Unusual and interesting photos from around the world (21 photos)

A new selection of photographs from around the world, taken throughout the 20th century.





The first Australian Antarctic expedition, 1911-1914.

Also called the Mawson expedition. Many interesting photographs were taken and even a movie was shot, and they even managed to publish a newspaper there. But three years in Antarctica is hard labor. That's why they ate almost all of their sled dogs and many penguins.



Photographer: Frank Hurley

Côte d'Ivoire, 1970.

Côte d'Ivoire is a former colony of France. In 1960, the country gained independence. Until 1986, the country was called the "Ivory Coast". The French gave it such an unusual name because the main resource that they had been exporting from the country for decades was elephant ivory.





Armed children during the uprising in South Sudan, 1971.

No panties, but with weapons. Such figures of poor children because they practically did not eat protein.



A local dandy in an old car carries passengers. Jerusalem, 1920s

Note the fuel tanks on the running boards of the car. Fuel could be switched from the side or rear tanks by pressing a button (or turning a lever) on the dashboard. Apparently the car traveled quite long distances.



Egypt, 1960s.

The photo shows a theodolite - a device for measuring angles and distances on the ground. Surveyors usually use it.



Photographer: Rene Burri

Bali, 1964.

The boats were painted, shorts were put on, hats were taken off, but otherwise - everything is the same. The lifestyle has not changed much.



Photographer: Mario de Biasi

Running girl, 1965.

A very interesting and beautiful photo, but unfortunately I was unable to find out in which country it was taken.



Photographer: A. Aubrey Bodin

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, 1991. A young shepherd plays with his dog near an unexploded bomb dropped by the military in Tigray, northern Ethiopia.

The bomb is not dangerous (the fuse in the nose is missing from the photo), and the boy (like the photographer) most likely knows this very well.



Photographer: Dario Mitidieri

Mexico, 1927.



Photographer: Oskar Schmieder

Woman carrying dishes. Jerusalem, early 20th century.

An Arab woman carries a heavy basket of clay dishes on her head.



"Blackfoot" Indians in Banff National Park, 1913.

The name "Blackfoot" comes from "siksinam" - "black", and "ka" - the root of the word "okkatsh" - "foot".



Photographer: Rolanda W. Reed

A group of children (and several men) peer over the barbed wire fence that marks the boundary of the Moroka settlement in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. , 1950.



Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

A walk along the beach. Rio de Janeiro, 1960s.

The photo shows the famous Brazilian beach - Copacabana. The four-kilometer beach, where you can't push your way through, is the site of wild parties, dances and other entertainment.



Photographer: Cornell Capa

A boy with pigeons on the Circular Embankment, Sydney, 1935.



Photographer: Sam Hood

Mexico, 1927.

Making bricks by hand is no easy task: preparing the raw materials, making the mold, processing and drying.



Photographer: Oscar Schmieder

Street cleaner, Hamilton, Bermuda, 1940s.



Photographer: Richard Saunders

American Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary in polar expedition gear aboard his ship, the SS Roosevelt, 1908.



Girl with a ram. Turkey, 1957.

The child has a very adult look. It is obvious that life is not easy.



Children playing with tires. Alberta, Canada, 1920.

Whether in the 20s or the 80s, in Canada or the USSR, children's entertainment is the same, only the tires and generations change.



Bark Terra Nova in the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910.



Photographer: Herbert Ponting