History often gets a bad rap for being boring or tied to long, dull lectures. But times have changed, and now you can dive into the past in some of the most creative and engaging ways imaginable.
Take, for example, the “Historical Images” Facebook group. It’s a treasure trove of unique glimpses into the past, sparking curiosity and offering a fresh, exciting way to learn about the world as it once was. These snapshots make history feel alive and personal. Keep scrolling to rediscover the magic of history in a whole new light!
#1 This Haunting Image, Captured In 1975 By Photojournalist Stanley Forman, Froze A Moment Of Unimaginable Terror And Tragedy In Midair
The photograph shows 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, plummeting from a collapsed fire escape as flames engulf the apartment building behind them in Boston. Caught in an instant between life and death, the image conveys not only the desperation of the situation but also the heartbreaking vulnerability of the victims. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography in 1976, becoming one of the most powerful and unsettling photographs ever taken.
Diana Bryant tragically died from injuries sustained in the fall, while young Tiare survived, cushioned by the body of her godmother in an act of unintentional sacrifice. The collapse occurred just moments after firefighters had reached the two on the fire escape, underscoring the harrowing unpredictability of such emergencies. The rawness of the moment—the suspended figures, the chaos behind them, and the fatal drop—shocked the nation and sparked intense discussions about the ethics of publishing such images, as well as the broader failures in fire safety and housing conditions in urban areas.
The photograph’s impact was immediate and far-reaching. Not only did it bring widespread attention to the dire need for updated building codes and improved fire escape standards, but it also emphasized the role of photojournalism in holding systems accountable. Though deeply painful to view, the image served a critical public function, ensuring that Diana Bryant’s death was not in vain. Through that single frame, the photograph preserved both the horror of the event and the enduring hope that tragedy might lead to change.
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#2 In The Heart Of Victorian London’s East End, A Little Girl Named Adelaide Springett Became An Unintentional Symbol Of A Forgotten Generation
Captured by Horace Warner, a volunteer and teacher—not a professional photographer—Adelaide appears in a haunting portrait titled *“Adelaide Springett in all her best dresses.”* Embarrassed by her broken shoes, she took them off before the photo was taken. Moved by her quiet dignity, Warner later photographed just the worn-out shoes and wrote: *“The best and only shoes of little Adelaide.”*
Warner’s photos weren’t meant to be artistic—they were meant to bear witness. Between the late 1800s and early 1900s, he documented the harsh, overlooked lives of poor children in London’s slums, using his images to stir compassion and raise awareness. To support his mission, he even wrote fairytale-style stories under the name “Silverwing,” weaving gentle magic around harsh truths to draw attention to the injustice these children faced daily.
Adelaide’s image lives on as more than a portrait—it’s a quiet cry from the past. A child stripped of comfort but not of courage, reminding us that poverty has a face, a name, and a story. Her photograph still moves hearts today, challenging us to see those who are too often invisible.
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#3 Two 13-Year-Old Boys Who Caught Smallpox At The Same Time In 1910. The First Had Been Vaccinated As A Child And Only Developed A Few Scabs That Healed Quickly, While The Other Got The Severe Form Of The Disease
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#4 Men Practicing Capoeira In Salvador. Brasil, 1989 Miguel Rio Branco
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#5 In 1973, British Couple Maurice And Maralyn Bailey Survived An Astonishing 118 Days Adrift In The Pacific Ocean After Their Yacht, Auralyn, Was Struck By A Whale And Sank
With only a few salvaged supplies, they escaped into a small inflatable raft and drifted over 1,500 miles, enduring storms, malnutrition, and repeated disappointment as passing ships failed to spot them.
To stay alive, they collected rainwater and resorted to eating raw fish, turtles, and seabirds caught with improvised hooks. Their raft deteriorated, their bodies weakened, and their spirits were tested—but they leaned on each other for strength. Finally, they were rescued by a South Korean fishing vessel and brought to safety in Honolulu. Their ordeal became the subject of their book 117 Days Adrift, a testament to resilience, partnership, and survival against all odds.
