17 photos that will make you look at history in a new way (18 photos)

These photos won't be found in school textbooks, but they capture the spirit of the times better than any dry paragraphs.





They show people laughing, being sad, falling in love, and simply living their ordinary lives against the backdrop of great events. Scroll through and see what life was really like. A few shots are sure to stay in your memory and heart for a long time.

1. A boy watches television for the first time through a store window, 1948



2. The Mona Lisa is removed from its hiding place during World War II, 1945





3. The first underwater photograph, taken in the south of France at a depth of 50 meters by Louis Boutang in 1899



4. Underwater portrait of Muhammad Ali during training in Miami, 1961



5. The world's oldest love poem, a Sumerian clay tablet from Nippur, dating to 2030 BC. Currently housed in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum.



6. British Antarctic Expedition: Penguins listening to music, 1908



7. The Azorean hood, or "kapote-i-kapelo," was a traditional garment worn by women in the Azores, particularly on Faial Island, until the 1930s. years



8. Tafiao, the second Maori king, reigned from 1860 to 1894



9. Snowball fight, USSR, 1957-1960 years



10. In 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke was thrown from a plane after it was struck by lightning.



She fell 3,200 meters to the ground and survived 10 days in the Amazon jungle.

11. Silver Stallion, 1870s



12. Albert Einstein and his sister Maya Einstein. New York, 1939



13. Spoon making, 1897



14. Large Hispanic family with 16 children (1960s) (years)



15. A group of tourists at the entrance to a cave on Franz Josef Glacier in the South Island, New Zealand, 1959



16. Peña Goes, a Yanomani woman in the Amazon, Brazil



17. Spring, Puddles, Boats. Moscow, 1982