110 Timeless Historical Pictures That Speak A Thousand Words Of Lives Lived

100 years from now, space travel might be as common as hopping on a plane. Maybe self-driving cities will be a thing, or AI will be running entire businesses. Who knows, we might even have vacations on Mars! While we can only guess what the future holds a century from now, we don’t have to wonder about what life looked like 100 years ago.

Today, the Bored Panda team scoured the internet to uncover some fascinating photos from 100 to 110 years ago. These snapshots capture moments from a completely different era, giving us a glimpse into the world as it once was. Keep scrolling to see a stunning collection of old photos that might just make you appreciate how much (or how little) has changed!

#1 My Great-Grandmother Was A Stunt Pilot In 1924

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#2 My Friend’s Great Grandma Posing In Traditional Maori Cloak C. 1920

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#3 My Grandmother And Her Brother In Their Hometown, Langensalza, Thuringia, Germany. C. 1924

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We’ve all heard the saying “Change is the only constant,” and in today’s fast-moving world, that couldn’t be more true. One day, you have the latest phone, and the next, it’s outdated. A gadget that seemed revolutionary just a few years ago is now collecting dust in a drawer. With new technology, trends, and innovations shaping our lives at lightning speed, it makes you wonder—just how different was life 100 years ago?

To gain firsthand perspective, Bored Panda spoke with Kiran Devi Pincha, a 90-year-old great-grandmother from India who has lived through nearly a century of change. She has seen four generations grow up before her eyes and has experienced more transformations in one lifetime than most of us can imagine. She shared her thoughts on how much the world has evolved.

#4 My Great-Grandfather Circa 1920’s

This dapper lad was a Baker who eloped to Australia with a few £ in his pocket and made a life for himself baking bread.

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#5 My Grandparents, About To Embark On A Trip After Their Wedding – Riga, Latvia, 1922

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#1 My Great-Grandmother Was A Stunt Pilot In 1924

#2 My Friend’s Great Grandma Posing In Traditional Maori Cloak C. 1920

#3 My Grandmother And Her Brother In Their Hometown, Langensalza, Thuringia, Germany. C. 1924

#4 My Great-Grandfather Circa 1920’s

#5 My Grandparents, About To Embark On A Trip After Their Wedding – Riga, Latvia, 1922

#6 African American Girl Of The 1920s

#7 My Great Grandpa Wearing His Grandfather’s Armor Circa 1920

#8 A Pretty Girl And Her Cat, 1922

#9 My Grandpa In The 1920’s In Hualien, Taiwan

#10 My Great-Uncle’s Wedding. Egypt – 1923 [1788 X 1319]

#11 Wedding, 1920s

#12 Farm In Kurrawaara Sweden 1920s – Drying Meat On The Roof

#13 My Great Grandma, Probably At Coney Island (Ca. 1920’s)

#14 African American Girl Of The 1920s

#15 My Great Grandfather, Battle In 1920. Charlottesville, Va

#16 My Wife’s Grandmother (Center) With Her Sisters, 1925

#17 My Grandma’s Maid And My Grandma. 1922, Wales, UK

#18 Fabulous Lady, 1920s

#19 Sylvia Hammerling – Taken At Mercunda, S.a. – 10 June 1920

#20 My Grandparents’ Wedding, 100 Years Ago Today

#21 My Great Grandmother, Age 20, August 1920. The Gloves. The Coat. The Hat

#22 My Great Grandfather Looking Out Over The Lake On His Estate In What Is Now Belarus Sometime Between 1920 And 1930

#23 My Great Grandfather And His Best Friend In 1920. They Met And Fought Together In Wwi, And Their Eldest Children Married Each Other

#24 My Grandfather, Part Of An Amateur Theater-Troupe, In 1924

#25 A Canadian Cree Indian In 1920s

#26 My Great-Great-Grandparents With Six Of Their Eight Children At Their Farm In Uppsälje, Sweden Ca 1925

#27 Fabulous Lady, 1920s

#28 “To A Darned Good Sport – Blanche 1928”

#29 My Great Grandmother And My Grandfather 1925 In The French Caribbean

#30 My Great Grandparents Wedding In 1924. Would Love If Someone Could Remove The Crease In The Middle!

