these photos from the past are shocking
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These 40 Photos From The Past Are Shocking, Crazy, Or Both. You
Can't Believe Some Of Them
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Throughout history, things have changed, but people stay the same. And by that, I
mean they're weird. There are so many unbelievable moments that have happened
over the decades, and luckily one Reddit user found a gallery of the best odd photos
from history. If you thought life was weird today, you're about to get a big surprise:
strange things have always happened.
These surreal photos from the past aren't just must-see strange photos. They prove
that things around us will always change. 50 years from now, life as we know it today
may be completely unrecognizable.
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1.) A woman taking her baby for a stroll in a gas-resistant baby carriage.
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2.) People posing next to the Statue of Liberty's face as it was being un-packed.
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3.) A photo of Elvis Presley in the army.
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4.) Fuzzy ducklings being used as therapy animals for children.
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5.) A brave man testing out a new bulletproof vest.
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6.) A picture of the young Charlie Chaplin at age 27 in 1916.
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7.) This picture of the Hindenburg as it crashed.
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8.) This circus hippo pulling a cart.
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9.) Annette Kellerman promoting a woman’s right to wear a fitted, one-piece bathing suit in 1907. She was later arrested for indecency.
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10.) Annie Edison Taylor, who was the first person to survive going over Niagra Falls in a barrel in 1901.
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11.) In 1990, a 106 year-old Armenian woman guards her house with an automatic weapon.
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12.) These baby cages were used in apartments in the 1930s to make sure the child got enough fresh air and sunlight. And danger.
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13.) A picture of the original Ronald McDonald from 1963.
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14.) The Disneyland employee cafeteria in 1961.
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15.) A morbid advertisement for Atabrine, an anti-malaria drug, during WWII.
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16.) A soldier shares his banana with a goat during the battle of Saipan ca 1944.
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17.) This little girl sits with her doll in the ruins of her London home that was bombed in 1940.
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18.) The Berlin wall being constructed in 1961.
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19.) An unknown soldier in Vietnam from 1965.
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20.) A ruined London bookstore that was damaged in an air raid in 1940.
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21.) Walter Yeo, one of the first people to undergo a skin transplant and advanced plastic surgery in 1917.
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22.) This sun tan vending machine in 1949.
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23.) Beach patrols measuring the length of women's bathing suits in the 1920s.
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24.) Martin Luther King Jr. removing a burned cross from his yard with his son in 1960.
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25.) A hotel owner pouring acid in a pool while a black family swam in it in 1964.
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26.) What lifeguards used to look like in the 1920s.
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27.) A girl with artificial legs in 1890.
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28.) A mother and her son look at the mushroom cloud following a nuclear test in Las Vegas in 1953.
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29.) A mother shamefully hides her face after listing her children for sale in 1948.
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30.) A joyful Austrian boy receives new shoes during WWII.
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31.) Nazi officers and cadets celebrate Christmas with a feast in 1941.
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32.) Christmas dinner during the Depression.
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33.) The original Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin from 1927.
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34.) The last of the prisoners leaving Alcatraz in 1963.
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35.) Melted remnants of a fire at Madam Tussauds Wax Museum in London, 1930.
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36.) This chimp poses for a picture after his successful mission to space in 1961.
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37.) Alcohol being poured out on the streets during Prohibition Detroit in 1929.
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38.) Princeton students after a freshman VS sophomore snowball fight in 1893.
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39.) A woman beautifully arranged after committing suicide.
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40.) What happened when Sweden began driving on the right side of the road in 1967.
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