People have always loved documenting their daily lives and surroundings. Nowadays everyone has a camera that can fit in their pocket, and there's no need for a darkroom to see how your picture turned out. These historic photos remind us how far the ordinary moments in life have changed: the scenery, famous landmarks, modes of transport, and leisure activities.
1953: Helen Keller meets President Dwight Eisenhower.
1912: Children lick large blocks of ice on a New York City sidewalk.
1931: A young girl walks her kitten on a leash for the National Cat Club Show in London.
1907: The Great Wall of China, before it was restored.
1948: A Women plays beach tennis on a Tel Aviv beach.
1900: Women's tennis being played at the Summer Olympic Games in Paris.
Marilyn Monroe enjoys a ride through New York City in a 1956 Ford Thunderbird.
C. 1860-1880: Egypt's Ancient Pyramids of Giza.
1887: Paris' Eiffel Tower slowly comes to life.
1912: A German fraternity experiment with taking a selfie in front of a mirror.
1955: Young boys in Fort Worth, Texas don space helmets for the planetarium showing.
1800s: A 3-story outhouse in St. Louis.
C. 1912: An electric car at a charging station.
C. 1880 - 1920: Immigrants from Austria-Hungary stand outside immigration sheds in Quebec, Canada.
1927: Jeanne Devereux becomes the first licensed female hair stylist in New York City.
1927: A railroad exhibit near Baltimore.
1932: Charles C. Ebbet tales a photograph of the scenery of New York City from the GE Building in Rockefeller Center.
1965: Sean Connery on set with Claudine Auger for his 4th James Bond film, Thunderball.
1950's: Lynchburg, Virginia's Blair Parson store was famous for its 10,000 calorie Sunday.
1973: During the Great Oil Crisis people enjoy a picnic on a deserted highway.
1967: A phone booth in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashby neighborhood.
1893: One of the first underwater photographs.
1893: Analyzing large paws.
1900: A market scene on Mulberry Street in New York City.
