In 1826, Joseph Nicephore Niepce, a French inventor, came up with what forever changed the way we see, experience, and remember the world and its history. It was the birth of a camera that took the first photograph on a piece of paper coated with tar of the view from his window at Le Gras. Of course, it looked nothing even remotely similar to what we think of as a camera.
Many other photography inventions followed, each more wondrous than the previous one, but it was not until 1900 when people could put their hands on lightweight and portable cameras.
These early days of photography were not just the beginning of something bigger, but these attempts forever eternalized history with its people and their lives. “History Season” is one such illuminating Facebook page dedicated to sharing the great historical events captured in images.
From snaps of daily lives in the past to the most memorable moments of human history, below awaits a thrilling walk.
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London's First Black Police Officer, PC Norwell Roberts, On Point Duty Near Charing Cross Station, 1968
Stoney First Nation Member, Samson Beaver With His Wife Leah And Their Daughter Frances Louise, 1907
1945: The Day Daddy Came Home
Gunner Hector Murdoch had been gone over four years, most of it as a prisoner of war in Singapore. His wife Rosina and son John hadn't known if he was dead or alive. He got home on his birthday
“Photographs bring history to life in an immediate and visceral way,” Lisa Yaszek, a Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech told us in a previous interview. Yaszek who researches and teaches science fiction as a global language crossing centuries, continents, and cultures argues that exploring history through written sources is very different than looking at historical photos.
“When we read books, we get lots of detailed information about historical events: who was involved, where the event happened, what factors led to and resulted from it, and so on,” the professor argues.
“Sometimes such information can be vividly detailed and prompt us to imagine what historical events might have looked like in ways that make us feel more connected to them, but sometimes we are so overwhelmed with dry or technical details that we actually feel more removed from the event than ever before.”
An American Serviceman Shares His Rations With Two Japanese Children In Okinawa, 1945
Portrait Of A Young Grumpy Girl, 1850s
Dorothy Counts, 15, Is Taunted And Harassed By White Students As She Makes Her Way From Harding High School As The Only Black Student At The Newly Desegregated School. Charlotte, North Carolina. 1957
On the other hand, photos rarely have this problem. “Even when shot by the most amateur of photographers, images of people living in and through various moments in history provide a sense of immediate emotional connection—we think, ‘wow, so that’s what it would feel like to experience that moment of history!’” Yaszek explained.
The Models Of “American Gothic” Stand Next To The Painting (1942)
Ukrainian Restaurant In The U.S. Celebrates The Death Of Joseph Stalin, 1953
New Zealand Māori Battalion Performing A Haka Ceremonial Dance In Egypt, 1941
Moreover, images of people from the past connect us to history in another, related way as well. “Once we feel an emotional bond with the people in historical photos and perhaps even begin to imaginatively empathize with them—we forge new intellectual connections to history itself, asking ourselves: ‘Why are the people in this photograph in this situation in the first place? What happened leading up to this photo—and what happened afterward?’”
In this way, we begin to actively research and share what they know about events and people represented in specific photos.
A Roman Mosaic Depicting A Fish. 1st Century Ce
A 2000 Year Old Glass Mosaic, Found In The City Of Zeugma, Turkey
Community Grocery Store Owner, Harlem, New York, 1940
A Kid's Reaction To Meeting Andre The Giant (1970's)
Former Slave, Author And Activist Frederick Douglass With His Musician Grandson Joseph Douglass In 1894
Inuit Man Warms His Wife’s Feet. Greenland, 1890's
Mailman Poses With His Heavy Load Of Christmas Mail And Parcels. Chicago, USA. 1929. Colorized
The Swedish Warship Vasa
It sank in 1628 less than a mile into its maiden voyage and was recovered from the sea floor after 333 years almost completely intact. Now housed at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm
A Motor Home In 1922
Remember That Photo Of The Construction Workers Having Lunch On A Unfinished New York Skyscraper? Well Here's The Photographer Charles Ebbets. 9/20/1932
1925 Drexel Institute Girls’ Rifle Team. Philadelphia, USA
Dames with guns, harassment on campus must've been low with them around
There was a great study several years back, between U of Colorado and Colorado University, when one decided to allow students to carry concealed weapons on Campus. The one with the guns had a 70+% decrease in rape and assault in the first year alone , the other had the same increase as the national university average. When a woman in unarmed, she only successfully fighting off or scaring her potential rapist 67% of the time. When armed with a gun, the woman is successful 97% of the time. As one prominent woman pro-gun activist wrote "Gun Control is the theory that a woman found raped and dead in an ally is morally superior to the one explaining to the police why her attacker is full of bullets". I think any responsible citizen, with no criminal record, should be allowed to obtain one for self protection, especially women and minorities.
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I have 3 coats that look exactly like the ones on the picture, good fashion never dies
I don't know why you were down voted, this is the first thing I noticed and it made me cringe.
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I was thinking she the first one who'd shoot lol! I wouldn't wanna mess with her tbh lol
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Money changes everything. No one would be showing this level of respect for a female rifle club a mile away in the neighborhood known as The Devil's Pocket.
