30 testimonies of what the world looked like many years ago (31 photos)

The earliest photograph known to date was taken in France in 1826. Its author, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, was experimenting with a camera obscura and captured a view from a window. Old photographs allow us to see how people lived a hundred or more years ago. That's why we've prepared a collection of colorized vintage images so you can admire the ingenuity of photographers and feel closer to history.





1. Woman with a Spinning Wheel, Galway, Ireland, 1890



2. Milkmen, Brussels





3. Christina in Red, 1913



4. Winter Garden, Nice, France, 1895



5. Kodachrome slide taken in London in 1949



6. World's Fair in Paris, France, 1900



7. Agra, Taj Mahal



8. Port of Venice, Italy, 1889



9. School of Arabic Embroidery in the Capital Algeria, 1899



10. Photochrome by Photoglob Zürich, 1890-1900s



11. Singers' Hall, Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany, 1886 year



12. Trouville, Normandy, France, 1895



13. Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany



14. Town Hall, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany



15. Newlyweds, Hungary



16. Folgefonn Glacier, Hordaland, Norway, 1897



17. Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany



18. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA, 1901



19. Fingal's Cave, Scotland



20. Mulberry Street, New York, USA



21. Panorama of the Seven Bridges, Paris, 1895



22. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1901



23. Glengarriff, Ireland, 1895



24. View of Lake Garda from a Hotel, Fasano, Italy, 1895



25. 1937



26. Road Leading to a Cemetery, Scutari, Constantinople, Turkey, 1895



27. Kungsträdgården Park, Stockholm, Sweden



28. British Royal Yacht Osborne



29. Hotel Victoria, Unter den Linden, Berlin, 1900



30. Palace of Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, France, 1897