41 Wild Photos Of Things From The Past That Make History 10000% More Interesting
1.This time capsule note from 1998 that mentions Bill Clinton just as the Monica Lewinsky scandal was breaking (back when Clinton was still denying everything):
2.This Gameboy from the Gulf War that wrecked my perception of time:
3.This stamp of Charles and Diana from 1981:
4.This speech for President Nixon in case Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin couldn't get back to Earth:
5.These "easy-to-follow instructions" for making all kinds of drugs from 1973:
6.This sample pack of quaaludes from back when they were considered "a breakthrough in sleep therapy":
7.As well as this old drug education kit with the actual drugs it was describing:
8.This fill-in-the-blank letter to troops in Vietnam:
9.This list of expenses for a University of Alabama student in 1929, which totals under $100 for a quarter:
10.This 1965 church cookbook that lists married women using their husbands' last name:
11.This old vaccine card that prove they're nothing new:
12.And these vintage cigars that prove gender reveals are nothing new, either, though they've certainly gotten more annoying:
13.These instructions from a 1911 book of home remedies:
14.This old cell phone with a clip-on chatboard that now feels very, very dated:
15.Along with this display of mobile phones from their inception until today, which shows just how quickly things change:
16.This briefcase that had a separate compartment for floppy disks:
17.This Netflix instant streaming disc for Wii:
18.This prediction that computers won't take over the world, actually, from 1980:
19.This "Kraft Dinner" from 1979 that proves Kraft has been around for a while, but it used to look pretty different:
20.This Crayola box that also looks wildly different:
21.And this old McDonald's coupon that's likely from the '60s that proves not everything has changed:
22.This old Elvis-branded shampoo someone found from 1985:
23.This 1940s list of rules for new mothers that includes not smoking or handling any phones an hour prior to nursing:
24.This 1986 Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne concert ticket for $16.50:
25.These old food coupons and stamps:
26.This bill for a wedding from 1961:
27.And this $216 receipt for a 1957 honeymoon:
28.Aaaand this $57 bill for a birth in 1940:
29.This "desirable weight according to height" table from 1959, which does not seem right to me:
30.Throwing it back even more, this old 1800s ad for a "massage" to cure "female hysteria":
31.This glowing perfume bottle that definitely used uranium:
32.This 1939 vacation ad downplaying Hitler's threat:
33.This headline from a 1940 paper:
34.And this 1908 postcard that casually has swastikas on it:
35.This 2000 list of ways to add fun to your life that includes "try on your daughter's makeup when she's not around" and going through the car wash with your windows open:
36.This 1919 advertisement for what was essentially a heated Snuggie:
37.This old note people found when pulling off the old wallpaper in their new home:
38.These old medicines that look more like poison:
39.And this old nursing kit with cocaine in it:
40.This 1919 bill of sale for a Ford car that came out to $325:
41.And finally, this old note from a 1908 autograph book: