Breathtaking Historical Photos You've Never Seen

[@RodgerMudd]

The children working with bare feet put a tear in my eyes. This still goes on in some places in the world to this day.

[@stevenauldridge2679]

More countries than not.

[@jerryduhon1075]

THEN SOMETHING ABOUT IT. DONT JUST SHED A TEAR. HELP THEM.. I DO..

[@jennyh4025]

If you are from the USA and can ignore the shoes thing, start with implementing good federal child labor laws! „Conservative“ governors are currently dismantling those laws in the USA.

[@debraryan3300]

@@jennyh4025 Not true.

[@jennyh4025]

@@debraryan3300 - Florida lawmakers are debating a bill (recently passed by the House) that would eliminate long-standing state guidelines on work hours for teens, allowing employers to schedule 16- and 17-year-olds for unlimited hours-including during the school year-and eliminate meal or rest breaks. - Kentucky lawmakers introduced a bill to allow nonprofits to hire 12- and 13-year-olds (federal law prohibits most non-agricultural employment for children under 14), and a bill to prohibit the state’s labor commissioner from setting standards on child labor that exceed minimum protections under the FLSA, effectively repealing state standards that require meal and rest breaks for minor workers and that limit work hours for 16- and 17-year-olds.

[@sharonbeckett721]

Those children look so old for their ages, it's heart breaking to see .

[@Userd542gth67]

Really appreciate that you remove banners after a few seconds to make the entire picture visable.

[@pamelasonday-swiger8708]

And you allow enough time to read the entire caption and get a good look at each photo.

[@Kate-f1n]

The beautiful old farm house and farm that z now just another busy street in New York... my heart is crying

[@nrivera4380]

Some of these are heartbreaking, some heartwarming, some bring joy and some are scary.

[@rw8733]

Absolutely marvellous. And a definite "Nope." to the nopes. Thank you, Mark.

[@hawaiinrainbow]

The music compliments the presentation very well. Melancholic, nostalgic, haunting, lovely.

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

Many thanks!

[@leegalen8383]

I'm 70 and even though these are way before my time, they make my heart hurt with nostalgia. ❤

[@emilywagner6354]

It's the pictures of all the little kids working in such hazardous conditions in the factories that gets me.

[@lynesmith9203]

I agree. Heartbreaking to see those little faces that should be out laughing in the sunshine

[@diane5593]

Through most of our history children worked as soon as they were able.poeple on farms had children as young as four riding horses,milking animals, watching younger siblings etc. we have become spoiled.most children of the past couldn't just play all day.

[@emilywagner6354]

@@diane5593 Helping around the house and working on the family farm is one thing. Working in a factory under inhumane and hazardous conditions is entirely different. Did you see the one where the child lost some fingers because he fell into a machine?

[@o9rgeronimo979]

You mean just like in China?

[@Ryan-xh4ul]

That is what we need now have you worked with the new generation they suck no work ethic at all more worried about a post

[@KathleenMcCormickLCSWMPH]

We don’t know how good we have it now in the USA. These photos were moving. Thanks for the reminder.

[@GailSiebuhr-de6sb]

Seriously, you believe America is a great place. You need to take a closer look

[@tacoheadmakenzie9311]

Compared to some of the pictures here, definitely.

[@FRANCISPOLLARD-r3p]

Remind Homo Erectus about this.

[@track1949]

​I don't have to worry about smallpox. That alone makes it okay to be alive now.

[@track1949]

​@ewill2318 Smallpox is the only virus we've had a lot of success at containing. Afaik there is no wild smallpox now. A bigger problem is not vaccinating kids with the MMR vaccine. Measles can kill. It almost killed me in 1959. Measles is almost 100% contagious. It's dangerous.

[@georgerebovich3758]

These are really excellent … you get as much a perspective on history than a book.

[@judithkimmerling770]

Thank you for giving us time to really take-in the photos instead of rushing through them

[@DuckReach432]

The ghastly treatment of children was horrible at times. That contrasting Detroit street view was very sombre. The 'nope' images, as ever, just left me astonished at some men's courage.

