🎵 The time they are a - changin . 🎶

In a time when AI is stealing jobs, cars are driving themselves, and people can get famous by uploading a video of themselves farting on social media, it feels crucial to look back on our past and appreciate how far we’ve advanced (some might say declined) as a society. Here are 17 photos of people, places, and things that existed over 100 years ago and will make you marvel at the passage of time:

1.“My great-great-aunt’s 100-year-old nursing kit has a vile full of cocaine tablets and a syringe”:

2.“My buddy found a box of 100-year-old nudes in his wall”:

3.This 100-year-old drawing tool that reflects the image you’re sketching onto your paper:

4.This giant 100-year-old clam:

5.“A 100-year-old woman unboxing sneakers she inspired”:

6.“This 100-year-old perfume bottle that glows under blacklight”:

7.This 100-year-old house in Denmark:

8.This 100-year-old veiner — a machine used to press silk into petal shapes, by the last remaining artificial flower maker in NYC:

9.“This is a scene from Peter Jackson’s documentary filmThey Shall Not Grow Old, detailing soldiers' initial reactions to the announcement of the end of WWI. The footage has been restored and is now over 100 years old”:

10.“My great-grandpa’s over 108-year-old $1 prom ticket”:

11.“This suit is 103 years old now”:

12.“Found these glass goggles in the wall of our 100-year-old home”:

13.“We took a 100-year-old cabinet and an old bowling alley lane and made a kitchen island”:

14.“Found an over-100-year-old time capsule in my backyard”:

15.“I was told this was a green amethyst and haggled to $42. I took it to a jeweler to have it appraised. Turns out it’s a rare green diamond, 4.4 carat, over 100 years old, and conservatively worth more than $8k!":

16.And finally, “The coziest place in my dad’s 100+-year-old farmhouse in Ontario”:

A vintage nursing kit

Vintage photos spread on a table, some featuring risque poses, alongside an open book

Person uses a camera lucida, an antique drawing tool, to sketch a building

A 100-year-old clam

Elderly person sitting, holding a shoe with text overlay about being 100 years old and finding the shoe beautiful

Hand holding a perfume bottle with intricate design, illuminated by light, presented in a box

A quaint house with a garden pathway and an arch covered with vines

Hands shaping metal with a machine, crafting intricate objects

Group of soldiers in historical uniforms smiling; a caption mentions a war-related rumor

Group of smiling soldiers in historical uniforms gathered around a goat, capturing camaraderie. Text: anecdote about knowledge

Five soldiers celebrating, waving hats, caption reads "on the 11th of November 1918."

Hand holding a vintage invitation to P.C.H.S. Junior Prom at Island Pavilion on May 26, 1916

Vintage-style suit displayed with pinstripe trousers, chain accessory, and patterned tie

Vintage metal tea strainer with open lid, resting on a table

Kitchen island with a butcher block top and white stools, equipped with shelves and storage space

Assorted vintage items on a table, including an old tin, a photograph, coins, and paper cutouts with festive messages

Hand wearing a large gemstone ring

Dog sleeping in a bed beside a wood stove, with fireplace tools nearby