pandemic?Its really not that complicated. Yes, freedom is important but if u wanna enjoy all that living in a society has to offer, like havin a car and drivin without mining the minerals urself, then building the car yourself and then building the roads yourself- then there are going 2 be some minor sacrifices u mite have 2 make temporarily in dire circumstances. No one asked u 4 a kidney, Sir. Put on ur mask, damn! Grown men & women b out here acting like spoiled selfish children nowadays! Great example ur setting 4 ur kids! Screw every1 else, as long as I get 2 walk around w/o that horrific mask! So dramatic!
Lord, nothing much has changed in a hundred years. If one tried to jail someone who wouldn't wear a mask today, one may very well become a target, of sorts . Please please please wear a mask.
So many people didn't. H1N1 flu is now endemic, and still killing thousands a year.
It's always so depressing to think of all the advancements we've made, we can't seem to change ourselves. History continues to repeat the same conflicts time and time again
One of the few things from the past that is actually more sensible than current times.
In 1918 they wore masks.. great. They also were decades away from the success of the civil rights movement, or the feminist movement. In fact the Rosewood Massacre would take place in 1923, (a massacre that wouldn't get any real attention until the 1990s). But hey they're wearing masks. And God knows a mask, all by itself, marks the entire virtue of an individual. It's really that simple. Let us all praise how awesome these people are. And let's assume all of you are completely awesome as well.
Ignorance and blind allegiance has been around for far more than 100 years...
mhm now go play with your toys, the intellectuals are talking.
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I wonder if they had idiot conspiracy-theory anti-vax idiots back then? I suspect not.
Maybe that's been our problem all along. If we named them "White Protective Masks" maybe Trump supporters would wear them.
Get help for your TDS, Trump Derangement Syndrome, XenoMurph.... If you bother to look at the actual statistics of the unvaccinated you'll see that there are misguided people on both sides of the aisle...
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I wonder if these masks were as absolutely useless as the masks requested then not requested then requested again for 2 years twice by criminal creator of covid19 Anthony Fauci? Needs to be given two choices and two choices only hanging or firing squad.
And masks didn't work then either, neither did the lockdowns or the quarantines...those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Now read how the Spanish flu "ended."...what a bunch of idiots you people are.
Ah what would the left do without photoshot to further their agenda
Actually they did complain and that's why they wanted to fine or jail people...read about the Spanish flu and you'll learn something
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😆I've ACTUALLY heard an idiot say that about the vaccines I told the dummy if somebody wanted to track you you have a cell phone right.
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I can literally hear you bleating you brainwashed sheep.
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Stoney First Nation Member, Guide Samson Beaver With His Wife Leah And Their Daughter Frances Louise, 1907. Photo Taken By Mary Schäffer
Mogadishu, 1993. An Italian Soldier Gives Food To A Local Orphan
Talking about photographs, in particular, Joshua Wilkey provided a few very helpful questions we can ask ourselves when analyzing them:
Is the photo lacking context? Or what is happening outside of the frame? "There's always the chance that the viewer is seeing an intentionally skewed perspective," Wilkey highlighted. "A picture might be worth a thousand words, but sometimes it takes a thousand words to explain the context of a single photo. Some pictures are downright strange without context."
Is the photo representative? In other words, can the photo indicate something bigger than itself? "For example, the internet has, for years, made fun of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un for marveling at seemingly cool but likely fake things like modern and well-stocked grocery stores. These photos are meant to be representative images portraying for Kim's people and for foreigners that North Korea is a modern and well-nourished society. The reality is a bit different."
Atelier Photo: "A Lesbian Couple In Semi Drag Wedding Attire"; Kingdom Of Hungary - Budapest, 1920
A Man Looking For A Job Wearing His Cv, England - 1930s
A Beach In Iran A Few Months Before The Islamic Revolution, 1979
As the historian said, these concepts can apply to virtually any photograph, but they become crucial when we're viewing a particular one as evidence. "They are important for historical photographs because of the power and usefulness of photography in political propaganda. North Korea is a great example of a regime that uses photography for propaganda, and the Soviet Union and the US were great examples too, particularly during the Cold War and the Space Race."
"Another good example of government using photography to achieve a political end was the Farm Service Administration's use of photography to document the impact of the Great Depression as a means of garnering support for the New Deal," Wilkey added. "Roosevelt's opponents argued it was political propaganda, while his proponents argued it was an accurate depiction of what was happening. Ultimately, most scholars have concluded that, while it accomplished political ends, it was indeed an accurate portrayal of reality."
