48 Mind-Bending Historical Photos That Will Make You Feel As If You've Just Time Traveled

I would’ve paid more attention in history class if we got to see cool stuff like this.

It turns out this man was a prisoner of war.

He was released and lived until he was 83.

2.Speaking of prisoners of war this is a self-portrait a North Vietnamese war prisoner drew in 1969.

He gave it to an American patrolling a prisoner of war hospital.

3.In honor of the Olympics, here is the first Olympic torch.

It’s from the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where the first Olympic torch relay was held.

5.These antique spice jars look a littleeeee weird now.

6.Though blush from the ’50s looks pretty much the same.

9.These Air Force goggles from WWII still have dirt on them.

10.This is what a 1944 Oscar nomination looks like.

11.Here’s a draft notice for the Vietnam War.

12.And this is a booklet given to American soldiers during the Vietnam War.

13.God, I wish people had Twitter during this.

16.Here’s what an honorable discharge from the Civil War looks like.

17.And here’s what an undesirable discharge looks like from the Vietnam War.

18.Here’s an identity card from a war prisoner in Normandy during WWII.

20.Here’s a flyer from 1851 warning formerly enslaved people about slave catchers.

21.Here are immigration forms from the 1950s…which look weirdly familiar.

22.Did you know licenses used to be printed on cloth, at least in England?

Here’s one from Halifax from the 1920s.

23.In case anyone thinks vaccine cards are a new thing, here’s one from the 1940s.

24.Looking forward to the DNC in a few weeks?

Well, here’s what a ticket looked like in 1932.

25.This old letter from the ’40s signed “Heil Hitler” is superrrr weird to see.

26.As is this passport from 1938 with a Nazi stamp on it.

27.This is what Confederate money looked like.

28.This is an example of a Civil War-era envelope.

29.And here’s what a Civil War-era coin looks like this one’s from 1863.

31.Here’s what 1944 war ration books looked like during WWII.

33.Here are what WWI medals looked like.

A grateful Mother Country thanks you for faithful services.

George R.I."

35.Here’s a newspaper from afterJFKwas killed.

36.And here’s a 1969 newspaper right after the moon landing.

39.And here’s a 1955 letter from Richard Nixon, back when he was Vice President.

40.This wallet is basically a time capsule from the ’80s.

42.Here’s an American flag with only 48 stars beforeHawaiiand Alaska became officialUS statesin 1959.

44.This USA citizenship certificate from 1929 lists a woman’s race as “Hebrew.”

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46.This machine was almost certainly used for shock therapy in the 1970s.

48.And finally, did you know some dog tags from WWI weremade ofasbestos?

Here’s what they looked like.