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#6 This Photo Was Taken Of Miners At The End Of Their Shift During The Gilded Age Before They Were Unionized
Somewhere there were people at the top of the company who felt there was nothing wrong with this picture. This Labor Day remember the blood, sweat, and tears that those before us paid to give the working class the basic rights we enjoy today
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#7 Maori Guard And A Japanese Prisoner In A New Zealand Pow Camp
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#8 Aboriginal Tasmanian Fanny Cochrane Smith Singing Into Her Phonograph In 1903. Without Her Efforts To Preserve Her Culture, We Would Have No Audio Traces Of The Tasmanian Language
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#9 Psychedelia
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#10 Cartier Envelope Shaped Silver Watch, C. 1941
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#11 Marpessa Hennink In Sicily. Italy, 1987
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#12 A Pressure Suit, Designed By Republic Aviation, For Extended Operations On The Moon’s Surface, 1960
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#13 Phototherapy Of Neonatal Jaundice Nurse Sister Jean Ward Invented This Kind Of Treatment Back In 1956
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#14 The Image Shows The Process Of Building The Statue Of Liberty In Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi’s Workshop In Paris, France, Circa 1880s
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#15 A Young Woman At The Beach In Deauville, France, 1920s – By Maurice-Louis Branger (1874 – 1950), French
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#16 Photographed Around 1900 By Auguste Bobone, This Portrait Shows A Portuguese Shepherd Clad In A Traditional Straw Cloak, Holding A Staff And Standing Barefoot
These cloaks, made from coarse plant fibers, protected shepherds from wind and rain in Portugal’s rural highlands.
Auguste Bobone (1862–1927) was a pioneering Portuguese photographer known for his formal portraits and ethnographic documentation. His work captured both aristocratic and working-class life at the turn of the century, preserving vanishing traditions amid modernization.
Did you know that shepherds in northern Portugal wore these cloaks, called capotes de palha, for centuries? Handmade from rye straw, they were water-resistant and insulated, a practical garment long before synthetic materials became available.
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#17 Wiring One Of The First Ibm Computers, 1958
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#18 This Photograph Was Taken In 1902 By Author And Journalist Jack London During His Time Documenting Poverty In London’s East End
It shows men sleeping in Green Park, one of the few public spaces where the city’s homeless could rest without immediate harassment.
London took this image while researching his nonfiction work The People of the Abyss, in which he lived among the working poor to expose the brutal realities of life in Edwardian England. His writing and photography offered a rare first-hand view of slum conditions, unemployment, and public hardship in the heart of the British Empire.
Did you know Jack London used a hidden camera during parts of this project? As a foreigner posing as a stranded American sailor, he often relied on stealth to capture images like this—many of which appeared in early editions of The People of the Abyss and are now preserved as part of his photographic legacy.
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#19 In 1872, Hunters In The Jungles Of India Found Something Strange Inside A Cave. Among A Pack Of Wolves, A Small Figure Moved Quickly On All Fours.
At first it looked like an animal, but it was a boy—no older than six. His body was dirty, his nails long like claws, and his sharp eyes showed fear and suspicion. It seemed he had grown up in the wild, far from human care, language, and warmth.
The boy was taken to an orphanage in Sikandra, near Agra. The missionaries there named him Dina Sanichar. They tried to teach him how to live like other children. Over time, Dina learned to walk on two feet and wear clothes, but he never learned to speak. He refused to use utensils, preferred to eat raw meat, and lived in silence—not just mute, but shaped by a childhood without words.
Dina Sanichar died of tuberculosis in 1895. His story was barely recorded in colonial documents, but many believe it later inspired Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book and the character of Mowgli. Unlike the storybook hero, Dina’s life had no talking animals or happy ending—only the quiet sadness of a child lost to the forest, who never truly returned to the world of humans
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#20 From My Glass Negative Collection Comes This Rare Portrait Of An All-Female Jazz Band In Michigan. With Banjo, Saxophones, Tuba, Trombone, And Drums, These Women Embodied The Jazz Age—flapper Dresses, Bold Energy, And Music That Broke Barriers
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#21 An Old Woman Who Fled The Warzone With Her Cow, Sits On A Bench In Amiens, France, 28th March 1918
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#22 Treatment For Headaches, 1895 …. Headaches Are As Old As Humanity Itself. Long Before Aspirin Was Synthesized In 1897, People Were Already Desperately Searching For Relief
A striking photo from 1895 reveals one bizarre method from the era: “vibration therapy.” In this curious treatment, a patient’s metal helmet was struck with a mallet against an anvil-turning the human skull into a kind of bell, supposedly to chase the pain away. Whether the headaches actually stopped remains unclear, but something certainly must have gone silent inside.
