18 Creepy Historical Photos To Keep Your Mind In The Present

Kenneth Coo Published 05/19/2019 in creepy

Take a good look at the past and see why some things should stay there.

List View
Player View
Grid View

1.
A clown poses with a family in the US in 1962.
2.
Everyone keeps smiling and most ignore what happens after Miss New Zealand passed out during the photo shoot before the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants in Long Beach, CA, US in 1954.
3.
Looks like fathers have been playing pranks on their kids for decades.
4.
This picture is often mislabeled as a mental institution in Russia in the 1950s. It is in fact German ballerinas stretching their calve muscles in 1977. There are special holes in the wall to step on.
5.
A still frame from a 1992 silent horror film titled "Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages".
6.
People casually go about their business in the much destroyed city of Hue in Vietnam in 1968.
7.
The many faces of the people who watched the lynching of Abram Smith and Thomas Shipp in Indiana, US, in 1930. You can see the lynched men's feet hanging. You can also see the unedited picture with a simple search.
8.
A man and his dummy in England around 1900.
9.
Most of the students of a school wearing Mickey Mouse masks in the US in 1930.
10.
An American patient undergoes a bizarre anti-freckle treatment in 1933.
11.
A child receiving sun-ray therapy in London, England in 1928.
12.
An officer walks by one of the entrances to a club in Paris, France in 1926.
13.
A Soviet chemical warfare drill in Moscow, Russia in 1928.
14.
A child is confined in a special section for children of an Insane Asylum in Spain in 1922.
15.
A picture from the Ballad of “Death and the Lady," Vaudeville in England in 1906.
16.
A promotional picture for the American horror film "Mesa of Lost Women" in 1953.
17.
A young girl stands dangerously close to live Alligators on an Alligator farm in Florida in 1948.
18.
Medical students playing cards with a cadaver in the US in 1890.
19.
An American patient undergoes a bizarre anti-freckle treatment in 1933.
20.
Chinese women with their feet bound in 1912.

1.
A clown poses with a family in the US in 1962.
2.
Everyone keeps smiling and most ignore what happens after Miss New Zealand passed out during the photo shoot before the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants in Long Beach, CA, US in 1954.
3.
Looks like fathers have been playing pranks on their kids for decades.
4.
This picture is often mislabeled as a mental institution in Russia in the 1950s. It is in fact German ballerinas stretching their calve muscles in 1977. There are special holes in the wall to step on.
5.
A still frame from a 1992 silent horror film titled "Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages".
6.
People casually go about their business in the much destroyed city of Hue in Vietnam in 1968.
7.
The many faces of the people who watched the lynching of Abram Smith and Thomas Shipp in Indiana, US, in 1930. You can see the lynched men's feet hanging. You can also see the unedited picture with a simple search.
8.
A man and his dummy in England around 1900.
9.
Most of the students of a school wearing Mickey Mouse masks in the US in 1930.
10.
An American patient undergoes a bizarre anti-freckle treatment in 1933.
11.
A child receiving sun-ray therapy in London, England in 1928.
12.
An officer walks by one of the entrances to a club in Paris, France in 1926.
13.
A Soviet chemical warfare drill in Moscow, Russia in 1928.
14.
A child is confined in a special section for children of an Insane Asylum in Spain in 1922.
15.
A picture from the Ballad of “Death and the Lady," Vaudeville in England in 1906.
16.
A promotional picture for the American horror film "Mesa of Lost Women" in 1953.
17.
A young girl stands dangerously close to live Alligators on an Alligator farm in Florida in 1948.
18.
Medical students playing cards with a cadaver in the US in 1890.
19.
An American patient undergoes a bizarre anti-freckle treatment in 1933.
20.
Chinese women with their feet bound in 1912.

creepy historical photos - creepy vintage clowns

Share This Image

REPLAY GALLERY
Share on Facebook

Replay
18 Creepy Historical Photos To Keep Your Mind In The Present

NEXT GALLERY
25 Inspirational Weight Loss Transformations

RELATED MEDIA

A clown poses with a family in the US in 1962.

