When looking at the majority of historical photos, it might seem that the world was black-and-white and all we had were wars and disease.
However, Bored Panda has gone back in time, and dug out some of the most heartwarming and cool images from days gone by.
From a boy receiving a puppy as a present from his grandad, a hospital-bound girl being cured by ducklings, a Victorian couple cracking up as they try and take the 19th century’s equivalent of a selfie, and many others, these vintage photos depicting historical events and regular everyday lives will undoubtedly restore your faith in humanity.
And best of all, these delightful old photos show that despite being from a different era, one thing hasn’t changed over the years - it’s still the little things that matter.
#1 A Few Seconds Before Happiness, 1955
#2 A Victorian Couple Trying Not To Laugh While Getting Their Portraits Done, 1890s
#3 Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor Feeding An Orphaned Kitten. He Adopted The Kitten After The Mother Cat Died During The War.
Image credits: Sgt Martin Riley
#4 Best Friends
Image credits: National Geographic
#5 Austrian Boy Receives New Shoes During WWII
Image credits: Gerald Waller
#6 Girl Playing For Her Dog
#7 Brownie Gets The Milk As Blackie Waits His Turn, 1954
Image credits: Nat Farbman
#8 Harold Whittles Hearing Sound For The First Time, 1974
Image credits: Jack Bradley
#9 Animals Being Used As Part Of Medical Therapy, 1956
Image credits: Francis Miller
#10 Happy French Girl And Her Cat, 1959
#11 The Graves Of A Catholic Woman And Her Protestant Husband, Holland, 1888
#12 Russian Soldiers Of WWII Sleeping With Puppy
Image credits: Georgy Lipskerov
#13 A Little Girl Holds A Penguin's Flipper As They Walk Together Around The London Zoo, 1937
Image credits: Getty Images
#14 Young Carrie Fisher Watching Her Mother Debbie Reynolds Perform On Stage, 1963
Image credits: WireImage
#15 Little Girl And Her Pet Toad At A Pet Show, Venice Beach, California, 1936
Image credits: Super Retro
#16 Christina Goldsmith Kissing A Weimaraner Puppy From Her Father's Stock Of Weimaraner Hunting Dogs, 1950
#17 A Hotel Commissionaire Talking To A Small Dachshund Dog In Piccadilly Circus, London, 1938
Image credits: Kurt Hutton
#18 Boy Sharing Bed With His Best Friend
Image credits: LIFE Magazine
#19 Soldier Shares A Banana With A Goat During The Battle Of Saipan, Ca. 1944
#20 Mailman Poses With His Heavy Load Of Christmas Mail And Parcels, Chicago, 1929
Image credits: Vintage
#21 A Little French Girl Gives An American Soldier A Kiss On Valentine’s Day, 1945
#22 A Blind Woman Relaxes At The Local Swimming Pool, Watched Over By Her Guide Dog, 1966
#23 Nun Dancing With Children, 1964
Image credits: Bettmann
#24 Champion Bloodhound Leo Of Reynalton Being Cuddled By His Little Mistress Dorothy Horder At The Crufts Dog Show In London, 1935
Image credits: William Vanderson
#25 A Young Woman Lifts Her Feet While Embracing And Kissing A Uniformed Us Soldier At The Train Station, Connecticut, 1945
Image credits: Harold M. Lambert
#26 Le Petit Parisien, 1952
Image credits: Willy Ronis
#27 A Street Musician And A Little Girl
#28 Teenaged Boys Using Blanket To Toss Their Friend, Norma Baker, Into The Air On The Beach, 1948
Image credits: John Florea
#29 For Paris Match, 1961
Image credits: Philippe le Tellier
#30 Medic Feeding Baby Birds
Image credits: US National Archives
#31 A French Boy Introduces Himself To Indian Soldiers Who Had Just Arrived In France To Fight Alongside French And British Forces, Marseilles, 30th September 1914
Image credits: Getty Images
#32 A Bear Cub Eats A Bowl Of Honey At A Cafe, 1950
Image credits: Three Lions
#33 Queen Elizabeth With Her Much-Loved Corgis Watching The Royal Windsor Horse Show, 1973
Image credits: Press Association
#34 The Swing And Childhood
#35 Bath Time
Image credits: Corbis image
