26 Awesome Historical Photo Facts from the "Ooh!" Series (27 photos)

There's a misconception that life in the past was safer and more peaceful. Of course, this is just a misconception. Every historical period boasts a whole host of strange social habits, traditions, and beliefs. Some of them are truly useful by the standards of the time, but to us they can still seem completely outlandish.

Our collection features 26 of the most bizarre photographs about the oddities of the past.







Patricia O'Keefe, a young bodybuilder weighing 66 pounds, carries a 200-pound man on her back. 1940.





In 1973, driving was banned in Amsterdam due to the fuel crisis. But a solution was found.



In 1939, flour mills in the United States began shipping flour in colorful sacks. This was done so that the poor could later sew clothes from the sackcloth.



The photo shows a 200-kilogram bass and fisherman Edward Llewellen, who managed to catch this monster single-handedly. Incidentally, his record still stands.



In 1938, schoolteacher Helen Hulick was sentenced to five days in jail for appearing at a court hearing wearing trousers. Such attire was considered contempt of court.



German soldiers photograph a dog in 1940.



1969, Niagara Falls is temporarily closed for "restoration work."



Between 1939 and 1945, British sappers frequently found these "mini-tanks." German soldiers used them to blow up full-size military vehicles from below.



US President Lyndon Johnson loved to impress his guests by taking them for a ride in an amphibious vehicle on a lake.



Nothing unusual. Members of the Ku Klux Klan riding a Ferris wheel. 1925.



An elephant helps load food onto an American plane in 1945.



During the filming of Dr. No, Sean Connery autographed a coconut for a young fan from Jamaica. 1962.



This is what Stockholm's 5,000-line telephone system looked like in 1890.



Want to learn to swim, but the water's too far? A solution was invented back in 1920.



Silly photos of animals have been taken since 1875.



Field, Friday, 1910 (just kidding – just 1910).



The period from 1941 to 1945.



In 1930, ponies were for girls and weaklings. And all the real men rode exclusively on boars.



Macy's often hired detectives to prevent thefts. In 1948, fake employees took a group photo but didn't reveal their identities.



Chariots are cool. Motorcycles are cool too. South Wales Police decided to combine all this coolness in one vehicle.



This is how the most beautiful legs were chosen in the 1930s.



1950, a tank driver feeds polar bears.



Ann Hodges and her doctor, Moody Jacobs, show the press a bruise on Ann's body caused by a meteorite fragment that fell in 1945.



The horrors of war. Soldiers use gas masks to peel onions.



And here are the winners of the "Miss Perfect Posture" contest at the Chiropractor Convention in 1956.



Testing a football helmet in 1912.