[@darren7218]

I agree with what was said about this video. The banners disappear quickly so we can admire the pictures. This was a great video really enjoyed it. Watched from Huntington West Virginia.

[@cwavt8849]

I like your channel for historical photos the best because of the choice of pics, music, disappearing banners and the fact that the photos are left on screen long enough to actually take in the entirety of the scene. We are allowed to actually study the photo. Thank You

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

Thank you for the lovely feedback 🤗

[@paulapalais]

I feel the same way. My heart aches for the children. 😢

[@kdaddy9229]

Hauntingly beautiful. Thanks for doing this mate. It gives me a meaningful reset to my level of gratitude

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

My pleasure …thank you for watching 👍🏻

[@eileenspamer-kw3kz]

beautiful and sad watching from uk granny eileen

[@twistedcryptid]

After the banners with the info, thank you for removing them, so we can see the whole photo. Really great stuff you find!❤😊

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

Thank you 🤗

[@Macsood-l1r]

3:49. Now that's something Truly Beautiful. They certainly don't make them like that anymore.

[@stashagarcia101]

How horrible to see those children working in the factories even without shoes. The boy that lost his fingers really broke me

[@korennathorunson7814]

Thank you so much for putting this together. Enjoyed the music and appreciated that you didn’t rush the photos so one could really look at them.

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

Thank you 🤗

[@sunnyscott4876]

Came for the pictures, stayed for the music 🎶.

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

Thank you 🎹🤗

[@barbarapaton4005]

It’s sad to think that all those people are long dead and gone. RIP 🌹

[@dawnsweely9616]

Hopefully they changed addresses!! 🙏 new home? HEAVEN

[@RogerMoore-qx6vv]

Live forever in the photograpghs

[@bkewig]

Breaks my heart seeing all the child laborers and the boy who lost his fingers, heartbreaking.

[@stevenauldridge2679]

If you have an Apple product, your the reason why child labor exists.

[@DancingPony1966-kp1zr]

I thought that was a girl.

[@bartstewart8644]

Plenty of people in the USA want to bring back child labor. There are already loopholes allowing some of it.

[@jennyh4025]

@@bartstewart8644some? In at least one state children are allowed to work in slaughterhouses in the slaughter area and to drive themselves to their night shift. Children lose their lives in the USA working underage!

[@Spikedgriffon]

The picture is smallpox was quite awful.

[@Lori_L]

And to think now people want to stop vaccinating against it

[@jefferysill5539]

Should send to RFKJR

[@DonnaAbrams-qh7zt]

Yes if Kennedy takes over as Health and Human Services head we may see the return of diseases like smallpox and polio.

[@sharonloska1074]

Best compilation yet!

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

Wow, thanks!

[@zyxw2000]

Nice collection.

[@jebsmith323]

Doctors should post rhat smallpox photo in their offices.

[@Nwladylaura369]

Younger people don’t remember when illnesses killed or incapacitated children/adults! Trust me I know. Get your vaccines.

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

Why? The US stopped vaccinating for smallpox in 1972.

[@Nwladylaura369]

@ So people can see what can happen if you skip vaccines!

[@Benintende1952]

@@queenbunnyfoofoo6112To illustrate the effectiveness of vaccines.

[@lesleywilliams1210]

@@queenbunnyfoofoo6112 it’s a reminder of what happens when you don’t vaccinate against preventable disease. We probably couldn’t eliminate smallpox now, and it was targeted vaccination efforts that eradicated it worldwide.

[@margaretestangco4911]

The beard for the catssss ❤

[@Dawn5048Batchelor]

Piano music was beautiful, photos were realy good too, well done.❤

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

Thank you so much 😀

[@denisecarpenter2981]

The photos of all those children working is so sad.

[@ADHDmothership]

Millions of children are trafficked and put to hard labour globally every year

[@lindahansen2237]

They all look so tired.

[@rattus3102]

The man with the beard....his cats must have loved him! 😂 1:57 Did that really work? 🤔 I've seen them in cartoons, but didn't know they were actually made! 😮 Thank you for these amazing, interesting, funny and/or heartbreaking pictures. 😊

[@Whammytap]

The Krumlauff curved-barrel rifle worked about as well as you'd expect a curved-barrel rifle to work.

