A series of rare photos of famous cities in the world decades ago

Have you ever wondered what world famous cities looked like decades ago? The impressive photos below will take us back to the past.

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A hot air balloon is flying over Paris, France with the Eiffel Tower in the background in July 1938.

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Tugboat on the Thames with the famous Tower Bridge in the background on a foggy day in London in 1952.

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A rare photograph of the famous Colosseum in Rome, Italy circa 1865.

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Friedrichstrasse or Friedrich was a famous street and main street in the center of Berlin in 1925.

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Avenida da Liberdade is an important avenue in central Lisbon, Portugal. This image was taken from the Avenida Palace Hotel in 1936.

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The streets of Sydney, Australia are crowded with people and vehicles in this photo taken in March 1963.

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The famous Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The photo was taken on October 24, 1968.

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Panorama of the city square of Brussels, Belgium leading to Brussel-Noord Station in 1940.

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Located in the heart of Mexico City's historic center, the Zócalo is one of the largest squares in the world. The photo above captures this site in 1955.

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A market in Bern, Switzerland of unknown date.

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View of Melbourne, Australia from above in December 1954.

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Workers work on a gargoyle (a form of decorative sculpture with roof drains mounted on the walls of a structure) at the Chrysler Building in New York, 1940.

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Tram on King Street, Toronto, Canada in 1895.

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Tourists line up in Moscow's Red Square to enter Lenin's Mausoleum in 1950.

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A woman rides a bicycle on the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark, 1960.

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Houses along a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1900.

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Busy streets of Tokyo, Japan in 1937.

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Countless buildings are under construction in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 1978.

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The famous city of Milan in Italy during the period from 1910 to 1920.

Update 05 November 2021