A Selection of Interesting and Unusual Photos from the USA (21 photos)

Photography can capture a huge amount of information in just a split second and immortalize it for many years. And it allows you to look at the world decades later, as it was several decades ago or a hundred years ago.





New York, 1953.

The back street side of the metropolis in all its glory.



A farmer with his sons during a sandstorm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, USA. April 1936.

This photo captures the "Dust Bowl," a catastrophic storm that destroyed everything in its path. Thousands of families were left homeless and ruined, a phenomenon that occurred in some states from 1930 to 1936.

American farmers were unable to raise livestock or garden and were forced to emigrate to safer places.

The photo looks like an illustration for a children's book: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.





Celebrating the end of Prohibition. USA, 1933.

A man was walking home from work and was tired, so he decided to lie down and rest. In the darkness, he didn't notice that he had laid down on a pile of empty bottles and stained his clothes with the remains of alcohol. Of course, it didn't work out well, he should have walked home, but when you're really tired, you can't fall asleep like that.

Prohibition lasted for 13 years. On December 5, 1933, "Prohibition" in the United States was repealed. Many American bars have preserved the tradition of celebrating this day.



A person setting pins in a bowling alley. USA, 1935.

A pinspotter is the name of the equipment that automatically sets pins in a bowling alley. It was invented in the mid-1930s. Before the invention, pins were set manually, as the black guy does in the photo.



Detective Sergeant Raymond Winters displays seized bags of marijuana. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. June 21, 1971.

The marijuana was destroyed in the boiler room of a local university.



Security caught a terrible criminal. Washington, 1929.

A dangerous criminal was detained by an officer on the White House grounds.

This was Stalin's personal wombat. Dressed as a possum.



A Native American telephone and switchboard operator at work. USA. Montana, 1925.

The girl's name was Helen and she worked as an operator at the Many Glacier Hotel.



A photographer taking pictures of workers during the construction of skyscrapers. New York, 1932.

Charles Ebbets takes the famous photo "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper." It is unknown whether he had any insurance.



An abandoned dog-shaped diner on Route 99 in Oregon, USA, 1939.



A fire brigade. Washington, D.C., 1922.

At that time, fire trucks already existed, but horses were apparently more reliable.



Chained convicts. USA, 1903.



On Lake George, 1941.

Lake George, nicknamed the Queen of American Lakes, is a long, narrow oligotrophic lake located at the southeastern foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in the northeastern United States.



A husband and wife with their eleven children dressed for Palm Sunday. USA, 1954.



Rollerblading, California, 1980.

The first analogue of roller skates appeared in 1760 in London.



On the beach. USA, 1950s.



A fox tied to a car. USA, Minnesota, 1940.

He was probably taken as a small child, fed and tamed, and is now waiting for his owner by the car.



Utah Desert, 1940s.



Pedal Unicycle. Los Angeles, California, 1971.

Carl Ward demonstrates his invention - a pedal-powered unicycle with feet instead of a wheel. The purpose of the invention is to allow a person to sit while walking.



Vindec Special 7HP motorcycle with sidecar. USA, 1909.

Captain F.E. Yates of Chicago and his specially designed motorcycle of his own design. Unable to sit in the saddle of a motorcycle, Captain Yates invented a folding extended handle that allows him to control the motorcycle from the sidecar.



A worker at the Mollahan Mills textile factory in Newberry, North Carolina. USA, 1908.

Child labor continued in the United States until 1938.