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While many animals rely on other senses — like smell in the case of dogs or hearing in that of bats — humans depend on sight. We build our lives around visual cues, and use them for finding food, mates, and shelter, as well as more complex behaviors such as parental care.

To put it plainly, our brains remember images the easiest. What we see has a deep effect on what we do, what we feel, and who we are. So since they’re essential to our learning, let’s do just that, shall we?

There’s an Instagram account called ‘Lost In History’ that’s full of interesting snippets for our eyes. Dedicated to 20th-century people and culture, it posts pictures that illuminate our past in ways we haven’t seen before. Or have simply forgotten about!

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#1 Albert Einstein Wearing Fuzzy Slippers, 1950s

#2 I Find Comfort Knowing That More Than 140 Years Ago People Were Taking Silly Pictures Of Their Pets, 1875

#3 The Famous Photo Of Lady Diana Falling Asleep During An Official Royal Engagement, 1981. She Was Actually Pregnant With Prince William At The Time, However Her Pregnancy Had Yet To Be Announced

#4 Mom Uses A Trash Can To Contain Her Baby While She Crochets In The Park, 1969

#5 Italian Summer, 1980s

#6 Nurses Showing A Set Of Newly Born Triplets To A Surprised Father In A New York City Hospital, 1946. Photo By Keystone-France

#7 A Koala Drinks From A Spoon, Australia, 1900

#8 Not Everyone Likes Bikini, Miami Beach, 1980s

#9 Safety Regulations In The 1960s

#10 Rowan Atkinson With His 1981 Aston Martin Vantage

#11 My Favorite Picture Of My Grandma & Grandpa. Taken The Summer After Their High School Graduation In 1950

#12 Salvador Dali Taking His Anteater For A Walk In Paris, 1969

#13 A Mother And Her Son On Their Way To A Pride Walk, 1985

#14 Princess Diana Dancing With John Travolta At A White House Dinner, 1985

#15 Princess Fatemeh Khanum Was The Princess Of Persia. She Was The Daughter Of King Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar, Who Ruled Persia From 1848 To 1896. She Was Considered The Ultimate Symbol Of Beauty In Persia During The Early 1900s

#16 Girls Applying For A Model Casting In Lithuania, 1992

#17 Wife Shields Her Husband’s Eyes From A Young Woman Taking Her Top Off On The Beach In France, 1974

#18 Woman Cutting Her Birthday Cake In Tehran, Iran, 1973

#19 She’s In Someone’s Locket, 1940s

#20 The Last Photo Taken Of Hachikō, A Japanese Akita Dog Remembered For His Unwavering Loyalty To His Owner

#21 Princess Diana In St Tropez, 1997

#22 J.K. Rowling Writing Harry Potter At A Café In Scotland (1998)

#23 Sophia Loren Attending The 1955 Venice Film Festival

#24 A Knocker-Upper Was Someone Whose Sole Purpose Was To Wake People Up During A Time When Alarm Clocks Were Expensive And Not Very Reliable

#25 Sometimes Little Help Is All You Need, 1945

#26 Wholesome Pictures Of Young Jfk Playing With His Best Friend Lem Billings Who Was Gay

#27 An Indian Student Studying At The University Of Madras In Tamil Nadu, 1905. While Studying Late At Night, Students Use To Tie Their Hairs To A Nail In The Wall To Prevent Themselves From Falling Asleep

#28 Ben Affleck And Matt Damon Calling Their Moms After Winning The Oscar For Good Will Hunting, 1997

#29 Robert Wadlow, Tallest Human In Recorded History, With His Parents And Siblings, 1935

#30 Spanish Flu, 1918. Family Portrait

#31 Us Soldier With Pictures Of His Girlfriend Attached To His Helmet, Củ Chi Base Camp, Vietnam In 1968

#32 Winter Proofing New Russians, Moscow, 1958.they Believe That The Cold, Fresh Air Boost The Immune System And It Helps Them To Nap Longer

#33 A Couple Dividing Up Their Beanie Baby Collection In Divorce Court, 1990s

#34 Frida Kahlo Painting In Bed, 1950s

#35 The Discovery Of The Ancient Statue Of Antinous found In delphi, Greece during An Excavation In 1894

#36 A United States Soldier Holds Up A Giant Jungle Centipede During The Vietnam War, 1967

#37 Teenagers At An Elvis Presley Concert At The Philadelphia Arena, 1957

#38 Marlene Dietrich Is Detained At A Train Station In Paris In 1933 For Violating The Ban On Women Wearing Trousers