#31 My Grandmother, Born In Havana, Cuba 1924, Walking Home From Work Circa 1944 In Greensburg Pa

#32 Afternoon Refreshment, Taken Sometime In 1925

#33 Champion Butter Fat Test Cow Tulip Of Morden, Queensland Times, 13 August 1926

#34 Wedding, 1920s

#35 My Great-Grandmother On Her Wedding Day. A Village In Mexico. Circa 1920

#36 Handwritten Note On The Back Of This Snapshot: “This Is Me & My Flock Of 1921 Turkeys. Just Part Of The Flock.” Location Unknown

#37 Woman Member Of The Secret Service, Olive H. Doyle., 1920

#38 Malamut Indians In Alaska, 1920s

#39 Women Riding Camel At Woodland Park Zoo, Circa 1920s

#40 Ottoman Empire: My Great-Great-Grandfather, Died During The Last Pandemic Around 1920. Notice The Yatagan (Daggers) In His Belt

#41 My Great-Grandfather At The Cawston Ostrich Farm In South Pasadena, California, Ca 1920

#42 My Second Great Grandparents And My Great Grandmother, Circa 1920 Eastern Europe, Transylvania

#43 Check Out My Great Grandfather Circa 1920- Yesterday Would Have Been His 107th Birthday!

#44 Basketball, 1921. My Great Uncle Sitting Down On The Far Left

#45 Aboukaia-Driancourt Aboard The Monoplane “Demoiselle Santos-Damout”, Taken Circa 1920

#46 Woman With Fox Cubs At Woodland Park Zoo, Circa 1920s

#47 Travel Radio With Antenna. Photo Circa 1925

#48 Indigenous Woman Pictured In Front Of Wigwam, Between 1923 And 1925

#49 My Great Great Grandfather, Circa 1920

#50 My Twice Great Grandmother (Left) And Her Sister Posing In Front Of Their Brand New Model T. (Michigan 1920)

#51 Around 1925. Here’s My Dad And Grandmother Looking Like A Scene From An Old Movie

#52 Traffic On Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, Qld – Circa 1920

#53 My Great-Great-Grandfather, Grandmother And Their Kids Including My Great Grandfather, In Front Of Their Farmhouse. 1921, Norway

#54 My Grandfather As A Toddler, In About 1922. He Would Later Go On To Fight In The South Pacific In Ww2, Raise A Large Family, And Live Into His Nineties

#55 Fabulous Lady, 1920s

#56 My Great Grandpa Ready To Play Soccer 1925, Germany

#57 My Great-Grandmother’s High School Basketball Team In Maryland, 1923

#58 My Grandfather Surfing In Hawaii, 1923

#59 Lady Musgrave Hospital In Maryborough, Qld – Circa 1920

#60 Bergen Aan Zee Strand Vermaak. In The Distance, The Hotel ”nassau Bergen” Is Visible, 1920

#61 Ontario Avenue After Snowstorm, Montreal, Quebec, Ca. 1900–1925

#62 Four Boys Riding Donkey At Woodland Park Zoo, Circa 1920s

#63 Woodland Park Zoo Director Gus Knudson With Monkey, Circa 1920

#64 Though Accounts Vary, John Smith Claimed That He Was Born As Early As 1784

#65 Wedding, 1920s

#66 My Grandfather In 1920

#67 My Great Grandfather | New York City, 1920

#68 1920 National Sextet Phaeton

#69 Reading In A Deck Chair, Taken Circa 1920

#70 A Mid 1920s View Of Victoria Embankment Looking South Towards The Palace Of Westminster

#71 Wolves Trained To Pull A Sleigh, Montreal, Quebec, 1925

#72 My Grandpa (Fourth From The Left) At School In Rural Iowa Circa 1920

#73 My Grandfather In The Philippines 1920’s

#74 Opening Of The New Railway Station, Pune, 27 July, 1925

#75 This Hood County, Oregon Farm Family Is Listening To The Radio On July 20, 1925

#76 1920s Street Fashion

#77 My Grandma, New Jersey, 1921(?)

#78 British-American Gas Station, Queen Street West, Near York Street, Ca. 1920

#79 My Grandfather’s Old School Hockey Team, Circa 1925

#80 Daimler Bus Circa 1920 On The Sunderland To Chester-Le-Street Service