36 Historical Images That Are Genuinely Wild To See Now

1. This Civil War draft notice:

2. This signature portion of Japan's 1945 surrender, where Canada's rep accidentally signed below their line, causing each subsequent signature to be pushed down a line:

3. This American Passport from 1961, which did not permit travel to communist countries:

4. This 1914 article that didn't realize it was reporting on the lead-up to WW1:

5. This 1912 article about climate change:

6. This penny from 1943 that was made with steel, because the government needed copper for ammunition in WWII:

7. This ad that reminds us that 14-year-olds used to be allowed to drive:

8. This 1917 letter from a 7-year-old expressing hope that Santa will "kick the Kaiser in the rump":

9. This 1942 coupon that people could redeem for a new atlas after WWII, since the map was expected to change:

10. This 1922 college application:

11. This list of things children would be "lashed" over in the early 1900s:

12. This 1939 article that aged very poorly:

13. Along with this 1942 headline:

14. This 1954 recruitment letter from the CIA:

15. This letter from a Vietnam soldier that's just really, really sad:

16. This tuition bill that just makes me sad about the state of our country:

17. This extremely early use of what would become the "like" symbol on Facebook:

18. This selfie stick in a 1957 Flemish comic:

19. This early use of the word "dope," though not with its current definition:

20. This 1938 magazine report on a new device that's essentially a vape:

21. This 1923 world map with the Arctic labeled "unexplored":

22. These 1954 requirements for being a flight attendant:

23. These cigarettes that airplanes would actually give you while in-flight, before all flights were non-smoking:

24. These 1923 pay rates for railroad workers:

25. This gear for a child coal miner:

26. This 1932 World Atlas, which labels people's religion in different places, including "heathen" as a category:

27. This old ad for a "facial" massager:

28. This 1933 hospital bill for someone who stayed in the hospital for a week:

29. This 1920s ad for using tapeworms for weight loss:

30. This 1969 MAD magazine back cover that called Ronald Reagan an "ex-movie star who wanted to be President":

31. This old 1920s copy of Hamlet where the owner wrote down the boys she'd gone out with:

32. This tank driver's license:

33. This 1920 Presidential ballot:

34. These "survival biscuits" from 1963, with the threat of nuclear war looming:

35. This 1963 postcard explaining zip codes from when they were first put into place:

36. And finally, this 1933 letter about the "Hitler situation":