When thinking about the past, it feels like a surreal reality that sometimes could be more difficult to imagine than the future. But seeing photos from 1800 and 1900 feels even weirder since it is actual proof of it happening. And more importantly, people’s lives don’t seem to be boring or dull. On the contrary, they look risky, weird, fun, and simply put – entertaining to my futuristic human eyes. I am sure, if these people had the internet back then, we would be greeted with quality memes from past times. So, after all, we are not that different, just with other possibilities.
But I don’t want to romanticize the olden times. They did have pretty harsh legislation, and it wasn’t easy if you did not fit into the ideology of that time. And even though we have our own challenges nowadays, I’d rather be here and now. Though it feels interesting to see how the Statue of Liberty or the Eiffel Tower looked when they were still under construction, as well as simpler things, such as people’s fashion, their lazy Sunday afternoons, and even dogs doing chores.
Thankfully, a Facebook page called ‘Old Photos‘ keeps us posted on the past, and today we want to invite you to delve into these vintage photos part 2. Feel free to check out part 1 here, and for more, you can also visit our posts of important historical images and old photos in real life.
#1 A Beautiful Little Girl In New York, 1958
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#2 A Snow Lady, 1892
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#3 It’s Not About Where You Are, Its Who You’re With
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#4 A Ghostly Yet Mesmerizing Image From 1900
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#5 Yellow Magpie, Arapaho Man, 1898
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#6 Net Fix And Chill, Irish Fishermen, Ireland 1910
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#7 Annie Oakley Shooting A Gun Over Her Shoulder Using A Hand Mirror, 1899
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#8 Witches From 1875
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#9 Apache Woman And Child, 1898
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#10 A Cat’s Life On The Farm, 1951
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#11 A Young Edwardian Lady From 1910
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#12 Kiowa Couple Lone Wolf And Etla, 1860
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#13 Anne Frank Pokes Her Head Out Of Her Family’s Flat In Amsterdam, 1942
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#14 Photographer Above The Skies Of Berlin, 1912
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#15 A Couple Dancing On Ice-Skates On Whitestone Pond, Hampstead, London, 1933
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#16 Even The Window Cleaners Wore Suits 100 Years Ago
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#17 Women Boxing On A Roof, 1938
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#18 Inuit Man Warms His Wife’s Feet, Greenland, 1890’s
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#19 Mother Home Schools Her Children In Transylvania, Louisiana, 1937
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#20 Two Ladies Leaving A Polling Station, London, 1929
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#21 Two Girls Standing Outside Of A Snow Fort, 1910
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#22 Grandma Patching The Only Pants Of Her Grandson, 1907
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#23 Do We Have Such Accurate Halloween Costumes These Days?
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#24 Stylish Victorian Woman
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#25 Queen Elizabeth II In 1945
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#26 A Portrait Taken Of A Woman While She Was Mid-Sneeze
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#27 1850s Young Fashionable Teen With A Slight Smirk
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#28 Leola King, America’s First Female Traffic Cop, 1918
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#29 Real Japanese Samurai, 1866
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#30 A Saloon That Allowed Children Their Own Child-Size Beers, Wisconsin, 1890
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#31 Two Amphicars Crossed The English Channel In 1965
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#32 Tattooed Family In 1910
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#33 One Of The First Original Selfies, Taken With A Stick, 1934
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#34 Soldiers Peel Onions While Using Gas Masks To Stop Them From Crying, 1941
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#35 No One Is Helping These Guys Clean The House!
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#36 Albert Einstein Plays His Beloved Violin, 1941
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#37 Tourists Drink Tea Atop The Great Pyramid, 1938
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#38 First Photograph Of A Tornado Near Garnett, Kansas. April 26, 1884
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#39 A Family In Front Of Their Summer Home. Stockholm, Sweden, 1867
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#40 Mother And Son, Ireland, 1890
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#41 The Hand And The Torch Of The Statue Of Liberty Being Built In A Paris Studio Around 1876
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#42 A Boy And His Owl, 1933
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#43 Old Fashion Playground
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#44 Northumbrian Miner At His Evening Meal, 1937
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#45 The Earliest Known Photo Of Abraham Lincoln, 1840
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#46 J W Waldron’s Smith & Bicycle Works In Brighton, England. C. 1900
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#47 Frank Lentini, An Owner Of 3 Legs, 4 Feet, 16 Toes, And 2 Functioning Sets Of Genitals
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#48 A Young Man Enjoying His First Dance
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#49 Rear View Of Young Couple Snuggling Behind The Wheel Of His Convertible As They Watch Large Screen Action Behind Rows Of Cars At A Drive-In Movie Theater
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#50 Hershey Kisses Being Individually Hand-Wrapped, 1935
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