17 Fascinating Historical Photos

Kenneth Coo Published 06/05/2016 in wow

Enjoy these 17 sparkling fragments of history.

1.
Miss America contestants in 1945.
2.
1940s sweethearts.
3.
Trying to stay cool in the summer, NYC, 1943.
4.
Two sailors celebrating the end of WW II.
5.
Vintage photo of ladies looking fabulous on their bikes.
6.
Salvador Dali painting “The Face of War”, 1941.
7.
Skate to work, save gas!
8.
Red Cross women dancing with soldiers.
9.
At the Venice Pier Fun House in 1940. As the bowl spins, people fight for leverage to stay in the center.
10.
Swing dancing in the 1940s.
11.
1940s men hamming it up in bathing suits.
12.
A group of 1940s students doing their schoolwork while drinking some Coca Cola.
13.
1940s Navy diver.
14.
Cool camera trick with perspective makes it seem that the woman in the center in holding the other two, 1945.
15.
Danish explorer Peter Freuchen (the one sticking out of a bear) and his wife Dagmar Freuchen Gale, 1947.
16.
Tattoo parlor, 1942.
17.
Marlyn Wescoff and Ruth Lichterman reprogramming ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, 1946.

1.
Miss America contestants in 1945.
2.
1940s sweethearts.
3.
Trying to stay cool in the summer, NYC, 1943.
4.
Two sailors celebrating the end of WW II.
5.
Vintage photo of ladies looking fabulous on their bikes.
6.
Salvador Dali painting “The Face of War”, 1941.
7.
Skate to work, save gas!
8.
Red Cross women dancing with soldiers.
9.
At the Venice Pier Fun House in 1940. As the bowl spins, people fight for leverage to stay in the center.
10.
Swing dancing in the 1940s.
11.
1940s men hamming it up in bathing suits.
12.
A group of 1940s students doing their schoolwork while drinking some Coca Cola.
13.
1940s Navy diver.
14.
Cool camera trick with perspective makes it seem that the woman in the center in holding the other two, 1945.
15.
Danish explorer Peter Freuchen (the one sticking out of a bear) and his wife Dagmar Freuchen Gale, 1947.
16.
Tattoo parlor, 1942.
17.
Marlyn Wescoff and Ruth Lichterman reprogramming ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, 1946.