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Old photographs can help us understand what the world was like in the past. But that doesn’t mean we should blindly trust these historical pictures. Just as we curate our photos and the message they deliver in modern times, so too would the photos of our history be specially chosen by our ancestors to create a visual in our minds.

The X page History Pics has enthralled over 220K fans with its collection of historical photos that give us a glimpse into what life was like before our existence. Sharing captures of regular folks in ’70s bodegas to rarely-seen images of famous actors, writers, and historical figures, these photographs allow us a rare perspective into what life was like before we were born.

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Moë : Inspiration for the Spider Man kiss?

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Damned_Cat : That seems more like wedding clothes than regular street clothes.

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sofacushionfort : She lived ‘till 2007

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Mother of Giants : The goodest First Boi!

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Rob D (edited): Bob Ross retired from the USAF, at the rank of Master Sgt, after a full 20 year career. Retired, he decided to never raise his voice for a living again. Thus, his familiar demeanor.

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Brenda Spagnola-Wilson : The man was genius. Weird, but genius.

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Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ : working on the attitude. Surprised he is not knawing on a half-smoked cigar

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Stephanie Did It : Poor kitties! 😭💦

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Moë : ❤️ RIP Robin

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GenuineJen : Time-traveling Timothée Chalamet.

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tom : Polar bear distracts man with tin, so cubs can start lunch

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het : One of the best comedies ever made.

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Laughing otter : Imagine the intense relief these soldiers must have felt.

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Max Fox : Don’t you forget about me.

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Brenda Spagnola-Wilson : Look how young he was!

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Mother of Giants : Oh how I wish I could’ve been there….

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AtMostAFabulist : Very handsome.

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Leg less In Minneapolis : We were still doing this in therapy nineties, I had to go outside with my oldest for several hours a day in sun when we first got home.

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AtMostAFabulist : Those hairstyles weren’t very aerodynamic.

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sbj : John was obviously a man who took his job seriously, no one was going to come to any harm on his watch

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Iván Galarraga : The lion looks like a cool B/W drawing

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Moë : Scary that we could be heeded for ww3

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UncleJohn3000 : Or family planning.

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Corvus : The building behind him is Lenin’s mausoleum.

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sofacushionfort : From a LIFE magazine article of rock stars with their parents: https://www.life.com/arts-entertainment/life-with-rock-stars-and-their-parents/

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Auntriarch : For a moment I thought she was holding a phone

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Aballi : My dad is out there somewhere!

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Shanilou Perera

Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.