It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and as the test of time has shown us, this is very true. Thanks to historical records, we get a glimpse into the way of life of people from long ago in various places around the world. We invite you to take a moment to browse through this collection of 18 historical pictures from around the world to show you what life looked like a hundred years back. Enjoy!
A member of the Oakland Motorcycle Club during a motorcycle soccer game, Oakland, California, USA in 1924.
Three women selling food on a main street in Vienna, Austria in 1901.
Museum workers preparing to clean a picture frame in Warsaw, Poland in 193.
A group of men present their large and illegal hunting weapons arsenal in northern China in 1900
A car wash center designed to wash the bottom of the car because most of the roads were dirt roads in Chicago,USA in 1924.
Alfons Kriese in a glass room during the breaking of the world record for the longest fast (40 days) in Poznan, Poland in 1929.