Every now and then while scrolling down your Facebook or Instagram feed you catch a glimpse of a vintage photo that makes you wonder about the history. How was it?. How people lived back then? These photographs from the 19th or 20th or some even from much before tell us a very different story about the past. Why do we click pictures? And why do we keep them close to us? Because when we look at them after a few years, they take back us at the same moment when we clicked them.
Unfortunately, we don’t have a time machine that could take us back in time where we can also re-live some important events of history. But all we have are these 80 amazing photographs that would surely act as a time machine for you. Have you heard of Mata Hari, the famous women spy? Wait till you read about her…

George Harrison And Stevie Nicks, 1978


It turns out that Stevie Nicks and George Harrison were very good friends. She even helped him write the famous song Here Comes The Moon in 1979. In the book George Harrison: Behind The Locked Door, Nicks has told that she used to keep this same picture when she was off to some tours. She said, “When I go on the road it goes right on my makeup mirror, so before I go on stage, whether it’s with Fleetwood Mac or me in my solo career, the three of us are looking back at me and that has been my inspiration every single night. There’s lots of nights where you kind of go, I wish I didn’t have to go on stage tonight, I’m tired, I don’t feel like doing it, and I look at George Harrison and me and I go, well, you just have to, because it’s important, it’s important to make people happy, so get out of your chair, put on your boots and go out there and do your thing.”

Alfred Hitchcock, 1960


Alfred Hitchcock is considered to be one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He is also called as the master of terror. However, this picture tells a very different side of the story. Like most grandparents, even he loved spending time with his grandchildren and spoil them much as he could. 

The Beauty Of Grace Kelly, 1956

So many young women dream of becoming a princess one day, Grace Kelly, indeed, made her dream come true. After marrying Monaco’s Prince Rainier on April 18, 1956, she became the princess of Monaco. On the day of her marriage, she wore the dress that was made by MGM which required 30 seamstresses and took 6 weeks in making. 

‘The Twins,’ Lisa and Louise, 1980


Without a doubt, The Shining is one of the scariest movies of all time. We can see the Grady twins whom you can see in the picture who also played the ghosts of two dead girls having some fun on the set. “Everyday felt like we’d been invited to a very exclusive party and we were the youngest, luckiest people to be there. Stanley wanted us on set every single day, so between scenes, we would play with Danny [Lloyd] and Jack [Nicholson],”- the Grady twins to the Daily Mail.

Cradle On An Airplane

For many of us, flying is something hectic to do. But imagine flying with a baby who isn’t sleeping in your arms but in a made-up cradle from the space where we usually keep our luggage. The mother was trying hard to comfort her baby but the turbulence must have made the journey for this little kid heavy on the head. Poor little kid.

Meal On The Set

This is the picture is from the set of Goodfellas. Martin Scorsese is considered as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema and Goodfellas is one of the best he ever made. Mrs. Scorsese mother of Martin who played the role of DeVito’s mother used to cook the meal for entire cast and crew on the set. “My mother made a dish called a chicken with lemon and garlic and if you go to Francis Coppola’s restaurant he has it on the menu… It’s pretty good, pretty close… The garlic was cut so thin and she would put it on the chicken and the chicken would be roasted… and the garlic would blacken and then disappear into the lemon juice. It was delicious,” Martin told Jimmy Kimmel.