43 Historic Moments That Were Perfectly Captured on Camera

These 43 incredible moments in history, captured on camera, show some of the most iconic events that shaped our world, from monumental achievements to shocking and unforgettable instances.

This underground bomb shelter from the Cold War era is super creepy to see now.

Did you know some flights used to hand out cigarettes with your in-flight meal? This pack is from the ’50s.

These 1930s NYC apartment listings for $4 a week and up made me sad. That’s about $74 a week today, accounting for inflation, BTW. Even $25 a week is under $500 a month. For context, I currently live in Manhattan with a roommate, and my rent is about $2k…just for my room, not the whole apartment. Electricity and heat are not included.

This list of bands banned from being played on Soviet radio in the ’80s — along with the reason why — is basically a list of the best bands from the ’80s.

This teacher’s contract from 1923, which forbids teachers from getting married or even “keeping company with men,” is honestly sad to look at. And what do they have against ice cream parlors???

TIL about the “scold’s bridle,” a torture device used on women who gossiped or nagged. Their use began in the 1500s and went on until the 1800s.

“Sticking with the creepy theme, this is what firefighters’ masks used to look like.”

“I’m obsessed with this photo of high school women from 1942 who showed up to school in pants to protest after a classmate was suspended for wearing pants.”

“This old report card from 1926 gives a glimpse into what it was like to be a student back then. Check out the “bookkeeping” and “homemaking” classes.”

“This old ad advertising beer to children did notttt age well.”

“I didn’t even know they had sex toys in 1933, so these ads for pretty frightening-looking sex toys are absolutely wild to see.”

“And these drawings from a 1970s book are wildly sexist.”

“This note about clickbait from the 1980s is a little weird to see now, considering what happened with the internet.”

“I bet you didn’t know that Henry Ford was an anti-Semite who inspired Hitler himself. Here, you can see him receiving the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, a Nazi award.”

“These suitcases of people who were sent to concentration camps are so, so sad to see. Many of these people never left those camps, and those who did had lost everything.”

“It’s pretty metal to me that elephants once had armor. This model from 1500s India is incomplete yet is still the largest existing suit of animal armor.”

“This video of Oppenheimer talking about the atomic bomb is kind of depressing to see, TBH, especially if you’ve seen Oppenheimer.”

“This is what the very first Legos looked like. Lego actually started with wooden toys and didn’t build their signature bricks until 1949.”

“Did you know Sony’s been around since the 1940s and that their first product was an electric rice cooker?”

“This illustrated version of Elisha Otis introducing his invention, the first safe passenger elevator, in the 1850s shows the elevator has changed a lot over the years.”

“Crayola crayons also used to look very different.”

“Old calculators also used to look pretty cool.”

“This horse-drawn hearse from the 1800s is making me wish we still used horses and carriages.”

“Here’s what cash registers looked like in the early 1900s. Why was everything prettier back then?”

“This is what women’s bathing suits looked like in the early 1900s…and this is one of many things I am very, very glad has changed.”

“This photo of what Taco Bell used to look like is actually making me nostalgic for a time when I didn’t even exist (I can’t remember going to Taco Bell until the 2000s).”

“This photo of a 1980s computer lab also makes me weirdly nostalgic for a time I didn’t exist during.”

“Here’s what some of Beethoven’s original sheet music looked like.”

“This 1911 guide to kissing a girl (from a gum ad) honestly has a few good pointers in the middle portion.”

“This 1924 personal ad is kind of hilarious to look back on, but I hope this 106-year-old found what she was looking for.”

“School exercises — and teachers marking out mistakes in red — are just as ancient. This is from somewhere around 1981 – 1802 BC”

“This 3200-year-old worker attendance sheet is also wild to see. Absence reasons range from “embalming brother” to “bitten by a scorpion.””

“There was a vote in 1939 in Austria to ask if they agreed to Germany annexing the country. The vote was 99% in favor (though there was heavy pressure from Germany to vote in favor, and many couldn’t vote). The ballots looked like this.”

“Two Girls Galloping On Sheep, Cornwall, England, 1969”

“Young French Girl Showing Off Her Cat, 1959”

“King Island Inuit Woman And Child, King Island, Alaska, Taken Between 1915 And 1925”

“Chicago’s Southside. In Their Sunday Best, 1941”

“Freddie Mercury On A Bullet Train (Shinkansen) Leaving For Nagoya During The Hot Space Japan Tour, Nishinomiya, Japan, 25 October 1982”

“Soldiers (Who Were Interrupted During Rehearsals For A Drag Show By An Air Raid) Manning Anti-Aircraft Guns At The Royal Artillery Coastal Defence Battery At Shornemead Fort, Kent, England, 1940”

“A Soldier Of The Us 535th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion With A Dog On The Ardennes Front, Belgium, January 1945”

“”The Old Samurai”, Yokohama, Japan, 1865″

“Charleston In Ruins, In The Year 1865”

“San Francisco’s Iconic Cliff House Shortly Before It Was Destroyed By Fire In 1907”

“Two Men At Newsstand On Corner Of Montgomery And Market Streets, Monday Morning After Japanese Attack On Pearl Harbor, San Francisco, California, USA, 8th, 1941”

“The Invasion Begins, June 8th, 1944”

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