It’s not just dusty old books that lend us insights into the past. Photography can be an incredible tool when helping us understand the context of modern history, from fashion and style trends to the technological and architectural quirks of the time.The‘Lost in History’Instagram page is a project that is dedicated to showcasing rare modern historical photos. We’ve collected some of the most impactful ones to share with you, Pandas. The odds are that these images will give you a fresh new perspective on our recent past. You’ll find them as you scroll down.This post may includeaffiliate links.

It’s not just dusty old books that lend us insights into the past. Photography can be an incredible tool when helping us understand the context of modern history, from fashion and style trends to the technological and architectural quirks of the time.

The‘Lost in History’Instagram page is a project that is dedicated to showcasing rare modern historical photos. We’ve collected some of the most impactful ones to share with you, Pandas. The odds are that these images will give you a fresh new perspective on our recent past. You’ll find them as you scroll down.

This post may includeaffiliate links.

You’re A 19 Year Old Kid. You Are Critically Wounded And Dying In The Jungle Somewhere In The Central Highlands Of Viet Nam . Its November 14, 1965 . Lz (Landing Zone) X-Ray. Your Unit Is Outnumbered 8-1 And The Enemy Fire Is So Intense From 100 Yards Away, That Your Co (Commanding Officer) Has Ordered The Medevac Helicopters To Stop Coming In. You’re Lying There, Listening To The Enemy Machine Guns And You Know You’re Not Getting Out. Your Family Is Half Way Around The World, 12,000 Miles Away, And You’ll Never See Them Again. As The World Starts To Fade In And Out, You Know This Is The Day. Then - Over The Machine Gun Noise - You Faintly Hear That Sound Of A Helicopter. You Look Up To See A Huey Coming In. But.. It Doesn’t Seem Real Because No Medevac Markings Are On It. Captain Ed Freeman Is Coming In For You. He’s Not Medevac So It’s Not His Job, But He Heard The Radio Call And Decided He’s Flying His Huey Down Into The Machine Gun Fire Anyway. Even After The Medevacs Were Ordered Not To Come. He’s Coming Anyway. And He Drops It In And Sits There In The Machine Gun Fire, As They Load 3 Of You At A Time On Board. Then He Flies You Up And Out Through The Gunfire To The Doctors And Nurses And Safety. And, He Kept Coming Back!! 13 More Times!! Until All The Wounded Were Out. No One Knew Until The Mission Was Over That The Captain Had Been Hit 4 Times In The Legs And Left Arm. He Took 29 Of You And Your Buddies Out That Day. Some Would Not Have Made It Without The Captain And His Huey. Medal Of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Army, Died At The Age Of 80, In Boise, Idaho. I Bet You Didn’t Hear About This Hero’s Passing, Medal Of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman

A Victorian Couple Trying Not To Laugh While Getting Their Portraits Done, 1890s

At the time of writing, the ‘Lost in History’ social media project had 60.6k followers on its Instagram page. According to the founder of the page, the account focuses on sharing “the wonderful” fashion, makeup, people, and culture of the 20th century.And it has been doing so since June 2016, when it was founded. However, the project also sometimes also features interesting photos from the 19th and 21st centuries as well.

At the time of writing, the ‘Lost in History’ social media project had 60.6k followers on its Instagram page. According to the founder of the page, the account focuses on sharing “the wonderful” fashion, makeup, people, and culture of the 20th century.

And it has been doing so since June 2016, when it was founded. However, the project also sometimes also features interesting photos from the 19th and 21st centuries as well.

During Military Training In Ww2, Gilbert Bradley Was In Love And Exchanged Hundreds Of Letters With His Sweetheart Who Would Only Sign The Letters With The Initial “G”. 70 Years Later, When The Letters Were Transcribed, It Was Discovered That G Actually Stood For Gordon. Gilbert Had Been In Love With A Man. They Had To Keep Their Relationship A Secret Because Homosexuality Was Illegal At The Time And A Soldier Could Get Even Get Shot For Engaging In Homosexual Behavior. In One Of Their Letters Contained The Lines: “Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful If All Our Letters Could Be Published In The Future In A More Enlightened Time. Then All The World Could See How In Love We Are.”

