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29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

By Nathan Johnson

Published 6 months ago in Creepy

Times are always changing, but in a lot of ways they stay the same.  One example of this is how history is full of strange sights, bizarre events, and crazy moments, much like our present-day lives.


 So we've collected some of the weirdest photos from way back when that we'd bet a dollar you probably haven't seen before.

  • 1

    From Circa 1975, An Ad For Men’s Business Attire.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 2

    Air Conditioned Luxury Lawn Mower In The 1950’s.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 3

    A British Chamberpot With A Built-In Small Bust Of Napoleon Bonaparte, Ca.1803-05.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 4

    The Motormat Drive-In,i nvented By Kenneth C. Purdy ,where The Food Tray Was Sent Out On Rails (1948) Los Angeles.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 5

    Cellophane Ad Poster 1950s.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 6

    Philippe Halsman, The Versatile Jean Cocteau, 1949.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 7

    Back In 1956, Magician Robert Harbin Demonstrated One Of His Levitation Tricks On A Few Beachgoers. These Women Looked Pretty Impressed And At Ease, Especially The Woman ‘Levitating’ Over Rocks.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 8

    Giant Studebaker. World’s Largest Vehicle Under Construction. Chicago, 1934.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 9

    Freckle Removal. A Complicated Apparatus Is Employed. Eyes Are Covered With A Special, Air-Tight Piece, And The Nostrils Filled In. Breathing Is Done Through A Special Tube. Sensitive Parts Of The Face Must Be Treated Separately, 1930.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 10

    Late Victorian Mountaineers, Including A Fully Dressed And Corseted Lady, Cross A Crevasse In The Alps (1900).

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 11

    The Unbroken Seal On King Tutankhamun’s Tomb, Which Stayed 3,245 Years Untouched Until The Excavation In 1922.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 12

    A Couple Gets Into Their Bmw Isetta, Through The Front Door, 1950.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 13

    A Disguised Secret Witness Testifies In A Courtroom On A Drug Case. Washington, 30 April 1952.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 14

    A Young Woman Sand Surfing Near Seaside, Oregon [1941].

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 15

    1939 Schlörwagen… Built By German Engineer Hans Schlör Von Westhofen Dirmstein To Resemble The Shape Of An Airplane Wing. This Car Was More Aerodynamicaly Efficient Than Most 21th Century Cars.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 16

    Beauty Treatment For Women: 1941 The Glamour Bonnet Went Over A Woman’s Head, And The Attached Hose Was Supposed To Create Low Atmospheric Pressure Like A Vacuum To Improve Skin Complexion.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 17

    Ge Walking Truck, 1969.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 18

    Pablo Picasso As Popeye. 1957. Photo By André Villers.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 19

    The Timberline Lodge Ski Resort, Which Is Located In Oregon (USA), Could Be Reached Along The Mountain Road By Your Own Car, By Bus, As Well As By An Unusual Bus.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 20

    17-Year-Old Bianca Passarge From Hamburg Dances On Wine Bottles In A Cat Costume, 1958.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 21

    A Test Audience Reacting To The Chest Burster Scene In Alien, 1979.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 22

    These Weird Trousers Were The Mad Rage In The 1920’s.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 23

    To Promote His Movie ‘Frenzy’ Alfred Hitchcock Announced He Was Returning Home To London From Hollywood… By Floating A Lifelike Mannequin Of Himself In The Thames River 1972.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 24

    Department Store Wax Mannequins Melting During A Heatwave In 1929.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 25

    Luna Park, Melbourne. The Place Was (And Is) Amazing.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 26

    Gas Mask For Babies, England, 1938.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 27

    A Security Guard Walking Down Us Highway 101 Where There Are Towering Stacks Of Hollow Iron Floats From Which The Iron Antisubmarine Nets Were Suspended To Protect The Us Ports During The Last War, By Hank Walker, 1953,

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 28

    Walking On Stilts Is Already Impressive Enough, But This Man Pushed It One Step Further And Skated On Stilts! Fritz Dietl, Who Was Better Known As The Stilt-Man, Was Photographed Practicing His Skills With Four-Year-Old Pat Kemp At The Empire Pool In Wembley. 1937.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 29

    Ford Unsuccessfully Tried To Reinvent The (Steering) Wheel.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

  • 30

    Ice Cube Face Mask By Max Factor, 1947.

    29 Historical Photos That Need Explaining

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