An early female body builder, 1890s.

An experimental one-man machine gun tank in England, 1934.

Doing some tricks on a zebra for an event known as the Zebra Olympics, Tunisia, 1928

These ladies play with toys while the men try to fix the car, England, 1908.

Grocery shopping, the 1960s

Publix supermarket showcased their wide aisle and a self-service dairy case by driving a shopper around a new store in a tiny car, circa 1957

Tulip Town Market, Grove Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, July 4th, 1945.

NYC was much less of a busy city, 1908.

Roller skates were the hot new thing, but still needed a bit of work, 1910.

Someone decided it's time for pigs to actually fly, 1909.

The iconic London buses looked like this, 1928

Rush hour looked a lot different than it does today, Chicago, 1909

People queued for Al Capone’s free coffee in Chicago, 1931.

The Hollywood sign was still the 'Hollywoodland' sign. The last four letters were removed in 1949

A police car with a shovel to prevent casualties or injuries to pedestrians, 1920

The Dynasphere, a monowheel electric vehicle could go up to 25 mph (40km/h). It was created in 1932

In 1936, this exercise machine was used to 'roll the fat' out of legs

In 1924, Parisians found an unusual way to keep their feet dry during a flood

Women wearing bathing suits in the 1920s

A new vantage point was introduced to New York on the opening day of the Empire State Building, 1931

This was the tallest building in Paris, the Eiffel Tower under construction in the 1880's.