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Article created by: Evelina Šiukšterytė
Pictures can tell stories worth a thousand words. This is especially true for historical ones. Just by carefully studying the setting, objects, and people in them, we can learn what everyday life was for people in the past and how it’s different from today. Images, just like written diaries or letters, are primary historical sources that can be examined, providing insights into the past that words can’t even begin to describe.
Today’s collection of photos from the days gone by is brought to us by the Historical Capsule subreddit. Let’s all celebrate the beauty of the past by scrolling down and marveling at the thought-provoking and mesmerizing images in this list, and be sure to upvote the ones that you believe everyone should see!
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#1
Last Picture Of Hachiko, The Faithful Dog Who Waited For Over 9 Years Outside Shibuya Station For His Master To Return Even After He Had Died. (Colorized, 1935)
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#2
Metal Suit, Said To Enable A Diver To Descend To A Depth Of 1,200 Feet, 1938
#3
Dewey The Cat, Who Died In 1910, And Meant Enough To His Owner To Be Honored With A Gravestone That Stands Today Over 113 Years Later
#5
My Grandparents On Their Wedding Day, 1940's
nttw26r4fw 3 weeks ago
Finally, a couple from older times that looks truly happy of getting married ☺️
#7
Desmond Thomas Doss & His Wife Dorothy After Receiving The Medal Of Honor From President Harry Truman On October 12, 1945
#8
A Well-Dressed Young Lady In The 1930s. Almost Looks Like It Could Have Been Taken Yesterday
#9
U.S. Army Corporal Larry Matinsk Puts Cigarettes Into The Extended Hands Of Newly Liberated Prisoners Behind A Stockade In The Allach Concentration Camp. April 30, 1945
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#10
In 1969, When Black Americans Were Still Prevented From Swimming Alongside Whites, Mr. Rogers Decided To Invite Officer Clemmons To Join Him And Cool His Feet In A Pool, Breaking A Long-Standing Colour Barrier That Had Existed In The United States
#11
Female Students From Afghanistan In Kabul, 1975
#13
The Bread In This 1952 Episode Of I Love Lucy Was Real And Custom-Made By A Los Angeles Bakery. After Filming, It Was Shared With The Cast, Crew, And Audience
#14
Fashion In Pre-Revolutionary Iran: Pahlavi Era 1950s-1970s
#15
Mom With Her Psychedelic Baby Pram, London, 1967
#17
In 1940, The Lascaux Cave Paintings, Estimated To Be 17,000 Years Old, Were Discovered In Southwestern France
#18
When Every Soft Drink Bottle On The Shelf Was Still Glass, 1980s
#21
Magazine Advertisement From 1996 - Nearly 30 Years Ago
#24
This Is Ash From The Erupting Mt. St. Helens Raining Down On Robert Landsburg. He Took This Photo, Rewound The Film, Tucked The Camera In A Backpack And Laid Over It While Being Buried In The Ash. His Body Was Found 17 Days Later
#28
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 11. April, 1945. He Would Die Of A Cerebral Hemorrhage At The Age Of 63 The Following Day
#29
Feelin’ Groovy: Fascinating Vintage Color Picture Of High School Fashion Across America In 1969
#30
The Port Of Carthage, In Modern-Day Tunisia, As It Would Have Appeared In The 3rd Century Bce And How It Looks Today
#41
Ross Sisters Do A Small Tower. Around The 1940s
#42
Athelte Ivy Russell (Surrey, England 1907) Does A Bent Press With 47 Kilos At 57 Kilos Herself., Around 1930s
#46
Inhabitants Of St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 1926. The Islands Had Been Inhabited Since Antiquity, But Would Be Evacuated In 1930
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