History

21 Striking Images From Everyday Life in the Past

Basketball in 1921.

 

Canadian Pacific Railway and System’s Ogden Shops (Calgary, Alberta), lifting M class Consolidation 2-8-0 locomotive, February 24th 1913

 

The 28 installation disks of Windows 95, released in 1995. Each 3.5-inch disk held only 1.44 MB, so the complete OS totaled roughly 40 MB.

 

“A Woman’s Mind magnified and A Man’s Mind magnified” Wood prints by Mary Evans Picture Library, 1905

 

“The World’s Fair Load”, Michigan. 1893

 

Wheel of Fortune Prize of 1987: 45-in RCA Big Screen Television ($3,300)

 

The 1912 Stockholm Olympics marked the first time women were allowed to compete in swimming and diving events.

 

Inside a Pullman train car, late 19th century.

 

A lady feeding a homeless cat in Paris during WWII, 1940s.

 

A Boom Box from 1982.

 

“Sunday afternoon at a country store, Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939″, taken by Dorothea Lange.

 

Street Doctor, London, 1877

 

Fashionable Ladies 1908 UK

 

The Noonans, a family of 15 living in Lawrence, Massachusetts in the 1920s.

 

Group of female students at a dorm, Michigan, 1890s

 

An interracial couple walking hand in hand through Midtown Manhattan in the 1960s

 

Young father holding his daughter at the Michigan state fair, 1973

 

Group of teens at a little get together, circa 1950s.

 

1948 – 4th Grade, Walnut Grove School (Iowa)

 

In 1954, designer Robert Stern introduced the Lovers Cigarette Holder, a glass smoking device that enabled 2 people to share a single cigarette simultaneously.

 

Evolution of Women’s Swimwear 1875-1927

 

Was this worth your time?

Today's games

All games
Skip to content