[@GaryAa56]

I'm amazed, I haven't seen any of these pictures!

[@rattus3102]

Me neither! 😊

[@Thetruthtwtanbtt]

Great photos! The Argonaut Junior wasn’t the first successful submarine. The HL Hunley built in 1863 was.

[@johnmca5643]

Wonderful.....jaw dropping.

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

Wow, thank you!

[@lpruitt4163]

My grandmother worked at the Indianapolis Glove factory when she was 12 years old. I am sure that it was similar to the factories that they showed here. She and all her brothers and sisters worked to place food on the table. Their dad left them leaving my great grandmother and the children to survive on their own. That was in 1911.

[@rattus3102]

Very sad....😢💔

[@Nwladylaura369]

😮😢❤

[@sallyire1]

My grandfather worked in the coal mines in Pennsylvania when he was a young boy. The buckets he carried dragged on the ground he was so small. Horrible conditions.

[@Nwladylaura369]

@ 🙁😢

[@maryrye707]

Very interesting photos! My father and father in law both picked cotton in Arkansas as children in the 20s and 30s.

[@stevedaniels6050]

Thanks for sharing

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

Thanks for watching!

[@Flacco-p5k]

Loved the coal mine pic. My papaw said down in the mine we were all the same… black. That far down doesn’t care what color you are.

[@Nwladylaura369]

Too bad some people care above ground! No one picks what color/race they are.

[@allseeingotto2912]

They were all white .

[@francapascoe7822]

Breathtaking thanks

[@truthfullyours1]

Love the NOPE! and Double NOPE! on those high rise photos with the construction workers not phased at all of the height! Yikes!!! I would have fell over way before getting up to that height! LOL! 😀

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

You and me both!

[@corinnecavanagh3047]

Fascinating photos, beautiful music.

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

Many thanks!

[@Nwladylaura369]

Breaks my heart to see children working in factories!

[@helendropinski3754]

Those poor children grew up to be the greatest generation of unity and giving. Youth today are not expected to work until they graduate college. Hardship and labor for survival built character and responsibility to society.

[@richardwilletts2566]

Fascinating! Just stumbled upon this channel. What is the provenance for the photographs? Are they in public or private archives or a mixture?

[@teresanovotny2876]

I have not seen any of these love the format and seeing the whole picture great job on this!❤

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

Thank you so much 😊

[@debrabolton9372]

Very sad to see the children working in dangerous situations.

[@helendropinski3754]

It was neccessary for survival, young people need to see this and learn to appreciate society today. Life is so much easier, appreciate it or prepare to go back. Everybody must do their part to make the world a better place❤

[@pamelabough2008]

I never realized that people were tarred and feathered right through to the WW1. The sniper was caught because someone saw the tree didn't move in the breeze

[@tacoheadmakenzie9311]

...or maybe it did move, when a dog tried to pee on it.

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

German Americans were treated terribly during WW1. That doesn't get taught much in school.

[@MySjenna]

People were tarred and feathered up until the 1940s during the wave of violent persecution against Jehovah’s Witnesses.

[@valsblueforrest2961]

​@queenbunnyfoofoo6112 Don't forget the awful treatment of Japanese/Americans during the WW2.

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

@@valsblueforrest2961 You're absolutely correct. FDR was as bad if not worse than Wilson.

[@dlmsarge8329]

Wondering if some of the workers on the high steel, especially in NYC weren't Mohawk Ironworkers from the Kahnawake in Quebec. If so, would be nice to give them credit for their outstanding skill doing dangerous work.

[@sarahalbers5555]

Yes. Apparently, the Mohawks had no innate fear of heights.

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

Many of these are indeed Mohawk iron workers … one of my previous videos mentions that … they were absolutely fearless

[@rachelallen8853]

These pictures are very poignant. Very sad. Makes me more thankful for the 21st century technology and child labor laws.

[@adhc8560]

Thank you. Very interesting.

