60 Inspiring Historic Pictures That Will Make You Laugh And Cry

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From a Victorian couple trying not to laugh while getting their portraits done to an Austrian boy laughing when receiving new shoes during the Second World War, the following old, black and white pictures will make you laugh and cry at the same time.

Let them take you back in time and don’t forget to share!

1) A Few Seconds Before Happiness, 1955

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2) A Victorian Couple Trying Not To Laugh While Getting Their Portraits Done, 1890s

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3) Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor Feeding An Orphaned Kitten. He Adopted The Kitten After The Mother Cat Died During The War.

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4) Best Friends 5

5) Austrian Boy Receives New Shoes During WWII

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6) Girl Playing For Her Dog 7

7) Brownie Gets The Milk As Blackie Waits His Turn, 1954

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8) Harold Whittles Hearing Sound For The First Time, 1974

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9) Animals Being Used As Part Of Medical Therapy, 1956

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10) Happy French Girl And Her Cat, 1959

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11) The Graves Of A Catholic Woman And Her Protestant Husband, Holland, 1888

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12) Russian Soldiers Of WWII Sleeping With Puppy

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13) A Little Girl Holds A Penguin’s Flipper As They Walk Together Around The London Zoo, 1937

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14) Young Carrie Fisher Watching Her Mother Debbie Reynolds Perform On Stage, 1963

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15) Little Girl And Her Pet Toad At A Pet Show, Venice Beach, California, 1936

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16) Christina Goldsmith Kissing A Weimaraner Puppy From Her Father’s Stock Of Weimaraner Hunting Dogs, 1950

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17) A Hotel Commissionaire Talking To A Small Dachshund Dog In Piccadilly Circus, London, 1938

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18) Boy Sharing Bed With His Best Friend

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19) A Little Girl Having Fun Pretending To Talk On The Telephone, Japan, 1958

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20) Soldier Shares A Banana With A Goat During The Battle Of Saipan, Ca. 1944

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21) Mailman Poses With His Heavy Load Of Christmas Mail And Parcels, Chicago, 1929

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22) A Little French Girl Gives An American Soldier A Kiss On Valentine’s Day, 1945

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23) A Blind Woman Relaxes At The Local Swimming Pool, Watched Over By Her Guide Dog, 1966

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24) Nun Dancing With Children, 1964

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25) A Young Woman Lifts Her Feet While Embracing And Kissing A Uniformed Us Soldier At The Train Station, Connecticut, 1945

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26) Champion Bloodhound Leo Of Reynalton Being Cuddled By His Little Mistress Dorothy Horder At The Crufts Dog Show In London, 1935

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27) Le Petit Parisien, 1952

 

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28) A Street Musician And A Little Girl

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29) On The Caterpillar, Women’s Pub Outing, Clapham, London, 1958

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30) Teenaged Boys Using Blanket To Toss Their Friend, Norma Baker, Into The Air On The Beach, 1948

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31) For Paris Match, 1961

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32) Medic Feeding Baby Birds

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33) A French Boy Introduces Himself To Indian Soldiers Who Had Just Arrived In France To Fight Alongside French And British Forces, Marseilles, 30th September 1914

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34) A Bear Cub Eats A Bowl Of Honey At A Cafe, 1950

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35) A Soldier Comes Home From War, 1940s

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36) Queen Elizabeth With Her Much-Loved Corgis Watching The Royal Windsor Horse Show, 1973

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37) The Swing And Childhood

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38) Bath Time

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39) Worker In Cosmetic Company Covered With Relics Of Lipstick Kisses To Prove That Dyes In Lipsticks Are Harmless, 1960

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40) Woman And Dog Jumping Rope, 1940s

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41) An American Soldier At An Advanced Allied Base With His Pet Kangaroo, 1942

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42) Nuns From The Order Of St. Benedict Make A Splash In The Pacific Ocean While Vacationing At Grayland, 1960

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43) Gunner Hector Morgan Returning Home, 1945

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44) Wally Kilminster Enjoys A Foam Bath With His Dog In The Dressing Rooms At Wembley Stadium, 1934

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45) Circus Baby Yvonne Kruse Is Pushed In Her Pram By ‘Kam’, One Of Her Mother’s Charges, On Their Arrival At Addison Road Station, London, From Their Winter Quarters At Ascot, 1958

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46) An Officer Holds A Cigar With Two Canaries Perched On It, 1918

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47) Nanson Of Netheroyd, A Champion Borzoi, Enjoys Pulling His Young Master Around In A Toy Car,1937

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48) Young Soldier Holding A Little Piggy With Lid In London During WWII

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49) Ice Bucket Challenge, NYC, 1943

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50) Sledding Down Art Hill After The 1904 World’s Fair Was Over, St Louis, 1904

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51) A Couple Enjoys An Old-Fashioned Zipline, 1923

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52) Children Pictured Decorating A Tree In The 1940s

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53) Roller Girl Skating With Kids, 1970s

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54) The Future 32nd President Of The United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, With His Cousin, 1910

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55) A Young Woman Goes Sledding At Buxton In The English Peak District, 1904

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56) A Woman In A Toweling Bikini Poses In A Funfair Hall Of Mirrors, Circa 1935

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57) Man Returns Home From Time In The Navy. Carrying Sister While Brother In Law Shoots Them With A Water Pistol

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58) A Boy And His New Ball, Netherlands June 1966 59

59) Sai Gon, Vietnam In 1993

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60) Four Pints Today Please, Mr. Milkman (c. 1968, Altrincham, Cheshire, Uk)

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