Do you know who invented the camera that we use every day? Joseph Nicephor Niepce, in 1826, brought the ability to save moments into our lives. His first image was a view from a window on resin-covered paper.

After his invention, other developers began to improve cameras. Miniature and portable cameras didn’t appear until 1900.

Thanks to the photographs below, you can take a stroll through both historical and contemporary streets. From fabled historical occurrences that took place in the distant past to the present.

An Inuit man warming his wife’s feet. Greenland, 1890s

Remember the picture of construction workers having lunch on an unfinished New York City skyscraper? Here’s the photographer Charles Ebbets (1932)

The Great Blizzard in North Dakota, 1966

A woman plugs in an early IBM computer in 1948

Detroit, Michigan in 1882 and 2017

Manhattan in 1851 and today

Serving snacks on a Scandinavian Airlines flight, 1969

Eiffel Tower under construction, May 15, 1888