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We may read volumes upon volumes of history books and make our teachers proud. But there’s nothing more all-telling than real pictures that document wonders of the past. With Joseph Niepce’s camera obscura used in 1827, humans realized that capturing fleeting moments and preserving them was possible. And they never looked back.

This time, we are taking you on a heartfelt roller coaster that will take us back to the past. From the image of the nine kings of Europe photographed together for the first and only time to the snap of workers painting the Eiffel tower, these are one-of-a-kind moments.

In an unstaged manner, they reveal what genuinely made humans proud, moved them to tears, or left them heartbroken. Sometimes, the pics just show what kept them busy during the day. Fasten your seat belts, relax, and enjoy the time travel.

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In 1969, When Black Americans Were Still Prevented From Swimming Alongside Whites, Mr. Rogers Decided To Invite Officer Clemmons To Join Him And Cool His Feet In A Pool, Breaking A Well-Known Color Barrier

In 1969, When Black Americans Were Still Prevented From Swimming Alongside Whites, Mr. Rogers Decided To Invite Officer Clemmons To Join Him And Cool His Feet In A Pool, Breaking A Well-Known Color Barrier

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mr. Rogers was a rebel. He pulled more of these stunts to fight injustice and racism in order to teach children a sense of moral and ethical reasoning. He was a tv show host with a sense of what's wrong and what's right.

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Incredible Photograph Of A German Soldier Going Against Direct Orders To Help A Young Boy Cross The Newly Formed Berlin Wall After Being Separated From His Family, 1961

Incredible Photograph Of A German Soldier Going Against Direct Orders To Help A Young Boy Cross The Newly Formed Berlin Wall After Being Separated From His Family, 1961

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

His comrades wouldn't hesitate to kill him if they saw what he was doing.

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Charles Thompson Greets His New Classmates At Public School No. 27 In September 1954, Less Than Four Months After The Supreme Court Ruled That Racial Segregation Was Unconstitutional. Charles Was The Only African-American Child In The School. Photo By Richard Stacks For The Baltimore Sun

Charles Thompson Greets His New Classmates At Public School No. 27 In September 1954, Less Than Four Months After The Supreme Court Ruled That Racial Segregation Was Unconstitutional. Charles Was The Only African-American Child In The School. Photo By Richard Stacks For The Baltimore Sun

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So lovely to see genuinely happy faces, before adult prejudices are brainwashed into them.

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To find out just the meaning behind these historical photographs in a broader sense, Bored Panda reached out to Marcelo Guimarães Lima, a visual artist (drawing, painting, printmaking), writer and teacher. In his art, Marcelo employs figurative and abstract approaches to explore questions related to personal, historical, social, and political issues of our diverse life-worlds.

Marcelo explained that the birth of photography changed the image of the world in a profound way because “it did change the world for us, image viewers and image producers.”

According to the artist, the historical photographs that eternalized these significant moments of the past show us both permanence and change: “The change of circumstances (that can also, at critical times, change the subjects), the permanence of challenges and struggles related both to the short and the long durations and processes.”

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Princess Diana Shakes Hands With An Aids Patient Without Gloves, 1991

Princess Diana Shakes Hands With An Aids Patient Without Gloves, 1991

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine what a massive gesture this must have been at the time. People probably thought she had lost her mind.

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A Policeman In San Francisco Scolds A Man For Not Wearing A Mask During The 1918 Influenza Pandemic, 1918

A Policeman In San Francisco Scolds A Man For Not Wearing A Mask During The 1918 Influenza Pandemic, 1918

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Similar problems 100 years later, only now maskless people will yell about freedom and control

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Jewish Prisoners After Being Liberated From A Death Train, 1945

Jewish Prisoners After Being Liberated From A Death Train, 1945

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WilvanderHeijden
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The killing of Jewish people went on, even when the Third Reich was collapsing. Befehl ist Befehl.

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Marcelo also explained that ambiguities of photography also reflect the ambiguities of situations. “The rhetoric of photography is that of a mediated immediacy and its effects are also related to the context of ideas expressed or directed also by the linguistic context (captions, text, etc).”

As a result, it all comes down to the circumstances on which the interpretation of the message relies. It also changes it. For example, “'The Queen of England as a war mechanic during WWII' is a now a kind of ironic piece, or rather, the inherent irony of the image/message is what comes to the fore now,” Marcelo said.

