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We might be fans of big and dusty books, but there’s nothing quite like a high-quality photograph to capture the spirit of times past. And a good picture, we feel, can act as a catalyst for the curious, inspiring them to delve deeper and learn more about history.
That’s where the ‘Historical Pictures’ Twitter account, @Besthistorical, comes in. It’s a popular social media page that finds, shares, and describes powerful and interesting historical photos—not just in black–and–white, but in color, too! We’ve collected the best of the best to give a fresh glimpse into the past. Scroll down to see our top pics and upvote the ones that appealed to you the most.
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#1
1967-2018 Same Bike, Same Couple
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#2
A Young Boy Playing The Banjo With His Dog, Circa Early 1900s
Caroline Kimber 2 years ago
What happens if the dog dies in the end though? How will we cope? :(
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Katy McMouse 2 years ago
Knick knack paddy whack - give that good boy a bone, please (and yes, I know he's dead).
Laura Deckers 2 years ago
It doesn't look like there are any strings on that banjo. It's a cute picture anyway.
#3
The Interior Of The Orient Express , Built In 1883
David Paterson 2 years ago
Last I heard, they still have murder mysteries onboard.
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LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
You can still ride in style on the Orient Express. It will set you back a pretty penny though. For example, a one night trip from Prague to Paris starts at £3,785. If you have the money for a longer trip is must be an incredible experience: https://www.belmond.com/trains/europe/venice-simplon-orient-express/journeys?choice=results&passengers=2&from=Prague&to=Paris&sortBy=priority
Jrog 2 years ago
As I wrote in a separate comment, not the true Orient Express. They just bought the name and rolled with it. Hotel company Accor nowadays has an agreement with SNCF to use the name and is working to bring back the original service with restored rolling stock (albeit not the 1910/1920s vehicles). Belmond used to have an agreement with SNCF, that was terminated in 2014 (apparently Belmond using the name with too much liberty, along with steep increase in licensing fee, were a major factor leading to termination), with the exception of the "Belmond Venice Simplon Orient Express", just one of the many private services mimicking the original mythical train.
Load More Replies... Jrog 2 years ago (edited)
"Orient Express" is a brand name covering several loosely related luxury train services. The "original" OE connected Paris to Instanbul through Wien. It was doubled in the interwar and postwar period by adding the "Simplon" OE, running through Milan, and later with the "Arlberg" OE through Zurich. They all ceased operations in 1962 (Simplon slightly later) being replaced by a non-luxury service. The name sporadically went back in use for normal line sleeper services between Paris, Belgrade and Istanbul. Several spinoffs in the form of private services used the name with or without SNCF's approval, but none of them used original rolling stock and most used 1930s coaches refurbished in the style of OE. Right now, there are plans to bring back the service by using coaches that came from one of the later versions of the true (non-spinoff) OE, their frame dating back to the 1930s, used in the 1950s and rediscovered abandoned in Poland in 2015.
The Veil of Fire 2 years ago
I would rather travel like this then by what mass transit offers us now.
The @Besthistorical Twitter page is fairly new. It was founded just over a year ago, in May 2022. However, in that single year, the curators of the page have already carved out a snug niche for themselves and their growing community: 102.2k internet users follow the account on the social media network. The page posts lots of quality photos very consistently, so there are often fresh old pics to enjoy.
#4
George Lucas Before Cgi, 1984
Monday 2 years ago
I understand CGI is cheaper and good CGI is more realistic....but I miss the days of physical props like this.
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Kira Okah 2 years ago
People seem to be reminiscing as if practical effects are no longer used in this day and age. That they blend into scenes better, you're less likely to realise they are there.
Terran 2 years ago
Best effects are usually the combination of practical and cgi effects.
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MakeupMama68 2 years ago (edited)
My former boyfriend (RIP 😞) made movie miniatures for his job. He did Titanic and I currently have a tiny steamer trunk from the scene where the water breaks through the storage area. He put my name on it as a passenger. I also have a deck chair. My prized one is a miniature of Bruce Willis’s taxi from The Fifth Element. The detail on these are incredible. I went to the VFX set of Titanic and got to see the 40 foot Titanic model. A true marvel.
