Unique historical footage that will take you back in time (21 photos)

One of the most fascinating dives into history is looking at old photographs that give an idea of ​​the significant events, socially significant phenomena, famous personalities, triumphs and tragedies of humanity of the past.





Peasants working in front of Mount Fuji. Japan, 1898.

Japan at the end of the 19th century was a very backward country with an archaic society.

Fujiyama is the main mountain in Japan, or rather an active stratovolcano. Its height is 3776 meters. The last time the volcano erupted was in the early 18th century.

The Japanese consider the mountain sacred, a symbol of the nation, so they call it Fuji-san with respect.



The Norwegian commune of Valle, 1890.





Sinhalese and a fishing boat. Ceylon (Sri Lanka), circa 1880.

Sinhalese, Sinhalese - Indo-Aryan people, the main population of Sri Lanka.



Girl picking tea leaves. Sri Lanka, 1880s.

Sri Lanka is currently the third largest tea producer in the world, after China and India. The first plantations appeared on the island during the British colonial period in the mid-19th century.

One of the main entrepreneurs who first bought up all the plantations and then began to develop new ones was Thomas Lipton. I think his name is familiar to you.



Chohan Rajputs. Delhi, India, 1862-1868.

The photograph is part of a series taken by Shepard & Robertson for Forbes Watson's book The People of India, published in 1868.

The Rajputs were the highest secular caste of Hindus. The Chohans, descendants of warrior princes, held the highest position among the Rajput clans.



Port North Breakwater. Panoramic view. Gibraltar, 1850-1890.

The Gibraltar Peninsula, located at the far southern tip of Iberia, is of great strategic importance due to its position on the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean. It has been repeatedly contested between European and North African powers and has withstood fourteen sieges since it was first settled in the 11th century.



Sorrento. Steep cliffs at the edge of the sea. Near Naples, 1870s.



W. L. Hand Residence, Kearney, Nebraska.



Returning from Church. Hardangerfjord, Norway. 1892.

A traditional Scandinavian boat called a Faring. It was used for fishing and transporting people, sometimes with a sail on a removable mast.



Traditional cowboy dance. Nebraska. USA, 1889.



Carignano Bridge. Genoa. Italy, second half of the 19th century.

The Carignano Bridge is a bridge in Genoa that connects the hills of Sarzano and Carignano, bypassing the Rivo Torbido valley. It was built between 1718 and 1724.



Crocodile Hunt. Egypt, 1870s.

Photographer Henri Bachar opened a studio in Cairo and sold photographs of ancient Egyptian buildings to tourists. This is one of his works.



Geisha from Shimbashi (Tokyo), Japan, 1892.

A geisha is a woman or girl who entertains her clients with Japanese dancing, singing, conducting a tea ceremony, and talking on any topic, usually dressed in a kimono and wearing traditional makeup and hair.



Three female criminals in stocks, accused of witchcraft. China, 1885.

A criminal in stocks was put on display for public ridicule. Thus, those punished could stand the whole day under the scorching sun without food or water.



Tanneries on the banks of the Bièvre River. Paris, 1860s.



Turkish bashi-bazouks - members of irregular military units in the Ottoman Empire. 1870.

And 7 years later the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 began.



A Victorian couple on a two-seater bicycle, circa 1890.



A ditch in Suffolk. England, 1880.



A pumpkin field, 1898.



A Bishari warrior (an ethnic group native to Northeast Africa), Egypt, 1880.