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Members Of Dutch Resistance Celebrate The News Of Adolf Hitler's Death, April 1945

Members Of Dutch Resistance Celebrate The News Of Adolf Hitler's Death, April 1945

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Margaret Hamilton And The Handwritten Navigation Software She And Her Mit Team Produced For The Apollo Project, 1969

Margaret Hamilton And The Handwritten Navigation Software She And Her Mit Team Produced For The Apollo Project, 1969

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Get back in that kitchen and make me a sandwich!" Just imagine the loss to our civilisation if some of these pioneering women had blindly adhered to the roles that society assigned them.

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Statue Of David By Michelangelo, Encased In Bricks To Prevent Damage From Bombs, During World War 2

Statue Of David By Michelangelo, Encased In Bricks To Prevent Damage From Bombs, During World War 2

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The history of photography is as incredible as history itself. After all, without cameras, these historical snaps wouldn’t exist.

But it turns out that the birth of photography was quite recent (in a historical context), that is, less than two hundred years ago.It all started in 1826 with the photographic process invented by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, which he used to make the earliest known surviving photograph from nature. Known as heliography, the process refers to a wireless telegraph that signals by flashes of sunlight (generally using Morse code) reflected by a mirror.

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Heliography was followed by the daguerreotypy method of photography, developed by Louis Daguerre, who made daguerrotypy sixty to eighty times quicker than Niepce’s initial method. In Great Britain, Henry Fox Talbot was also experimenting with talbotypy, which used paper coated with silver iodide.

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An American Soldier Cradles A Wounded Japanese Boy And Shelters Him From The Rain In The Cockpit Of An Airplane During The Battle Of Saipan While Waiting To Transport The Youngster To A Field Hospital. July, 1944

An American Soldier Cradles A Wounded Japanese Boy And Shelters Him From The Rain In The Cockpit Of An Airplane During The Battle Of Saipan While Waiting To Transport The Youngster To A Field Hospital. July, 1944

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a great photo! I like very much the expressions of both, the boy and the soldier

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A Serbian Soldier Sleeps With His Father Who Came To Visit Him On The Front Line Near Belgrade, 1914/1915

A Serbian Soldier Sleeps With His Father Who Came To Visit Him On The Front Line Near Belgrade, 1914/1915

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Louis Armstrong Playing For His Wife, Egypt, 1961

Louis Armstrong Playing For His Wife, Egypt, 1961

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some beautiful love song, I'm sure... Or, maybe, "What a Wonderful World"

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Only in 1889 did the world welcome the very first roll film pioneered by George Eastman. In 1913, these photographical inventions were followed by the very first 35mm camera engineered by German inventor Oskar Barnack.

1957 was the year of the first digital camera, which was a binary digital version of an existing camera that allowed the transfer of images into a digital computer.

Today, you can no longer imagine the internet and social media without photos (what would we do without cat pics?!). But it wasn't until 1992 that Tim Berners-Lee published the very first photograph on the web. It was a picture of a comedy band called Les Horribles Cernettes, which was a house project at CERN Laboratory Switzerland, where Tim was developing the World Wide Web.

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Anne Frank’s Father Otto, Revisiting The Attic Where They Hid From The Nazis. He Was The Only Surviving Family Member (1960)

Anne Frank’s Father Otto, Revisiting The Attic Where They Hid From The Nazis. He Was The Only Surviving Family Member (1960)

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It shows we sometimes forget that people still had lives and memories after their told stories have ended

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A Man Rides A Bus In Durban, Meant For White Passengers Only, In Resistance To South Africa’s Apartheid Policies, 1986

A Man Rides A Bus In Durban, Meant For White Passengers Only, In Resistance To South Africa’s Apartheid Policies, 1986

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The look of disgust on the face of that woman on the right shows how disgusting she herself is.

