30 Of The Most Interesting Pics From “Historic Pix” Instagram Page
We see lots of pictures about people’s everyday lives circulating on social media these days. Photographs have become a common form of sharing information nowadays. But things were different in the past– there were no smartphones to capture the everyday events and lifestyles of people.
Even though there were no smartphones in the past, there are still many photos to document historic culture and events. If you are interested in the photos taken in the past, the Instagram account “ Historic Pix ” might take you “back to the past through exploring beautiful and forgotten historical pictures.” Check out some of their most fascinating posts in the gallery below.
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#1 Camouflaged Road In Finland During Ww2. The Trees Are Hung Up With Rope So Enemy Watch Towers Don’t See The Road. June 27, 1941
#2 As Soviet Troops Approached Berlin In 1945, Zoo Keepers Did Their Best To Take Care Of Berlin Zoo’s Animals. This Shoebill Was Temporarily Housed In His Keeper’s Home
#3 Metallica, Circa 1983
#4 A Picture Of Dr. Religa Monitoring His Patient’s Vitals After Completing A 23-Hour-Long Heart Transplant. His Assistant Is Asleep In The Corner. 1987
At the bottom is a picture of the same patient, 30 years later. He managed to outlive his doctor.
Dr. Religa was a pioneer of heart transplantation in Poland, and even though the surgery was considered borderline impossible at the time, he took the chance, and the operation was successful.
#5 Mary Wallace: First Female Bus Driver For Chicago Transit Authority, 1974
#6 The Muffin Man In 1910, London. He Would Ring A Bell As He Walked Through The Streets With His Wares On A Tray On His Head
#7 Federal Reserve Bank, New York, 1959
#8 Ann Hodges, The Only Human Being In Recorded History To Be Hit By A Meteorite. 1954
#9 Nellie Brown, An African-American Cowgirl, C.1880’s
#10 An Open Air School In 1957, Netherlands In The Beginning Of The 20th Century A Movement Towards Open Air Schools Took Place In Europe
Classes were taught in forests so that students would benefit physically and mentally from clean air and sunlight
#11 Animals Being Used As Part Of Medical Therapy, 1956
#12 The Last Picture Of Now Extinct Tasmanian Tiger In 1933
#13 Into The Jaws Of Death, 6th June 1944. Normandy Landings
#14 French Box Bed. In Brittany, The Closed Bed, Or Box Bed, Was A Traditional Piece Of Furniture, Present In Other European Countries
In houses with only one room, the box bed allowed a certain intimacy and helped to keep warm during the winter
#15 1922: 78-Year-Old Robert T. Lincoln (Son Of Abraham Lincoln) Is Helped Up The Steps At The Dedication Of The Lincoln Memorial In Washington D.c
#16 1956: For A Bet Whilst Drunk, Former Marine Thomas Fitzpatrick Stole A Small Plane From New Jersey And Then Landed It Perfectly On A Narrow Manhattan Street In Front Of The Bar He Had Been Drinking At
He had made a bet with a fellow drinker that he could leave the bar, go to New Jersey, and then get back in 15 minutes.
He did nearly the exact same thing two years later, after a bar patron refused to believe he had done the first one.
#17 The Creation Of The Recycling Logo By G. Anderson, 23 At The Time. (1970)
#18 Hese Daguerreotype Portraits Show The Oldest Generation Of People To Ever Be Photographed, 1840-1850
Many of these people were born in the 1700s and some of them even lived through the American Revolutionary War
#19 Mount St. Helens Photographed From The Same Spot, One Day Before, And Four Months After Erupting
Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980. The volcano, located in southwestern Washington, used to be a beautiful symmetrical cone about 9,600 feet (3,000 meters) above sea level. The eruption, which removed the upper 1,300 feet (396 meters) of the summit, left a horseshoe-shaped crater and a barren wasteland
#20 Nikola Tesla’s Foot X-Ray Taken By Himself On A Machine He Designed (1896)
#21 First Morning After Sweden Changed From Driving On The Left Side To Driving On The Right, 1967
#22 Cow Shoes Used By Moonshiners In The Prohibition Days To Disguise Their Footprints, 1924
#23 The Winter Of 1880-1881 In Minnesota Was No Laughing Matter
#24 A War Veteran Sells Matches On The Street, In Canterbury, Kent. England – Circa. 1930
#25 Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test, 1946
#26 The Dalai Lama At Age Two, 1937
#27 Special Effects In The 1960s
#28 San Francisco’s Iconic Cliff House, Shortly Before It Was Destroyed By Fire In 1907
#29 Maori Man From Hawkes Bay District, Photographed In 1870 By Samuel Carnell
Ta moko is the name for the permanent body and face marking by Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand.
#30 Painters Atop The Woolworth Building In New York City, 1926
Saumya Ratan
Saumya is an explorer of all things beautiful, quirky, and heartwarming. With her knack for art, design, photography, fun trivia, and internet humor, she takes you on a journey through the lighter side of pop culture.
