Whether it’s witnessing historic events unfold or catching a glimpse of daily life in bygone eras, each image is a treasure trove of nostalgia and wonder. So buckle up and get ready to embark on a time-traveler’s adventure like no other – because history has never looked this mesmerizing!
“A group of kids had arranged to care and feed the dog after the owner had died, England 1936.”
“Jesse Owens breaking the World record 200 – meter race at the 1936 Olympic Games of Berlin”
“19 year-old Shigeki Tanaka was a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and he then went onto win the 1951 Boston Marathon. The crowd was silent.”
“Young girl Kiowa tribe , Oklahoma , 1894”
“Austrian Boy Receives New Shoes During WWII.”
“The return of a German soldier from Soviet captivity. He was taken to the war when his son was 1 year old. Germany. 1956”
“New York City. 1957. A Llama in Times Square.”
“U.S. cavalry soldiers pose in front of a sequoia in Yosemite known as “Grizzly Giant,” in 1900.
This tree still stands today.”
“A streetcar conductor in Seattle not allowing passengers aboard without a mask during the Spanish Flu pandemic, 1918.”
“A fleet of Concordes at London Heathrow Airport, 1986”
“A farmer paints stripes on her cow to increase its visibility at night and prevent car accidents should it wander onto the road during blackout conditions.”
“Beach Volleyball , Venice Beach CA June 1934”
“The 3,000 men who helped build the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City pose for a photo near the end of the constructional work, Aug 19, 1964.”
“Aircraft tester George Aird barely escapes death by launching sideways from his plane (1962). Aird fell through a nursery on his way down, breaking both legs.”
“Social distancing from 1953. A child with measles sits and eats alone during a Coronation party in Chelsea, England.”
“Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, left, explores the completed tower with a friend, 1889.”
“Unpacking the Statue of Liberty. New York City. 1885. The colossal assemblage of 350 Neoclassical pieces, gifted by the people of France, took workers four months to put together.”
“One of the first-known photographs of Niagara Falls captured by British chemist Hugh Lee Pattinson in 1840, sits within a glass case at the National Gallery of Art.”
“Ostrich reads the newspaper of the caretaker.
Nationaal Archief 1951.”
“The original Moulin Rouge the year before it burned down in Paris , 1914 . Photograph Albert Kahn”
“A woman tests a stroller intended to be resistant to gas attacks in Hextable , England in 1938 , not long before the outbreak of World War II”
“This is probably the most famous photograph of Józef Kudelka. Until 1968, the photographer did not photograph news events. Everything changed on the night of August 21. In the midst of the turmoil of the Soviet invasion, he took a series of photographs that were miraculously smuggled out of Czechoslovakia. In this image, his hand shows the time when Soviet tanks began to invade Prague.”
““Smokey” Buchanan from the West Palm Beach police force, measuring the bathing suit of Betty Fringle on Palm Beach, to ensure that it conforms with regulations introduced by the beach censors. 1925.”
“The Picture shows a photographer taking a Picture of New-York City streets , 1925.”
“One of the most evocative photos.”
“View of the St-Lawrence River from Québec City in the 1800’s”
“Mt St Helens erupeted 40 years ago today. The photo was taken by Richard Lasher who did survive. Nobody knows what happened to the Pinto or the Yamaha.”
“Italian troops raise a gun, a dog and a soldier on a mountain.
Italian Alps, World War I, 1915″
“Marble Arch Tube Station, 1900”
“Born Free, 1966 George Adamson (Bill Travers) and his wife, Joy (Virginia McKenna)”
“Signing off, 1934”
“German WWII POWs harvesting grapes for the Widmer Winery in Naples, NY. Every state housed prisoners but most camps were built in warm weather climes to save on barracks heating costs.”
“Manhattan, VW with Rolls Royce grille, New york City 1976”
“Morning walk on the Brooklyn bridge , New-York , 1905”
“A heartwarmingly lovely photo of a young woman writing to her sailor.”
“Two widows gathered for Martin Luther King’s funeral, April 1968”
“Manhattan New-York , ca 1917. A horse-car and a modern tram side by side”
“18-year-old German amateur pilot Matthias Rust, who landed his plane “Cessna” on Red Square in Moscow, dines in a Soviet court. September 2, 1987.”
“Life in the Texas Dust Bowl, 1935. A dust storm gets ready to engulf everything in its path.”
“Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya), formerly serving as a mosque and church, 1860’s.
Today it is a museum, it carries traces of Turkish and Greek cultures.”
“Sculpting begins on the face of Lincoln , Mount Rushmore , Black Hills National Forest , SD , 1927”
“Iran-Poland football match 1943 in Tehran – Iran
Polish spectator platform”
“Cotton club , 1920’s”
“Circa 1907 Fountain Square , Cincinnati Ohio United States”
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Hayai Sophia is a Mosque today because turkey is a 3rd world country who does not respects culture.