We came across this selection of astonishing photos from the past, thanks to Reddit user epicnesshunter. Some of these are absolutely mind-boggling, but what makes most of them so powerful is that they were taken in the past century, just one or two generations away from us.

#1. Woman With A Gas-Resistant Pram, England, 1938



#2. Unpacking the head of the Statue of Liberty, 1885



#3. Elvis in the Army, 1958



#4. Animals being used as part of medical therapy, 1956



#5. Testing of new bulletproof vests, 1923



#6. Charlie Chaplin at age 27, 1916



#7. Hindenburg Disaster, May 6, 1937



#8. Circus hippo pulling a cart, 1924



#9. Annette Kellerman promotes women’s right to wear a fitted one-piece bathing suit, 1907. She was arrested for indecency



#10. Annie Edison Taylor, the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, 1901