1972: 3 Women On The Streets Of Kabul, Afghanistan
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
Oh God SO MANY BOOKS!!! I hope they saved the books before demolishing the building
It’s No Longer Possible To See This, As Buildings Outside Block The Sun. Grand Central, NYC, 1929 Photo By Louis Faurer
One more case that Wilkey mentioned to illustrate his point is Jacob Riis’s 1890 photojournalism work titled 'How the Other Half Lives,' which offered shocking views of tenement housing in New York City.
"Riis's work was accused of being 'muckraking' (activist journalism), but it led to reforms on tenement laws and rights and helped shepherd some of the first public health laws in the US," the historian said.
"Using photos from Riis’s work, one can apply both of the principles above: consider what is happening outside the frame of the camera, and consider whether the photos are representative. In the case of most of Riis’s photos of terrible living conditions, what was outside the frame of his camera was much the same as what was inside the frame, and his photographed subjects were representative of their entire communities. For me, they pass both my tests and should be treated as important historical sources."
Freddie Mercury With His Mother, 1947
A French Boy Introduces Himself To Indian Soldiers Who Had Just Arrived In France To Fight Alongside French And British Forces, Marseilles, 30th September 1914. [colorization]
![A French Boy Introduces Himself To Indian Soldiers Who Had Just Arrived In France To Fight Alongside French And British Forces, Marseilles, 30th September 1914. [colorization]](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/613b410f9dc77_8gl591xucbh71__700.jpg "A French Boy Introduces Himself To Indian Soldiers Who Had Just Arrived In France To Fight Alongside French And British Forces, Marseilles, 30th September 1914. [colorization]")
West German School Children Pause To Talk With Two East German Border Guards Beside An Opening In The Berlin Wall During The Collapse Of Communism In East Germany In November 1989 (Photo: Stephen Jaffe)
However, Darren R. Reid pointed out that not only politicians and governments contribute to bending the narrative, and suggested taking a closer look at the art produced by the people.
"The invasion of the Americas was frequently sanctioned and/or driven by governments, but it was the acts of 'ordinary' people that made it possible, and across that continent, a huge body of work was produced to justify, even encourage, some really terrible acts," he said. "American comic books and movies depicted Native Americans as simple, brutish, and savage. This helped to justify genocide and colonization as it was ongoing — and justify it, long after the most violent part of the process was complete. For a great example, check out the awful depiction of Native Americans in Disney’s Peter Pan. They helped to justify the colonial project to generations of children, right up to the present day."
As Sue Walsh, the creative director at SYPartners, wonderfully put it, the way we perceive the world is more fluid than the binaries of fact and fiction. Especially now that we live in what some call a post-truth era. So keep not only an open eye, but a sharp mind as well if you want to navigate it.
Reporters Who Exposed The Watergate Scandal Watch President Nixon Resign, 1974
A Man Guards His Family From The Cannibals During The Madras Famine Of 1877 At The Time Of British Raj, India
I don't care if anyone gets offended by this, bt fck those colonizing grassholes! This looks so painful to WATCH, the pain they must've gone through is beyond my capability to imagine.
A Man Takes A Selfie Using A Stick Of Wood To Activate The Camera, 1957
French Soldiers Passing By A Dog Wearing Googles And Smoking A Pipe, 1915
High School Teacher John T. Scopes Is Brought To Trial In Dayton, Tennessee For Teaching The Theory Of Evolution, Which Was Prohibited Under State Law. July 10, 1925
There are people today who want to return to those benighted days.
A Black U.S. Soldier Reads A Message Left By The Việt Cộng During The Vietnam War, The Message Reads: "U.S. Negro Armymen, You Are Committing The Same Ignominious Crimes In South Vietnam That The Kkk Clique Is Perpetrating Against Your Family At Home.", 1970.
David Attenborough Entertains Prince Charles And Princess Anne With A Cockatoo. 1958
Martin Luther King Jr. Removing A Burnt Cross From His Front Yard In 1960
Ugh, I hate how racist some people are. It's sad there are still racists, but we've gotten much better
A Young Female Welder Photographed By Bernard Hoffman In Connecticut, Circa 1943.
