A vinaigrette of historical footage from past years. Issue 188

While many textbooks can make studying history a chore, history itself is much more interesting than simply memorizing chronology and facts. A new hodgepodge of interesting retro photos is a whole new story! Welcome to the post and enjoy watching.

Postal services in the 1900s were engaged in the delivery of children, USA





Are you ready to count how many tires were under the man? Los Angeles, 1929



This is what commercial air travel looked like, or rather the people on it, before the advent of pressurized airplane cabins, Boston, 1939



This longest and fastest waterway in the world was used to transport lumber, Washington, 1923-1986



On June 10, 1990, the BAC 1-11-528FL airliner departed on a scheduled flight. 13 minutes after takeoff, the captain was thrown halfway out of the cockpit due to the separation of a poorly installed windshield. The plane landed safely thanks to the second pilot - all passengers survived. The material does not contain a real photo, but a computer reconstruction of the incident from “Cineflix”.



Photos from American archives, 1950s — 1960s



First meeting with a child after 14 months at sea, 1940s



Moon hairstyle, 1894-1895s



Trimming trees was not safe at all before the invention of bucket lifts, late 1800s



Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder hangs from the rafters, concert 1992



Philip Garner's roller skates, 1962



An example of a descent along a nearly vertical couloir by skier Doug Coombs, photo by Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 1989



This mask was worn by Michael Myers in the first two Halloween films



This car seat was considered safe for a child in the 1960s



The screaming baby doll was made of biscuit porcelain by the German doll maker Johannes Kestner, 1920s