Nate
There’s something special about old photos. They don’t just show us what happened. They show us how it felt. These vintage images capture real moments in history, frozen in time.
Some are powerful, some are quiet, but they all help tell the story of the past in a way words can’t quite match.
1. “Father passes out when he meets his triplets for the first time 1946”
2. “Acrobat dad entertaining his daughter, 1940.”
3. “This photo is from 1955, it was called ‘a few seconds before happiness’.”
4. “She’s in someone’s locket, 1940s.”
5. “Frida Kahlo painting in bed, 1950s.”
6. “Insulin saved countless lives”
“In 1922, at the University of Toronto, scientists went to a hospital ward with children who were comatose and dying from diabetic keto-acidosis.
Imagine a room full of parents sitting at the bedside waiting for the inevitable death of their child.
The scientists went from bed to bed and injected the children with the new purified extract – insulin. As they began to inject the last comatose child, the first child injected began to awaken.
One by one, all of the children awoke from their diabetic comas. A room of death and gloom, became a place of joy and hope.”
7. “Keanu Reeves Photographed By Willy Rizzo, In Paris, 2003.”
8. “Barack Obama dressed as a pirate with his mother Stanley Ann. 1960s.”
9. “A mother and her son on their way to a pride walk, 1985”
10. “Hollywood Legend Marlene Dietrich kissing American soldier Carus Olcott, who was returning to New York during World War II, 1945”
11. “Ben Affleck & Matt Damon calling their moms after winning the Oscar for movie ‘Good Will Hunting'”
12. “Colorized Photo Of Her Highness, The Princess of Persia, Fatemeh Khanum”
13. “Woman shocked by partying cowboys.”
14. “Princess Diana falling asleep during an event at the Victoria and Albert museum in 1981. Iconic”
15. “A Member Of The Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment) Poses For The Camera While Holding A Puppy He Saved During World War 1, 1918”
“The Harlem Hellfighters was a regiment made up of decorated Black soldiers who fought as part of the French army because the U.S. did not allow Black soldiers to fight alongside white soldiers. The French accepted the Harlem Hellfighters with open arms and did not racially segregate them.
During World War 1, they fought on the front lines for 191 days, longer than any other American unit. And as a result, suffered the most casualties of any American regiment—losing approximately 1,500 men. Despite the heavy death toll and the poor replacement system, the Harlem Hellfighters never lost a trench or a foot of ground to the enemy; none of them became prisoners of war. Not only were they one of the most successful regiments of World War 1, but they also helped bring Jazz to France.
Upon returning home, the Harlem Hellfighters received a welcome parade in New York City; a privilege that was denied to them before they had left for war. However, the celebrations were short lived as the summer of 1919 became known as the Red Summer, in which the country saw some of the worst racial violence since the Civil War.
The Harlem Hellfighters who dreamed of returning home to a place that would finally treat them with respect and as equal human beings, quickly realized that nothing had changed at all.”
16. “In the 1955 there was appear at least one shoemaker that had the idea of combine self defense for the ladies and fashion: the “spurs” shoe. A shoe equiped with discret steel points in the heel and the tip.”
17. “A man refuses to do the N*zi salute to 1936. He was later identified as August Landmesser who was dating a Jewish woman. The brave man later died in forced military service.”
18. “Last picture of Hachiko, the faithful dog who waited for over 9 years outside Shibuya Station for his master to return even after he had died.”
19. “Family posing for a photo during the Spanish Flu, 1918. Even their cat has a mask!”
20. “Robin Williams making friends with this little monarch butterfly”
21. “1960s ski lift safety standards”
22. “Leaving a bad review in the 1920s”
23. “Prince Philip and queen Elizabeth on their wedding in 1947, and in 2012.”
24. “Juliane Koepcke – 17 years old Survived after thrown out of plane in amazon for 10 days”
“17-year-old Juliane Koepcke was sucked out of an airplane in 1971 after it was struck by a bolt of lightning.
She tell 2 miles to the ground, still strapped in her seat, and survived after spending 10 days in the Amazon jungle.
After ten days, she found a boat moored near a shelter and found the boat’s fuel tank still partly full.
Koepcke poured the gasoline on her wounds, which she in turn thought it helped with killing the maggots in her wounds.
Out of 93 passengers and crew, Juliane was the only survivor of the Lansa Flight 508 crash that took place on December 24th, 1971.”
25. “Iconic . Milton Keynes Bowl . Serious Moonlight tour.”
26. “Marriage Advice For Young Ladies From A Suffragette, 1918. The Pamphlet Is On Display At The Pontypridd Museum In Wales. The Suffragette Is Unknown.”
27. “U.S soldier shakes hand with a dog in Luxembourg during the Battle of Bulge, 1944.”
28. “Rowan Atkinson with his 81′ Aston Martin Vantage V8 in London, 1984.”
29. “Princess Diana dancing with John Travolta at a White House dinner in November 1985”
30. “She was 11 when WWI started, 36 when WWII started, 74 when Star Wars released and 116 when Covid-19 started. And her name is Kane Tanaka as the world’s oldest living person at age 118 years. She was born on January 2, 1903.”
