22 Fascinating Photos from History, I'll Bet You Haven't Seen Before

Mizuka Ishiwatari Published 07/13/2024 in wow

These might change your perspective on the past.

Every day history gets made. And while most days nothing of note happens, when you look back on daily life as it was lived a hundred or even fifty years ago, you begin to see how far the human race has come in such a short period of time.

And don't worry, this isn't a history lesson, there won't be a test. Just sit back, relax and enjoy some interesting pictures from the past.

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1.
The National Space Invaders Championship held by Atari in 1980.
2.
Muhammad Ali is scared by a bee while visiting a movie set in London, 1966.
3.
Dinosaur tracks in prehistoric limestone are removed from the bed of the Paluxy River in Texas, 1952.
4.
Women at cliff's edge... waterfall in the distance (Yosemite Valley, California - 1902).
5.
A 5MB Hard Disk Drive being loaded onto a plane, in 1956. By comparison, a Today's 8GB pendrive has the capacity of 1600 of these things.
6.
Francoise Hardy, 1966.
7.
Chinese immigrant family (Oregon, USA - 1890s).
8.
Sophia Loren - 1950s.
9.
Ernest Hemingway with a sailfish he caught, 1940s.
10.
Woman in dress with cat (England c. 1900-1910).
11.
Edwardian Stage and Screen Actress Maude Fealy c.1900.
12.
A woman demonstrating an ingenious Prohibition-era fashion accessory, the cane-flask. Washington, D.C - Feb 13, 1922.
13.
Louis Reard, the inventor of bikini, with a model in 1946.
14.
A trusting visitor gets her lipstick touched up via the robotic arm exhibit at the American Museum of Atomic Energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1954.
15.
A patriotic girl at Coney Island, early '70s.
16.
Ann-Margret, 1960's.
17.
The first licensed female hair stylist in New York City, Miss Jeanne Devereux, is photographed shaving a customer (1927).
18.
Jimi Hendrix with 2 Swedish Models, 1960s.
19.
Hillary Clinton (then Rodham) at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1969.
20.
The First Miss USSR Pageant In 1988. It was the first ever official, government-approved beauty contest in the Soviet Union.
21.
Sean Connery with Claudine Auger, 1965.
22.
Woman being shaved by civilians to publicly mark her as a collaborator, 1944.

1.
The National Space Invaders Championship held by Atari in 1980.
2.
Muhammad Ali is scared by a bee while visiting a movie set in London, 1966.
3.
Dinosaur tracks in prehistoric limestone are removed from the bed of the Paluxy River in Texas, 1952.
4.
Women at cliff's edge... waterfall in the distance (Yosemite Valley, California - 1902).
5.
A 5MB Hard Disk Drive being loaded onto a plane, in 1956. By comparison, a Today's 8GB pendrive has the capacity of 1600 of these things.
6.
Francoise Hardy, 1966.
7.
Chinese immigrant family (Oregon, USA - 1890s).
8.
Sophia Loren - 1950s.
9.
Ernest Hemingway with a sailfish he caught, 1940s.
10.
Woman in dress with cat (England c. 1900-1910).
11.
Edwardian Stage and Screen Actress Maude Fealy c.1900.
12.
A woman demonstrating an ingenious Prohibition-era fashion accessory, the cane-flask. Washington, D.C - Feb 13, 1922.
13.
Louis Reard, the inventor of bikini, with a model in 1946.
14.
A trusting visitor gets her lipstick touched up via the robotic arm exhibit at the American Museum of Atomic Energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1954.
15.
A patriotic girl at Coney Island, early '70s.
16.
Ann-Margret, 1960's.
17.
The first licensed female hair stylist in New York City, Miss Jeanne Devereux, is photographed shaving a customer (1927).
18.
Jimi Hendrix with 2 Swedish Models, 1960s.
19.
Hillary Clinton (then Rodham) at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1969.
20.
The First Miss USSR Pageant In 1988. It was the first ever official, government-approved beauty contest in the Soviet Union.
21.
Sean Connery with Claudine Auger, 1965.
22.
Woman being shaved by civilians to publicly mark her as a collaborator, 1944.