20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

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Probably everyone, at least once, dreamed of going back in time and seeing what life was like then. There is no such thing as a time machine, and all we can do is enjoy photographs of the past. Some of them can tell us a lot of really interesting things.

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20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

1. Women in "short shorts" in the 1950s.

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

2. Young girl saying goodbye to a soldier, Connecticut, 1945.

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

3. A Dutch boy with a pillow tied to his back to cushion his fall while skating.

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

4. Belgian miners, 1900

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

5. Excavation of the Sphinx, circa 1850

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

6. Ice table: low tide on the beach in Rokane, Netherlands, in the harsh winter of 1963.

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

7. Cyclomer amphibious bicycle, Paris, 1932

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

8. Boys play in a traffic accident with 2 pedal cars and a tricycle, the Netherlands, 1935.

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

9. An ostrich "reads" the caretaker's newspaper, 1951

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

10. Trader's car. Netherlands, the 1930s.

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

11. The first photograph was ever taken from space, 1946.

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

12. A giant pyramid of liquor barrels to be burned during the ban, 1924

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

13. Masked waiters, Germany, 1933.

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

14. The boy plays with a radio-controlled toy car. Almelo, Netherlands, 1957.

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

15. Children on a sled pulled by a car on a snowy road in Scheveningen, the Netherlands, year unknown.

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

16. Football on motorcycles at the Crystal Palace football field in London, England 1923.

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

17. Excavation of a statue of Antinous in Greece, 1894.

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

18. A woman milking a cow with an elephant's head - April joke in Het Leven magazine, 1932.

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

19. Sunbathing with folding reflector, Netherlands, 1961

20 historical photographs that bring the past to life

20. Small trouser press exhibited at Westminster, England, 1936.

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