20/20

1/20

Share
Tweet
Flip
Email
Pin It

Categories: Creepy Wow

Tags: historical photos odd ftw epic wow weird cool amazing awesome pretty wtf lol great funny wisdom history

NEXT GALLERY 25 Inspirational Weight Loss Transformations

1. A clown poses with a family in the US in 1962.

2. Everyone keeps smiling and most ignore what happens after Miss New Zealand passed out during the photo shoot before the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants in Long Beach, CA, US in 1954.

3. Looks like fathers have been playing pranks on their kids for decades.

4. This picture is often mislabeled as a mental institution in Russia in the 1950s. It is in fact German ballerinas stretching their calve muscles in 1977. There are special holes in the wall to step on.

5. A still frame from a 1992 silent horror film titled "Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages".

6. People casually go about their business in the much destroyed city of Hue in Vietnam in 1968.

7. The many faces of the people who watched the lynching of Abram Smith and Thomas Shipp in Indiana, US, in 1930. You can see the lynched men's feet hanging. You can also see the unedited picture with a simple search.

8. A man and his dummy in England around 1900.

9. Most of the students of a school wearing Mickey Mouse masks in the US in 1930.

10. An American patient undergoes a bizarre anti-freckle treatment in 1933.

11. A child receiving sun-ray therapy in London, England in 1928.

12. An officer walks by one of the entrances to a club in Paris, France in 1926.

13. A Soviet chemical warfare drill in Moscow, Russia in 1928.

14. A child is confined in a special section for children of an Insane Asylum in Spain in 1922.

15. A picture from the Ballad of “Death and the Lady," Vaudeville in England in 1906.

16. A promotional picture for the American horror film "Mesa of Lost Women" in 1953.

17. A young girl stands dangerously close to live Alligators on an Alligator farm in Florida in 1948.

18. Medical students playing cards with a cadaver in the US in 1890.

19. An American patient undergoes a bizarre anti-freckle treatment in 1933.

20. Chinese women with their feet bound in 1912.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

Share This Image

8 Comments

eBaum's Picks

1.
A clown poses with a family in the US in 1962.

2.
Everyone keeps smiling and most ignore what happens after Miss New Zealand passed out during the photo shoot before the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants in Long Beach, CA, US in 1954.

3.
Looks like fathers have been playing pranks on their kids for decades.

4.
This picture is often mislabeled as a mental institution in Russia in the 1950s. It is in fact German ballerinas stretching their calve muscles in 1977. There are special holes in the wall to step on.

5.
A still frame from a 1992 silent horror film titled "Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages".

6.
People casually go about their business in the much destroyed city of Hue in Vietnam in 1968.

7.
The many faces of the people who watched the lynching of Abram Smith and Thomas Shipp in Indiana, US, in 1930. You can see the lynched men's feet hanging. You can also see the unedited picture with a simple search.

8.
A man and his dummy in England around 1900.

9.
Most of the students of a school wearing Mickey Mouse masks in the US in 1930.

10.
An American patient undergoes a bizarre anti-freckle treatment in 1933.

11.
A child receiving sun-ray therapy in London, England in 1928.

12.
An officer walks by one of the entrances to a club in Paris, France in 1926.

13.
A Soviet chemical warfare drill in Moscow, Russia in 1928.

14.
A child is confined in a special section for children of an Insane Asylum in Spain in 1922.

15.
A picture from the Ballad of “Death and the Lady," Vaudeville in England in 1906.

16.
A promotional picture for the American horror film "Mesa of Lost Women" in 1953.

17.
A young girl stands dangerously close to live Alligators on an Alligator farm in Florida in 1948.

18.
Medical students playing cards with a cadaver in the US in 1890.

19.
An American patient undergoes a bizarre anti-freckle treatment in 1933.

20.
Chinese women with their feet bound in 1912.