A Glimpse into History: Fascinating Historical Photos
Historical photographs serve as unique portals to the past, capturing moments and settings that often escape the confines of textbooks. These images provide an authentic glimpse into bygone eras, showcasing scenes and details that words alone can scarcely convey.
Auschwitz staff on holiday, 1942
Angelina Jolie
Marilyn Monroe, 1950
Cindy Crawford, 1990
Self-named Reverend Father Yoder and his wives, 1970s
Thermicon: A 19th Century Hair Dryer
In the 1880s in England, the Thermicon hair dryer was a marvel of its time. This device required boiling water to be poured into containers attached to wooden handles. The handles were then run through the hair to dry it. This inventive solution highlights the ingenuity of past eras, long before modern electric appliances became commonplace.
Mexican President Porfirio Diaz stands next to an Aztec solar calendar, 1903
View of Manhattan, New York, USA, 1944
Gypsy Rose Lee pulls out cash to contribute to the fight against cerebral palsy during a fashion show in New York, 1945
Price Control in Nazi Germany
During the Nazi regime in Germany, strict price control measures were enforced. This historical photo shows a shop closed by the police due to high prices. The shopkeeper faced severe consequences, including rehabilitation in the Dachau concentration camp. This image starkly illustrates the harsh realities of life under oppressive regimes, providing a sobering reminder of the past.
Sam bin Laden (far right), Oxford, 1971.
Rock ‘n’ roll fans in a dance class, Novokuznetsk, 12 February 1988
Monica Bellucci, 1991
A tattooed lady at the New York World’s Fair, 1939
A farmer called a piglet that tried to push other piglets away from the feed trough and take all the food for itself Hitler and isolated it. London, 1942
A Guardsman fainted just as Queen Elizabeth II rode by on horseback during a parade in London, 1970
Doctors perform CPR on a drowned man while a girl in a swimming costume poses, New York, 1940
Illustration for the story “A psychiatrist who contracted madness from his patient”, 1956
Robert De Niro and Oleg Yankovsky at the Moscow International Film Festival, 1987.
New York City Tunnel Police, 1954
Training before the annual pancake race, Great Britain, 1950s
Canadian soldiers serving in Korea made an improvised hockey court, 1952
Vasily Livanov and Vitaly Solomin, Holmes and Watson without costumes and waistcoats, USSR, 1981
Mark Wahlberg and Leonardo DiCaprio, 1990s.
Steve Jobs in his flat in Woodside, California, 15 December 1982.
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