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Ruby Bridges, The First African-American To Attend A White Elementary School In The Deep South, 1960

Ruby Bridges, The First African-American To Attend A White Elementary School In The Deep South, 1960

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you think it was a long time ago, Ruby Bridges is 66 today and has Instagram account

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Young Queen Elizabeth As A Mechanic During WW2 (C. 1939)

Young Queen Elizabeth As A Mechanic During WW2 (C. 1939)

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A Man Arrested For Cross-Dressing Emerging From A Police Van, New York, 1939

A Man Arrested For Cross-Dressing Emerging From A Police Van, New York, 1939

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Albert Einstein, His Secretary Helen (Left), And Daughter Margaret (Right) Becoming U.S. Citizens To Avoid Returning To Nazi Germany, 1940

Albert Einstein, His Secretary Helen (Left), And Daughter Margaret (Right) Becoming U.S. Citizens To Avoid Returning To Nazi Germany, 1940

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is frustrating that we didn't take in everyone. Immigrants make the USA what it is. I wish we could take in all the people displaced today.

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Soldiers Returning Home From WWII, 1945

Soldiers Returning Home From WWII, 1945

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm amazed that the ship didn't capsize with that many passengers.

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Freddie Mercury With His Mother, 1947

Freddie Mercury With His Mother, 1947

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When Nazis Asked Lepa Radic Who Were Her 'Accomplices' Before They Hanged Her She Responded: 'You'll Know Them When They Come To Avenge Me.' Young Serbian Girl Was Hanged At The Age Of 17 Near Gradiska In 1943. During The Battle Of Kozara, She Lost Her Father, Brother (15) And Her Uncle

When Nazis Asked Lepa Radic Who Were Her 'Accomplices' Before They Hanged Her She Responded: 'You'll Know Them When They Come To Avenge Me.' Young Serbian Girl Was Hanged At The Age Of 17 Near Gradiska In 1943. During The Battle Of Kozara, She Lost Her Father, Brother (15) And Her Uncle

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David Isom, 19, Broke The Color Line In A Segregated Pool In Florida On June 8, 1958, Which Resulted In Officials Closing The Facility

David Isom, 19, Broke The Color Line In A Segregated Pool In Florida On June 8, 1958, Which Resulted In Officials Closing The Facility

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A German Soldier Returns Home Only To Find His Family No Longer There. Frankfurt, 1946

A German Soldier Returns Home Only To Find His Family No Longer There. Frankfurt, 1946

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WWI. A Canadian Soldier Tries To Comfort A Little Belgian Baby, Who Was Hurt And Whose Mother Was Killed By An Artillery Shell. November 1918

WWI. A Canadian Soldier Tries To Comfort A Little Belgian Baby, Who Was Hurt And Whose Mother Was Killed By An Artillery Shell. November 1918

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May 20, 1910: The Nine Kings Of Europe Photographed Together For The First And Only Time

May 20, 1910: The Nine Kings Of Europe Photographed Together For The First And Only Time

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Standing, from left to right: King Haakon VII of Norway, Tsar Ferdinand of the Bulgarians, King Manuel II of Portugal and the Algarve, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Prussia, King George I of the Hellenes and King Albert I of the Belgians. Seated, from left to right: King Alfonso XIII of Spain, King George V of the United Kingdom and King Frederick VIII of Denmark. it took place during the funeral of King Edward VII.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not saying I support those kings, but they had absolutely magnificent mustaches

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lara
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When some of the Tsar's Court first saw George V in England, they thought that the Tsar had survived. That's how much they looked alike.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't see the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, and Croatia, Franz Joseph I.

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Josef Alvekrans
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ditto for King Gustav V of Sweden. These are nine of the kings in Europe, not "the" nine kings of Europe.

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Standing: King Haakon VII of Norway, King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, King Manuel II of Portugal, Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (King of Prussia), King George I of Greece, King Albert I of Belgium. Seated: King Alfonso XIII of Spain, King George V of the United Kingdom, King Frederik VIII of Denmark.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

King Albert I of Belgium also known as the king-soldier. My grandfather fought during the First World War but has rarely said anything about it. But he had once met King Albert and that had made a big impression on my grandfather. King Albert was one of the few who really stayed with his soldiers at the front.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

King Gustaf V of Sweden seems to be missing in the photo. Ruled between 1907-1950.

