Looking at old photos of our past, most of what we see are black-and-white images of great wars and human suffering. But that’s not always the case, thankfully, below are our incredible collection of some of the most heartwarming photos from days gone by. Hope you’ll enjoy it, and please share with your family and friends on Facebook!
1. A Few Seconds Before Happiness (1955)
2. A Victorian Couple Trying Not To Laugh While Getting Their Portraits Done (1890s)
3. Austrian Boy Receives New Shoes During WWII
4. Helping my best friend
5. Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor Feeding An Orphaned Kitten. He Adopted The Kitten After The Mother Cat Died During The War.
6. A duet with her dog
7. Brownie Gets The Milk As Blackie Waits His Turn (1954)
8. Harold Whittles Hearing Sound For The First Time (1974)
9. Animals Being Used As Part Of Medical Therapy (1956)
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
13. A Hotel Commissionaire Talking To A Small Dachshund Dog In Piccadilly Circus, London (1938)
14. Little Girl And Her Pet Toad At A Pet Show, Venice Beach, California (1936)
15. A Little Girl Holds A Penguin’s Flipper As They Walk Together Around The London Zoo (1937)
16. Christina Goldsmith Kissing A Weimaraner Puppy From Her Father’s Stock Of Weimaraner Hunting Dogs (1950)
17. Young Carrie Fisher Watching Her Mother Debbie Reynolds Perform On Stage (1963)
18. Boy Sharing Bed With His Best Friend
19. Soldier Shares A Banana With A Goat During The Battle Of Saipan (1944)
20. A Little Girl Having Fun Pretending To Talk On The Telephone, Japan (1958)
21. Mailman Poses With His Heavy Load Of Christmas Mail And Parcels, Chicago (1929)
22. A Young Woman Lifts Her Feet While Embracing And Kissing A Uniformed Us Soldier At The Train Station, Connecticut (1945)
23. Parisian boy bringing bread to his family (1952)
24. A Blind Woman Relaxes At The Local Swimming Pool, Watched Over By Her Guide Dog (1966)
25. Nun Dancing With Children (1964)
26. A Little French Girl Gives An American Soldier A Kiss On Valentine’s Day (1945)
27. Teenaged Boys Using Blanket To Toss Their Friend, Norma Baker (later known as Marilyn Monroe), Into The Air On The Beach (1948)
28. Champion Bloodhound Leo Of Reynalton Being Cuddled By His Little Mistress Dorothy Horder At The Crufts Dog Show In London (1935)
29. On The Caterpillar, Women’s Pub Outing, Clapham, London (1958)
30. A Soldier Comes Home From War (1940s)
31. Worker In Cosmetic Company Covered With Relics Of Lipstick Kisses To Prove That Dyes In Lipsticks Are Harmless (1960)
32. A Bear Cub Eats A Bowl Of Honey At A Cafe (1950)
33. Medic Feeding Baby Birds
34. A Street Musician And A Little Girl
35. 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)
36. The Swing And Childhood
37. Queen Elizabeth With Her Much-Loved Corgis Watching The Royal Windsor Horse Show (1973)
38. Bath Time
39. Woman And Dog Jumping Rope (1940s)
40. Nuns From The Order Of St. Benedict Make A Splash In The Pacific Ocean While Vacationing At Grayland (1960)
41. Wally Kilminster Enjoys A Foam Bath With His Dog In The Dressing Rooms At Wembley Stadium (1934)
42. An American Soldier At An Advanced Allied Base With His Pet Kangaroo (1942)
43. Gunner Hector Morgan Returning Home (1945)
44. An Officer Holds A Cigar With Two Canaries Perched On It (1918)
45. Nanson Of Netheroyd, A Champion Borzoi, Enjoys Pulling His Young Master Around In A Toy Car (1937)
46. 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)
47. Young Soldier Holding A Little Piggy With Lid In London During WWII
48. French Girl And Her Cat (1962)
49. Ice Bucket Challenge, NYC (1943)
50. A Couple Enjoys An Old-Fashioned Zipline (1923)
51. Sledding Down Art Hill After The 1904 World’s Fair Was Over, St Louis (1904)
52. Roller Girl Skating With Kids (1970s)
