Photography is the closest thing we have to a time machine. Our ability to visually document the past became an opportunity for people to experience a time they never lived. And just like modern people with cameras, past photographers capture scenes from a bad holiday, a heartbreaking tragedy, silly portraits, triumphant achievements, and mundane daily scenes.

Find out what made these people click on their cameras, and see the history that happened before their eyes but before your time. Here are 65 old photos showing a glimpse of the past.