30 Captivating Historical Photographs You Need to See

The best old photos are the ones you can look at for hours at a time.

Every picture tells a story.

Salvador Dali and Coco Chanel


Using a bear to treat back pain, Romania, 1946


Setting a new world speed record, 1948


A sex education lesson, 1929


Lumberjacks, 1900s


William Harley and Arthur Davidson, founders of the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Company


A gun used for duck hunting, early 20th century


Military electricians, 1918


Filming the production logo for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Testing a rugby helmet, 1912


German industrial worker August Landmesser, whose wife was Jewish, refusing to salute Hitler, Hamburg, 1936


A pilot tries to start the stalled propellor of his plane during flight


The biggest horse in the world, 1928


Drew Barrymore helps Stephen King light a cigarette


Using ducklings as therapy animals, 1956

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Young women in Kabul, Afghanistan, 1970s


Ernest Hemingway having a drink


The last photo ever taken of a Thylacine, 1933. This species is now extinct.


The models used by Grant Wood for his famous painting, American Gothic


17-year-old Bianca Passarge dances on wine bottles in a cat costume, Hamburg, 1958


Class differences, Britain, 1937


Miss New Zealand falls unconscious at the Miss Universe competition, Long Beach, 15 July 1954


The way real men shave, 1940


Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen with his wife, 1947


A little girl encounters a penguin for the first time


Unpacking the Statue of Liberty, 1885


A soldier shares some bananas with a goat, Battle of Saipan, 1944


Original Michelin, 1910


A man and a woman on a date, 1950s


A perfectly timed photo of a woman caught mid-sneeze, 1900

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