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Josef Alvekrans
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It should read "Nine of the Kings in Europe" instead, calling it "The Nine Kings of Europe" implies they were the only ones, which they weren't. Quite a few others are missing, like Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most people in the U K were glad to see Edward VII go. King George V was Queen Elizabeth's grandfather. When little George takes the crown, he will be King George VII.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For any of you wondering where the Dutch king is... We had a queen then and her name was Wilhelmina (correct me if I'm wrong)

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"The Nine Kings Of Europe". Well, obviously it is nine of the kings in Europe at the moment. They are missing the Kings of Sweden, Italy, Württemberg, Serbia and Saxony. So a majority, but far from all.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was just thinking that wait, what, this is cannot be all of them. Thanks for the addition!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Funny how the king uniform was so similar and restrictive. Why did they all have to wear nearly the exact same costume?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course the Dutch queen regnant was not invited for the picture! And where is Nicky II?

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Dorien Kerklaan
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The queen regnant was already out of the picture; the Dutch queen was Wilhelmina by that time..

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Franz Joseph I of Austria is missing. After all the death of his heir was what started WWI...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

King Manuel II of Portugal is definitely a hottie in these times. Curious if he was considered the best looking at the beginning of the century when this photo was captured.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

which of these countries besides the UK still have royals as heads of state?

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Levi Baker
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It confuses me when they look into the distance. Why do they do that instead of looking at the camera?

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David Holland
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

turns my stomach. came out of the right holes. leeches..............!

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Luis F
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Soon they will begin to rip each other to shreds. Well make other people die in their place

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L hill
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How many MILLIONS of people died because of these men.

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Noémi Mezei
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not "The nine kings..." but just "Nine kings of Europe...". Romanian King Carol I (Hohenzollern-Siegmaringen) as well as Emperor of Austria & King of Hungary Francis Joseph I are missing.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The European monarchies were destroyed by the Central Bankers when they engineered the outbreak of WWI and later, its continuation, WWII.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Portuguese here. Manuel II was the last king of Portugal. We had kings and queens since 1143 up to 1910.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To many of the responders below...many thanks for the snippets of history. My world history knowledge is clearly lacking.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This photo was taken on the occasion of the funeral of King Edward VII. However, They did not stay for the Coronation of King George V but did send representatives.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like each one tried to outdo the other in "stuff" all over their uniforms.

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Mary Hurst
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it just me, or do you think the sashes, all the medals, swords, etc. is a bit much. Even today, you see the British Royal Men in these costumes.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is awesome! Sitting in the front row is the king that was murdered with Anastasia and his wife, other family members, what a horrendous act for nothing!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd like to see the picture from the camera they are all (but one) looking at...

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JJM
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a stuffy bunch of men!. Sorry but looks like a fancy dress rehearsal

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Ben Choade
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The English,German,and Russian dudes were all COUSINS..!!!!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of our most beloved King : Albert I, the knight king of Belgium

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Dutch Queen seems to be missing as well.. as well is the King of Sweden.

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Kay Cook
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

someone has already listed the missing Royals. the Photograph was Mis-titled!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not THE 9 kings of Europe, it's just 9 kings of Europe. There were other kingdoms and kings at that time, specifically king Charles the First of Romania

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

fun fact. In 1914, the Colonel-in-Chief of the BRITISH 1st Royal Dagroons was actually... Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany..... #Awkward...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And then there were....four and a half (?). By 1919, half of Europe's royal families were no longer in power

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the only one missing is Tsar Nicholas but I'm not actually sure when he became Tsar! Him and George V of GB look so alike they could be twins! A lot, if not all or most, of the ones pictured here will be related! Either through Queen Victoria of GB or King Christian (I think it is, I could be wrong with that) of Norway or Denmark! She was called the grandmother of Europe and I think he was classed as the grandfather of Europe! I could be wrong with all that, it's been a while since I read any of my monarchy books or magazines lol! The magazines were amazing, unfortunately they're no longer available!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most of them descendants of Queen Victoria or married to one. If you think your Christmas/Thanksgiving family arguments are terrible, think of WW1 ~ Worst. Family. Squabble. Ever.

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Adnaan Sabireen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power."

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Mark Kelly
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After WW1 and 2 a lot of kingdoms and empires ceased to exist

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lots of relatives. https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/nine-kings-one-photo/

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Emill Kim
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is this before they were given rings of power and became wraiths? I'm confused.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get no good feeling from this pic. It's just 9 entitled jerks who won the birth lottery. Eff the lot of them.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone google "Why is my pee red" at 6:00 PM GMT on December 01. Confuse the hell out of search algorithms

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Before King George left his cousin & dear friend Nikki and his family out to dry? Not a fan of royals (start with UK history) or betrayal.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Over-Privileged bastards. 4 years away from the worst slaughter possible to protect their inherited wealth and power

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Agreed! I'm not advocating violence but in this case a well placed bomb would have prevented a lot of tragedy.

