Top 35+ Powerful Photos That Show What Life Was Like 100 Years Ago

The world is always changing, and this goes far beyond changes in life cycles, landscapes, and the wear and tear on goods and equipment.


As time passes, towns, fashions, trends, and much more undergo their own change. With this assortment of images that provide a glimpse into possibly forgotten times, let's take a trip back in time.

Moroccan Making A Carpet

Pharmacist Mixing Medicine With Mortar And Pestle. 1923 March 5

International Conference Regarding The Use Of Esperanto

2022 Energy Predictions. New York Sunday Newspaper In 1922 May 7

Hired Mourners In A Jewish Cemetery In 1923

Tuileries, Prix De L'aero-Club, Departure Of A Balloon In 1922 May 14

Madame Asta Souvrina And Her Dog Listening To The Radio

Fire Engine Drawn By Running Horses

Phoebe Ann Moses Butler, Also Known As Annie Oakley, Aiming A Rifle In 1922

National Women's Party Group In 1922 April

Test Flight Of Pescara's Helicopter, 1922

Austrian Nobleman Takes "Traveling Candy Store" On The Road In 1922

Delegation Of Minnesota League Of Women Voters With A Mile Signatures For World Court Proposal

Helen F. Day, A Blind Woman, Who Published Searchlight, A Publication For Blind Children. She Is Probably Holding A Device For Printing In Braille

Women Selling Vegetables In The Market. Hungary

Youngstown, Ohio Confectioner. Harry B. Burt Filed The First Patent For His Signature Method Of Chocolate-Coating His "Good Humor" Ice Cream Bars

Pharaoh's Daughters, Water Carriers. Egypt

"No More War" Demonstration In Germany. 1922 July 10

Chemistry Class Teacher

Man Holding North-Western Type Of Spearthrower And Wearing Pubic Fur Tassel. Wardaman People, Northern Territory

A School For Girls In Arabian Peninsula, Bahrain

Tornado Over The Capitol In 1922, May

High School Pageant In 1923

Demonstrating Hot Stupes. Safeguarding From Danger Of Fire By Placing Solidified Alcohol In Deep Basin So It Cannot Be Overturned

Bulgarian Peasant Women In Marketplace, With Piles Of Black And White Wool

Tokyo Survivors Of The Earthquake Receiving Rice At Shita Park

Rugby Team. 1922

Medical Students At The Clinical Club, 1923

Woman Using Typewriter In The Shower

A Broken T Model Ford

Destroying Liquor In 1923

Allan Dwan Is Making Himself Heard By Twelve Hundred Extras Through The Medium Of The World's Largest Megaphone. Four Feet In Diameter And Ten Feet Long