Posted on 03/05/2023 11:02:57 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
“A picture is worth a thousand words”—a phrase most of us have heard before. And for a reason. Photographs can capture loads of information in just a split second and immortalize it for years to come. By freezing moments, photographers enable us to travel to places and times we’ve never witnessed ourselves. They allow us to see the world exactly as it was, whether it was yesterday or a hundred years ago.
The Instagram account called Historical Pix boasts a beautiful collection of pictures from various points in time. Their uploads cover a multitude of topics, from war to technology, from sport to fashion; you name it, it’s there. As they themselves describe, “It's just history. The good, the bad, and the ugly.”
We have gathered some of the most impressive photographs shared by the account. Scroll down for the images and feel free to browse this list of historical pics or this one, if you’d like to see more.
You can only see the rays because of the cigarette smoke.
Perfect what normal once looked like
Wow
The Trump Building.
What do you get when you cross a polar bear with a seal?
A polar bear.
The bigger disaster is in the foreground. More people were killed by the Ford Pinto than by the Mt. St. Helens explosion.
Great author. Gone too soon - she was only 29. :(
Yeah, that one gave me a chuckle, too. The food he fed them was probably just the ‘appetizer.’ Or they got the cameraman, but not the camera. ;)
I remember seeing that photo in a LIFE Magazine that my Grandpa had. It was always a favorite. :)
I’m not a cat person, either...though we always have cats on the farm.
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