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A Hired Reader Reads To Cigar Makers Hard At Work In Cuban Cigar Factory (Ca. 1900-1910). Because Many Cigar Factory Employees Were Illiterate Lectors Were Hired To Read Novels, Poetry, Nonfiction Works, And Newspapers Determined By Consensus

A Hired Reader Reads To Cigar Makers Hard At Work In Cuban Cigar Factory (Ca. 1900-1910). Because Many Cigar Factory Employees Were Illiterate Lectors Were Hired To Read Novels, Poetry, Nonfiction Works, And Newspapers Determined By Consensus

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Beyond any discussion, we must recognize that in Cuba today the illiteracy rate is 0%.

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“The Drunk Basket.” In The 1960s, Bars In Istanbul Would Hire Someone To Carry Drunk People Back To Their Homes

“The Drunk Basket.” In The 1960s, Bars In Istanbul Would Hire Someone To Carry Drunk People Back To Their Homes

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Russian Inmate Points An Identifying And Accusing Finger At A Nazi Guard Who Was Especially Cruel Towards The Prisoners In Buchenwald Camp

Russian Inmate Points An Identifying And Accusing Finger At A Nazi Guard Who Was Especially Cruel Towards The Prisoners In Buchenwald Camp

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have seen this photo somewhere else too, there is an excellent follow-up. Despite being starving and exhausted the prisoners had staged a revolt as the Allies approached. Literally attacking their guards with their bare hands and overpowering them. If this is the photo I believe it is, then, while the Americans watch on the prisoner is "selecting" a number of guards ( as prisoners were selected for death) to be handed over to the Russian Authorities. The German guards knew what that meant.

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A French Women Welcomes An American Soldier Two Days After Liberation. Strasbourg, France, 22 November 1944

A French Women Welcomes An American Soldier Two Days After Liberation. Strasbourg, France, 22 November 1944

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September 3, 1967: The Day Sweden Switched From Driving On The Left To The Right Side Of The Road

September 3, 1967: The Day Sweden Switched From Driving On The Left To The Right Side Of The Road

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7'3'' (221cm) Jakob Nacken, The Tallest Nazi Soldier Ever Chatting With 5'3'' (160cm) Canadian Corporal Bob Roberts After Surrendering To Him Near Calais, France In September Of 1944

7'3'' (221cm) Jakob Nacken, The Tallest Nazi Soldier Ever Chatting With 5'3'' (160cm) Canadian Corporal Bob Roberts After Surrendering To Him Near Calais, France In September Of 1944

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18-Year-Old Keshia Thomas Protects A Fallen Man, Believed To Be Associated With The Ku Klux Klan From An Angry Mob Of Anti-Clan Protestors. Ann Arbor, Michigan USA. 1996 By Mark Brunner

18-Year-Old Keshia Thomas Protects A Fallen Man, Believed To Be Associated With The Ku Klux Klan From An Angry Mob Of Anti-Clan Protestors. Ann Arbor, Michigan USA. 1996 By Mark Brunner

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Strange how proud boys need to hide behind women when they are in trouble. Why don't they proudly stand back and stand by in the face of the same violence they so proudly advocate?

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Rosa Parks's Booking Photo Following Her February 1956 Arrest

Rosa Parks's Booking Photo Following Her February 1956 Arrest

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Here Is How An Ukrainian Immigrant Celebrated Stalin's Death, 1953

Here Is How An Ukrainian Immigrant Celebrated Stalin's Death, 1953

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stalin did some really nasty thing to Ukraine (including a famine-driven genocide), so it's no wonder they hated him so much.

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Into The Jaws Of Death, 6th Of June, 1944

Into The Jaws Of Death, 6th Of June, 1944

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine stepping out into the cold water knowing that the chance you'll live to see the next day is next to zero. True heroes. So sad that a lot of them died to fight what now is celebrated by millions of Americans.

