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Traveling back to the distant past isn’t possible and likely won’t be anytime soon. The closest thing we have to turning back the clock are vintage photographs that give us a glimpse of how life was back in the day.

The “Historical Snapshots” Instagram account is one of the many excellent resources for these pictures. It’s an homage to those who’ve lived their lives without many of the luxuries and societal changes we get to enjoy and experience today. The concise profile bio sums it up nicely: “Honor people. Understand the past.”

These are some of the standout images from the page. Enjoy today’s travel back in time!

#1 Portrait Of A Woman And Baby, Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico In 1914

#2 Portrait Of A Navajo Native American. Taken By Carl Moon, Circa 1906

#3 Roger Williams University In Nashville, Tennessee, 1899

#4 Portrait Of Cotton Mill Workers In Georgia, U.S., 1909

#5 Portrait Of An Inuit Woman And Child, Circa 1912

#6 Portrait Of Flora Stewart. She Was Said To Be Vivacious With A “Remarkably Retentive Memory.”

#7 Portrait Of Two Women. Zanzibar, Circa 1900

#8 American Soldiers Pay Tribute To The Fallen Animals, 1918

#9 Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor Feeds A Two Week Old Orphan Kitten

#10 Portrait Of Ute Chief Severo And His Family, Circa 1885

#11 Portrait Of The Fisk University Class Of 1888

#12 Portrait Of A Family. Manzanar Relocation Center, 1943

#13 Sergeant Karen Hermiston, Or “Hermie” As People Called Her, Was Courageous And Determined, Earning A Place In Canadian History As The Only Official Female Photographer For The Armed Forces To Work Amidst Combat During World War II

#14 Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner And Blanche Osborn, Women Airforce Service Pilots During Wwii, Pictured Here As They Leave Their Airplane,

#15 Portrait Of Lillian, Cora And Luvenia Ward. Taken In Worcester, Massachusetts, Circa 1900

#16 Portrait Of A Sami Family, Norway, Circa 1890

#17 An Unidentified Soldier, Australia, Ww1

#18 A Spinner And Her Spinning Wheel. County Galway, Ireland, Circa 1890

#19 Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston In An 1896 Self-Portrait Of A “New Woman,” Taken In Her Washington, Dc Studio

#20 London, 1899. Photo By Leonard Misonne

#21 Florence Was Thirty-Two Years Old, A Mother Of Seven Children, Living In Nipomo, California With Her Children And Partner, Jim Hill, 1936

#22 Tattoo Artist Maud Wagner, U.S., 1907

#23 Josie, Six Years Old, Bertha, Six Years Old, And Sophie, 10 Years Old. All Shuckers At Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina. Circa 1911

#24 Photograph Of 1924 Miss America Winner, Ruth Malcolmson

#25 Children Of Miners. Scott’s Run, West Virginia, 1937

#26 Jewish People From Subcarpathian Rus Await Selection At Auschwitz-Birkenau, May 1944

#27 “Jitterbugging On A Saturday Evening,” Mississippi, 1939

#28 An Italian Mother And Child Who Just Arrived At Ellis Island, Circa 1905

#29 Mother & Son, Ireland, Circa 1890

#30 “Love Came To Me, And I Was Not Afraid To Marry The Man I Loved Because Of His Color.” – Helen Pitts Douglass

#31 Paris, 1900

#32 Elvin Harley Of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Of The 3rd Armored Division, Gets A Peck On The Cheek From A French Girl While Listening To The 9th Armored Division Band Near Aboncourt, France. February 14, 1945

#33 Wedding Rings Of Concentration Camp Victims. They Were Found Near Buchenwald By U.S. Army Soldiers In 1945

#34 Portrait Of John Smith, A Chippewa Native American. He Was Also Known As Gaa-Binagwiiyaas, Amongst Other Names

#35 Portrait Of Iron White Man, A Sioux Native American, Circa 1900

#36 Iron Thunder, Crow Eagle, Fool Thunder, Slow White Buffalo, All Holding Peace Pipes, Dakota, Circa 1880s