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

You are welcome!

[@famprima]

Detroit keeps breaking my heart.

[@Susanne1809]

I like the "nope!" und "double nope!" pictures 😁

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

🤗

[@duncanbryson1167]

2.50. The silver part seems to form a box. One can see a small gap for opening it and a hinge forming a lid. Stuff box?

[@skydiverclassc2031]

According to a source, it was a container for the ball (pictured) so his wife would have a remembrance. The inscription (backwards in the photo) says "Waterloo"

[@CactusRae]

Finally, no clickbait!

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

Thank you for noticing 🤗

[@ukmedicfrcs]

Lol shoot around corners like a Bugs Bunny cartoon😂

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

Lol … I didn’t think of that ! Now it’s something I cannot “unthink” 🤣

[@handbananaistherapist642]

It works, but the barrel wears out quickly.

[@cmtippens9209]

First thing I thought was, "I thought that was only in the cartoons." 😮

[@andreaparke4899]

So sad what young children went thru working such a young age. However with families so poor there wasn’t enough food without everyone working.

[@DancingPony1966-kp1zr]

@@andreaparke4899 yes. A very sad reality. And still happening around the world.

[@andreaparke4899]

@@DancingPony1966-kp1zr it was only 4 years ago when people waited in line for free meals due to Covid. I couldn’t believe how many people waited.

[@amystaggs5303]

My Grandpa Staggs worked on the Scyscrapers in Downtown Los Angeles ,in his bare feet...He was choctaw...

[@SpotTheBorgCat]

Wouldn't it be amazing if we were somehow able to see these in color? Still awesome content.

[@AntonioRoberts-dp6bo]

The ones who want to leave America, please do

[@angela_somanythings5670]

6:30 makes me wonder if there was ever a spiritualist that Houdini couldn’t debunk!

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

No there wasn’t … he even offered a million dollars to anyone he couldnt debunk … and after death left a secret password … which no-one ever “connected & collected”

[@peteregan7864]

Yes there was - Mina Crandon. He put her through hell but failed to debunk her.

[@phaedraremington6247]

Lota Cheek was so beautiful!

[@allies7184]

Breathtaking is the wrong word. Breathtaking means so beautiful it leaves you in shock! Many of these photos are sad and horrible.

[@mimib8032]

Breathtaking can also mean surprising, not just beautiful.

[@allies7184]

@@mimib8032 yes, but it always has a positive connotation. Example: The boy wanted a blue bike, but when he saw the motorcycle it took his breath away, for he was not expecting it.

[@mimib8032]

@@allies7184 A breathtaking act of hubris. It isn't always positive.

[@alisonmurraytennick7114]

Where do you find all these pictures x

[@terryopsahl1677]

Double nope! Looks like Curly Howard. Hey Moe!

[@BloodSweatandFears]

1:27 the fact that he’s smoking a cigarette is badass as hell.

[@seandelap8587]

Well i certainly have never seen these photos before

[@jomurphy1654]

Deeply poignant. The old farm house...the working children.....

[@koriw1701]

Such interesting photos set to stunning music. Need sub gained! Thank you.

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

Thank you 🎹🤗 …and welcome aboard !

[@chocolatefrenzieya]

Oh, gosh, those babies working and climbing on that heavy machinery. Ugh. Heartbreaking.

[@MaureenDeVries-wd9mh]

What childhood? Disney myths.

[@tacoheadmakenzie9311]

The third picture reminded me of my uncle, who was in WW II and was involved in the occupation of Italy after the war's end. He told me that he saw more than one kid who blew himself up playing with a hand grenade he found in the rubble.

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

My grandfather was also in Italy

[@esmeraldagreen1992]

Sad

[@MrAndreabgn]

Possibly the third photo and the photo at 5:26 are the saddest in this video.

[@heru-deshet359]

Douglas Bader looked very much like Robert Montgomery, the actor.

[@kimberlee2809]

People who make snide comments on the videos that come from India need to watch this. We were at a very similar stage once except our people were willing to sacrifice short term in strikes/demonstrations all came with no pay...all for the long term gains of our kids.

