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34 Interesting And Rare Historical Pictures That Might Teach You Something New About Our Past
Many of us love taking photos of all the little joys in life—the goofiness of a pet, the not-so-good-looking cookies you baked for the first time, or the unexpected flowers you received. It's fascinating how smartphones have made it so easy for us to capture precious moments forever. But this was not always the case. In the past, not many people had the luxury of clicking photographs at any time. So, it's interesting to see past photos that reflect a rich tapestry of historical events, cultural norms, and everyday life from a bygone era. Today, the Bored Team has compiled some visual records that will educate us about history and the human experience over time.
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#1
A Mother And Her 8 Sons, All Served, All Came Home
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#2
Jonathan The Turtle In The 1900s And Today. (191 Years Old)
#3
Anne Frank’s Father Otto, Revisiting The Attic Where They Hid From The Nazis
#4
Anne Frank Photographed With Her Sister Margot On The Beach, Zandvoort, 1940
#5
A Photo Of A Young Bedouin Kuwaiti Girl Holding Her Lamb, During The Gulf War, (1991)
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Pretty sure I saw this at the time. Either Time Magazine or National Geographic but I remember seeing this in teh early '90s.
#6
A Photo Of My Family After The Japanese Concentration Camps In Los Angeles
#7
Love This Photo Of My Nan Taken Some Time In The 60's By A Street Photographer
#8
The Director Of The Belgrade Zoo Urges Sami The Chimpanzee To Return Home After He Escaped, 1988
#9
Until 1956, French Children Attending School Were Served Wine On Their Lunch Breaks
#10
Flattening Hills To Build Seattle
#11
87 Years Ago Sylvan Goldman Invented The Shopping Cart
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
And they haven't changed much since. They're made of plastic instead of wire now and they have the baby seat now. That's pretty much it. Sometimes an inventor nails it on the first try.
#12
Abbye Stockton Mid Liftting 135 Lbs In The 1940s, She Makes It Look So Easy For Her
#13
Charles Ebbets, The Man Who Took The Famous Photo Called 'Lunch Atop A Skyscraper'(9/20/1932)
#14
Man Recording A Concert On Cassette Tape In 1980s Poland
Premislaus de Colo 2 years ago
That's Ryszard Kuszłejko, Polish oppositionist during communist times in Poland. He's recording a punk concert so that he can then distribute the cassettes among young people. This was the only way for teenagers to listen to "rebel" music, as the Censorship Office would never allow them to record in a studio.
#15
Vietnamese Babies Being Airlifted To The Us For Adoption In 1975
#16
On January 19, 1977, For The First And Last Time It Snowed In Miami, Florida
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
I guarantee it wasn't the first time, just the first time in modern history. As far as the last time though, well they might have something there.
#17
Morning Bathers In Las Vegas Watch A Mushroom Cloud From An Atomic Test 75 Miles Away, 1953
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
That's a little close for my taste thank you. In '53 they were still tickling the dragon's tail and had no idea what they were dealing with.
#18
Students At Columbia University Calling For Divestment From South Africa (1984)
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Apartheid South Africa was a blight upon the world. A rich white plutocracy owned everyone and treated the indigenous African population like second class citizens. And guess who was a teenager in SA in '84. Elon Musk. Silver spoon sucking MF grew up treating black people like sh*t and he hasn't changed.
#19
Jim Thorpe. He's Wearing Different Socks And Shoes. 1912 Olympic. From U.S. Track And Field
#20
Miss Idaho Potato, 1935
#21
Cleaned Up Image From Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition, (1907-1908)
#22
Colorized Pic Of Princeton University Students After A Snowball Fight, 1893
#23
A Lipstick Tester From The 1950s. Hired To Test Durability And Color Of Lipstick
#24
Joe Arridy, The "Happiest Prisoner On Death Row", Gives Away His Train Before Being Executed, 1939
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
"Joseph Arridy (/ˈærɪdi/; April 29, 1915 – January 6, 1939)[1][2] was an American man who was falsely convicted and wrongfully executed for the 1936 rape and murder of Dorothy Drain, a 15-year-old girl in Pueblo, Colorado." This is why I'm against the death penalty in ALL cases.
#25
A Labor Strike, 1930s
#26
Ed Clarity's Photo Of A Woman About To Snatch A Kid From Water With A Net At Rockaway Beach ,ny,1958
#27
Economy Class Seating On A Pan Am 747 In 1970
#28
Car Culture In Japan, 1990s
#29
A French Policeman Salutes A Nazi Officer In Paris, 1941
#30
World Record Polar Bear Taken In 1961
#31
80 Yrs Ago Today (D-Day) My Great Grandma Wrote This Letter To My Granddad Who Was In The Navy
sleepybear 2 years ago (edited)
difficult to read, but this is my badly-interpreted version of it! Dear (name im not sure), i planned to write family news today but i guess the invasion comes first- the whistles woke me at 3am, we've been fooled 5 or 6 times recently with sirens (or i?) thought they had a (not sure) fire down town - the fire dept. was (unsure) and the boats in the harbour were all blowing their whistles- at 4am the air raid sirens went
#32
Me, Age 7, Dressed Up As Our Dog For Halloween
Michael Largey 2 years ago
"Fascinating Historical Photos That You Probably Haven’t Seen In History Books"? Well, yeah.
#33
Crew Members Of B-29 Superfortress “Enola Gay” On Parade, 1945
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago (edited)
It's 8:15 And that's the time that it's always been We got your message on the radio Conditions normal and you're coming home Enola Gay Is mother proud of little boy today? Ah-ha, this kiss you give It's never ever going to fade away: Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark.
#34
9-Year Old Eunice Winstead Johns And Her Husband, 24-Year-Old Charlie Johns, Tennessee 1937
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Justin Tyme 2 years ago (edited)
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Rebecca Ferguson 2 years ago
There must be other historical images we haven't seen over and over again, surely????
Justin Tyme 2 years ago (edited)
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Rebecca Ferguson 2 years ago
There must be other historical images we haven't seen over and over again, surely????
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