Married Couple Mildred And Richard Loving Answer Questions At A Press Conference The Day After The Us Supreme Court Ruled In Their Favor In Loving V. Virginia. June 13, 1967

Members Of The Owls, A Black Women’s Softball Team In The 1930s

The images that are shared on the account are a gorgeous mix of black-and-white snaps and color photography. Through them, the curator of the page doesn’t just document what life was like back then. They also show how photography advanced and changed as an art form during the past century.

Us Athlete Jesse Owens Salutes During The Presentation Of His Gold Medal For The Long Jump After Defeating Nazi Germany’s Lutz Long During The 1936 Summer Olympics In Berlin

Cats That Sailed On Ships Until The Mid-20th Century To Catch Rodents Had Passports Signed With Their Paw Prints

“There’s No Hogwarts Without You, Hagrid.” Rest In Peace Robbie Coltrane, Thank You For Being Part Of Something So Special

Recent advances in technology mean that many of us have a smartphone with a powerful camera sitting in our pockets. This has made photography a very approachable form of art, when compared to two centuries ago.However, despite this, some photographers—professionals and amateurs alike—still choose to take pictures the ‘old-fashioned’ way, with film.

Recent advances in technology mean that many of us have a smartphone with a powerful camera sitting in our pockets. This has made photography a very approachable form of art, when compared to two centuries ago.

However, despite this, some photographers—professionals and amateurs alike—still choose to take pictures the ‘old-fashioned’ way, with film.

Insane To Think Charles Darwin And Steve Irwin Both Owned The Same Turtoise

A Little Boy Has A Surprise For His Girlfriend.. :)

1938

“Film cameras offer a more hands-on and in-depth approach,” professionalphotographer Dominic Sberna, from Ohio,shared his thoughtsabout old-school photography withBored Pandaduring an interview earlier.“Film cameras offer a more hands-on and in-depth approach,” he explained to us.

“Film cameras offer a more hands-on and in-depth approach,” professionalphotographer Dominic Sberna, from Ohio,shared his thoughtsabout old-school photography withBored Pandaduring an interview earlier.

“Film cameras offer a more hands-on and in-depth approach,” he explained to us.

Cheri, A Great Dane Puppy, In Deep Sleep Moments After Stealing 5 Lbs Of Ham Off The Kitchen Counter, 1953

Life Magazine, July 25, 1949

1953: Cairo Mary, A Bouncer At Shanghai Reds (5th And Beacon In San Pedro) Escorts A Customer To The Door

“Sure, it [film photography] won’t be used commercially, but artists will always find a way to keep a medium alive and I think that’s great,” Sberna said.According to the expert, photographers should focus on what they genuinely want to do, when it comes to their work and how they share it with others, instead of bowing to social pressure.

“Sure, it [film photography] won’t be used commercially, but artists will always find a way to keep a medium alive and I think that’s great,” Sberna said.

According to the expert, photographers should focus on what they genuinely want to do, when it comes to their work and how they share it with others, instead of bowing to social pressure.

Sharpshooter, Annie Oakley Shooting Over Her Shoulder Using A Hand Mirror, 1899

A Girl And Her Kitten, 1931

Marilyn Monroe, 1939

Film Actress Fay Webb With Her Pet Goose, Which Is Wearing An Attractive Pair Of Glasses, 1925

Carrie Fisher On Vacation In Europe, 1971

The Picture Is More Than 80 Years Old And The Quality Grainy But The Scene Is Incredibly Significant In The History Of The British Monarchy. For This Is The First Moment Princess Elizabeth Met Her Future Husband. When King George Vi Visited Dartmouth College In 1939, A Promising Cadet Called Philip Was Assigned To Entertain His Daughters. The 18-Year-Old Obviously Made A Lasting Impression On The 13-Year-Old Elizabeth. The Extraordinary Photograph, Discovered In Archives, Shows The First Meeting Between The Future Monarch And Her Husband-To-Be, Over A Game Of Croquet. The Picture Was Unearthed While Researching Prince Philip

No matter how impressive a historical photo might be, nobody should believe everything that they see blindly. It helps to have a healthy dose of skepticism. Some people manipulate photos for personal or political gain, others might want to make certain theories seem more reliable. The more important a news story or historical event, the more likely it is that someone might want their biased opinions to seem mainstream.

