The past is a foreign country

Odd things: Manchester by the Sea, animals made of scrap 1935 Photo: Leslie Jones Source: Boston Public Library

Princess Elizabeth and two of her Corgi dogs. July 1936 Photo: Getty Images

Ferris wheel. World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair) 1893

Source: Library of Congress

Manhattan, New York Union Square West, looking north from 14th Street and Broadway

Undated Source: New York Historical Society

Tamil coolie plucking tea leaf c. 1875 Charles Scowen & Co Source: photohistorytimeline / flickr

Important message 1907 Source: National Library of Norway

1928 Young grape pickers gather at the vineyard of Baron Langwerth-Simmern in Eltville, Germany. Wine is still grown on the estate, which dates back to 1711.

Beautiful legs contest. Palisades Amusement Park near New York. 1951 Source: Corbis

Frankfurter Queen 1956

Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky. Girls gymnastics class, 1934 Photo: Lafayette Studios

Men on a train A freight train sitting on a high trestle with two men standing on the roof of one of the cars. 1908 Source: The Huntington

Woman wearing a flu mask in 1919

Source: Getty Images

Repairing the bike

c. 1895

7 people posing at Villa Tullinberget, Oslo c. 1863-1883 Photo: Ole Tobias Olsen Source: Oslo Museum

A Snowman Peeks into the Oval Office as President Barack Obama Signs Bills 16. Dec. 2016 Photo: Pete Souza Source: National Archives

Canoeists in a Boat Cave, Wisconsin Dells

c. 1890-95

Photo: Henry Hamilton Bennett

Source: MoMA

A good catch

Worthing seaside resort, Sussex, England 1930-1935

Source: The Memory of the Netherlands

Tower Bridge under construction London 1889 Tower Bridge was officially opened on 30 June 1894 by the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Girl in the water Undated Photo: Roy C. Andrews Source: Oregon Digital

Boys fly a kite made of banknotes. Hyperinflation in Germany.

c. 1923