The 20 most famous historical photographs

Police Woman of the 1920s

A group of breaker boys at the Woodward Coal Mines in Pennsylvania, 1900.

May be an image of 5 people

A 32 year old mom trying to start a new life in California, March 1937.

May be a black-and-white image of 2 people and child

No helmet, no elbow pads, no kneepads and no fear! Back when we were kids this is how we rolled!

May be an image of 1 person and bicycle

Can anyone manipulate or edit this photo to tell what is written in the sign of my little Italian American ancestor??

Humor allowed! But his name was Tommy, born 1897 and lived in NY)

May be an image of 1 person

A mother and her child in Spitalfields, one of the worst slums in London, 1903.

May be an image of 1 person

Krystal the waitress, 1964

May be a black-and-white image of 1 person

Picking cotton, 1913

May be an image of 5 people

Louisiana, 1938…

Caption

Large Cajun family, a man his wife and thirteen children, on farm south of Crowley, Louisiana…

Source

Farm Security Administration Russell Lee photographer

May be an image of 11 people

Two children in Spitalfields, one of the worst slums in London, 1903.

May be a black-and-white image of 2 people and child

Apparently in 1900 only the strong survived recess.

May be an image of text that says 'School playground equipment in the year 1900.'

A man delivering ice in the old days when there were no refrigerators, 1930s.

May be a black-and-white image of 1 person

American athlete Jesse Owens in London after winning four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. London, England. 1936.

May be an image of 3 people and suit

A family leaving South Dakota for the West

(1936)

May be an image of 5 people and text

Three young girls working as oyster shuckers. Port Royal, South Carolina, USA. 1909. Photograph by Lewis Hine.

May be an image of 3 people

new york 1912

May be an image of 5 people and car

Shy young woman smiling for the camera 144 years ago.

May be an image of 1 person

 

Montmartre,Paris (1930s)

May be a black-and-white image of 7 people, street and text

Having a perm. 1950s

May be an image of 1 person and hair dryer

Young miners of the early 1900s

May be an image of 4 people

 

 

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