HistoryNOV 12, 2022

50 Important Historical Images That Might Change Your Perspective On Things, As Shared By This Facebook Page

Justinas Keturka and Rokas Laurinavičius

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Studying history helps us understand and grapple with complex questions and dilemmas of the present. By examining the past, we get a better understanding of what shaped (and continues to shape) global, national, and local relationships between societies and people.

But as interesting as these processes sound, some people still find them not vivid enough for their time. So, in an attempt to bring more light to this beautiful and intricate subject, we invite you to take a look at the Facebook page 'Historical Images.'

As the name suggests, it shares rarely-seen pictures from days gone by. Whether it's a group of Italian school children crossing a river in the '50s using pulleys, or an American mailman delivering Christmas letters and parcels in the '20s, this page has it all.

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#21 May 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

#22 A Boy And His Owl, 1933

#23 Piano Designed For People Confined To Bedrest. UK, 1935

#24 Mother Teaching Children Numbers And Alphabet In Home Of Sharecropper. Transylvania, Louisiana. Jan. 1939

#25 Ceramic Water Pipes Found Near Epang Palace. China. From The 5th-3rd Century BC

#26 Inside Of A Railroad Car Made By The Pullman Company, 1890s

#27 Woman Wiring An Early Ibm Computer Taken By Berenice Abbott In 1948

#28 Children Playing On Playground Equipment In Dallas, Texas, 1900

#29 The Creation Of The Recycling Logo By G. Anderson. He Was 23 At The Time, 1970

#30 Ashtrays And Coin-Operated Televisions In The Los Angeles Greyhound Bus Terminal, 1969

#31 An Immigrant Family Arriving At Ellis Island In 1904

#32 Samurai Helmet Made By Famous Japanese Metalsmith Myochin Nobuie, 1525

#33 The Swedish Warship Vasa. It Sank In 1628 Less Than A Mile Into Its Maiden Voyage And Was Recovered From The Sea Floor After 333 Years Almost Completely Intact. Now Housed At The Vasa Museum In Stockholm

#34 1946 vs. 2021 - Poznań, Poland

#35 Serving A Snack On Scandinavian Airlines Flight, 1969

#36 Trakai Island Castle, Lithuania. Built In The 14th Century And Restored In The 1950s-1960s

#37 Residents Of West Berlin Show Their Children To Their Grandparents Living In East Berlin, 1961

#38 Making The Titanic's Anchor Chain At Hingley & Sons, 1909

#39 A Woman Walks Through Berlin During The Battle Of Berlin, May 1945

#40 A Chippewa Indian Named John Smith Who Lived In The Woods Near Cass Lake, Minnesota Claimed To Be 137 Years Old Before He Died In 1922. Photo Taken In 1915