16 Photos From The Past That Prove It Was Much Weirder Than We Think Today (17 Photos)

Now we can easily document every moment of our life. But before there was no such possibility, and the photographs had much more valuable than today. According to a single photo, we can add complete picture of the past years.





However, sometimes something got into the camera lens so unexpected and unusual that now it can cause mixed feelings. Was the past really that strange?

Girl walking a snake on a leash, 1937



Pictured is American burlex dancer Zorita. She became famous for dancing with boas.

A peanut seller in a peanut suit, 1890



Witches on water skis, 1950s



This is from the ski show at Cpyrus Gardens (now Legoland) FL). I grew up watching these shows from the shore or from a boat on opposite side of the lake.

Bicycle for the whole family, 1939



Looks cute, but extremely unsafe.

37th U.S. President Richard Nixon Meets RoboCop



Find yourself a girl who looks at you the way Richard Nixon looks at RoboCop.

The first Michelin mascot, 1898



The usual celebration of Easter, 1926



Beauty pageant winner Miss Unsafe Brakes, 1939



It may seem strange, but not for the United States of those years. Then beauty contests were organized by almost all factories and enterprises, and young girls willingly took part in even the most ridiculous of them.

Original hairstyle, 1894



A 17-year-old boy with his scooter, which he put on 34 rear-view mirrors and 81 headlights, 1983



This is the most ostentatious behavior of a teenager that I have ever seen.

Models advertising fertilizer, 1956



Architects dressed as their buildings at an architecture ball, 1931



Lunar suit model for lunar exploration, 1960



The Michelin Group perform at the opening of the Michelin Hour radio show, 1928



- If they perform on the radio, then why do they need costumes?

“Probably they just put on costumes for the photo.

Woman wearing a special mask to combat depression, 1937



Of course, this does not work, but in those days people believed in it.

Girls Serenade Cows, 1930