22 Fascinating Historical Photos For a Virtual Field Trip Through Time
Nathan Johnson
Published
02/18/2024
in
ftw
Photography has come a long way since its invention, and for many people, it offers a great way to save and record memories and special moments in their lives.
But we can also use photography as a way to explore our history and the history of the world (post-camera invention, of course) and learn or discover new things.
Take a trip through the epochs of history with these fascinating photos of people and places from our collective past.
- List View
- Player View
- Grid View
Advertisement
-
1.
Teenagers listening to records 1957 -
2.
Somewhere in Los Angeles c1959 -
3.
1915 Creighton University football team -
4.
A girl and her cat, San Antonio, TX, 1939 -
5.
Visiting Disneyland, 1968 -
6.
Elite Egyptian women at french tailor shop in Cairo, 1890s -
7.
Boeing 747 and an International Gathering of Stewardesses, 1970s -
8.
East Kentucky Appalachian girl, 1964 -
9.
Los Angeles International Airport. 1970’s. -
10.
A sailor from the USS Oriskany proudly showing off his tattoos, 1950s -
11.
Children’s Playground in New York City, early 20th century -
12.
Katherine Johnson, “human computer”, famously calculated the flight trajectory for Alan Shepard, the first American in space, in 1962 -
13.
Three generations having a picnic c1953 -
14.
A former chicken coop, in which during the berry season the Arnao family, seventeen children and five elders, live on Hitchen’s farm, Seaford, Delaware, 1910. -
15.
Kmart Employees in North Carolina watching the moon landing (July 16, 1969) -
16.
A group of children posing in their classroom, 1900s. -
17.
A Pacific Southwest Airlines stewardess in go-go boots, 1970′s. -
18.
A girl and her cat, San Antonio, TX, 1939 -
19.
Children on a mule pulling a plow, Ozark Mountains, 1930’s -
20.
New York City, 1900 -
21.
Just Married, New Hampshire, 1958 -
22.
Passengers aboard a Boeing 307 aircraft operated by Pan American World Airways, 1940s. -
23.
Diner in Alpine, Tex. 1939
- REPLAY GALLERY
- 22 Fascinating Historical Photos For a Virtual Field Trip Through Time
- NEXT GALLERY
- 35 Funny Tweets From This Week On Twitter
23/23
1/23
6 Comments