It’s not just dusty old books that lend us insights into the past. Photography can be an incredible tool when helping us understand the context of modern history, from fashion and style trends to the technological and architectural quirks of the time. Here are some of the most impactful Lost In History pictures that will give you a fresh new perspective on our recent past.
1. “There’s No Hogwarts Without You, Hagrid.” Rest In Peace Robbie Coltrane, Thank You For Being Part Of Something So Special
2. A Victorian Couple Trying Not To Laugh While Getting Their Portraits Done, 1890s
3. Members Of The Owls, A Black Women’s Softball Team In The 1930s
4. Us Athlete Jesse Owens Salutes During The Presentation Of His Gold Medal For The Long Jump After Defeating Nazi Germany’s Lutz Long During The 1936 Summer Olympics In Berlin
5. Cats That Sailed On Ships Until The Mid-20th Century To Catch Rodents Had Passports Signed With Their Paw Prints
6. Insane To Think Charles Darwin And Steve Irwin Both Owned The Same Turtoise
7. A Little Boy Has A Surprise For His Girlfriend.. 🙂
8. Cheri, A Great Dane Puppy, In Deep Sleep Moments After Stealing 5 Lbs Of Ham Off The Kitchen Counter, 1953
9. Sharpshooter, Annie Oakley Shooting Over Her Shoulder Using A Hand Mirror, 1899
10. Marilyn Monroe, 1939
11. Film Actress Fay Webb With Her Pet Goose, Which Is Wearing An Attractive Pair Of Glasses, 1925
12. The Picture Is More Than 80 Years Old And The Quality Grainy But The Scene Is Incredibly Significant In The History Of The British Monarchy
For this is the first moment Princess Elizabeth met her future husband. When King George VI visited Dartmouth College in 1939, a promising cadet called Philip was assigned to entertain his daughters. The 18-year-old obviously made a lasting impression on the 13-year-old Elizabeth. The extraordinary photograph, discovered in archives, shows the first meeting between the future monarch and her husband-to-be, over a game of croquet. The picture was unearthed while researching Prince Philip.
13. Mailman N. Sorenson Poses With His Heavy Christmas Deliveries In Chicago, 1929
14. Letter From John Steinbeck To Marilyn Monroe
15. This Photo—taken At The Turn Of The Century—shows Jack Daniel (In The White Hat) Seated Next To George Green, The Son Of Nathan “Nearest” Green Who Was The First Black Master Distiller In America
16. An Ad From The 1930’s
17. Good Morning By The Daily Mirror, England, April 4, 1944
18. Cleaning Women Washing A Crucifix, 1938
19. New Orleans, Summer Of 1970
20. Causes Of Death In London, 1632
21. Hop Pickers On Stilts In Faversham , England, 1920
22. Missionary Being Eaten By A Jaguar (By Noé León, 1907)
23. This Is What Hanging Out In A College Dorm Room Looked Like In 1910. (University Of Illinois)
24. Des Moines Tribune, Lowa, December 20, 1928
25. A Group Of 1940s Students Doing Their Schoolwork While Drinking Some Coca Cola
26. Love Letter Of Frida Kahlo Sent To Nickolas Muray, 1931
27. Young Boys Decorate Bare Tree With Plastic Blossoms Near Busy Street, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, 1963. Photo By Winfield Parks
28. NYC Parking, 1930
29. This Was The Monthly Ration For Each Polish Citizen During The Early To Mid-1980s
30. The Moment She Went Away. Photo By Steffen Lipski
31. Couple Drinking Beer At Inner Tube Floating Party On The Apple River. Somerset, Wi, 1941. Photo By Alfred Eisenstaedt
32. Love Letter – Frida Kahlo, October 1946
“I don’t know how to write love letters. But I wanted to tell you that my whole being opened for you. Since I fell in love with you everything is transformed and is full of beauty…. Love is like an aroma, like a current, like rain. You know, my sky, you rain on me and I, like the Earth, receive you.”
33. Boy Mesmerized By Tina Turner ~ The Gold Rush Festival, Stockton, Ca ~ September 1969, Photo By Robert Altman
34. Linda Blair Passes The Time With A Bit Of Knitting In Between Takes Whilst Filming On The Set Of The Exorcist
35. A Tree Full Of Baby Opossums, 1958. By: Charles Philip Fox
36. Cigarette Holder For Nudists, 1938
37. New York City (1942). Photo By Helen Levitt
38. 1966
39. Paris, 1971
40. Buchan Caves, Gippsland, Australia. 14th April 1930
41. Undated Pages From One Of Marilyn Monroe’s Diaries
42. The Morning Routine Of England’s Princess Margaret, 1955
43. Two Men Passing Breakfast Tea From The Kitchen Car On A Moving Train, Due To A Door Being Locked Between The Train Cars, On A Railway From Peshawar To Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 1983. Photo By Steve Mccurry
44. Marilyn Monroe Photographed By Joseph Jasgur, 1946
45. Woman Being Arrested For Wearing One Piece Bathing Suits, 1920s
46. Sometimes It Takes A Wrong Turn To Get You To The Right Place. Mt Rainer, Washington, 1960
47. Lambretta
48. Commuters In The Rain, 1961. By John Philip Falter
49. Watching A Solar Eclipse From A Rooftop In Rotterdam, Netherlands, April 17, 1912
50. Prisoners Exercising (1890) By Vincent Van Gogh
51. The Circleville Herald, Ohio, April 18, 1957
52. Couple Snuggling At A Drive-In Movie Theater. California, 1949
53. Day Of Yellow Flowers, 1956, Tom Lovell
54. “Teen-Age Girls: They Live In A Wonderful World All Their Own”, Dec 11, 1944. Photo By Nina Leen
55. Spring Break In California, 1947
56. A Protective Device To Cover The Chickens Beak Allowing It To Eat But Not To Hurt Others Or Itself, 1938
57. “A Student’s Dream”: It Was A Common Thing For Medical Students To Reverse The ‘Student/Patient’ Dynamic Creatively (As Though In A Dream) Where The Corpses Were Opperating On The Student
58. Multifunctional Life Unit By Verner Panton, 1966
59. Pictured In The Cat’s Eyes – Lilli Palmer And Rex Harrison, 1950. Photo By Erwin Blumenfeld
60. Acid Test, 1966. Photo By Ted Streshinsky
