When looking at the majority of historical photos, it might seem that the world was black-and-white and all we had were wars and disease.
However, Bored Panda has gone back in time, and dug out some of the most heartwarming and cool images from days gone by.
From a boy receiving a puppy as a present from his grandad, a hospital-bound girl being cured by ducklings, a Victorian couple cracking up as they try and take the 19th century’s equivalent of a selfie, and many others, these vintage photos depicting historical events and regular everyday lives will undoubtedly restore your faith in humanity.
And best of all, these delightful old photos show that despite being from a different era, one thing hasn’t changed over the years – it’s still the little things that matter.
#1 A Few Seconds Before Happiness, 1955
#2 A Victorian Couple Trying Not To Laugh While Getting Their Portraits Done, 1890s
#3 Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor Feeding An Orphaned Kitten. He Adopted The Kitten After The Mother Cat Died During The War.
Image source: Sgt Martin Riley
#4 Best Friends
Image source: National Geographic
#5 Austrian Boy Receives New Shoes During WWII
Image source: Gerald Waller
#6 Girl Playing For Her Dog
#7 Brownie Gets The Milk As Blackie Waits His Turn, 1954
Image source: Nat Farbman
#8 Harold Whittles Hearing Sound For The First Time, 1974
Image source: Jack Bradley
#9 Animals Being Used As Part Of Medical Therapy, 1956
Image source: Francis Miller
#10 Happy French Girl And Her Cat, 1959
#11 The Graves Of A Catholic Woman And Her Protestant Husband, Holland, 1888
#12 Russian Soldiers Of WWII Sleeping With Puppy
Image source: Georgy Lipskerov
#13 A Little Girl Holds A Penguin’s Flipper As They Walk Together Around The London Zoo, 1937
Image source: Getty Images
#14 Young Carrie Fisher Watching Her Mother Debbie Reynolds Perform On Stage, 1963
Image source: WireImage
#15 Little Girl And Her Pet Toad At A Pet Show, Venice Beach, California, 1936
Image source: Super Retro
#16 Christina Goldsmith Kissing A Weimaraner Puppy From Her Father’s Stock Of Weimaraner Hunting Dogs, 1950
#17 A Hotel Commissionaire Talking To A Small Dachshund Dog In Piccadilly Circus, London, 1938
Image source: Kurt Hutton
#18 Boy Sharing Bed With His Best Friend
Image source: LIFE Magazine
#19 A Little Girl Having Fun Pretending To Talk On The Telephone, Japan, 1958
Image source: Marc Riboud
#20 Soldier Shares A Banana With A Goat During The Battle Of Saipan, Ca. 1944
#21 Mailman Poses With His Heavy Load Of Christmas Mail And Parcels, Chicago, 1929
Image source: Vintage
#22 A Little French Girl Gives An American Soldier A Kiss On Valentine’s Day, 1945
#23 A Blind Woman Relaxes At The Local Swimming Pool, Watched Over By Her Guide Dog, 1966
#24 Nun Dancing With Children, 1964
Image source: Bettmann
#25 Champion Bloodhound Leo Of Reynalton Being Cuddled By His Little Mistress Dorothy Horder At The Crufts Dog Show In London, 1935
Image source: William Vanderson
#26 A Young Woman Lifts Her Feet While Embracing And Kissing A Uniformed Us Soldier At The Train Station, Connecticut, 1945
Image source: Harold M. Lambert
#27 Le Petit Parisien, 1952
Image source: Willy Ronis
#28 A Street Musician And A Little Girl
#29 On The Caterpillar, Women’s Pub Outing, Clapham, London, 1958
Image source: Grace Robertson
#30 Teenaged Boys Using Blanket To Toss Their Friend, Norma Baker, Into The Air On The Beach, 1948
Image source: John Florea
#31 For Paris Match, 1961
Image source: Philippe le Tellier
#32 Medic Feeding Baby Birds
Image source: US National Archives
#33 A French Boy Introduces Himself To Indian Soldiers Who Had Just Arrived In France To Fight Alongside French And British Forces, Marseilles, 30th September 1914
Image source: Getty Images
#34 A Bear Cub Eats A Bowl Of Honey At A Cafe, 1950
Image source: Three Lions
#35 A Soldier Comes Home From War, 1940s
#36 Queen Elizabeth With Her Much-Loved Corgis Watching The Royal Windsor Horse Show, 1973
Image source: Press Association
#37 The Swing And Childhood
#38 Bath Time
Image source: Corbis image
#39 Worker In Cosmetic Company Covered With Relics Of Lipstick Kisses To Prove That Dyes In Lipsticks Are Harmless, 1960
Image source: Jale Joel
#40 Woman And Dog Jumping Rope, 1940s
Image source: vintage
#41 An American Soldier At An Advanced Allied Base With His Pet Kangaroo, 1942
Image source: Australian War Memorial
#42 Nuns From The Order Of St. Benedict Make A Splash In The Pacific Ocean While Vacationing At Grayland, 1960
