An Unusual Look Into The Past

monsters244 Published 06/20/2014

26 Pictures giving you an unusual glimpse of the past

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1.
Pin boys set up bowling pins while people play games - 1914.
2.
A prohibition and anti-saloon league sign, speaking out against liquor.
3.
A police officer on a Harley-Davidson transports a prisoner in a holding cell - 1921.
4.
A couple enjoys an old-fashioned zipline at a fair - 1923.
5.
The Isolator was a helmet worn to help the wearer focus, rendering a person deaf. They even had a supply of oxygen - 1925.
6.
A full-faced swimming mask that was to help protect women's skin from the sun - 1920's.
7.
A zookeeper gives penguins a cooling shower from a watering can - 1930.
8.
The One Wheel Motorcycle, which could reach a top speed of 93 mph - 1931.
9.
Makers of the London double decker bus prove that they weren't a tipping hazard - 1933.
10.
This is possibly the first GPS, an auto-scrolling map that would help people navigate in real time - 1930.
11.
A Model T elevator garage in Chicago - 1936.
12.
Salvador Dali and Coco Chanel sharing a smoke break - 1938
13.
This bicycle fit a family of four and it included a sewing machine - 1939.
14.
Infants wear gas mask hoods during a London bombing drill - 1940.
15.
WWII soldiers get their last kiss before being deployed - 1940's.
16.
A small puppy sleeps in between Russian soldiers - 1945.
17.
An Austrian boy is excited about his first pair of new shoes in years - 1946.
18.
A bear cub laps up a bowl of honey in a cafe - 1950.
19.
There used to be ice-cold whisky dispensers, sometimes found in offices - 1950's.
20.
The winner of the Miss Atomic Bomb pageant is crowned - 1950.
21.
Paul McCartney takes a mirror selfie - 1959.
22.
Fidel Castro lays a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial - 1959.
23.
The Cat Mew machine, designed by the Japanese to keep away mice - 1963.
24.
A young woman takes her pet lobster out for a walk - 1950's.
25.
A young boy attends Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream" speech - 1963.
26.
TV Glasses, a product that never caught on - 1963.

1.
Pin boys set up bowling pins while people play games - 1914.
2.
A prohibition and anti-saloon league sign, speaking out against liquor.
3.
A police officer on a Harley-Davidson transports a prisoner in a holding cell - 1921.
4.
A couple enjoys an old-fashioned zipline at a fair - 1923.
5.
The Isolator was a helmet worn to help the wearer focus, rendering a person deaf. They even had a supply of oxygen - 1925.
6.
A full-faced swimming mask that was to help protect women's skin from the sun - 1920's.
7.
A zookeeper gives penguins a cooling shower from a watering can - 1930.
8.
The One Wheel Motorcycle, which could reach a top speed of 93 mph - 1931.
9.
Makers of the London double decker bus prove that they weren't a tipping hazard - 1933.
10.
This is possibly the first GPS, an auto-scrolling map that would help people navigate in real time - 1930.
11.
A Model T elevator garage in Chicago - 1936.
12.
Salvador Dali and Coco Chanel sharing a smoke break - 1938
13.
This bicycle fit a family of four and it included a sewing machine - 1939.
14.
Infants wear gas mask hoods during a London bombing drill - 1940.
15.
WWII soldiers get their last kiss before being deployed - 1940's.
16.
A small puppy sleeps in between Russian soldiers - 1945.
17.
An Austrian boy is excited about his first pair of new shoes in years - 1946.
18.
A bear cub laps up a bowl of honey in a cafe - 1950.
19.
There used to be ice-cold whisky dispensers, sometimes found in offices - 1950's.
20.
The winner of the Miss Atomic Bomb pageant is crowned - 1950.
21.
Paul McCartney takes a mirror selfie - 1959.
22.
Fidel Castro lays a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial - 1959.
23.
The Cat Mew machine, designed by the Japanese to keep away mice - 1963.
24.
A young woman takes her pet lobster out for a walk - 1950's.
25.
A young boy attends Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream" speech - 1963.
26.
TV Glasses, a product that never caught on - 1963.