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Crowd In Times Square, New York City Celebrating The Surrender Of Germany, May 7th, 1945

Crowd In Times Square, New York City Celebrating The Surrender Of Germany, May 7th, 1945

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Fire And Fury: B-25s Are Pictured Flying Past Mount Vesuvius In Italy As Lava And Ash Spews From The Top Of The Volcano. The Eruption Killed 57 As It Destroyed The Village Of San Sebastiano And San Giorg In March 1944 While Allied Forces Were Battling For Supremacy In The Skies

Fire And Fury: B-25s Are Pictured Flying Past Mount Vesuvius In Italy As Lava And Ash Spews From The Top Of The Volcano. The Eruption Killed 57 As It Destroyed The Village Of San Sebastiano And San Giorg In March 1944 While Allied Forces Were Battling For Supremacy In The Skies

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Nikola Tesla, The Last Photo Ever Of The Famous Scientist, 1st Jan 1943

Nikola Tesla, The Last Photo Ever Of The Famous Scientist, 1st Jan 1943

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A Nurse With A Sick Child During Smallpox Epidemic, Wrocław, Poland, 1963

A Nurse With A Sick Child During Smallpox Epidemic, Wrocław, Poland, 1963

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thanks to the invention of a vaccine, small pox is as good as non-existent anymore. But for some strange reason anti-vaxxers want to introduce this killing disease again. Just as they don't want to get rid of Covid-19.

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Ruth Lee, A Hostess At A Chinese Restaurant, Flies A Chinese Flag So She Isn’t Mistaken For Japanese When She Sunbathes On Her Days Off In Miami. Dec. 15, 1941

Ruth Lee, A Hostess At A Chinese Restaurant, Flies A Chinese Flag So She Isn’t Mistaken For Japanese When She Sunbathes On Her Days Off In Miami. Dec. 15, 1941

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Inside Of An Airplane In 1930

Inside Of An Airplane In 1930

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Soviet Citizens Look At The "Wall Of Sorrow", Honoring The Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Killed By Stalinism. In 1988, The Soviet Government Allowed Information Regarding The Victims Of Stalin's Great Purge To Become Public

Soviet Citizens Look At The "Wall Of Sorrow", Honoring The Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Killed By Stalinism. In 1988, The Soviet Government Allowed Information Regarding The Victims Of Stalin's Great Purge To Become Public

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's an terrible historic figure, who made so many people and nations suffer, in his attempt to establish the new dictatorship, this time named communism, instead of Hitler's national-socialism

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"Human Fly" George Willig Scales The Exterior Of The World Trade Center's South Tower In 1977. Completing The Climb In 3.5 Hours, He Was Arrested At The Top After Signing Several Autographs, And Was Fined $1.10 By The City - A Penny For Each Floor He Passed

"Human Fly" George Willig Scales The Exterior Of The World Trade Center's South Tower In 1977. Completing The Climb In 3.5 Hours, He Was Arrested At The Top After Signing Several Autographs, And Was Fined $1.10 By The City - A Penny For Each Floor He Passed

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is the cheapest fine I have ever heard of, even with inflation it is approx $5.

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Portrait Of Arctic Explorer Peter Freuchen And His Wife, Fashion Illustrator Dagmar Cohn, 1947

Portrait Of Arctic Explorer Peter Freuchen And His Wife, Fashion Illustrator Dagmar Cohn, 1947

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fun fact: He doesn't have a leg on this picture. He lost it in 1926 to frostbite.

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Allied Soldiers Mock Hitler Atop His Balcony At The Reich Chancellery, 1945

Allied Soldiers Mock Hitler Atop His Balcony At The Reich Chancellery, 1945

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Teenage Dating In Diner, 1950s, The States

Teenage Dating In Diner, 1950s, The States

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Mobsters Hide Their Faces At Al Capone's Trial 1931

Mobsters Hide Their Faces At Al Capone's Trial 1931

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Nuclear Explosion Less Than One Millisecond After Detonation (1952)

Nuclear Explosion Less Than One Millisecond After Detonation (1952)

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Nintendo's First Headquarters In Kyoto, Japan (1889)

Nintendo's First Headquarters In Kyoto, Japan (1889)

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A Member Of The Ku Klux Klan Stands Behind A Police Officer For Protection, After A Mob Surrounded His Klan Rally In Austin Texas, 1983

A Member Of The Ku Klux Klan Stands Behind A Police Officer For Protection, After A Mob Surrounded His Klan Rally In Austin Texas, 1983

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