#37 The World Knew Him As “Blind Tom” Wiggins, A Musical Prodigy, One Of The Best-Known American Performing Pianists Of The 19th Century

#38 Portrait Of Selika Lazevski, Believed To Be A Horsewoman Who Rode At Nouveau Cirque In Paris

#39 Hans Langseth, A Norwegian-American, Holds The Record For Longest Beard In History. His Beard Measured 17 Ft 6 In At The Time Of His Death In Wyndmere, North Dakota

#40 Central Park, NYC, Circa 1900

#41 Taking A Selfie, NYC, 1920

#42 Ah-Weh-Eyu (Pretty Flower), From The Seneca Nation, 190

#43 Elizabeth L. Gardner Of Rockford, Illinois, A Wasp (Women’s Airforce Service Pilot) Pilot, Circa 1940s

#44 Portrait Of Billie Holiday And Her Dog Mister, NYC, Circa 1947

#45 Red Cross Nurse And Rescue Dog, Wwi

#46 An Albanian Woman From Italy At Ellis Island, Circa 1905

#47 A Snapshot Of Life From Washington Dc, Circa 1920

#48 Women In Chicago Being Arrested For Wearing One Piece Bathing Suits Without The Required Leg Coverings, 1922

#49 A Snapshot Of Life From New York, Circa 1910

#50 Warsaw Ghetto, 1943

#51 Liberated Survivors Of Auschwitz, 1945

#52 Five Year Old Warren Bernard Runs Out Of His Mother’s Grasp To His Father, A Soldier From New Westminster, Canada Who Was Going To Fight For Canada In Wwii

#53 Women Making Fun Of Sign At Beach Requiring Full Bathing Suits. Miami, Florida, 1934

#54 Riding A New Tricycle, 1882. Photo By Chas. W Oldrieve

#55 A Snapshot Of Life, Circa 1910

#56 Portrait Of A Family, Beaufort, South Carolina, 1862

#57 Portrait Of Hattie Tom, An Apache Native American, 1899

#58 Portrait Of Martha Perkins, 1901

#59 Portrait Of A Family. Florida, Circa 1900

#60 Portrait Of Nora Oo-Teen’a, An Inuit Woman. Alaska, 1903

#61 Portrait Of A Union Army Soldier From The U.S. Civil War And His Family, Circa 1864

#62 Portrait Of Chaiwa, A Tewa Native American, Circa 1906

#63 Portrait Of A Navajo Woman, Circa 1904

#64 Portrait Of Kikisoblu, Also Known As Princess Angeline. Born Sometime In The 1820s, Kikisoblu Was The Daughter Of Chief Seattle Of The Duwamish Tribe

#65 Portrait Of A Young Girl And Child. Japan, Circa 1908

#66 An Apache Woman, 1888

#67 Portrait Of An Inupiat Family From Noatak, Alaska. Circa 1929

#68 Portrait Of Charlie Chaplin, Circa 1920

#69 O-O-Be, A Kiowa Native American, Circa 1895

#70 Mulberry St., NYC, 1900

#71 Before She Became Famous As An Actress In All In The Family, Maude, And Golden Girls, Bea Arthur Worked As A Truck Driver And Typist In The United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve During Wwii

#72 A Snapshot Of Life From Denver, 1907

#73 A Snapshot Of Historical Fashion From Japan, 1910s

#74 A Snapshot Of Life, 1940s

#75 Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1905

#76 A Few Miss Europe Candidates, 1930

#77 Edward Bouchet Became The First African American To Earn A Phd In The U.S. When He Completed His Dissertation In Physics At Yale In 1876

#78 Charlie Chaplin And Helen Keller On The Set Of Chaplin’s Film “Sunnyside”, 1919

#79 A Snapshot Of Life From Nebraska, 1910

#80 Chief Bone Necklace Of The Oglala Lakota, 1899