These 25 Historical Photos Tell The Story Of A Nation…But Two Of Them I’d Like To Forget

When we look back at history, we see the things and events that make us who we are today.  These photos do just that.  It’s hard to believe just how far we’ve come in such a short time (relatively speaking).

Some of these a funny and others are a little disheartening.  Still, they are reminders of our past and worth looking at for that reason alone.

Melted and damaged mannequins after a fire at Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum in London, 1930

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Princeton students after a freshman vs. sophomores snowball fight in 1893

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Walter Yeo, one of the first people to undergo advanced plastic surgery & a skin transplant.

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Martin Luther King Jr. with his son by his side removing a burnt cross from his front yard, 1960

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Annette Kellerman promoted women’s right to wear a fitted one-piece bathing suit, 1907… She was arrested for indecency.

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A penniless mother hides her face in shame after putting her children up for sale, Chicago, 1948

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A mom and her son watch the mushroom cloud after an atomic test 75 miles away, Las Vegas, 1953

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Abraham Lincoln’s hearse, 1865

22-past

 

The real Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin, ca. 1927

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Children eating their Christmas dinner during the Great Depression: turnips and cabbage

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Hitler’s officers and cadets celebrating Christmas, 1941

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Animals being used as a part of medical therapy in 1956

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Illegal alcohol being poured out during Prohibition, Detroit 1929

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Little girl comforting her doll in the ruins of her bomb damaged home, London, 1940

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Unknown soldier in Vietnam, 1965

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A space chimp poses for the camera after a successful mission to space in 1961

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Suntan vending machine, 1949

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1920′s lifeguard

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Artificial legs, United Kingdom, ca. 1890

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Advertisement for Atabrine, an anti-malaria drug. Papua, New Guinea during WWII

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Sharing bananas with a goat during the Battle of Saipan, ca. 1944

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Annie Edison Taylor (1838-1921), the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel in 1901.

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Charlie Chaplin in 1916 at the age of 27

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The hippo belonged to a circus and apparently enjoyed pulling the cart as a trick 1924

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Unpacking the Head of the Statue of Liberty delivered June 17, 1885

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I don’t know about you, but these photographs sparked emotion from deep within us.  I hope you enjoyed them as much as we did.  Let us know which one is your favorite!

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