Woman Cutting Her Birthday Cake In Iran 1973, 5 Years Before The Islamic Revolution
A Makeshift Hospital In The Vietnam War, 1970
An Old Woman Leaving Her Home With Just A Portrait Of Her Husband And Rugs. Russian Soldiers Gave Her Just 5 Minutes To Pack Her Bags And Leave Before They Destroyed Her Home And Everything In It. Her Sons And Husband Were Already Dead. She Had Lost Everything. May 1995, Grozny
Filming An Episode Of “The French Chef” With Julia Child, 1963
Max Schreck Relaxing Behind The Scenes Of Nosferatu, 1922
A Picture Of A Submerged Diver In 1899. Many Believe It To Be The First Photograph Taken Underwater
John F. Kennedy Campaigning Door-To-Door In West Virginia (1960)
I don't know about anyone else but when someone comments that they're commenting to hide a rude comment, it draws my attention to the rude comment, not away from it.
Korean Mother Embraces Her Son, A Prisoner Of War Who Escaped His North Korean Pow Camp Shortly After The Signing Of The Korean Armistice Agreement, Which Ended The Widespread Fighting Of The Korean War, 1953.
Chinese Guerrilla Fighter Cheng Benhua 成本華 Smiling Moment Before Execution By The Japanese, She Was 24. (Late 1938) [502 X 806]
![Chinese Guerrilla Fighter Cheng Benhua 成本華 Smiling Moment Before Execution By The Japanese, She Was 24. (Late 1938) [502 X 806]](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/613b429d92ede_5vj27i59d6a71__700.jpg "Chinese Guerrilla Fighter Cheng Benhua 成本華 Smiling Moment Before Execution By The Japanese, She Was 24. (Late 1938) [502 X 806]")
Sailors Saluting A War Veteran, Leningrad 1989
Students Dance In Tiananmen Square Before The Arrival Of The Chinese Military, June 4th 1989
Chief Low Dog - An Oglala Lakota Chief Who Fought With Sitting Bull At The Battle Of Little Bighorn, C. 1881
The Queen Consort Of Mongolia, Genepil, In Mongolia. The Last Queen Consort And Married To The Bogd Khaganate, Bogd Khan, Until His Death On April 17th, 1924, When The Monarchy Was Abolished. She Was Killed During The Stalinist Purges In May 1938. Photograph Dated January 1st, 1923
Rare Photo Showing Niagara Falls Without Water, 1969
Mt St Helens The 17th Of May 1980 And 4 Months Later
David Bowie After Being Arrested For Marijuana Possession In Rochester, 1976
Photograph Of The First Official Defector Of The "German Democratic Republic", Conrad Schumann, Who Escaped To The Western Side On August 15, 1961 After Jumping The Unfinished Area Of the Fence That He Guarded.
Eiffel Tower Under Construction, July 1888 [colorized]
![Eiffel Tower Under Construction, July 1888 [colorized]](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/61e6bf728be64_kf8odovps9781-png__700.jpg "Eiffel Tower Under Construction, July 1888 [colorized]")
In the background you can see the halls constructed for the world fair 1889. All of which have been demolished afterwards unfortunately. The tower was the hightes building in the world until the Chrysler Building was finished in 1930.
Kubrick Taking A Photo With Daughter Vivian, On The Set Of The Shining. Nicholson Thought He Himself Was The Photo’s Subject. 1980
Ha! Imagine someone waves at you, you wave awkwardly back and it was the person behind you. That would be the same level of awkward i think. :D Poor Nicholson.
Actor And Martial Arts Star Jackie Chan At The Benefit Concert In Hong Kong, In Support Of Tiananmen Square Protesters - 1989
The Director Of The Belgrade Zoo Tries To Convince Sami The Chimpanzee To Return Home After He Escaped, 1988
Indigenous Children Forced To Pray To God In A Residential School Ran By The Canadian Government And Catholic Church Between 1930 And 1970, Unknown Location
Babies Left To Sleep Outside, Enforcing Immune Sistem, Moscow 1958
Coal Miner Waiting To Get Into The Communal Shower At The End Of His Shift, Taken In Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 1958. By Photographer Max Scheler
Archduke Franz Ferdinand And His Wife Minutes Before Assassination That Would Lead To Ww1, 1914 [colorized]
![Archduke Franz Ferdinand And His Wife Minutes Before Assassination That Would Lead To Ww1, 1914 [colorized]](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/61e6be02d6fcb_lnh7ndjowq381__700.jpg "Archduke Franz Ferdinand And His Wife Minutes Before Assassination That Would Lead To Ww1, 1914 [colorized]")
People Fighting To Get On A Plane In Nha Trang, April 1, 1975, During The Us Withdrawal From South Vietnam
Nirvana During The Photo Shoot For Their Album Nevermind, Which Was Released 30 Years Ago. 1991
Ugh, the baby for the cover has grown up into an insufferable a$$hole, just look up "Nirvana baby drama" and you'll see what that d*ckhead has been up to
Note: this post originally had 125 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
Absolutely fascinating photos. Love these articles. Can't "like" alot of pictures as they are too sad
Weapons, war, religion, greed: these are how we have destroyed our world.