#39 Dad Showing Off His Skill To The Surprise Of His Little Daughter In Melbourne, Australia, 1940s

#40 A French Woman With Her Baguette And Six Bottles Of Wine, Paris, France, 1945

#41 Steve And Terri Irwin, 1992

#42 Children For Sale In Chicago, 1948. Some Parents Sold Their Children Due To Poverty

#43 A Newly-Born Lamb Snuggles Up To A Boy, 1940

#44 Keanu Reeves Photographed By Willy Rizzo, In Paris, 2003

#45 Eiffel Tower Being Built In July 1888

#46 San Francisco’s Lombard Street In 1975

#47 17 Year-Old Juliane Koepcke Was Sucked Out Of An Airplane In 1971 After It Was Struck By A Bolt Of Lightning. She Fell 2 Miles To The Ground, Strapped To Her Seat And Survived After She Endured 10 Days In The Amazon Jungle

#48 Woman And A Tornado, 1989

#49 David Bowie Performs To A Huge Crowd In 1983

#50 An Upset Little Patient After A Visit To The Dentist, 1920s.

#51 Teenaged Matthew Mcconaughey

#52 In The Mid-1950’s, Italian Shoemakers Were Selling “Defense Shoes”, Complete With Spurs On Toes And Heels To Kick Away Offensive Sex Pests, Especially In Rome.

#53 16 Year Old German Soldier, Hans-Georg Henke, Crying As He Is Captured By The Us 9th Army In Germany On April 3rd, 1945.

#54 New York City, 1978. Photo By Helen Levitt

#55 U.s Soldier Shakes Hand With A Dog In Luxembourg During The Battle Of Bulge, 1944.

#56 An Ostrich Carriage Being Stopped By The Police For Crossing The Speed Limit, Los Angeles, 1930.

#57 Protestor At Gay Rights Demonstration In 1970. Photo By Diana Davies

#58 A Woman Drinking Tea, 1940, In The Aftermath Of A German Bombing Raid During The London Blitz

#59 A Young Man Demonstrating Against Low Pay For Teachers, 1930s.

#60 A Portrait Of An Interesting Hair Style From 1894.

#61 A Member Of The Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment) Poses For The Camera While Holding A Puppy He Saved During World War 1, 1918

#62 A Group Of People Pose For A Photo Whilst Wearing Face Masks During The Second Wave Of The Spanish Flu In California, 1918.

#63 Young Couple Kissing Before The Fall Of The Berlin Wall In 1989

#64 Refusing To Do The Nazi Salute, 1936.

#65 She Was 11 When WWI Started, 36 When WWII Started, 74 When Star Wars Released And 116 When Covid-19 Started. And Her Name Is Kane Tanaka As The World’s Oldest Living Person At Age 118 Years

#66 Little Boy About To Receive A Dog For His Birthday (1955)

#67 A Young Boy That Had Just Stolen His Father’s Car And Crashed It, Takes One Last Puff On His Cigarette Before Facing The Consequences. 1974

#68 Young Joe Biden In The 1960s

#69 Highschool Photos Of Meryl Streep!

#70 Marriage Advice For Young Ladies From A Suffragette, 1918. The Pamphlet Is On Display At The Pontypridd Museum In Wales. The Suffragette Is Unknown

#71 Escape Artist Harry Houdini Locked Up In Chains About To Take A 30 Foot Plunge Off The Harvard Bridge Into The Charles River In Boston, 1908

#72 Women At The First Chippendales Club, Los Angeles, 1979

#73 The Wartime Selfie, 1940s

#74 A Family Poses In Front Of “Mark Twain”, The 1,341 Years Old, 331 Ft Tall Sequoia Tree, 1892

#75 Summer Solstice Celebration, Stockholm, Sweden, 1970.

#76 “You!” – Princess Diana Meets Comedian Rowan Atkinson In 1984

#77 A Young Barack Obama With His Mother On Halloween (1964)

#78 Julia Roberts At The ‘Notting Hill’ Premiere, 1999.

#79 Duchess Camila’s Attempt (1995) In Recreating Lady Diana’s Famous Revenge Dress Which She Wore When Prince Charles Confessed Cheating On Her With Camila (1994).

#80 A Young John F. Kennedy And His Gay Friend Lem Billings Posing With Their Little Companion Dunker During Their Stay In The Hague, The Netherlands In 1937.