Amazing Historical Photos That Will Leave You in Awe

When was the last time you had the opportunity to look through some old photos? It’s amazing when you see things that you haven’t seen in many years. It’s also interesting when you are able to look through photos that you have never seen before but they contain images that are still somewhat familiar to you. That is the case with these old historical photos that have been unearthed for your viewing pleasure.

Each one of these pictures is certainly worth a thousand words and is likely worth many more. It’s a great way to spend some time, because you can learn about history and maybe even about yourself.

1. Flour Sacks Turned into Clothes (1939)

In the 1930s, flour mills noticed women repurposing their sacks to make clothes for their children, so they started producing sacks with flower-patterned fabric.

1. In the 1930s, flour mills noticed women repurposing their sacks to make clothes for their children, so they started producing sacks with flower-patterned fabric. (1939)

2. A police officer halts traffic in New York to let a mother cat safely carry her kitten across the street, circa 1925.

3. Albert Einstein, challenging the racial climate of the era, visited Lincoln University in Pennsylvania—the first Black college in the US to grant degrees—to teach a class.

4. This image captures 100,000 Iranian women protesting against the hijab law in Tehran, 1979.

5. Charles Thompson meets his new classmates at Public School No. 27 in September 1954, just four months after the Supreme Court declared racial segregation unconstitutional. He was the only African-American student at the school.

6. A remarkable photograph of a German soldier defying orders to assist a young boy in crossing the newly erected Berlin Wall after being separated from his family, 1961.

7. Princess Diana, known as the “people’s princess,” shakes hands with an AIDS patient without wearing gloves, 1991.

8. Meet the “Night Witches,” brave Russian female pilots who conducted nighttime bombing missions in 1941.

9. This is a photo that would outshine today’s social media profile pictures.

10. This 1901 photo, titled “Happiest Man in China,” was taken by British anthropologists documenting the Chinese. Unaware of photography’s seriousness, the man playfully posed with a smile.

12. In Mogadishu, 1993: An Italian soldier offers food to a local orphan.

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