[@LeannCrowell-ku3bk]

The boys in the "News Mesenger "photo makes me sad for them .The look of being over worked and never play makes for hardened eyes their hearts and faces look like men who have seen and know too much .Over worked children . Very sad 😔

[@kerriemccoy1647]

3:42 the two soldiers are Australian, the slouch hats give it away

[@lairddougal3833]

Ah, child labor, sweat shops, no safety regulations, tarring, feathering, rampant racism, infectious disease …. God but I miss it

[@kimmitchell3506]

Thankyou

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

You’re welcome 😊

[@Lori_L]

Thank God for child labor laws. It wasn't that terribly long ago either!

[@silviac221]

So much child labour! 😢

[@krackerjack57]

The Nope one? I agree He’ll Nope. And Double Hell No on the next one!

[@sgambino100]

1:44. The Hunley was the first successful submarine. Sunk a ship in combat in 1864.

[@PowerOfOne-u4h]

0:42 kids playing with weapons. OMG.

[@Kate-f1n]

​@@SunderBlue22 Sorry to say; nope.

[@rtoward7275]

​@@Kate-f1nThey grew up around guns. It was the norm then.

[@rmalus10297]

Welcome to the world outside your bubble

[@PowerOfOne-u4h]

@@rmalus10297 When I was a kid I only played with bubble gum.

[@RishiM-mx3ri]

Very sad 😢

[@michaelseibold9977]

Lance buboes here. You aint seen nuttin!

[@hillbilly4895]

5:39 only at harvest time...the rest of the year she planted and pulled weeds. Then, chores...then school.

[@sylviasoffgridhawaiianhome8390]

Send these to RFK!!

[@stephanielabbate7853]

Booksellers on the Seine ❤

[@chocolatefrenzieya]

What the heck was wrong with Mrs. Holmes?!

[@vickie30]

I agree with all the hopes..nope for-me ,too

[@nopopkrap4]

at 3:34, he was a BRANCH manager !!

[@janasimon7780]

People think they have it tough here in the good old USA now? Just look at those children working back then! I know this happens in some countries now...but it shouldn't.

[@VickiFrederick-s8c]

I picked a lil cotton growing up in .tennessee

[@DancingPony1966-kp1zr]

@@VickiFrederick-s8c thank you for your contribution to my having clothes to wear

[@Vegas_Mel]

Omg does the curved gun work? 1:57 Off to google!

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

That was a beautiful Native American couple

[@shelleystrong8673]

Valuable archives. Consider why DEI is so necessary. Beautiful and heartbreaking archives from a different perspective.

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

How do you get 'Didn't Earn It' from these photos?

[@andreaparke4899]

@@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9ooso true. Yea black girl picking cotton was horrible, so we’re all those white boys working in the mills, loosing fingers.

[@esmeraldagreen1992]

DEI IS NOT NECESSARY

[@marypasco2213]

@@andreaparke4899- Look again. She was white. ‘Lovely Lady’ was black. And VERY PRETTY. ❤

[@alanbirkner1958]

And people talk about the "good old days". Tina, Al's wife

[@davidjaap2130]

2:05...Its nice to be able to shoot around corners...but how can you see to aim. 6:10...Maybe he will learn how to be a gentleman & let his wife sit. 7:40... I prefer tha architecture of the older buildings. 🙏❤😊

[@aaaht3810]

The Krummlauff had a periscopic sighting device that attached to the barrel to allow the shooter to see the target and align the sights.

[@davidjaap2130]

@aaaht3810 Thank you for the education. 🙏❤😊

[@skydiverclassc2031]

And what if someone appears right in front of you.

[@heidikroft3337]

That's why they lost the war ,stupidity.

[@arctiknitter]

Wasn't there a submarine in the US Civil War? A few years prior to 1894.

[@lauraa.e.5008]

I think my idea of "breathtaking" is much different.

[@JohnJ-p7o]

Oh yeah camouflage ships are almost invisible 😂

[@AmazingHistoricalPhotos]

If anything it makes them stand out more 🤣