Old photos are like mini time machines that can transport us back in time. Even though they only allow us to go 200 years back (as the first photograph dates back to 1826), nothing brings the past back to life like them, and there’s something very special and incredible about it.
To remind us of this magic we often forget about, the Bored Panda team compiled a whole list of historical photos. Scroll down to find them below, and as always, don’t forget to upvote your favorites!
While you’re at it, make sure to check out a conversation with Emily Murdoch Perkins, historian and USA Today bestselling author, Danielle Burton, history blogger at Voyager of History, and Jessica Storoschuk, historian and founder of An Historian About Town, who kindly agreed to chat with us more about history and the past.
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#1 Albert Einstein Teaching At Lincoln, The United States’ First Historical Black University, 1946
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#2 An Officer Halts Traffic To Make Way For A Cat Carrying A Kitten Across The Street, 1925
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#3 A Baby Lamb Snuggles Up To A Sleeping Boy, March 16, 1940
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#4 Mississippi’s First Interracial Couple- August 3, 1970
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#5 Camberley Kate, A.k.a. Kate Ward, And Her Stray Dogs In England In 1962. She Never Turned A Stray Dog Away, Taking Care Of More Than 600 Dogs In Her Lifetime
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#6 A Man Posing With A Donkey In His Lap, 1910s
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#7 Cats Wait For The Fisherman To Return, Istanbul, 1970s
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#8 The Italian Royal Family, 1905
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#9 Richard White Bull, Oglala Sioux, 1899
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#10 Miss America, 1924
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#11 A Photograph Of A Little Boy Carrying A Newborn Lamb, In Scotland, 1932
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#12 During The Spanish Flu Of 1918 In California
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#13 Portrait Of John Smith, Also Known As The White Wolf, Elderly Native American Chippewa Of Cass Lake, Minnesota, In Traditional Dress, 1914
(Probably born between 1822 and 1826, although presumably as early as 1784; passed in February 6, 1922)
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#14 Abraham Lincoln’s Beloved Mutt Fido, The First Presidential Dog To Be Photographed, 1861
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#15 French Soldiers Passing By A Dog Wearing Googles And Smoking A Pipe, 1915
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#16 Animal Therapy, 1956
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#17 “Girls In The Windows” Taken By Ormond Gigli In 1960 In NYC. The Building Was Knocked Down The Next Day
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#18 Three Young Boys Sit In A Wagon In A Pittsburgh Neighborhood Street, 1920-1930
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#19 Roland, A 4,000 Pound Elephant Seal, Getting A Bath From His Handler At The Berlin Zoo. This Photo Was Taken In 1930
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#20 Unbelievably Stunning Couple (Love How Their Hands Are Clasped Together), 1960s
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#21 American Woman Welders During World War II
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#22 The Old Cincinnati Library Before Being Demolished, 1874-1955
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#23 Portrait Of A Filipina/Chinese Woman From The Philippines, 1875 Photo By Francisco Van Camp
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#24 A Portrait Of Hollow Horn Bear, A Man From The Brule Native American Tribe. 1907
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#25 A Dog Holds Onto A Little Boy As He Tries To Retrieve A Ball In A River With His Golf Club, 1920s
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#26 A German Immigrant Girl Waits To Be Processed At Ellis Island – New York, 1926
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#27 Victorian Woman Who Never Cut Her Hair, 1860-1900
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#28 A Soldier Shares His Food With Two Dutch Kids, 1945
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#29 A Mountain Boy Fetches Water From A Spring, Great Smoky Mountains, Sevier County, Tennessee, Ca. 1950
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#30 Soviet Peasants Listen To The Radio For The First Time, 1928
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#31 Fred Rogers Performing A “Bedside Solo Show” For 7-Year Old Beth Usher During Her Coma After Undergoing Surgery For “Rasmussen’s Encephalitis” At The John Hopkins Childrens’ Hospital In Baltimore, Maryland, 1987
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#32 Family Portrait After WW1
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