25 realities of the past that seem fictitious today (26 photos)
World history is not limited to political intrigue, epic battles and dusty documents. Every day, people around the world find themselves in unusual, funny and interesting situations. Our ancestors were no exception. We have collected a fascinating collection of bizarre and unusual photos to show you how vivid the past can be, and how it contrasts with modern life. 
1. A shoe doll belonging to a child from the London slums, 1905 
2. A man poses with a donkey, 1910s 
3. 5-meter-tall snowman, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1963 
4. Mobile library for the sick in Los Angeles, 1928 year 
5. The first ambulance in Great Britain, 1920 
6. Street photo studio in Warsaw, 1946 
7. Japanese woman carries children, 1900s 
8. Empress Elisabeth of Austria's mourning mask, 1889 
9. Serving snacks on a Scandinavian Airlines flight, 1969 year 
10. A sparkling wine inspector wears a special mask to protect against accidental bottle explosions, California, 1933 
11. A man checks his email on a pay phone using dial-up access via a Panasonic RL-P4001 Acoustic Coupler modem connected to a Panasonic RL-H1400 HHC laptop, beginning 1980s 
12. Blade makers at work, France, early 1900s 
13. In 1965, a group of six Tongan teenagers were shipwrecked off the uninhabited island of Ata and lived there for 15 months 
For a long time they were considered dead. But in September 1966, Australian lobsterman Peter Warner found and rescued them.
14. Puppet Christopher Walken from The Deer Hunter 
15. German Fan, Early 20th Century 
16. Transporting the Shark from Jaws to the Science of Film and Television Magic Exhibition, Boston, 1988 year 
17. Car wash, 1924, USA 
18. Steam locomotive crossing the Rio Grande, USA, 1915 year 
19. Children on Halloween, 1900s 
20. The last known photograph of Michael Rockefeller, the 23-year-old son of politician and businessman Nelson Rockefeller, among a cannibal tribe in New Guinea, 1961 year 
21. Workers demonstrate the strength of the body of a 1938 Audi 920 
22. Australians warn the Germans, Egypt, 1942 year 
"If you want to go further, take a funeral cross."
23. Advertisement for an infrared heater, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1960 
24. A dish from a 1963 German cookbook - bananas with herring 
25. Military locators from the First World War wars 
