35 Historical Snapshots That Define Our Understanding Of Past Events
We may want to travel back in time just to experience it firsthand, but the truth is the only way we can get more understanding of historical events is via vintage photographs that give us a sneak peek into what life may have been like back in the day.
The “Historical Snapshots” Instagram account has proven itself to be an excellent resource of rare photos that allow us to turn back the clock. Their collection of photos gives us a glimpse into a time when people lived without many luxuries we are used to, and society operated differently from how it is today. The images comply with the bio of the profile, which concisely reads, “Honor people. Understand the past.” Scroll below to check out a few of the best images found posted on the page.
#1 Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor Feeds A Two Week Old Orphan Kitten
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Frank, a marine during the Korean War, found the kitten and named her Miss Hap because “she was born at the wrong place at the wrong time.”
#2 “Love Came To Me, And I Was Not Afraid To Marry The Man I Loved Because Of His Color.” – Helen Pitts Douglass
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#3 Portrait Of A Navajo Native American. Taken By Carl Moon, Circa 1906
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#4 Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner And Blanche Osborn, Women Airforce Service Pilots During Wwii, Pictured Here As They Leave Their Airplane,
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#5 American Soldiers Pay Tribute To The Fallen Animals, 1918
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Horses, mules and donkeys were used during WWI to transport ammunition and supplies to the front. They did so through the horrors of shellfire and appalling conditions. Eight million of them died during the war.
#6 Red Cross Nurse And Rescue Dog, Wwi
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#7 Portrait Of A Woman And Baby, Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico In 1914
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#8 Ah-Weh-Eyu (Pretty Flower), From The Seneca Nation, 190
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#9 London, 1899. Photo By Leonard Misonne
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#10 Portrait Of Two Women. Zanzibar, Circa 1900
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#11 Portrait Of An Inuit Woman And Child, Circa 1912
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#12 Portrait Of Flora Stewart. She Was Said To Be Vivacious With A “Remarkably Retentive Memory.”
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#13 Portrait Of A Sami Family, Norway, Circa 1890
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#14 Portrait Of Hattie Tom, An Apache Native American, 1899
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#15 Portrait Of Lillian, Cora And Luvenia Ward. Taken In Worcester, Massachusetts, Circa 1900
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#16 O-O-Be, A Kiowa Native American, Circa 1895
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#17 Portrait Of A Navajo Woman, Circa 1904
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#18 Edward Bouchet Became The First African American To Earn A Phd In The U.S. When He Completed His Dissertation In Physics At Yale In 1876
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#19 “Jitterbugging On A Saturday Evening,” Mississippi, 1939
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#20 Iron Thunder, Crow Eagle, Fool Thunder, Slow White Buffalo, All Holding Peace Pipes, Dakota, Circa 1880s
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#21 Roger Williams University In Nashville, Tennessee, 1899
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#22 Portrait Of The Fisk University Class Of 1888
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#23 A Snapshot Of Life From Nebraska, 1910
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#24 Portrait Of A Family. Manzanar Relocation Center, 1943
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#25 Paris, 1900
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#26 Sergeant Karen Hermiston, Or “Hermie” As People Called Her, Was Courageous And Determined, Earning A Place In Canadian History As The Only Official Female Photographer For The Armed Forces To Work Amidst Combat During World War II
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#27 Portrait Of Selika Lazevski, Believed To Be A Horsewoman Who Rode At Nouveau Cirque In Paris
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#28 Elizabeth L. Gardner Of Rockford, Illinois, A Wasp (Women’s Airforce Service Pilot) Pilot, Circa 1940s
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#29 An Unidentified Soldier, Australia, Ww1
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#30 Portrait Of Cotton Mill Workers In Georgia, U.S., 1909
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#31 Before She Became Famous As An Actress In All In The Family, Maude, And Golden Girls, Bea Arthur Worked As A Truck Driver And Typist In The United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve During Wwii
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#32 Portrait Of Billie Holiday And Her Dog Mister, NYC, Circa 1947
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#33 Liberated Survivors Of Auschwitz, 1945
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#34 Kaw-U-Tz, A Caddo Native American, 1906
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#35 Women Making Fun Of Sign At Beach Requiring Full Bathing Suits. Miami, Florida, 1934
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