23 Fascinating Photos Full Of History That Will Astound You

Kenneth Coo Published 05/01/2018 in wow

Gaze upon the past and find in it a lesson for the future.

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1.
Maori women do a traditional greeting in New Zealand, 1905.
2.
A driving school in the US, 1953.
3.
Women being punished in Shanghai, China in 1885.
4.
A man is pulled by his servant in Korea, 1910.
5.
A tourist in front of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece in 1905.
6.
An Albanian man wearing a traditional dress like outfit called a fustanella in 1904.
7.
Dentist Leonie von Meusebach–Zesch (right) and her assistant work on a patient in the US, 1924.
8.
Officers testing bullet proof glass in NYC, US in 1931.
9.
A Burlesque dance troupe in France, 1907.
10.
A Brooklyn Dodgers player gets his cleat shined in Havana, Cuba in 1941.
11.
A man from Igboland in Nigeria wears a costume in preparation for a traditional masquerade dance.
12.
Santa Claus walks next to a soldier on a camel in India, 1930.
13.
A woman from central Russia in 1900.
14.
A Native American looks a completed section of the Transcontinental Railroad in Nevada, US in 1868.
15.
People carrying things at the beach in Portugal in 1954. Notice the woman in the background on the right not even holding the baskets on her head up with her hands.
16.
Flapper girls, possibly inebriated, dance "The Charleston" on top of the Sherman Hotel in Chicago, US in 1926.
17.
Sleeping arrangements for children of Migrant workers in Australia in 1950.
18.
Queenie, the water skiing elephant, performs for a TV show in the US, 1959.
19.
British personnel burn down the last building of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, 1945.
20.
A best legs competition in England, 1936.
21.
Cavalry soldiers meet for a military parade with King Saud (front left) in Saudi Arabia, 1930.
22.
A Viet Minh rebel captured by two legionnaires during Operation Rouleaux in French Indochina, 1950.
23.
Ladies working the Beehive Hairdo while dancing on American Bandstand in the US, 1965.

1.
Maori women do a traditional greeting in New Zealand, 1905.
2.
A driving school in the US, 1953.
3.
Women being punished in Shanghai, China in 1885.
4.
A man is pulled by his servant in Korea, 1910.
5.
A tourist in front of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece in 1905.
6.
An Albanian man wearing a traditional dress like outfit called a fustanella in 1904.
7.
Dentist Leonie von Meusebach–Zesch (right) and her assistant work on a patient in the US, 1924.
8.
Officers testing bullet proof glass in NYC, US in 1931.
9.
A Burlesque dance troupe in France, 1907.
10.
A Brooklyn Dodgers player gets his cleat shined in Havana, Cuba in 1941.
11.
A man from Igboland in Nigeria wears a costume in preparation for a traditional masquerade dance.
12.
Santa Claus walks next to a soldier on a camel in India, 1930.
13.
A woman from central Russia in 1900.
14.
A Native American looks a completed section of the Transcontinental Railroad in Nevada, US in 1868.
15.
People carrying things at the beach in Portugal in 1954. Notice the woman in the background on the right not even holding the baskets on her head up with her hands.
16.
Flapper girls, possibly inebriated, dance "The Charleston" on top of the Sherman Hotel in Chicago, US in 1926.
17.
Sleeping arrangements for children of Migrant workers in Australia in 1950.
18.
Queenie, the water skiing elephant, performs for a TV show in the US, 1959.
19.
British personnel burn down the last building of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, 1945.
20.
A best legs competition in England, 1936.
21.
Cavalry soldiers meet for a military parade with King Saud (front left) in Saudi Arabia, 1930.
22.
A Viet Minh rebel captured by two legionnaires during Operation Rouleaux in French Indochina, 1950.
23.
Ladies working the Beehive Hairdo while dancing on American Bandstand in the US, 1965.