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.
#1 A Mother And Her 8 Sons, All Served, All Came Home
Image source: Nadilwee
#2 Jonathan The Turtle In The 1900s And Today. (191 Years Old)
Image source: Midegoye1
#3 Anne Frank’s Father Otto, Revisiting The Attic Where They Hid From The Nazis
Image source: lumoslunaa
#4 Anne Frank Photographed With Her Sister Margot On The Beach, Zandvoort, 1940
Image source: Crafty-Papaya-5729
#5 A Photo Of A Young Bedouin Kuwaiti Girl Holding Her Lamb, During The Gulf War, (1991)
Image source: Ishleen-kaur
#6 A Photo Of My Family After The Japanese Concentration Camps In Los Angeles
Image source: First-Salamander7286
#7 Love This Photo Of My Nan Taken Some Time In The 60’s By A Street Photographer
Image source: Lazy-Time-9896
#8 The Director Of The Belgrade Zoo Urges Sami The Chimpanzee To Return Home After He Escaped, 1988
Image source: zadraaa
#9 Until 1956, French Children Attending School Were Served Wine On Their Lunch Breaks
Image source: Leading_Pear5529
#10 Flattening Hills To Build Seattle
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#11 87 Years Ago Sylvan Goldman Invented The Shopping Cart
Image source: enigma_fairy
#12 Abbye Stockton Mid Liftting 135 Lbs In The 1940s, She Makes It Look So Easy For Her
Image source: Electrical-Aspect-13
#13 Charles Ebbets, The Man Who Took The Famous Photo Called ‘Lunch Atop A Skyscraper'(9/20/1932)
Image source: Crafty-Papaya-5729
#14 Man Recording A Concert On Cassette Tape In 1980s Poland
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#15 Vietnamese Babies Being Airlifted To The Us For Adoption In 1975
Image source: Acrobatic_Apricot_96
#16 On January 19, 1977, For The First And Last Time It Snowed In Miami, Florida
Image source: PrestigiousBrit
#17 Morning Bathers In Las Vegas Watch A Mushroom Cloud From An Atomic Test 75 Miles Away, 1953
Image source: Dull_Junket_619
#18 Students At Columbia University Calling For Divestment From South Africa (1984)
Image source: Sami1398
#19 Jim Thorpe. He’s Wearing Different Socks And Shoes. 1912 Olympic. From U.S. Track And Field
Image source: Animatedfilms
#20 Miss Idaho Potato, 1935
Image source: zadraaa
#21 Cleaned Up Image From Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition, (1907-1908)
Image source: glennmelenhorst
#22 Colorized Pic Of Princeton University Students After A Snowball Fight, 1893
Image source: Chelly_Vibesss
#23 A Lipstick Tester From The 1950s. Hired To Test Durability And Color Of Lipstick
Image source: tnick771
#24 Joe Arridy, The “Happiest Prisoner On Death Row”, Gives Away His Train Before Being Executed, 1939
Image source: nodders515
#25 A Labor Strike, 1930s
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#26 Ed Clarity’s Photo Of A Woman About To Snatch A Kid From Water With A Net At Rockaway Beach ,ny,1958
Image source: Correlation_jazz
#27 Economy Class Seating On A Pan Am 747 In 1970
Image source: fyrstikka
#28 Car Culture In Japan, 1990s
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#29 A French Policeman Salutes A Nazi Officer In Paris, 1941
Image source: Miguenzo
#30 World Record Polar Bear Taken In 1961
Image source: Rhodesia4LYFE
#31 80 Yrs Ago Today (D-Day) My Great Grandma Wrote This Letter To My Granddad Who Was In The Navy
Image source: ladykitkatie
#32 Me, Age 7, Dressed Up As Our Dog For Halloween
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#33 Crew Members Of B-29 Superfortress “Enola Gay” On Parade, 1945
Image source: zadraaa
#34 9-Year Old Eunice Winstead Johns And Her Husband, 24-Year-Old Charlie Johns, Tennessee 1937
Image source: Miguenzo
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