The Teeniest Tiniest Stylist. 1950s

Mailman N. Sorenson Poses With His Heavy Christmas Deliveries In Chicago, 1929

Letter From John Steinbeck To Marilyn Monroe

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This Photo—taken At The Turn Of The Century—shows Jack Daniel (In The White Hat) Seated Next To George Green, The Son Of Nathan “Nearest” Green Who Was The First Black Master Distiller In America

Engineer Karen Leadlay Working On The Analog Computers In The Space Division Of General Dynamics, 1964

The Futuro Was A Prefabricated House Built Between The Late 1960’s And 1970’s. Fewer Than A Hundred Were Made

Meanwhile, for some more powerful historical pics,take a peekat Bored Panda’sprevious featuresabout the ‘Lost in History’ Instagram page.

Boy With His Boar, 1930

USA, Nevada, 1977. Wild Horses

An Ad From The 1930’s

Good Morning By The Daily Mirror, England, April 4, 1944

Cleaning Women Washing A Crucifix, 1938

This Session Was To Be The Last One Between Marilyn Monroe By Andre De Dienes, Even Though He Asked To Take Photos Of Her Several Years Later. Marilyn Suffered From Insomnia Throughout Her Adult Life. One Night Yet Again In 1953 When She Couldn’t Sleep She Called Andre De Dienes Who Came And Took These Poignant Photos

A V-Shaped Bed Invented In 1932, Supporting The Body Perfectly At Every Point And Thus Promotes Better Rest. When Unused The Bed Is Straight Like Every Other Bed. However, One Pull On A Chain At The Side Of The Bed Immediately Changes It To A V-Shape. Another Advantage Claimed For The Bed Is That The Covers Are Held Substantially Away From The Person, Thereby Allowing The Free Circulation Of Air To The Body

New Orleans, Summer Of 1970

Cow Shoes Used By Moonshiners In The Prohibition Days To Disguise Their Footprints, 1924

Christmas, 1974

An Edwardian Woman Dressed The Part Of A Handsome Dandy Writes A Message To Her Lover, “Hello Kid:- How You Be? I Am Fine Don’t I Look It. You Know You Must Not Set This Card On The Switch Board Where You Do Your Others”. What An Intrepid Romance It Must Have Been

“Crash Diet” For Women Published By Vogue In 1977

Pelé Dining With His Parents, In 1958

Causes Of Death In London, 1632

Stroboscopic Photograph Of The New York City Ballet’s Production Of Jewells, 1967. Photo By Gjon Mili

To Appear Headless While Taking A Photo, Aka “Horsemanning” Was A Popular Way To Pose In The 1920’s

Hop Pickers On Stilts In Faversham , England, 1920

A Dinner Party At The Hotel Astor In New York City In 1904

Luis Camnitzer, The Photograph, 1981

Missionary Being Eaten By A Jaguar (By Noé León, 1907)

This Is What Hanging Out In A College Dorm Room Looked Like In 1910. (University Of Illinois)

Stylist Andrew Richardson Caressed By A Russian Circus Performer, Photographed By Steven Meisel As Part Of The Madonna Photo Essay ‘Flesh + Fantasy’ For Rolling Stone Magazine, 1991

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George, John And Paul Cheering Up A Sick Girl In The Hospital While They Were Visiting Ringo

Des Moines Tribune, Lowa, December 20, 1928

A Group Of 1940s Students Doing Their Schoolwork While Drinking Some Coca Cola

A Walk At Dusk, 1830s By Caspar David Friedrich

Love Letter Of Frida Kahlo Sent To Nickolas Muray, 1931

Young Boys Decorate Bare Tree With Plastic Blossoms Near Busy Street, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, 1963. Photo By Winfield Parks

“The Thinker” (1930) By Hiromu Kira

Love This Photo. It’s So Dark And Otherworldly, Like A Little Fairy-Cat Captured At Dusk. 1960s

Lyndon Johnson Listening To A Tape From His Son-In-Law, Sent From Vietnam, 1968

NYC Parking, 1930

This Was The Monthly Ration For Each Polish Citizen During The Early To Mid-1980s

The Moment She Went Away. Photo By Steffen Lipski

Couple Drinking Beer At Inner Tube Floating Party On The Apple River. Somerset, Wi, 1941. Photo By Alfred Eisenstaedt

