Toddlers looking like little penguins walking in the frost, Russia, 1968
A bar in Paris, 1960s
Young couples dancing, circa 1950
A girl went to school in a miniskirt, 1960s
A kid’s reaction when he meets French wrestler André the Giant, 1970s
A soldier comes home from war, 1940s
This is what happiness looks like! 1969
Men celebrating the end of prohibition, USA, 1933
Windy weather, 1940s
A pretty woman turns heads, 1950
High school students flirt between classes, USA, 1955
A goodbye kiss, 1960s
Judging the fashion, Spain, 1965
A night hug, 1934
Cooling off in the summer heat, USA, 1943
Sit-in demonstration at a Woolworth’s whites-only lunch counter in Jackson, Mississippi, turned violent when a mob poured sugar, ketchup and mustard over the heads of demonstrators, from left, John Salter, Joan Trumpauer and Anne Moody. May 28, 1963
Black citizens fill out voter registration forms at the Courthouse under a sign warning them the applicants’ names and addresses will be published in the newspapers. Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. 1964
Carving George Washington into Mount Rushmore – 1932
JFK’s funeral at the capitol. November 1963
Hiroshima before and after the atomic bombing on August 6th, 1945
East Germans crossing into West Berlin check out western pronography, the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall, November 10, 1989
Leningrad Gas mask drill, 1939
Bonnie and Clyde in Joplin Missouri shortly before they were shot dead. 1934
WW1 German demonstration method of bombing from a plane 1916
Preparing models and set to film the first ‘Godzilla’ movie, 1954
Jack Johnson vs. James Jeffries July 4, 1910
Heavyweight Boxing Champ Jack Johnson & wife, 1910s
Pretty victorian era woman getting photographed for the first time 1890’s
Russian firefighters – Moscow, 1903
The Titanic orphans
Michel and Edmond Navratil survived the wreck of the Titanic. Their father, who was accompanying them, died, and the photo of the children was published in a newspaper in order to find their relatives. Nobody knew the real names of the children, so they were named Louis and Lola or “the Titanic orphans.”
The working pensioner
The man in this picture is Pinhus Karlinsky, the supervisor of the Chernigov floodgate. S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky, the author of the picture, wrote in his notes that in the year 1909, the man in the picture was 84 and had been working for 66 years.
The ’90s are already history too! And here’s a photo to prove it. The kid in it is really cool.
• Don't insult other visitors. Offensive comments will be deleted without warning.
• Comments are accepted in English only.
• No swearing words in comments, otherwise such comments will be censored.
• Your nickname and avatar are randomly selected. If you don't post comments for 7 days, they both are reset.
• To choose another avatar, click the ‘Random avatar’ link.
