STORIES FROM THE PAST.

Do you ever wonder about the quality of life in the past and how different our lives would have been if we were born during the times of which we study in our history books ?

Our life as of now is all about living in the present and worrying about the future . As we advance our way towards the future ,we tend to forget our rich history . Its important to know our history because it allows us to understand our past, which in turn
allows to understand our present. If we want to know how and why our world is the way it is today, we have to look to history for answers .

They say that “history repeats itself,” but if we study the successes and failures of the past, we will be able to learn from our mistakes and avoid repeating them in the future. And only way to know our past better is to study about them . There are numerous photographs taken in history which helps us to at least have an idea about how life was back then .
These photographs tell stories about the historical events that they represent.

“Photography is a way to shape human perception.”—James Balog

Once taken simply to document their present, they now help us witness the past. Many photographs only become iconic shots years later, once we understand their importance and historical context. From historical landmarks and famous people to the basic daily routines of the past, these pictures portray the past in a way that we can empathize with and understand more intimately.

Hello friends , this post is all about such photographs taken in the past which can change the way we look at our present and helps to appreciate the rich history we had .

#1. Woman With A Gas-Resistant Pram, England, 1938

#2. Unpacking the head of the Statue of Liberty, 1885

#3. Elvis in the Army, 1958.

#4. Animals being used as part of medical therapy, 1956

#5. Testing of new bulletproof vests, 1923.

#6. Charlie Chaplin at age 27, 1916.

#7. Hindenburg Disaster, May 6, 1937.

#8. Circus hippo pulling a cart, 1924.

#9. Annette Kellerman promotes women’s right to wear a fitted one-piece bathing suit, 1907. She was arrested for indecency.

#10. Annie Edison Taylor, the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, 1901.

#11. 106-year-old Armenian Woman guards home, 1990.

#12. Baby cages used to ensure that children get enough sunlight and fresh air when living in an apartment building.

#13. The original Ronald McDonald, 1963.

#14. Disneyland Employee Cafeteria in 1961.

#15 .Advertisement for Atabrine, anti-malaria drug, in Papua, New Guinea during WWII.

#16. Soldier shares a banana with a goat during the battle of Saipan.

#17. Little girl with her doll sitting in the ruins of her bombed home, London, 1940.

#18. Construction of the Berlin wall, 1961.

#19. Unknown soldier in Vietnam, 1965

#20. Bookstore in London ruined by an air raid, 1940.

#21. Walter Yeo, one of the first to undergo an advanced plastic surgery and a skin transplant, 1917.

#22. Suntan vending machine, 1949.

#23. Measuring bathing suits – if they were too short, women would be fined, 1920’s.

#24. Martin Luther King with his son removing a burnt cross from their front yard, 1960.

#25. Hotel owner pouring acid in the pool while black people swim in it, 1964.

#26. Lifeguard on the coast, 1920’s.

#27. Artificial legs, UK, ca. 1890.

#28. Mom and son watching the mushroom cloud after an atomic test, Las Vegas, 1953.

#29. Mother hides her face in shame after putting her children up for sale, Chicago, 1948.

#30. Austrian boy receives new shoes during WWII.

#31. Hitler’s officers and cadets celebrating Christmas, 1941.

#32. Christmas dinner during Great Depression: turnips and cabbage.

#33. The real Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin, 1927.

#34. Last prisoners of Alcatraz leaving, 1963.

#35. Melted and damaged mannequins after a fire at Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum in London, 1930.

#36. A space chimp posing to camera after a successful mission to space, 1961.

#37. Princeton students after a freshman vs. sophomores snowball fight, 1893.

#38. A beautiful suicide – 23 year-old Evelyn McHale jumped from the 83rd floor of the Empire State Building and landed on a United Nations limousine, 1947.

Hope you like the compilation . Do comment with your views in the comment section .Please vote the post if u like it and follow for more . Thank you.

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Image source and reference - http://www.viralnova.com/weird-photos-from-history/

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