If you’ve ever wondered what the past was like, the answer is absolutely terrifying. If you need any proof just take a look at these 17 terrifying photos. Each of them will send a shiver down your spine.
1. A woman receives anti-freckle treatment (1930’s).
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2. The aftermath of a fire at Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum in London, 1930’s. They aren’t real heads, don’t worry!.
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3. Two women wearing crow masks…. NOPE.
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4. An old halloween costume from 1910.
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5. Two engineers trying to fix a Disney animatronic.
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6. A family photo that didn’t go so well…
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7. Two clowns and a Santa visit a children’s hospital, 1950’s.
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8. A girl “horsemanning” in the 1920’s. Pretty similar to planking.
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9. Two parents pose for the camera with their dead daughter.
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10. American troops wearing Brewster body armor in 1917.
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11. Mental patient Katharina Detzel showing of the man she built from her own bedding in 1910.
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12. An advert for The Isolator. Everything, including Oxygen, was shut out by wearing this hood.
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13. Children all dressed up for halloween, sometime in the 1900’s.
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14. Santa Claus doesn’t look so friendly right now.
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15. A nurse and newborn baby pose in their gas masks, 1940.
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16. A family dressed up for halloween, 1940.
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17. Ventriloquist Jules Vernon posing with his creepy puppet collection.
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