Time capsule: photos that change the perception of the past (36 photos)

Category: Nostalgia, PEGI 0+
17 April 2025

If time travel ever becomes a reality, many of us will probably return to our favorite era. In the meantime, we can only watch archive footage and mentally transport ourselves back in time. Whether it's events from the 2000s or moments from the early 20th century, take a look at Niagara Falls without water or what Tokyo looked like before skyscrapers appeared!





1. Police arrest 21-year-old Bernie Sanders protesting segregation in Chicago, August 1963



2. Danuta Danielsson, 38, hits a neo-Nazi with her purse in Vaxjo, Sweden, April 13 1985





3. 5-year-old Butedma and her camel, Mongolia, 2003



4. Portuguese Royal Library, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Opened to the public in 1883



5. From 1940 to 1944, Corrie ten Boom and her family sheltered Jews fleeing the Nazis in their home in Haarlem, Netherlands



6. A man and his dog in a photo booth, 1943 year



7. An Arab Mourning Yitzhak Rabin



On November 4, 1995, in Tel Aviv, an ultra-right Jew assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in protest against the transfer of land to the Palestinians.

8. DAF-Domburg diesel bus with retractable engine, 1950s



9. Mother helps son complete difficult level in Super Mario Land on Gameboy, 1989



10. Inuit woman descends into igloo, Arviat, Nunavut (Northern Canada), 1949 year



11. Mother with a brightly colored stroller, London, 1967



12. On November 27, 1990, Muhammad Ali met with Saddam Hussein in Baghdad to negotiate the release of American hostages. He managed to save 15 people



13. The world's first webcam was created in 1991 by researchers at Cambridge University to check if a coffee pot in another room was empty



14. A Disney animator working on "101 Dalmatians," 1961 year



15. A polio baby in an Iron Lung, 1940s



16. A young Bedouin woman from Kuwait with her lamb during the Gulf War, 1991 year



17. Leon Trotsky with his wife and Frida Kahlo, Mexico, 1937



18. Representatives of the "No Bra" movement, 1970s



19. "Please Help Us" sign on the roof during Hurricane Katrina, 2005



20. City model on the roof of the Boeing fighter jet factory, USA, 1944 year



21. A peasant family listens to the radio for the first time, USSR, 1928



22. A playground in New York, 1926



23. 122-year-old Jeanne Calment at her computer, France, 1997



24. Tokyo in 1960



25. Niagara Falls without water, 1969 year



26. In 1994, a human zoo called "Bambula Village" was opened in France



The Ivorian immigrants had their passports confiscated and were forced to entertain visitors seven days a week. The owners were fined 1 franc.

27. Draft beer on board the German airline Lufthansa, 1963



28. Actress Belle Bilton as Belle in the film "Beauty and the Beast", 1889



29. New York in 1996 year



30. Ladies in a home gym, 1950s



31. American officer treats a Japanese woman to chocolate, 1946 year



32. Afghan girl braids hair of US tourist, 1969



33. Women preparing for a ball, 1900 year



34. In 1959, George Barris built an experimental aeromobile Xpak 400



35. The "Most Beautiful Legs" Contest, Paris, 1950

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