11 historical photos of children playing reveal how technology has changed our childhood

Today's kids may find this unbelievable, but it's true that smartphones haven't been around in a while. How did kids entertain themselves at that time? How did they live without the instant, constant access to funny videos of cats being cats and people putting them in front of their cats? Let's take a look.

Girl plays

ManchesterStreet children find their own fun with the help of rope and lamppost, 946

938Kings Cross,London, children playing 'Pushing Peanuts'

good friend

girl dancing in front of her teddy bear,Paris,1961

0th century40s,two children dancing in the streetsNew York

950s,London Zoo,CircusHercules Paul Remus lifts his son in the air with his right arm to feed giraffe

three boys in great depression seek change , new york, 930

in northamptonshire even a dog can play seesaw

kids playing jumping ball