Back In The Good Old Days

Young girls in 1930s China having their feet bound to modify the shape of their foot. This practice for girls only was nearly 1000 years old, and was mainly in China, causing disabilities to many girls over the centuries. It died out in the 20th century as it became clear the ramifications of the practice.

A German woman burning tons of legal paper money during the hyperinflation of German currency in the 1920s. The paper money was cheaper than wood or coal, and families used it to fuel their fires during the crisis.

Carnivale in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in 1943.

Carnivale in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in 1943.

A United Baseball League game taking place in 1918. Notice all 3 players are wearing flu masks as the Spanish Flu was reeking havoc on the world, killing anywhere between 50-100 million people worldwide (3-5% of the worlds population) and infecting around 500 million (25% of the worlds population) in just 2 years.

British Novelist George Orwell holding a puppy while documenting the Spanish civil war in 1937.

Former Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam talking to Smila Underwood at Wattie Creek in 1980.

An alligator farm in Los Angeles, California, USA in 1925. This was a common tourist attraction until around 1957 as injuries and incidents showed Alligators are not a good animal to interact with random untrained people. There is no protective glass separating the Alligators.

Same Alligator farm also in 1925.

A woman at the beach in France in 1925.

A woman at the beach in France in 1925.

Young men stand on the frozen Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey in 1954.

Homeless children fighting in Moscow, Russia in 1935. It is winter time, but the boys were known to sleep indoors in abandoned buildings or factories to keep warm.

Edmond Kayat of Lebanon carrying an 80lb cross to demand “Consideration for Humanity” being turned back by the Volkspolizei (East German Police) at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany in 1961.

Numerous women being removed from the beach in Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1922 for wearing bathing suits that were too short, showing too much leg. Officers would literally measure the number of inches visible on a woman's leg at beaches all over the US regardless of the woman's height. This ridiculous law breaking attire would result in fines and sometimes a few nights in jail.

A Japanese businessman singing in a Cape Town, South African night club in 1967.

Children playing cricket in the middle of a crowded street in New Delhi, India in 1970.

College students learning language studies in North Korea in 1984. So few North Koreans get this privilege even to this day, normally coming from well connected families.

A very large crowd gathers to see the last lawful hanging in Clarendon, Texas in 1910. The convicts name was G.R. Miller who had killed 1 boy and wounded another after they annoyed him during a train ride. This was massive news at the time as executions by hanging was being replaced and thousands witnessed his death.

Annie Oakley, famous for her shooting skills, shows off her riding skills during the Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show while in Italy in 1890.

A jockey at a Jamaican race track in 1982.

A girl licks ice cream and plays with the tip of the guns bayonet to try and elicit a reaction from a royal guard in Sweden in 1970. The guard is a real guard, however the girl works for an adult magazine, hence the setting.

Men taking people from their boats to the shore in Ghana in 1960. They would even carry them in the chair on the right to ensure they never got wet.

A British sailor sawing off the shackle of a freed African slave somewhere off the coast of the Congo/Angola area in 1907.

Japanese women protesting for women's rights in Tokyo, Japan, in 1922.