Wilf 2 years ago
And films were better for it. The peak was the 90s when physical props and sets were blended with minimal cgi to make some stunning scenes. Then it went entirely greenscreen and actors had no idea where or with whom they were supposed to be interacting. Amd lower budget films just whacked in a load of half hearted cgi. And then we have suchbtravesties as 'de ageing' which destroys human expressions. So many films now look no better than 1950s b movies with their plywood sets and flying saucers suspended from strings.
Hobby Hopper 2 years ago
I haven't built or displayed scale models since I was a kid, but I'd make an exception for one of these.
OWEN CASH 2 years ago
George Lucas developed Industrial Light & Magic as a CGI solution to multi-film overlays. The software division of ILM was later purchased by Steve Jobs and renamed Pixar.
#5
1947. Girl In Car, New York City, By Fred Stein
Georgia Moir 2 years ago
You can see this was a DIY by a talented person (Dad?)
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Woman Cutting Her Birthday Cake In Iran 1973, 5 Years Before The Islamic Revolution
Ace 2 years ago
Revolutions throughout history have very rarely made life better for most individuals.
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smugdruggler 2 years ago
As a Brit, I feel a little ashamed. Britain bears a lot of the responsibility for what happened to Iran. It could have been a beautiful country.
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Anya Beboop 2 years ago
Don't lump the good people in with these disgusting clowns. It's not all religion at all. It's the way you use it. These people used it as a weapon and excuse.
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D Peterson 2 years ago
If US women don't wake up, understand where the Far Right is headed, & vote - This is where we are headed!
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago (edited)
This is heartachingly sad because you know what is going to happen soon. I think that Persepolis (graphic novel) should be read by any student studying the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
Maya 2 years ago
I loved the graphic novel. The film adaptation is nice as well
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Mint Sauce 2 years ago
When you see photo's of Iran and Afghanistan before extreme islamic belief ruined everything, they were beautiful, prosperous and cosmopolitan.
Thyamath 2 years ago
If anybody here's interested in an animated movie by an escapee of said era: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(film)
The project appeals to a very wide range of internet users. First of all, you’ve got your history buffs who probably enjoy many of these photos because they’re from a time period that they know plenty about, whether it’s the American Civil War or the Second World War. Next, you’ve got your photography fans—professional and amateur alike—who have an interest in seeing how the artistic medium developed as the decades and centuries rolled by.
#7
The 12 Russian Snipers Responsible For The Deaths Of 775 German Soldiers During World War II, 1945
Bart 2 years ago
If Lyudmila Pavlichenko (aka Lady Death) is in the picture, she accounts for over 300 already...
Edgar Rops 2 years ago
No, she isn't there. She was with 2nd Ukrainian front, these ladies, IIRC were with 1st Belarussian
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Okatango 2 years ago (edited)
Children killing children because old power-obsessed f*rts twist natural love of ones country into something vile. Some things never change.
mSpencer 2 years ago
They risk the youth and poverty stricken, while sitting on a hill far away from the risk of death and suffering
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Iris the cloud 2 years ago
the bottom left girl looks so young! even though they did a great thing, no one should have to do something like that.
Realistic_Lemons (any) 2 years ago
Genuine question, not meaning to upset anyone: Why?
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#8
A View Of Mt. Fuji From The Streets Of Fujinomiya, Japan
Susie Elle 2 years ago
There is little that is more magical than a mountain in the backdrop of a scenery
Diana Lucas 2 years ago
Beautiful mountain! Mount Fuji is still an active stratovolcano and is expected to erupt sometime in the future. Could be 1,000 years or it could be next week. I think about that sometimes when I see mountains looming behind photos of cities.
#9
Aerial View Over Edinburgh , C . 1920 , By Alfred G. Buckham
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
I miss my gorgeous Edinburgh! I can't wait to return next year to visit family and friends. I've actually never seen this photograph before.
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
Can I just say “We hail Prince George! We hail Prince George!!!!”
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Tony Chambers 2 years ago (edited)
Spent a glorious couple nights there in a youth hostel years ago. I remember walking to the top of King Arthur's seat ( as I remember it's called) and seeing all that beauty layed out. Spent the evening at a wine bar, made friends with the band that was playing, stayed on after hours and had to hightail it back before the hostel locked up at 2. What a wonder for a 19 year old before starting college.