Image source: Tom Brownell
#43 Gunner Hector Morgan Returning Home, 1945
#44 Wally Kilminster Enjoys A Foam Bath With His Dog In The Dressing Rooms At Wembley Stadium, 1934
#45 An Officer Holds A Cigar With Two Canaries Perched On It, 1918
#46 Circus Baby Yvonne Kruse Is Pushed In Her Pram By ‘Kam’, One Of Her Mother’s Charges, On Their Arrival At Addison Road Station, London, From Their Winter Quarters At Ascot, 1958
Image source: Folb
#47 Nanson Of Netheroyd, A Champion Borzoi, Enjoys Pulling His Young Master Around In A Toy Car,1937
Image source: Reg Speller
#48 Young Soldier Holding A Little Piggy With Lid In London During WWII
Image source: Keystone-France
#49 Ice Bucket Challenge, NYC, 1943
Image source: New York Daily News
#50 Sledding Down Art Hill After The 1904 World’s Fair Was Over, St Louis, 1904
Image source: Jessie Tarbox Beals
#51 A Couple Enjoys An Old-Fashioned Zipline, 1923
#52 Children Pictured Decorating A Tree In The 1940s
Image source: Bettman
#53 Roller Girl Skating With Kids, 1970s
#54 The Future 32nd President Of The United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, With His Cousin, 1910
Image source: FDR Presidential Library & Museum
#55 A Young Woman Goes Sledding At Buxton In The English Peak District, 1904
Image source: Topical Press Agency
#56 A Woman In A Toweling Bikini Poses In A Funfair Hall Of Mirrors, Circa 1935
Image source: FPG
#57 Man Returns Home From Time In The Navy. Carrying Sister While Brother In Law Shoots Them With A Water Pistol
#58 A Boy And His New Ball, Netherlands June 1966
#59 Sai Gon, Vietnam In 1993
#60 Four Pints Today Please, Mr. Milkman (c. 1968, Altrincham, Cheshire, Uk)
#61 Me, Sitting On The Rail At Niagra Falls In 1956.
#62 Taking His Cousin For A Wheelbarrow Ride 1948 Corley Moor, U.k.
#63 Christmas ’75 Norway
#64 Sitting On An Original Turtle Brought Back From The Galapagos By Darwin
#65 Turkish Women In 1930, Became One Of The First Women To Be Elected For Mayorships
Image source: google.com
#66 Guess I Was Meant To Love Home Remodeling And Construction Industry .. Me In 1951 Helping My Dad With New Garage !!
#67 The Best Rocking Horse Ever, Bangladesh,1963
#68 Having My Picture Taken By A Traveling Photographe With A Horse 1965
#69 Me & Santa, Dayton Ohio 1971 Or 72
#70 Young Students Celebrating The National Sovereignty And Children’s Day In Turkey, April 24, 1970s
#71 Ataturk On A Swing
#72 1930’s England – After A Days Work
#73 Found Memories
#74 Me 1982 , ‘communist Pioneer’ Uniform Romania
#75 Summer Fun In The Sprinkler ..about 1950
#76 My Nan And Pop Sydney Street Shot 1940’s
#77 Happy Couple, Ca.1970
#78 Family Outing To Fantasy Farm 1988
#79 1960’s Rocking Horse (brad Lawrence, Owner)
#80 My Parents On Their Wedding Day, 1971
#81 Italian-american Teen, Al Amendolare, With His Father’s Truck
#82 In 1938, Grandfather (first From Right) And Grandmother(4th From Left) With Their Family. The Smiling Little Girl, Second From Left Is My Mother, Now She Is 80.
#83 Sitting On The Lawn Of Our Very First House In Canada, 1956.
#84 Yong Couple She Was From Italy He Was Born In The Us. She Is Now 105 Years Old. 1929 Or 1930
Image source: Nona%20Mary%20Weider.%20Privet%20collection.%20
#85 My Mom And Her Sisters. Christmas In St.albans, W.v. In The ’50’s.
#86 Due Amiche
#87 1992 Dad Back From Desert Storm
#88 Home Shopping With Joy – 2007
#89 My Siblings And I Playing Flag Football In Our Big Front Yard, Circa 1973, Salem, Oregon
#90 Little Girl And Her Dad, Detroit 2017
#91 My Dad Pretending To Pour A Pepsi On My Aunt 1970
#92 Me , Excited On My 4th Birthday!!
#93 My Mom Pregnant With My Brother, Standing With My Aunt, Uncle, And Grandma 1975
#94 Mother And I 1972 Salt Lakes Bc
#95 My Great Nana Simm , As A Teenager , Florrie Samuels, With The Gorgeous Hat.late 1890’s
#96 Easter 1986
#97 Catch Me, If You Can
#98 Really? So Old Am I?
#99 A Girl (me) With Her Daddy, Somewhere Between 1995-1997
#100 Little Girl Holding Magazine — 1920-something
#101 My Mom At Hollywood Blvd In 1959
#102 Graduation 1957. Nashua Nh
#103 Raf Officer T. W. Hudspith Enjoying Some Light Reading, 1945
#104 First Grocery Cart Ride
#105 Thumbs Up With A Kiss For Being My Bday 1998
#106 Teresa Davis And Her 2 Daughter, Oh, 2002.
#107 Me At A Vintage Fair Last Year (2016)
#108 Me And Soldiers At A Vintage Fair Last Year (2016)
#109 When I Got My New Cat After My Old Cat Died.
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