“I Don’t Know How To Write Love Letters. But I Wanted To Tell You That My Whole Being Opened For You. Since I Fell In Love With You Everything Is Transformed And Is Full Of Beauty…. Love Is Like An Aroma, Like A Current, Like Rain. You Know, My Sky, You Rain On Me And I, Like The Earth, Receive You.” - Frida Kahlo, October 1946

Alfred Hitchcock Serving Tea To Leo The Lion (The Mascot For The Hollywood Film Studio Mgm), 1957

One Of The Tallest Women In History, Anna Haining Bates, At 7'11" (241 Cm), Poses For A Photo With Her 7'8" (234 Cm) Husband, Martin Van Buren Bates In The 1870s. Anna Was Born To Scottish Parents Of Average Height And Weighed 16 Pounds (7.26 Kg) At Birth. Her 12 Other Siblings Were All Of Average Height. When Anna Was 6-Years-Old, She Had Reached A Height Of 5 Feet 2 Inches (157 Cm) And Was Just An Inch Or Two Shorter Than Her Mother. When She Turned 10-Years-Old, She Was 6 Feet Tall (183 Cm), And By Her 15th Birthday, She Had Reached 7 Feet (213 Cm). By The Time She Turned 18-Years-Old, She Had Reached Her Full Height. Anna Was A Precocious Child And Excelled In Literature, Music, Acting, And Singing. She Played The Piano And Once Took The Role Of Lady Macbeth In Shakespeare’s Tragedy, Macbeth (C. 1603 - 1607). She Would Go On To Meet Her Future Husband At A Circus In Halifax, Nova Scotia Where She Was Instantly Hired By A Promotor. The Couple Toured Together And Eventually Fell In Love, Marrying Each Other In 1871 In London. Ana Gave Birth To Two Children Who Both Tragically Passed Away At Birth. Her Son Only Survived For 11 Hours And Was The Largest Newborn Ever To Be Recorded, Weighing 23 Pounds 9 Ounces (10.7 Kg) At A Height Of 30 Inches (76 Cm). In 1888, Ana Herself Passed Away At The Age Of 42 From Sudden Heart Failure

Boy Mesmerized By Tina Turner ~ The Gold Rush Festival, Stockton, Ca ~ September 1969, Photo By Robert Altman

Linda Blair Passes The Time With A Bit Of Knitting In Between Takes Whilst Filming On The Set Of The Exorcist

Vintage Photographs Of Aurora Borealis

A Tree Full Of Baby Opossums, 1958. By: Charles Philip Fox

Herion Dance School, Stuttgart, Germany, 1927. Photo By Paul Isenfels

A Group Of Five Transsexual Women In Paris - Miriam, Nana, Jacky, Gine & Sabrina. Photo By Christer Strömholm, 1959

Cigarette Holder For Nudists, 1938

Plymouth Barracuda, 1965. Plymouth Wanted To Show Off The Fact That The Barracuda Was Available In Greater Range Of Colours Than Ford’s Mustang, Hence A Cuda Striped With 17 Colours

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New York City (1942). Photo By Helen Levitt

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1938 Vanity

Ava Gardner By Arnold Newman, 1949

A Student Sitting Under A Cherry Tree Sketching The Blossom As A Woman In A Kimono Looks On, Japan, 1950s

Paris, 1971

Buchan Caves, Gippsland, Australia. 14th April 1930

Undated Pages From One Of Marilyn Monroe’s Diaries

Twiggy Is Seen In The Shinkansen Bullet Train At Tokyo Station, Japan On October 20, 1967. Photo By The Asahi Shimbun

The Morning Routine Of England’s Princess Margaret, 1955

Two Men Passing Breakfast Tea From The Kitchen Car On A Moving Train, Due To A Door Being Locked Between The Train Cars, On A Railway From Peshawar To Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 1983. Photo By Steve Mccurry

Running White Deer, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1967. Photo By Paul Caponigro

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A Young Carrie Fisher

A Few Magical Sylphs Of The Boston Ballet In The Garden Of The Gardner Museum In 1964

New Zealand, 1983

Showgirl With A Stuffed Bird In A Cage On Her Hindquarters At The Latin Quarter Nightclub, New York, 1952

Blossoming Van Gogh (1853-1890)