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
In the background is Arthur’s Seat. An actual bloody mountain in the city!
Caroline Kimber 2 years ago
Just need a Scottish version of Godzilla and it's a perfect new movie.
Wm Paul Robinson 2 years ago
I won't give names yet, but I have a few canditates both in Edinburgh and Glasgae fer the part!
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Blyss Blyssylb 2 years ago
This looks like it should be titled, "Mysteriously Haunt of Edinburgh"
It’s not just history and photography lovers who enjoy powerful photographs from the past, though. You can also learn a lot about a particular time period’s fashion and architectural styles by analyzing the pictures. These photographs act as gateways that offer us glimpses into what life was actually like back then. Plenty of internet users also enjoy the photos shared by @Besthistorical for the simple reason that they look neat: they then reshare them and gain meme status as they go viral.
#10
1954. Cats Catching Squirts Of Milk During Milking At A Dairy Farm. Photo By Nat Farbman
LadyDelynn 2 years ago
I've actually done this! We lived on ranches and usually had a milk cow and we always had barn cats. You can't buy better rodent control.
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Nenyone_yay 2 years ago
It's funny to look at this and imagine that the cat is spitting out a stream of milk onto the farmer godzilla style
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Grandad had a dairy farm when I was a kid. Dad would do this to the dog, and us >_<
Mary Rotman 2 years ago
My grandmother grew up on a farm in ireland. She used to talk about doing this when they would milk the cows
ALittleKnownGoddess 2 years ago
At first I thought that the cat was spewing a stream of something at the farmer :-)
Gary Geracci 1 year ago
Not really. We used to do that on my dad's farm in the early Fifties for our farm cats!
Willow Scammell 2 years ago
This is super cute, but I thought cays were lactose intolerant? Or is this misinformation? :)
#11
Polish Resistance Veterans Of The Warsaw Uprising ( 1944 ) , Pictures Then And Now
Turnip and a Frog 2 years ago
Real heroes, then and now. The survivors are very outspoken about human rights and tolerance. Great respect to them.
Premislaus de Colo 2 years ago
This is a photo of professor lieutenant Witold Kieżuń "Wypad", sadly departed 2 years ago at age 99
Max Fox 2 years ago (edited)
It was the second uprising in Warsaw. The first was the uprising in the Ghetto, and the same organizations that led the Warsaw Uprising also provided military support for the Ghetto Uprising. Unfortunately, they lacked the capabilities at that point to do much to help, but they did try to breach the Ghetto from the outside, and helped Jews escape and hid them. Another tragedy of the Warsaw Uprising was that the Nazis also found a large number of Jews who had escaped the Ghetto and were being hidden by the Polish forces.
nm 2 years ago
The lack of assistance by the Red Army, which by "coincidence" had stopped combat operations at this exact time, is at least suspicious.
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#12
Photos Taken From The Same Location In The Arctic 100 Years Apart
Bryn 2 years ago
While climate change has affected, they were also taken at different points in the year so natural season melt happens too
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Bobby 2 years ago (edited)
The thing that I hate is point of no return makes things sound worse than they already are.All they mean by that is its to late to stop the bad effects. We aren't past the point of repair though. Yes, we crossed the line where we can't stop some things, like the arctic ice sheet completely melting during the summer months, but that doesn't mean we can't do changes now to return to year round ice. We can still fix things, but not before they break
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dan martyr 2 years ago
The question is not “are we f****d?” it’s “how f****d are we going to be in my lifetime?” As a species, it’s game over in 4 or 5 generations
Lex <3 (they/them) 2 years ago (edited)
“Climate change is a hoax” Really? By the looks of it climate change is totally real
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
And yet there are still ignorant people who claim climate change isn't real.
martymcmatrix 2 years ago
How can a personified low/no pressure area like Donald Trump seriously deny the climate change?
Many of the photos that the Twitter page shares are, in fact, black-and-white images that have been colorized. You can colorize images either with the help of digital software or this can be done entirely by hand—that’s something that used to happen in the past, before the invention and rise of computers and software.
