67 surprising photos from the past show how different life used to be

Music 24/09/2015
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44.) A prohibition and anti-saloon league sign, speaking out against liquor.
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45.) A police officer on a Harley-Davidson transports a prisoner in a holding cell (1921).
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46.) Two girls take a "horseman" picture together (1920).
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47.) Two winners of a beauty pageant, back when the standards of beauty were much different (1922).
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48.) A couple enjoys an old-fashioned zipline at a fair (1923).
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49.) A full-faced swimming mask that was to help protect women's skin from the sun (1920s).
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50.) Adolf Hitler rehearsing his speeches in front of a mirror (1925).
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51.) The LA Public Library's bookmobile program for the sick (1928).
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52.) A zookeeper gives penguins a cooling shower from a watering can (1930).
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53.) The One Wheel Motorcycle, which could reach a top speed of 93 mph (1931).
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55.) A Model T elevator garage in Chicago (1936).
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56.) Salvador Dali and Coco Chanel sharing a smoke break (1938).
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57.) This bicycle fit a family of four and it included a sewing machine (1939).
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58.) Infants wear gas mask hoods during a London bombing drill (1940).
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59.) WWII soldiers get their last kiss before being deployed (1940s).
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60.) A small puppy sleeps in between Russian soldiers (1945).
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61.) A bear cub laps up a bowl of honey in a cafe (1950).
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62.) There used to be ice-cold whisky dispensers, sometimes found in offices (1950s).
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63.) The Cat Mew machine, designed by the Japanese to keep away mice (1963).
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64.) "TV Glasses," a product that never caught on (1963).
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65.) The graves of a husband and wife, one Protestant and the other Catholic, connected above a wall that divides a religiously segregated graveyard.
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66.) Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is returned to the Louvre after WWII.
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67.) Here are cameramen shooting and recording the lion roar for the MGM logo.
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68.) A behind the scenes look at the iconic image of Marilyn Monroe standing over a subway grate.
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69.) Nazi soldiers react as they are forced to watch footage from concentration camps.
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1.) A woman taking her baby for a stroll in a gas-resistant baby carriage.
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2.) People posing next to the Statue of Liberty's face as it was being un-packed.
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3.) A photo of Elvis Presley in the army.
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4.) Fuzzy ducklings being used as therapy animals for children.
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5.) A brave man testing out a new bulletproof vest.
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6.) A picture of the young Charlie Chaplin at age 27 in 1916.
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7.) This picture of the Hindenburg as it crashed.
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8.) This circus hippo pulling a cart.
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9.) Annette Kellerman promoting a woman’s right to wear a fitted, one-piece bathing suit in 1907. She was later arrested for indecency.
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10.) Annie Edison Taylor, who was the first person to survive going over Niagra Falls in a barrel in 1901.
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11.) In 1990, a 106 year-old Armenian woman guards her house with an automatic weapon.
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12.) These baby cages were used in apartments in the 1930s to make sure the child got enough fresh air and sunlight. And danger.
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13.) A picture of the original Ronald McDonald from 1963.
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14.) The Disneyland employee cafeteria in 1961.
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15.) A morbid advertisement for Atabrine, an anti-malaria drug, during WWII.
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16.) A soldier shares his banana with a goat during the battle of Saipan ca 1944.
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17.) This little girl sits with her doll in the ruins of her London home that was bombed in 1940.
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18.) The Berlin wall being constructed in 1961.
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19.) An unknown soldier in Vietnam from 1965.
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20.) A ruined London bookstore that was damaged in an air raid in 1940.
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21.) Walter Yeo, one of the first people to undergo a skin transplant and advanced plastic surgery in 1917.
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22.) This sun tan vending machine in 1949.
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23.) Beach patrols measuring the length of women's bathing suits in the 1920s.
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24.) Martin Luther King Jr. removing a burned cross from his yard with his son in 1960.
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25.) What lifeguards used to look like in the 1920s.
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26.) A girl with artificial legs in 1890.
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27.) A mother and her son look at the mushroom cloud following a nuclear test in Las Vegas in 1953.
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28.) A mother shamefully hides her face after listing her children for sale in 1948.
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29.) A joyful Austrian boy receives new shoes during WWII.
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30.) Nazi officers and cadets celebrate Christmas with a feast in 1941.
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31.) Christmas dinner during the Depression.
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32.) The original Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin from 1927.
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33.) The last of the prisoners leaving Alcatraz in 1963.
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34.) Melted remnants of a fire at Madam Tussauds Wax Museum in London, 1930.
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35.) This chimp poses for a picture after his successful mission to space in 1961.
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36.) Alcohol being poured out on the streets during Prohibition Detroit in 1929.
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37.) Princeton students after a freshman VS sophomore snowball fight in 1893.
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38.) What happened when Sweden began driving on the right side of the road in 1967.
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39.) The oldest known selfie (1839).
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40.) A portrait taken of a woman while she was mid-sneeze (1900).
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41.) A "knocker-up" waking up clients (20th century).
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42.) Nine kings gather to mourn the death of King Edward VII (1910).
We came across this selection of astonishing photos from the past, some of which are absolutely mind-boggling, but what makes most of them so powerful is that they were taken in the past century, just one or two generations away from us.