It’s easy to take life for granted these days, you can forget how different things really were back in the ol’ days. We all know that things were different, because our parents tell us stories and we learn about it.
But there are just some images which really transform your perspective, those images that completely reshape the way you view the past and how we got to where we are today…
Testing A Helmet In 1912
It’s fair to say the human race has not always showed its greatest ingenuity, this snapshot is one of those times. In 1912, if you needed a new helmet quality tested, you don’t need a lab, all you need is Doug here to put it on and charge at this wooden barn head-first. Why not, right?
The World’s First Selfie
The world today can’t go 30 seconds without some attention-seeking soul taking a selfie. It’s so common today, yet that sort of vanity was a little harder to spot back in 1837, when a certain Robert Cornelius took one of the first ever self-portrait photographs.
Pablo Picasso, 1957
Pablo Picasso still holds a place amongst the greatest artists in history. The photographer here was a friend of Picasso’s and took the picture of him in 1957 posing as Popeye. For all his genius and masterpieces, the man was still able to show a silly side.