Before such industrial-age methods, medieval remedies were equally extreme. Migraine sufferers were treated with sponges soaked in vinegar and opium, placed on the head in hopes of dulling the pain-usually by knocking the patient into a deep, drugged sleep. The logic was simple: if you couldn’t cure the pain, you could at least make the person forget it entirely… along with everything else.
And if all else failed, there was always trepanation-the ancient practice of drilling a hole into the skull to “release evil spirits” believed to cause suffering. This procedure dates back to at least 7000 BC and was used for thousands of years across civilizations. When the pain became unbearable, it seemed the treatment was often more extreme than the illness. Today, we reach for a paracetamol. But once upon a time, fighting a headache took faith, fortitude… and perhaps, a steady hand with a hammer.
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#23 What 5 Megabytes Of Computer Data Looked Like In 1966: 62,500 Punched Cards, Taking Four Days To Load
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#24 Two Soviet Soldiers Pose Together For A Photo, 1970
I always found it interesting that in many parts of the world, especially in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and parts of the Mediterranean, men holding hands (or walking arm in arm) is a sign of friendship, trust, or respect rather than romance.
In contrast, in many Western countries, where public displays of affection between men have historically been stigmatized, such gestures are rare. Instead, men are socially trained to avoid physical closeness with other men.
The result is a paradox: in places with stricter or more traditional attitudes, men can often be seen openly holding hands because it’s recognized simply as friendship. In more liberal settings, men sometimes hesitate, worried about how the gesture might be interpreted…
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#25 The Bicyclers, 1946 Hermann Landshoff
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#26 Brooklyn Bridge Under Construction In 1880
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#27 This Is What Las Vegas Looked Like In 1895
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#28 In Icy 1960 London, Model Wendy George Lounges In Swimwear With An Infrared Sunlamp. The Bold Campaign Promoted Tanning Technology, Blending Health Trends With Cheeky British Advertising Flair
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#29 The First Ever Photograph Of A Woman Taken In 1839, Of Dorothy Catherine Draper. Her Daguerreotype Portrait Is The Only Surviving Contemporary Photograph Of Someone Wearing The 1830s Poke Bonnet, A Pre Victorian Hat
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#30 A Group Of East End Children Peer Curiously Down A Narrow Alley In Bow, London, As One Boy Boldly Braces Himself Between Two Walls—captured In 1914 By Suffragette And Photographer Norah Smyth
Known for her activism and visual documentation of working-class life, Smyth photographed this scene during her time with the East London Federation of Suffragettes, led by Sylvia Pankhurst, where she used her camera to highlight social inequality.
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#31 The Postman. Bulgaria, 1971 Jacko Vassilev
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#32 Pilgrims At Lourdes. France. 1958
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#33 A Woman Mechanic At Atlantic Auto Service Working On An Engine In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1943
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#34 A Woman Using A Phone Booth Beside A U.S. Mailbox In The 1970s
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#35 Photo Of An Ironworker During Construction Of The Columbia Tower, Seattle, 1984
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#36 In 1956, A Group Of Women From Clapham, England, Made The Journey To Margate, Kent, For A Day Out At Dreamland, A Renowned Amusement Park
This outing was a perfect reflection of the post-war era when people sought moments of joy and relaxation after the hardships of the Second World War. Dreamland, known for its nostalgic charm and vibrant atmosphere, offered a welcome escape for the local community. Its vintage rides, including The Caterpillar, captured the essence of simple pleasures that defined leisure time in the 1950s.
The Caterpillar ride, with its iconic caterpillar-shaped carriages, was a highlight for many visitors to Dreamland. It provided not only a thrilling experience but also a sense of nostalgia, as it had been a popular attraction for years. For the women from Clapham, it was a delightful way to spend time together, enjoying the company of friends while indulging in the carefree atmosphere of the amusement park. The ride, with its gentle sways and colorful lights, became a symbol of post-war Britain’s growing love for leisure activities and outdoor entertainment.
