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40 Fascinating Photos From History

Interesting pics from back in time.

By Nathan Johnson

Published 2 years ago in Wow

Interesting pics from back in time.

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Mankind has had a long and storied past on this spinning globe we call Earth. Ever since the world's first photograph made in a camera was taken in 1826 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépc, we have been using photography to capture moments of our lives, major events, and the world around us. These old photos give us a way to take a trip back in time and experience a brief glimpse into life in those days.

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The Creation Of The Recycling Logo By G. Anderson. He Was 23 At The Time. 1970

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Dinner Party At The Hotel Astor. New York City. 1904
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London's First Black Police Officer, PC Norwell Roberts, On Point Duty Near Charing Cross Station, 1968

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Inuit Man Warms His Wife’s Feet. Greenland, 1890's
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An American Serviceman Shares His Rations With Two Japanese Children In Okinawa, 1945
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New York City During The Great Blizzard Of 1888

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1925 Drexel Institute Girls’ Rifle Team. Philadelphia, USA
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William Harley And Arthur Davidson, 1914
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Piano Designed For People Confined To Bedrest. UK, 1935

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Serving A Snack On Scandinavian Airlines Flight, 1969
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Detroit, Michigan In 1882 And 2017
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Former Slave, Author And Activist Frederick Douglass With His Musician Grandson Joseph Douglass In 1894

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A 2000 Year Old Glass Mosaic, Found In The City Of Zeugma, Turkey
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Children Cross The River Using Pulleys On Their Way To School, 1959, Italy
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Man Charging An Electric Amc Gremlin. Seattle, USA, 1973

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A British Blacksmith Removing The Leg Irons Off A Slave, 1907, Off Coast Of Mozambique
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Trakai Island Castle, Lithuania. Built In The 14th Century And Restored In The 1950s-1960s
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Newcastle Castle, UK - 1895 To 2022

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Roman Mosaics Unearthed Under A Vineyard In Italy, In The Province Of Verona. Dated From 3rd To 4th Century
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A Statue Of Anubis In Tutankhamuns Tomb, Taken During Carter Expedition (Photo Taken In 1922)
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A Mother With Her Children, 1,800 Years Ago. Alexandria, Roman Egypt

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Captured Japanese Mini-Submarine In The Aleutian Islands, 1943 And 2021
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A Man Stands In The Panama Canal During Its Construction. 1912
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Woman Wiring An Early IBM Computer Taken By Berenice Abbott In 1948

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Berlin, Germany, 1985-2018
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Mother Teaching Children Numbers And Alphabet In Home Of Sharecropper. Transylvania, Louisiana. Jan. 1939. Photo Taken By: Russel Lee
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Eiffel Tower Under Construction, May 15, 1888

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The Train Crash At Montparnasse Station. France, 1895
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Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) On A Walk In New York, 1963
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Two Gentleman From The Early 1900s. Lincoln Nebraska

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New York City Mayor, Jimmy Walker With Members Of The Blackfeet Nation Tribe On The Steps Of City Hall, Oct. 23, 1927
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1946 vs. 2021 - Poznań, Poland
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Four Young Women Playing Volleyball On Stilts At The Beach In Venice, California, 1934

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US Marine In Vietnam 1960s
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A Boy And His Owl, 1933
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A Woman On The Frozen Mississippi River At St. Louis, Missouri. 1905

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Airplane Food 1960s
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A Young Jimmy Carter Working As A Nuclear Engineer In The Us Navy In 1948
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Soba Noodles Deliveryman In Tokyo, Japan. 1935.

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A Couple Of Victorian Travelers, 1890s

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