Drexel university is a fantastic stem college now. My older son went there. They emphasize employability and minimize liberal arts. Don't get me wrong.... folks should be well rounded. But every kid walks out of Drexel with real job experience. It's part of the requirements.
Not in a Red State. Women gun ownership is on the rise, and the number of women gun orgs and clubs has skyrocketed. The NRA even has an entire program to help women get firearms and get firearm training. https://www.agirlandagun.org/ https://nypost.com/2021/09/01/black-women-seeing-guns-as-protection-from-rising-crime/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/women-are-nearly-half-of-new-gun-buyers-study-finds-11631792761 https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2020/1/11/the-rise-of-the-woman-gun-owner/
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3400 Year Old Painter's Palette From Ancient Egypt, Amenhotep III Era
William Harley And Arthur Davidson, 1914
The Great North Dakota Blizzard, 1966
2 Year-Old Elvis Presley With His Parents, 1937
Roman Mosaics Unearthed Under A Vineyard In Italy, In The Province Of Verona. Dated From 3rd To 4th Century
Woman Wiring An Early IBM Computer Taken By Berenice Abbott In 1948
Able to do all that and still not be allowed a bank account is so not fair.
A Mother With Her Children, 1,800 Years Ago. Alexandria, Roman Egypt
A Statue Of Anubis In Tutankhamuns Tomb, Taken During Carter Expedition (Photo Taken In 1922)
Sir Winston Churchill, In 1895, Age 20
Dinner Party At The Hotel Astor. New York City. 1904
A British Blacksmith Removing The Leg Irons Off A Slave, 1907, Off Coast Of Mozambique
Another slave being freed by hard-working brit!! When are the African tribes who facilitated the salve trade decreased after British Empire banned it, going to be taken to task? After all, it was the Africans capturing Africans to sell to salvers on the shoreline, that kept the trade going for so long!
Captured Japanese Mini-Submarine In The Aleutian Islands, 1943 And 2021
My father was stationed at the Aleutian islands for a while and had such interesting stories to tell!
Detroit, Michigan In 1882 And 2017
Children Cross The River Using Pulleys On Their Way To School, 1959, Italy
These kids as parents: Back in my day, we had to zip line to school, over a river, so no you can't stay home over a hurricane
Newcastle Castle, UK - 1895 To 2022
Australian Soldiers After Their Release From Japanese Captivity In Singapore, 1945. Colorized By: Hristos Kaplanis
Piano Designed For People Confined To Bedrest. UK, 1935
Man Charging An Electric Amc Gremlin. Seattle, USA, 1973
Charlie Chaplin At Age 27 Before He He Adopted The Iconic Mustache, 1916
Manhattan In 1851 And Today
1910 Great Flood Of Paris
A Man Stands In The Panama Canal During Its Construction. 1912
Serving A Snack On Scandinavian Airlines Flight, 1969
The Creation Of The Recycling Logo By G. Anderson. He Was 23 At The Time. 1970
Trakai Island Castle, Lithuania. Built In The 14th Century And Restored In The 1950s-1960s
The Train Crash At Montparnasse Station. France, 1895
Berlin, Germany, 1985-2018
1946 vs. 2021 - Poznań, Poland
Eiffel Tower Under Construction, May 15, 1888
New York City During The Great Blizzard Of 1888
"oh cräp, I have to dig up the horse and coach from under the snow again"
Note: this post originally had 127 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
Great stuff, except that so many of these pictures were posted SO many times before. Even the comments are all the same under some.
That´s exactly what I wanted to say. I love historical photos and I am specifically looking for these articles here on BP so I remember very well the photos they show and I can tell that 99% of this post is a recycled stuff from their older articles.
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The first several are repeats from a BP post just days ago. Not even a full week. C'mon.
I have deja vu. Plenty of photos repeated with exactly the same comments as before. Bored Panda is becoming very boring.
Why are you rereading them? Get a book,go take a walk or volunteer someplace.Do something about your boredom instead of expecting some media platform to change.
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These interesting but most of them were from the US. Can we have some diversity please BP?
And some are re-labeled but seriously, can we get actual fresh content that isn't "Hey, Pandas, What...." ? or from Reddit?
Great stuff, except that so many of these pictures were posted SO many times before. Even the comments are all the same under some.
That´s exactly what I wanted to say. I love historical photos and I am specifically looking for these articles here on BP so I remember very well the photos they show and I can tell that 99% of this post is a recycled stuff from their older articles.
Load More Replies... The first several are repeats from a BP post just days ago. Not even a full week. C'mon.
I have deja vu. Plenty of photos repeated with exactly the same comments as before. Bored Panda is becoming very boring.
Why are you rereading them? Get a book,go take a walk or volunteer someplace.Do something about your boredom instead of expecting some media platform to change.
Load More Replies... These interesting but most of them were from the US. Can we have some diversity please BP?
And some are re-labeled but seriously, can we get actual fresh content that isn't "Hey, Pandas, What...." ? or from Reddit?