I think greed is probably beh9ind a lot of the war and religion, thereby making weapons profitable :-(
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I like posts that cover the whole world, not only the Western part of it
The one with the starving Indians was the one that really hit me hard. They looked like skeletons. It really puts all of the ridiculous things we hold as important into perspective.
Very interesting post. There are many thing and events I now want to research. The photos are fascinating! Thank you BP
This is when history comes alive for me. Its one thing to read about it in a book, but photos make it tangible. Especially when I'm so much younger (31) then all of them except like 1 or 2.
The photos are amazing and I made loads of emotional noises out loud as well as felt hot prickly tears at the back of my eyes. What a collection. Great work Bored Panda crew :)
Bored panda needs to do a Bored panda comments section list like the most obvious,the most desperate for someone to acknowledge I'm alive ,the most off topic ,the most informational, the most bizarre cause honestly some comments make me laugh harder then whatever topic that's being covered
I wonder if us humans will ever learn from our pasts...
These were amazing but kinda sad at the time. Just crazy what some photographers can get and make others open there eyes to laughter or sadness. In reality it's all beauty and to help others be grateful for what we have. We can only hope n pray for peace and sometines we get a to capture in a photo. Peace I pray for the world now.
Some pictures make you think how much humanity has progressed to the better and how much some stays the same.. Despite all that.. without doubt, the emotions in every picture is immortal
Communist greed for power is at the root of much of the war, death and famine in the 20th century. In those hundred years they managed to kill more people than religion ever has.
Whenever I see stuff about war I remember a play we were shown in school. As long as we persist in identifying as anything at all, war is inevitable. Play is called Us and Them by David Campton. https://pracownik.kul.pl/files/12821/public/Over_the_Wall_Us_and_Them.pdf
Serious? Because all those men dying, being tortured, captured, suffering from PTSD and suicide weren't in hell.
Load More Replies... Absolutely fascinating photos. Love these articles. Can't "like" alot of pictures as they are too sad
Weapons, war, religion, greed: these are how we have destroyed our world.
I think greed is probably beh9ind a lot of the war and religion, thereby making weapons profitable :-(
Load More Replies... I like posts that cover the whole world, not only the Western part of it
The one with the starving Indians was the one that really hit me hard. They looked like skeletons. It really puts all of the ridiculous things we hold as important into perspective.
Very interesting post. There are many thing and events I now want to research. The photos are fascinating! Thank you BP
This is when history comes alive for me. Its one thing to read about it in a book, but photos make it tangible. Especially when I'm so much younger (31) then all of them except like 1 or 2.
The photos are amazing and I made loads of emotional noises out loud as well as felt hot prickly tears at the back of my eyes. What a collection. Great work Bored Panda crew :)
Bored panda needs to do a Bored panda comments section list like the most obvious,the most desperate for someone to acknowledge I'm alive ,the most off topic ,the most informational, the most bizarre cause honestly some comments make me laugh harder then whatever topic that's being covered
I wonder if us humans will ever learn from our pasts...
These were amazing but kinda sad at the time. Just crazy what some photographers can get and make others open there eyes to laughter or sadness. In reality it's all beauty and to help others be grateful for what we have. We can only hope n pray for peace and sometines we get a to capture in a photo. Peace I pray for the world now.
Some pictures make you think how much humanity has progressed to the better and how much some stays the same.. Despite all that.. without doubt, the emotions in every picture is immortal
Communist greed for power is at the root of much of the war, death and famine in the 20th century. In those hundred years they managed to kill more people than religion ever has.
Whenever I see stuff about war I remember a play we were shown in school. As long as we persist in identifying as anything at all, war is inevitable. Play is called Us and Them by David Campton. https://pracownik.kul.pl/files/12821/public/Over_the_Wall_Us_and_Them.pdf
Serious? Because all those men dying, being tortured, captured, suffering from PTSD and suicide weren't in hell.
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