40 beautiful vintage photographs that help you better understand the past (41 photos)

Vintage black and white photographs have an undeniable charm and can take us on a journey through time. With their help, you can be transported to an era when the Internet, touch screens and artificial intelligence did not yet exist. And feel the effect of presence!





1. A good way to while away an evening in 1912



2. Mother with children on a walk, 1946. Style and elegance!



3. Smiles are rare in official portraits of the early 20th century, but they can be found in ordinary “everyday sketches.” South Carolina, 1912



4. Indian from the Apsaroke tribe riding a horse, 1908



5. Puddle Jump, 1934



6. Two girls and their snow fortress, 1910



7. Young street musicians, 1928



8. Women officers on motorcycles, Los Angeles, 1927



9. Two sisters, Florence and Susie Freemuth, arrested for moonshine during Prohibition, 1921



10. Beautiful couple in Venice, 1890s



11. A woman charges her electric car in a garage, 1912.



12. Three ladies in Marshall, Texas, 1899



13. A happy family carrying books home from the Cincinnati Mobile Library, 1940



14. Woman in motorcycle clothing, France, 1905



15. Hong Kong in the 1950s



16. Roller skating, 1930s



17. Original photograph of the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb, 1922



18. British suffragette on an autoped (the predecessor of the modern electric scooter), 1916



19. Two gentlemen and their absolutely adorable dog, which holds two canes in its mouth, 1890s



20. A woman poses on the beach. France, 1925



21. Children's playground in Montreal, 1950s



22. Father helps son feed giraffe at London Zoo



23. Little Dutch men, 1904



24. Children of Harlem, New York, 1920s



25. A man tries Coca Cola for the first time, France, 1950.



26. A pair of Victorian travelers, 1890s



27. Elegant style on the streets of New York in 1928



28. Postman, 1910s



29. Beach fashion, 1915



30. A little girl draws water on a farm, Maine, 1942.



31. A woman washes over the basin of her miner husband, Wales, 1931



32. Winners of the Miss Perfect Posture contest at the Chiropractors Convention, 1956.



33. Two girls playing with a dollhouse, 1850-1860s.



34. Night fishing in Hawaii, 1948



35. New York after a snowstorm in 1888



36. Woman performing a stunt on a motorcycle, 1920s



37. Roller skates in 1910



38. A photographer shoots the streets of London from a cradle suspended from a construction crane.



39. Friendly picnic 137 years ago



40. Norwegian peasants, 1900s