The world of history is vast and full of unknown facts. But these strange and little-known pieces of history are something we should all be interested in. Some of these facts are so strange and different from what we are used to that we often forget them. They are a small window into the past and can offer us a different view of the world around us. Historical photos are often a reliable way to explore the past. When we look at photos from the past, it’s easy to feel removed from these events, as if they happened in some kind of fantasy world. But in fact, these images provide an incredibly fancy report of the world that came before us.
So if you are looking for something interesting and different to read, check out the curious Facebook page called History of the WORLD. This page is full of weird, forgotten, and little-known facts about history. The faces shown in the images can help rekindle interest in what life was like and how people lived in the past. However, you don’t have to worry about finding the best images. Ruoox we have collected them all here. Then scroll down. You will surely be surprised by what you see there. Also, if you’re interested, you can find our previous article about historical photos here.
1. Albert Einstein Before His Famous Photo With His Tongue Out
2. A Mysterious Mummy Was Found In A Tomb In Peru With Hands Covering Its Face.
3. A Member Of The 369th Infantry Regiment (Aka “Harlem Hellfighters”) Holds A Puppy That He Saved During World War I, 1918
Historical photos of world history do not make us relearn everything from scratch. But they will surely restore this lost interest of the past. These images also help capture the moments that have shaped our present reality. Often these can provide a unique and interesting view of how life was in the past. It also gives an idea of the lives of previous generations and how it led to the world we live in today. It helps remind us how connected the world is, and how our decisions today can shape the future for generations to come.
4. Injured Dog In An Animal Ambulance Used During WW2
5. Soldier Shares A Banana With A Goat In The War On Saipan, 1944.
Viewing historical images transports us to a different time and place and has the prospect to spark our interest in the past, it is absolute. Mainly for teenagers, this can be a real game changer. As we often try to find ways to simplify our lives, historical images remind us that life was complex back then.
6. An Immigrant Family Arriving At Ellis Island In 1904.
7. Negotiation Between The Zoo Director And The Escaped Chimpanzee. Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1988.
From large-scale events like wars or revolutions to small-scale matters like everyday life, these photos transport us back in time. These help us remember what life was like in those specific moments.
8. Young Paperboy Working In St. Louis, 1910.
9. Summer’s Finally Here! Children Playing In Water Sprayed From An Open Fire Hydrant, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, June 1954, Taken By Vivian Maier.
These old images have the power to bring us back and make us emotional, no matter how much time has passed and we don’t know exactly why. And these surely will give us a sense of the lives lived then.
10. Photographer, John Drysdale, Getting Punched In The Face By A Kangaroo. (1962)
11. Noodle Delivery Boy In Tokyo, 1935
12. Myrtle Corbin Was Born With Two Sets Of Legs, Two Pelvises, And Two Functional Sets Of Sexual/Reproductive Organs, Taken Between 1868-1928.
13. The Construction Of The Eiffel Tower In Paris, France In 1888.
A year before the 1889 world’s fair of which it was the main symbol. Construction of the eiffel tower was completed on 15 march 1889 and was originally a color known as “venetian red.
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14. A Knocker-Upper Was Someone Whose Purpose Was To Wake People Up During A Time When Alarm Clocks Were Expensive And Not Very Reliable.
They earned about sixpence a week using a pea shooter to shoot dried peas at the windows of sleeping workers in east london, the 1930s. She would not leave a window until she was sure that the workers are woken up.
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15. Children Going To School Having To Cross A River By Pulley, Modena, Italy, 1959
16. An East German Border Guard Offers A Flower Through A Gap In The Berlin Wall On The Morning It Fell, 1989
17. The Old Stockholm Telephone Tower Connected Over 5,000 Telephone Wires To Households And Businesses In 1887.
18. The Statue Of Liberty Arrives In New York City, On June 17, 1885.
19. The Statue Of Liberty – Paris, France – 1886 (Before It Was Transported To America).
20. A Walking Library In London, 1930s.
In a photograph from the 1930s, two women with pin curls have paused in the street: one sporting a two-shelf bookcase stacked with the slanting spines of books; the other with a volume in her gloved hands, head bowed toward the open pages.
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