#13
Father Faints When He Meets His Triplet Babies For The First Time In 1946. This Was Before Ultrasound Was Invented
•Prolific Panda• 2 years ago
What about the woman who didnt know how many children she would have before watching 3 humans come out of her??
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I'd assume the doctor would know there was more than one baby from heartbeat(s). But triplets would definitely be a surprise.
Julie S 2 years ago
Doctors didn't know women were having multiple births as late as the 70's. I worked with a woman who had twins about 1976. She gave birth to one baby and they thought that was it. Then a few minutes after she started having contractions again and had her second baby. None of the medical staff knew in advance.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
You know if it wasn't for ultrasound we wouldn't have gender reveal parties. Just sayin'.
Ayesha Aleena 2 years ago
You should come over to India, it's banned here :)))
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Strega Nonna 2 years ago
Yes, especially since back in those days, a 5-10-day hospital stay was normal for a birth.
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Andy Frobig 2 years ago
My folks found out my older sisters were twins about a week before they were born
Panda Kicki 2 years ago
Hmm..think I remember that this photo was staged but cant find a source now.
#14
A Motor Home In 1922
Bouche, Audi, and Shyla, oh my! 2 years ago
Annnnd they loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly.
Blyss Blyssylb 2 years ago
Yes! You too can get away from it all in your new get away home on the road! Why wait to go on a holiday when you can leave today! For only $1600.00 will get you this beautiful Family Deluxe RV!
#15
A Group Of People Pose For A Photo Whilst Wearing Face Masks During The Second Wave Of The Spanish Flu In California, 1918
Lakota Wolf (she/her) 2 years ago
I sure wish we'd been able to throw anti-maskers in jail during THIS pandemic :/
Bouche, Audi, and Shyla, oh my! 2 years ago
The jails didn't want them, either.
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Heiko Braun 2 years ago
The only thing we learn from the past is to make our mistakes bigger and faster.
Load More Replies... El Dee 2 years ago
Wow, who knew, our great grandparents knew enough to wear masks and wear them properly during a pandemic. Where did this intelligence disappear to in 2020??
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
This is what happens when one political party goes to war with 2/3 of the population.
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Badulesia 2 years ago
It's 1918 flu, not "spanish" flu. This flu originates from USA apparently.
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
The recent change in naming of diseases to avoid regional and racial prejudices is extremely important and the fact that you are being downvoted for that just reinforces my disappointment with the readers of this site. Fake facts and downright lies will get many upvotes as long as they appeal to the biases of the readership.
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FrivolousFox 2 years ago
My mother was severely anti-mask, I will never understand how such a simple thing caused so many tantrums from grown adults
Okatango 2 years ago
I lost loved ones to the pandemic. But longest lingering grief is my loss of faith in people. How many people thought that letting others die just they didn't have to wear something that is far less restrictive than a surgeon wears all day? Proof, no proof, whatever: Considering what was at stake, they could have erred on side of caution.
Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 2 years ago
...before, for sure.... but with 2016and the darkness that followed... there was fostered a "permission" (for lack of a better word) for ignorant, despicable, people to cast logic, good sense, respect, consideration, empathy, humanity, american values that were paid with so much blood and treasure... cast it all into the sewer. There was no saving us. The tide was against us from the start. Pandemic preparedness discarded. plans scrapped. warehouses gutted. financial and legal institutions corrupted and bankrupt. We didn't have a chance. WE MUSTENT. LET. IT. HAPPEN. AGAIN!
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Mark Karol-Chik 2 years ago
And in todays world the conspiracy lunatics and their followers created excuses and accusations because, you know, "freedumb."
DonnerDinnerParty 2 years ago
😂 I am an American and "freedumb " is exactly right! It is sad, but your comment made it hilarious
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And in San Francisco, nitwits are still wearing them. They'll probably be laid out in their caskets with a mask on.
Meanwhile, the spread of AI also means that the process can be done quicker than ever before. Though there are fans of photography who love taking their time and embrace doing things more slowly. One of the pros of colorizing old photos from the past is that they come even more alive, as the colors add more depth.
