A vinaigrette of historical footage from past years. Issue 118
I suggest looking at photographs that depict events in the private lives of famous and completely unknown people, but each photograph has its own special energy and a little story.
Each of us has at least once wondered how people lived before us? We can reconstruct the times of past centuries from the stories of historians and the discoveries of archaeologists, but the nineteenth and twentieth centuries become more understandable and visual thanks to the invention of the camera. What did people capture when they had such a miracle machine in their hands? Like us, they photographed not only important historical moments, but also took pictures of those moments that were important to them.
Where did you buy these skirts?
A curious Italian woman looks at the kilts of two British soldiers after the capture of Rome in June 1944.
The Sphinx, photographed from a hot air balloon at the end of the 19th century
The picture shows that archaeologists have not yet taken up the Sphinx.
American explorer Robert Peary before sailing to the North Pole in 1908
Boy Bill Gates on his favorite bike
Long-awaited news
Members of the Dutch resistance celebrate the news of the death of Adolf Hitler, 1945.
Bela Lugosi as Dracula plays cards with Santa
Philip Noble and Ross Monroe play in an asbestos sandbox, Australia, 1953
At that time, the dangers of asbestos to humans were still unknown. The children in the photo grew up, but died at 36 and 38 years old, respectively, from mesothelioma.
British officer posing with a cigar and canaries, 1918
Guys from California show off in front of girls and cameras, 1946
Dog with a pipe, 1875
People loved taking pictures of their pets even before the advent of smartphones.
Estonian boy and his own wooden bicycle, 1912
"Ford Factory Worker"
This photo was taken by a Japanese photographer in 1954 and shows a family from Detroit.
Village racing
Two girls riding sheep in Cornwall (UK), 1969.
Undercover cop, Brooklyn, 1969
It seems he has been exposed...
Lunar suit testing
Inventor Allyn Hazard tests a lunar suit in California's Mojave Desert before the Apollo mission in 1962.