New York City, 1981

National Geographic October 1984

Marilyn Monroe Photographed By Joseph Jasgur, 1946

Woman Being Arrested For Wearing One Piece Bathing Suits, 1920s

After He Allegedly Slept With 4,000 Women, Mick Jagger Decided To Seek Help With His Addiction. His Friend Keith Richards Also Encouraged Him To Do That. However, Once He Found A Sex Therapist, He Seduced Her And They Slept Together Too. It Was Featured In Christopher Andersen’s Book “Mick: The Wild Life And Mad Genius Of Jagger” - He Has Been Covering The Rock Star For More Than Four Decades

A Doorkeeper Looking At A Couple, 1950s. Photograph By Angelo Cozzi

Due Dates 1928-1975

Trafalgar Square, London, UK, 1950. Photo By Izis

Sometimes It Takes A Wrong Turn To Get You To The Right Place. Mt Rainer, Washington, 1960

Former First Lady Jackie Kennedy Smoking A Cigarette While Pregnant In 1963

Dr. Erich Salomon Faked A Broken Arm So He Could Hide A Camera In His Cast To Photograph The Us Supreme Court - 1932

Lambretta

Gino Franceschini, New York City, Was Only 5 Feet 6-1/4 Inches Tall And Had To Be 5 Feet 7 Inches To Qualify As A Fireman. In 1941, He Made The Neck Stretcher Shown In The Photo. When Measured, He Still Lacked An Eighth Of An Inch. He Hit Himself On Head To Make A Bump—and Still Couldn’t Make It

Commuters In The Rain, 1961. By John Philip Falter

Watching A Solar Eclipse From A Rooftop In Rotterdam, Netherlands, April 17, 1912

Pulling Into The Lot, Grateful Dead Show, Park City, Ut, 9/4/83

A Hiker Stops To Refresh In The Valley Of The Ten Peaks, Alberta, Canada, 1980

Ballet, New York, 1938. Photo By André Kertész

Prisoners Exercising (1890) By Vincent Van Gogh

The Circleville Herald, Ohio, April 18, 1957

Couple Snuggling At A Drive-In Movie Theater. California, 1949

College Students Walking To A Dance, 1948-1949

In A Roman Osteria (1866) By The Danish Painter Carl Bloch

Day Of Yellow Flowers, 1956, Tom Lovell

“Teen-Age Girls: They Live In A Wonderful World All Their Own”, Dec 11, 1944. Photo By Nina Leen

Harper’s Bazaar, May 1949. Kodachromes By Ernst Beadle

Tokyo, Shinjuku, 5 A.m., 1976. Photo By Greg Girard

Pacific Coast “All-American” Highway - Circa 1972. Photo By Gary Jackman

Spring Break In California, 1947

Freeway Traffic At Night - 1962

Canoeing Trip, 1970s

A Protective Device To Cover The Chickens Beak Allowing It To Eat But Not To Hurt Others Or Itself, 1938

Virginia Woolf And Vanessa Bell Playing Cricket At Talland House, 1894

Marilyn Monroe Before She Was Marilyn Monroe In 1945

Dance School, Frankfurt, 1929. Photo By Ilse Bing

Trinkets In Migrant Agricultural Worker’s Automobile. Wilder, Idaho, November 1941

Probable Serial Killer On Riverside Drive And 87th Street, NYC, 1968

Japanese Train Travelers Leave A Crowded Train Station In Tokyo, Japan, 1956. Photo By Wim Dussel

Acid Test, 1966. Photo By Ted Streshinsky

A Model’s Face Repeated Four Times In Mirrored Reflection, 1964. Photo By John Rawlings

Seagulls, Estonia, 1970s. Photo By Georgiy Zelma

National Geographic, February 1965

Pictured In The Cat’s Eyes - Lilli Palmer And Rex Harrison, 1950. Photo By Erwin Blumenfeld

“A Student’s Dream”: It Was A Common Thing For Medical Students To Reverse The ‘Student/Patient’ Dynamic Creatively (As Though In A Dream) Where The Corpses Were Opperating On The Student

Wilhelm Sasnal, The Forest

Star Garden (Stan Brakhage, 1974)

Multifunctional Life Unit By Verner Panton, 1966

Summer Flowers. Postcard By N. Rakhmanov (1972)

The Haunted Park By Richard Doyle (English, 1824–1883)

Ivan The Terrible And His Son Ivan (1883—1885) By Ilya Repin⁣

“Saturn Devouring His Son” By Francisco Goya

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