On a lighter note, here's the book you see during the opening credits of Snow White. Yes, it's a real book, and yes, it's still around!
Did you know George Washington was a redhead? Here's a lock of his hair.
Computers were even more bulky in the 1970s.
Old ads are always super fascinating to me — like this 1942 ad encouraging carpooling.
Ever wonder how old playing cards are? Here's the oldest surviving complete set — from the 1400s
Here's what a purple heart from WWII looks like.
This has got to be one of the weirdest cereal box prizes of all time – it's a Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb ring from the '40s that is actually radioactive.
It was also fairly common for uranium glass to be used in the 1800s and early 1900s, especially when it came to perfume bottles. The glass actually glows under a UV light.
I bet when you think of Tokyo, you imagine crowded streets of neon signs flanked by huge skyscrapers — which is why it's wild to see this photo of Tokyo featuring the famous Tokyo Tower surrounded by one and two-level houses.
Did you know the US made a special edition of the dollar coin from 1979-1981? The other side featured Susan B. Anthony — making it the first US coin to feature a real historical woman.
This newspaper from 1945 is a fair bit happier.
In an even lighter newspaper snapshot, it's fun to look back and see the movie ads from this 1980 paper.
Being a pharmacist sure has changed a lot — here's a look at a bunch of bottles from a pharmacist from the '50s.
What kind of stuff might a pharmacist or doctor give you in the early 1900s? Well, cocaine, for starters.
Another treatment for coughs was heroin. Yep, HEROIN
NYC subway cars looked superrrr different in the '80s.
This is what a document proving a formerly enslaved person was free looked like before the Civil War.
This list of job requirements for a woman are genuinely pretty sad to look back on now.
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They should bring those back, be good for a little boost on a long day (couldn't be any worse for you than chugging a couple redbulls...)
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