This outing to Dreamland also reflected the social spirit of the time. In the 1950s, there was a shift toward more recreational and family-oriented activities as the UK’s economy improved and people sought new ways to unwind. The day at Dreamland was more than just an amusement park visit—it was a celebration of the community coming together to embrace newfound freedom and enjoyment. It was a moment of shared joy in a changing society, where the pursuit of fun was becoming as important as the hard work that followed the war.
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#37 A Bordei Or Burdei Is A Small Dugout Type Of House Built Half Into The Ground. These Were Very Common In The Mountains And Steppes Of Eastern Europe. The Picture You See Here Was Taken In Hungary In 1976
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#38 A Married Couple Who Had Been Separated For 10 Months Were Reunited At A Women’s Camp In Lahore, Pakistan, In 1948
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#39 A Young Couple Leans In Close, Their Faces Full Of Curiosity As They Watch A Flea Circus In New York City—captured In 1959 By Magnum Photographer René Burri, Known For Humanizing Everyday Moments
The vivid expressions, tightly framed scene, and eclectic poster background evoke the atmosphere of postwar urban life, where entertainment and intimacy intertwined in the most unexpected places.
Did you know? Flea circuses, once a popular sideshow act, used illusion and micro-mechanics to simulate performing insects—though some shows featured actual fleas harnessed to miniature props.
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#40 A Misty Street Stretches Into The Distance Under The Looming Silhouette Of A Power Station. A Lone Figure Runs Along The Pavement—an Everyday Moment Infused With Atmosphere
This photograph is by David Moore, the Australian photojournalist (1927–2003) known for his striking street and documentary work. The image, titled Street in Stepney with Power Station, London, is dated circa 1952 and confirmed in his known portfolio.
Did you know? The power station in the background is likely Stepney Power Station, a coal-fired facility that supplied electricity to Stepney and Bethnal Green and operated from 1909 into the mid-20th century.
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#41 Turkish Bride And Groom. 1920s
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#42 Girls Dancing In The Street. Photo By Martin Munkacsi. Budapest 1923
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#43 Rubbermaid Self Stick Bathroom Decor Goes Great With The Shag Carpet
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#44 Easter Sunday, 1958. Photo By Jane Bown
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#45 London, 4 July 1953 — Two Women In Swimsuits Sunbathe On A Piccadilly Rooftop While City Life Carries On Beneath Them. A Moment Of Postwar Joy, Captured By Bert Hardy
Hardy was the chief photographer for Picture Post, renowned for his humanist, unfiltered images of Britain. His lens framed everyday life with warmth and wit.
In this frame, you can see a cinema marquee advertising Howard Hawks’ The Thing from Another World—a sci-fi shocker reflecting the era’s postwar anxieties alongside its playful spirit.
Did you know? Though the film was made in 1951, it still screened in London in 1953—a reminder that the age of double features and sci-fi thrills lasted through the early ’50s.
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#46 Leicester, England, 1950s. When Coal Was Very Much The Number One Energy Source
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#47 Turkish Actress Hülya Koçyiğit, 1960s
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#48 Józef Andrzejczak, A Pole From Denmark, Touring Poland By Bike. A Poster With The Words: “Strong, Compact, Ready. Anti-Aircraft Defense Loan” Is Visible. The Photo, Of Course, Is From 1939. Nac
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#49 Original Design For The Oroville Dam! Here Is The 1957 Model For A Massive Concrete, Multiple Arch Dam
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#50 Students Listening To Music During Art Class, 1957
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#51 Hungarian Refrigerator Advertisement, 1969
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#52 Photo By Wilhelm Von Gloeden. Little Girl Sitting With Baby Goat, 1900
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#53 The Flood In Krakow, Poland, In 1931. Note The Kayak Visible Behind The Car!
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#54 Late 1950’s Early 1960’s Safety Seat-Belt Concept/Prototype, Personally I Don’t Know How To Feel About This One
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#55 Nan Wood Graham And Dr. Byron Mckeeby Photographed In 1942 Next To The Iconic “American Gothic.” She Was The Painter’s Sister, And He Was Their Dentist
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#56 Turkish Family 1920s
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#57 Photographed By James Jarché In Southwark, London During The 1930s, This Candid Scene Captures Three Working-Class Children At Play Beside A Doorway, With Laundry Hanging In A Quiet Inner-City Courtyard
Jarché, known for documenting everyday British life, had a knack for finding humanity in overlooked places. This image reflects the resilience and imagination of childhood in an era marked by poverty and postwar recovery.