#36 Worker In Cosmetic Company Covered With Relics Of Lipstick Kisses To Prove That Dyes In Lipsticks Are Harmless, 1960
Image credits: Jale Joel
#37 Nuns From The Order Of St. Benedict Make A Splash In The Pacific Ocean While Vacationing At Grayland, 1960
Image credits: Tom Brownell
#38 Gunner Hector Morgan Returning Home, 1945
#39 An Officer Holds A Cigar With Two Canaries Perched On It, 1918
#40 Circus Baby Yvonne Kruse Is Pushed In Her Pram By 'Kam', One Of Her Mother's Charges, On Their Arrival At Addison Road Station, London, From Their Winter Quarters At Ascot, 1958
Image credits: Folb
#41 Nanson Of Netheroyd, A Champion Borzoi, Enjoys Pulling His Young Master Around In A Toy Car,1937
Image credits: Reg Speller
#42 Young Soldier Holding A Little Piggy With Lid In London During WWII
Image credits: Keystone-France
#43 Sledding Down Art Hill After The 1904 World’s Fair Was Over, St Louis, 1904
Image credits: Jessie Tarbox Beals
#44 A Couple Enjoys An Old-Fashioned Zipline, 1923
#45 Children Pictured Decorating A Tree In The 1940s
Image credits: Bettman
#46 The Future 32nd President Of The United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, With His Cousin, 1910
Image credits: FDR Presidential Library & Museum
#47 A Young Woman Goes Sledding At Buxton In The English Peak District, 1904
Image credits: Topical Press Agency
#48 Man Returns Home From Time In The Navy. Carrying Sister While Brother In Law Shoots Them With A Water Pistol
#49 A Boy And His New Ball, Netherlands June 1966
#50 Sai Gon, Vietnam In 1993
#51 Four Pints Today Please, Mr. Milkman (c. 1968, Altrincham, Cheshire, Uk)
#52 Taking His Cousin For A Wheelbarrow Ride 1948 Corley Moor, U.k.
#53 Christmas '75 Norway
#54 Turkish Women In 1930, Became One Of The First Women To Be Elected For Mayorships
#55 Guess I Was Meant To Love Home Remodeling And Construction Industry .. Me In 1951 Helping My Dad With New Garage !!
#56 The Best Rocking Horse Ever, Bangladesh,1963
#57 Having My Picture Taken By A Traveling Photographe With A Horse 1965
#58 Me & Santa, Dayton Ohio 1971 Or 72
#59 Young Students Celebrating The National Sovereignty And Children's Day In Turkey, April 24, 1970s
#60 Ataturk On A Swing
#61 1930's England - After A Days Work
#62 Found Memories
#63 Me 1982 , 'communist Pioneer' Uniform Romania
#64 My Nan And Pop Sydney Street Shot 1940's
#65 Family Outing To Fantasy Farm 1988
#66 1960's Rocking Horse (brad Lawrence, Owner)
#67 Italian-american Teen, Al Amendolare, With His Father's Truck
#68 In 1938, Grandfather (first From Right) And Grandmother(4th From Left) With Their Family. The Smiling Little Girl, Second From Left Is My Mother, Now She Is 80.
#69 Sitting On The Lawn Of Our Very First House In Canada, 1956.
#70 Yong Couple She Was From Italy He Was Born In The Us. She Is Now 105 Years Old. 1929 Or 1930
#71 My Mom And Her Sisters. Christmas In St.albans, W.v. In The '50's.
#72 Due Amiche
#73 Home Shopping With Joy - 2007
#74 My Siblings And I Playing Flag Football In Our Big Front Yard, Circa 1973, Salem, Oregon
#75 Little Girl And Her Dad, Detroit 2017
#76 My Dad Pretending To Pour A Pepsi On My Aunt 1970
#77 My Mom Pregnant With My Brother, Standing With My Aunt, Uncle, And Grandma 1975
#78 Mother And I 1972 Salt Lakes Bc
#79 My Great Nana Simm , As A Teenager , Florrie Samuels, With The Gorgeous Hat.late 1890's
#80 Easter 1986
#81 Really? So Old Am I?
#82 A Girl (me) With Her Daddy, Somewhere Between 1995-1997
#83 Little Girl Holding Magazine -- 1920-something
#84 My Mom At Hollywood Blvd In 1959
#85 Graduation 1957. Nashua Nh
#86 Raf Officer T. W. Hudspith Enjoying Some Light Reading, 1945
#87 Thumbs Up With A Kiss For Being My Bday 1998
#88 Teresa Davis And Her 2 Daughter, Oh, 2002.
#89 Me At A Vintage Fair Last Year (2016)
#90 Me And Soldiers At A Vintage Fair Last Year (2016)
#91 When I Got My New Cat After My Old Cat Died.
