28 Old Unusual Pictures






Using a bear to treat back pain. Romania, 1946.





Setting a new world speed record, 1948.





A sex education lesson, 1929.





Lumberjacks, 1900s.





William Harley and Arthur Davidson, founders of the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Company.





A gun used for duck hunting, early 20th century.





Military electricians, 1918.





Filming the production logo for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.





Testing a rugby/football helmet, 1912.





German industrial worker August Landmesser, whose wife was Jewish, refusing to salute Hitler. Hamburg, 1936.





A pilot tries to start the stalled propellor of his plane during flight.





The biggest horse in the world, 1928





Using ducklings as therapy animals, 1956.





Young women in Kabul, Afghanistan, 1970s





Ernest Hemingway having a drink.





The last photo ever taken of a Thylacine, 1933. This species is now extinct.





The models used by Grant Wood for his famous painting, American Gothicā.





Seventeen-year-old Bianca Passarge dances on wine bottles in a cat costume. Hamburg, 1958.





Class differences. Britain, 1937.





Miss New Zealand falls unconscious. Miss Universe competition, Long Beach, 15th July 1954.





The two-year-old Dalai Lama, 1937.





The way real men shave, 1940.





Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen with his wife, 1947.





A little girl encounters a penguin for the first time.





Unpacking the Statue of Liberty, 1885.





A soldier shares some bananas with a goat. Battle of Saipan, 1944.





Original Michelin Man, 1910.





A man and woman on a date, 1950's



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