Did you know? James Jarché was the grandfather of television personality David Suchet—and one of the earliest Fleet Street photographers to regularly work with 35mm cameras.
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#58 Car Seat Safety In 1958. Not Strapped In To Anything, These Seats Relied On The Mother To Put Her Arm Out And Stop The Baby From Falling Forward
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#59 Love In The Subway, 1946
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#60 1940. “Farm Family Having Fourth Of July Fish Fry Along The Cane River Near Natchitoches, Louisiana.” Photo By Marion Post Wolcott
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#61 This Photo Was Taken In 1963, Showing Sir Winston Churchill Gently Petting A Deer In Richmond Park, London. It Captures The Former Prime Minister In His Later Years, Just Two Years Before His Death In 1965
Churchill, then in declining health, remained a beloved public figure and was often photographed during quiet moments away from politics.
Richmond Park, a royal deer park established by Charles I in the 17th century, has long been a retreat for Londoners and visiting dignitaries alike. Churchill’s affection for animals, particularly horses and dogs, was well known, and scenes like this softened his otherwise formidable public image.
Did you know Churchill was offered honorary U.S. citizenship by President Kennedy in 1963—the same year this photo was taken—making him the first person to receive that distinction in American history?
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#62 A Young Girl Uses Empty Soup Cans As Hair Rollers In The 1960s
This was one of the ways to straighten hair back then, since commercial hair straighteners weren’t widely available. Some girls used orange juice cans, beer cans, coffee cans, frozen juice containers, or soda cans, and even slept with them in to get the best results.
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#63 Ma Grandma In 70s
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#64 A Breathtaking 1913 View Of London Shows A Workman Standing High Above Tower Bridge On A Narrow Gantry, Fearlessly Working Without A Trace Of Safety Equipment
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#65 1951 Mercedes Benz W187 Production Lines
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#66 Italian-American Cafe, Macdougal Street, NY, 1942
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#67 Photographed In 1967 By Diane Arbus, This Portrait Captures A Young Woman With Bold Eyeliner And A Distant Expression—an Emblem Of Late-’60s Style, Vulnerability, And Quiet Rebellion In A Changing World
Diane Arbus, known for photographing subjects outside the mainstream, often found raw, emotional depth in ordinary people. This image reflects her ability to document the tension between inner life and outward appearance.
Did you know? Arbus believed that beauty existed in strangeness. Her portraits challenged the norms of fashion and perfection, bringing the overlooked and misunderstood into sharp, human focus.
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#68 Poland. A Lifeguard On A Beach In Warsaw. 1930s. Nac
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#69 December 1911. 3:30 P.M. — Picking Nuts In Basement Tenement, 143 Hudson Street, New York
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#70 Kids Of Belfast. Divis Flats, 1978
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#71 Viewed From High Above Times Square In 1945, Snow Blankets The Streets While Glowing Marquees Cast A Dreamlike Glow
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#72 Floating In A Pool In 1962, Kathy Flicker Spits A Stream Of Water As Refraction Separates Her Head From Her Body, Captured By George Silk
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#73 Women In Heavy Shawls Gather On A New York City Street Corner During The 1910 Meat Boycott, Passionately Discussing Soaring Food Prices In A Scene Captured By Photojournalist George Grantham Bain
The boycott, led largely by Jewish and immigrant housewives on the Lower East Side, was a grassroots protest against the inflated cost of kosher meat and basic provisions.
Did you know? Thousands of women took to the streets in protest that spring—storming butcher shops, dumping meat, and demanding fair prices in one of the first organized consumer uprisings in America.
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#74 A Young Girl Runs Along A Snow-Covered Street In Bethnal Green, East London, In This 1955 Photograph By Roger Mayne. The Quiet Postwar Neighborhood Sets A Stark Backdrop To Her Motion And Expression
Roger Mayne (1929–2014) was a British photographer best known for his candid documentation of working-class communities in 1950s and early 1960s London. This photo is part of his larger body of work capturing street life in areas like Southam Street and Bethnal Green, where he lived and photographed over several years.
