Photos from the Past That Will Surprise You (21 photos)

New selection of interesting and unusual photographs from around the world. All photographs are colorized.





A communist march in honor of May Day in the very center of New York. USA, 1935.

In the 1930s, the communist movement in the United States developed very quickly, until the ruling circles of the United States began persecuting communists.



"The Icelandic Giant" – Johann Kristinn Petursson and his women, 1950.

This is a still from the film "Prehistoric Women". His height was 2.34 m.





Preparing employees for a fire. USA, 1965.

Health and Safety Supervisor Clifford Roberts serves as a model during a fire safety training course for McGuire Hospital employees.



Little House on the Chasm, 1869.

Horseshoe Falls, sometimes called the Canadian Falls, is one of the three Niagara Falls. It is 792 meters wide and 53 meters high.



Restaurant "1203" invites you to free borscht in honor of the celebration of Stalin's death. Washington, 1953.



Michelin advertising costumes, early 20th century.

One of the most famous mascots in history. His name is Bibendum or Mr. Michelin. He is one of the oldest trademarks in the world, first presented to the public in 1894.



American Airlines plane flies past a stagecoach, 1949.

The Douglas DC-3 and Lockheed Constellation are probably two of the most beautiful piston passenger planes. With interestingly shaped windows.



Races, 1911.

Light long clothes are just right for such races, the result will be on them and on the face.



At the watering hole, 1938.

This photo was taken under controlled conditions during the myxoma virus tests on Wardang Island off the coast of South Australia in 1938.

The Australians used the myxoma virus to reduce the rabbit population from 600 to 100 million, as they had become terribly numerous there.



Firefighting, 1972.

A wall of a burning building collapses in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during sectarian violence in 1972.



The ship "Olympic" in dry dock, 1924.

A transatlantic liner of the famous White Star Line, its previous ships were the Titanic and Britannic. The only one of the three ships that sailed for many years without incident.



A lucky plane crash. London, 1960.

During landing, the plane flew off the runway onto the railroad tracks. All 76 passengers survived. The railroad tracks were also not damaged, and the plane was then written off.



A woman takes a self-portrait in a mirror using a Kodak Brownie camera in 1900.

The lady was most likely a professional photographer and quite wealthy, since photography was not a cheap pleasure at the time.



A strongwoman holds a piano and a pianist on her chest, 1920s.

Americans have always been able and loved to put on a show out of thin air, hence the conquest of Niagara Falls in a barrel and much more.



A pile of sugar sacks at Jack Frost's sugar factory in New York, 1935.

I wonder if the bottom rows of sacks don't break under the weight of the top ones? And how did they stack the sacks at such a great height, since there wasn't much special equipment.



Beauty contest jury in France, 1937.

Two ladies in bathing suits walk past the jury members. Covered faces show the incorruptibility of the commission.



Two Epochs. Canada, 1975.



Japanese spider crab, 1904.

The largest representative of arthropods, which lives in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan. They usually live deep underwater, from 50 to 300 meters.

As a rule, only young individuals are eaten.



Rwandan man with Amasunzu hairstyle, 1923.

Such unusual traditional hairstyles showed the social status of a man. And women cut their combs to show potential suitors that they were single and of marriageable age.



Alvin Kelly eats coffee and donuts while standing on his head on a board sticking out from the 54th floor of the Chanin Building above Manhattan. New York, USA, 1939.

Alvin Kelly was a very extraordinary person and became famous for the fact that he spent days on end climbing the flagpoles of the tallest buildings in the United States and sitting on them.

He sat on the spires, ate and slept sitting. Alvin could sit like that for days or even weeks. In 1930, he broke the world record by sitting for 49 days on top of the Steel Pier in Atlantic City (its height is 69 meters).