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.

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#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.

#4 Best Friends

#5 Austrian Boy Receives New Shoes During WWII

#6 Girl Playing For 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 Little Girl Holds A Penguin’s Flipper As They Walk Together Around The London Zoo, 1937

#14 Young Carrie Fisher Watching Her Mother Debbie Reynolds Perform On Stage, 1963

#15 Little Girl And Her Pet Toad At A Pet Show, Venice Beach, California, 1936

#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

#18 Boy Sharing Bed With His Best Friend

#19 A Little Girl Having Fun Pretending To Talk On The Telephone, Japan, 1958

#20 Soldier Shares A Banana With A Goat During The Battle Of Saipan, Ca. 1944

#21 Mailman Poses With His Heavy Load Of Christmas Mail And Parcels, Chicago, 1929

#22 A Little French Girl Gives An American Soldier A Kiss On Valentine’s Day, 1945

#23 A Blind Woman Relaxes At The Local Swimming Pool, Watched Over By Her Guide Dog, 1966

#24 Nun Dancing With Children, 1964

#25 Champion Bloodhound Leo Of Reynalton Being Cuddled By His Little Mistress Dorothy Horder At The Crufts Dog Show In London, 1935

#26 A Young Woman Lifts Her Feet While Embracing And Kissing A Uniformed Us Soldier At The Train Station, Connecticut, 1945

#27 Le Petit Parisien, 1952

#28 A Street Musician And A Little Girl

#29 On The Caterpillar, Women’s Pub Outing, Clapham, London, 1958

#30 Teenaged Boys Using Blanket To Toss Their Friend, Norma Baker, Into The Air On The Beach, 1948

#31 For Paris Match, 1961

#32 Medic Feeding Baby Birds

#33 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

#34 A Bear Cub Eats A Bowl Of Honey At A Cafe, 1950

#35 A Soldier Comes Home From War, 1940s

#36 Queen Elizabeth With Her Much-Loved Corgis Watching The Royal Windsor Horse Show, 1973

#37 The Swing And Childhood

#38 Bath Time

#39 Worker In Cosmetic Company Covered With Relics Of Lipstick Kisses To Prove That Dyes In Lipsticks Are Harmless, 1960

#40 Woman And Dog Jumping Rope, 1940s

#41 An American Soldier At An Advanced Allied Base With His Pet Kangaroo, 1942

#42 Nuns From The Order Of St. Benedict Make A Splash In The Pacific Ocean While Vacationing At Grayland, 1960

#43 Gunner Hector Morgan Returning Home, 1945

#44 Wally Kilminster Enjoys A Foam Bath With His Dog In The Dressing Rooms At Wembley Stadium, 1934

#45 An Officer Holds A Cigar With Two Canaries Perched On It, 1918

#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 Nanson Of Netheroyd, A Champion Borzoi, Enjoys Pulling His Young Master Around In A Toy Car,1937

#48 Young Soldier Holding A Little Piggy With Lid In London During WWII

#49 Ice Bucket Challenge, NYC, 1943

#50 Sledding Down Art Hill After The 1904 World’s Fair Was Over, St Louis, 1904

#51 A Couple Enjoys An Old-Fashioned Zipline, 1923

#52 Children Pictured Decorating A Tree In The 1940s

#53 Roller Girl Skating With Kids, 1970s

#54 The Future 32nd President Of The United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, With His Cousin, 1910

#55 A Young Woman Goes Sledding At Buxton In The English Peak District, 1904

#56 Man Returns Home From Time In The Navy. Carrying Sister While Brother In Law Shoots Them With A Water Pistol

#57 A Boy And His New Ball, Netherlands June 1966

#58 Sai Gon, Vietnam In 1993

#59 Four Pints Today Please, Mr. Milkman (c. 1968, Altrincham, Cheshire, Uk)

#60 Me, Sitting On The Rail At Niagra Falls In 1956.

#61 Taking His Cousin For A Wheelbarrow Ride 1948 Corley Moor, U.k.

#62 Christmas ’75 Norway

#63 Sitting On An Original Turtle Brought Back From The Galapagos By Darwin

#64 Turkish Women In 1930, Became One Of The First Women To Be Elected For Mayorships

#65 Guess I Was Meant To Love Home Remodeling And Construction Industry .. Me In 1951 Helping My Dad With New Garage !!

#66 The Best Rocking Horse Ever, Bangladesh,1963

#67 Having My Picture Taken By A Traveling Photographe With A Horse 1965

#68 Me & Santa, Dayton Ohio 1971 Or 72

#69 Young Students Celebrating The National Sovereignty And Children’s Day In Turkey, April 24, 1970s

#70 Ataturk On A Swing

#71 1930’s England – After A Days Work

#72 Found Memories

#73 Me 1982 , ‘communist Pioneer’ Uniform Romania

#74 Summer Fun In The Sprinkler ..about 1950

#75 My Nan And Pop Sydney Street Shot 1940’s

#76 Family Outing To Fantasy Farm 1988

#77 1960’s Rocking Horse (brad Lawrence, Owner)

#78 My Parents On Their Wedding Day, 1971

#79 Italian-american Teen, Al Amendolare, With His Father’s Truck

#80 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.

#81 Sitting On The Lawn Of Our Very First House In Canada, 1956.

#82 Yong Couple She Was From Italy He Was Born In The Us. She Is Now 105 Years Old. 1929 Or 1930

#83 My Mom And Her Sisters. Christmas In St.albans, W.v. In The ’50’s.

#84 Due Amiche

#85 Home Shopping With Joy – 2007

#86 My Siblings And I Playing Flag Football In Our Big Front Yard, Circa 1973, Salem, Oregon

#87 Little Girl And Her Dad, Detroit 2017

#88 My Dad Pretending To Pour A Pepsi On My Aunt 1970

#89 Me , Excited On My 4th Birthday!!

#90 My Mom Pregnant With My Brother, Standing With My Aunt, Uncle, And Grandma 1975

#91 Mother And I 1972 Salt Lakes Bc

#92 My Great Nana Simm , As A Teenager , Florrie Samuels, With The Gorgeous Hat.late 1890’s

#93 Easter 1986

#94 Catch Me, If You Can

#95 Really? So Old Am I?

#96 A Girl (me) With Her Daddy, Somewhere Between 1995-1997

#97 Little Girl Holding Magazine — 1920-something

#98 My Mom At Hollywood Blvd In 1959

#99 Graduation 1957. Nashua Nh

#100 Raf Officer T. W. Hudspith Enjoying Some Light Reading, 1945

#101 First Grocery Cart Ride

#102 Thumbs Up With A Kiss For Being My Bday 1998

#103 Teresa Davis And Her 2 Daughter, Oh, 2002.

#104 Me At A Vintage Fair Last Year (2016)

#105 When I Got My New Cat After My Old Cat Died.

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