Did you know? Mayne’s photographs were instrumental in influencing British realist art and cinema. His street scenes helped shift public awareness toward urban life and the realities of postwar youth culture
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#75 George Washington Bridge Open In 1931
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#76 This Photo Was Taken In 1889 In Guthrie, Oklahoma, During The Days Immediately Following The Land Run Of April 22
The handwritten caption—“Looking for a Town Lot”—captures a settler walking through a sea of tents, seeking to claim land in what would soon become a booming frontier town.
The Land Run of 1889 opened roughly two million acres of “Unassigned Lands” in Indian Territory to white settlers, resulting in the near-instant creation of towns like Guthrie and Oklahoma City. By the end of the first day, Guthrie had gone from empty prairie to a chaotic tent city with thousands of new residents staking their claims.
Did you know Guthrie was declared the territorial capital just hours after the run began? It had no roads, no buildings, and no formal government—yet within months had newspapers, banks, and its own city charter. Many early photographs like this were taken by itinerant photographers who arrived alongside settlers to document the rapid transformation.
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#77 Human Menu At A New York Restaurant. 1968
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#78 Save Your Happy Memories With A Kodak. A Kodak Advertising Truck. 1912
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#79 Babe Ruth Is Given A Hollywood Welcome As He Arrives In Los Angeles (1927)
When Babe Ruth arrived in Los Angeles in 1927, the city gave him a reception more fitting for a film star than a ballplayer. Crowds gathered to see the baseball legend step into Hollywood’s spotlight. The event showed how celebrity culture was expanding beyond the movie industry. Los Angeles treated him like royalty, with fans cheering and reporters eager for interviews. The visit reflected the city’s growing fascination with sports figures as national icons. Ruth’s presence in Los Angeles connected baseball to Hollywood glamour. It was a moment when America’s love of sports and celebrity crossed paths in unforgettable fashion.
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#80 Inside A Modest Workshop, Orville Wright Works Alongside Mechanic Edwin H. Sines, Carefully Crafting Components For Early Flying Machines. Their Precision And Patience Were The Foundation For Aviation’s Greatest Leap
The Wright brothers relied on trusted collaborators like Sines, whose mechanical skills supported their relentless pursuit of powered flight. Every tool and frame in this room carried the weight of invention.
Did you know Orville Wright was the first person to be hospitalized after an airplane crash in 1908, surviving serious injuries while testing the Wright Flyer with passenger Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge?
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#81 “Tell Me – Do I Look Plane To You?”
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#82 In 1940s New York City, Ruth Orkin Captured A Father Passing Watermelon To His Daughter From Above, Distilling Joy Within The Fast Rhythm Of Urban Life
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#83 Chicago, 1895 — Five Steam Locomotives Await Departure At Randolph Street Station, Enveloped In Waves Of Smoke And Steam. In The Late 19th Century, This Station Served As A Vital Artery In Chicago’s Rail Network, Moving Goods, Passengers, And The Immense Energy Of A Growing Nation
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#84 Hanes Proportioned Fit, 1955
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#85 This Photograph Was Taken Around 1900 In Bisbee, Arizona, Showing A Group Of Men Gathered Inside A Saloon Gambling Over A Game Of Faro
The room is crowded with men in suits, vests, and top hats—typical of frontier towns during the American West’s final decades.
Faro was one of the most popular gambling card games in the United States throughout the 19th century, especially in mining towns like Bisbee. It was fast-paced, easy to learn, and could be found in nearly every major saloon from Deadwood to New Orleans.
Did you know faro eventually declined in popularity due to widespread cheating and the rise of poker? By the 1910s, most states had outlawed it, and only a few faro tables remained in operation after World War I.
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#86 Gas Station On The Belt Parkway In Brooklyn (1940s)
The gas station along the Belt Parkway stood as a small but vital outpost for the new age of American car culture. Chrome signs promised “Full Service,” and attendants in crisp uniforms dashed out to clean windshields and top off tanks. The smell of gasoline mixed with the salty breeze from nearby Jamaica Bay. Families stopped here on their way to Coney Island, kids pressing their faces to car windows in excitement. The pumps clinked and whirred as cars lined up, engines idling. It was more than a pit stop it was a gateway to adventure.
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#87 Buying Flavored Ice, New York City 1938
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