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Colorised Photograph Of The Art Deco Style "Mercury" Train, Originally Taken In Chicago, 1936
Jrog 2 years ago (edited)
Art Deco thrived at the very edge of times between the age of industrial progress and the age of industrialization. It could not have existed in a different time. We find it fascinating because it is modern, but still showing the craftsmanship of the old ways of making things before industrial optimization led the design to be simpler and more functional. To be fair, we forget how the trade-off for the style and coolness was often being impractical, expensive and unavailable to the masses. Still cool, though.
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
We have one of those old streamliners in a museum here in town. The Pacific Daylight Special. They look so futuristic but underneath they're still steam engines. Love it!
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
With this, the Commodore Vanderbilt, and the Dreyfus Hudsons of the 20th Century Limited, the New York Central had possibly the most, and certainly the prettiest, streamlined steamers in the Americas
Jrog 2 years ago (edited)
Nope. The Mercury was sold to New York Central railways. In early 1960s the engines were re-cladded to match existing Empire State convoys. By that time the train was already old, noncompetitive, out of style and showing its age mechanically. In 1969 the company was attempting to brush up its books in view of the upcoming merger into Penn Central Transportation Company, to have a better negotiating platform and per-share price. Most Mercury units were scrapped at that time, being sold at weight for iron, along with tons of other equipment. In 1970s, PSTC declared bankruptcy due to economic downturn, severe mismanagement and a few unfortunate events. To ease its government-mandated merger into Amtrak, they cut any dead branch, including scrapping the remaining legacy rolling stock. That's why so few rolling stock from that age remains in museums nowadays.
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#17
Chichén Itzá When It Was Discovered In 1892 vs. Present Day
Tamra 2 years ago (edited)
I've been here! I stood at the base of this structure, and it was breathtaking to stand next to such history.
El Cucuy 2 years ago (edited)
Splitting hairs, but this is not Chichen Itza. This is El Castillo - a pyramid located at the Chichen Itza complex that is made up of dozens of buildings, a ball court, untold statutes, etc. That being said, I agree with you. It is magnificent - as is the entire complex. I went during the fall equinox when you get to see the natural light show on the stairs - makes it look like Kukulkán has come alive and undulating from the ground all the way to the top. This phenomenon was lost to history and only rediscovered in the 70s when a crew was on their lunch break. Best time of the year to go to Chichen Itza is during the solstices.
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Susie Elle 2 years ago
I appreciate the excavation and display, but the lack of forestry in the recent picture disturbs me (there's trees in the background of course, I mean the dense jungle that it used to be in which was replaced by lawn)
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
When it was in it's heyday it wouldn't have been jungle either. I'm ok with them having lawn in this example.
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Apachebathmat 2 years ago
I was here a couple of months ago, I have seven pictures of the temple and a million pictures of iguanas
LittleWombat 2 years ago
I remember being able to climb this before it was forbidden. What an experience!!!
Tatiya Rivendark 2 years ago
Me too. The view from the top is breath-taking. The way down is scary as flook tho'. Those steps are very steep and very narrow.
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Ace 2 years ago
Looks like they've actually reconstructed some bits of it - the top section has got much squarer edges in the later picture.
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Isn't it amazing what Nature,over the years can cover up of Man's Puny Interference
Gerard Wise 2 years ago
They still find new things around these pyramids. Under one they found tunnels dug out with offerings and even mercury
Jonny Chevalier 2 years ago
I climbed that up and down carrying an umbrella. those steps are for childrens feet only
#18
Father , Son , Grandfather And Great Grandfather , New Guinea , 1970 , By Irving Penn
Delta Dawn 2 years ago
Surely the little boy has kids and grandkids of his own by now. I’d love to see an updated photo.
Steve Robert 2 years ago
I've got a photo of four generations: myself, my daughter, three grandkids, and three great grandkids. The result of messing around I guess!
VioletHunter 2 years ago
Lifespans weren't as short in the past as people often think, because the averages given include early childhood mortality which was always very high. Once people made it into adulthood, they had a good chance of making it into their 50ies and beyond.
Load More Replies...Another upside of adding (at least some) colors to a traditional black-and-white photo is that this can make it far easier for the audience to connect with the time period. If they’re seeing the sights and people in color, as though they were there themselves, the past is going to resonate so much more powerfully. Imagine if you could add some sounds and even smells to that experience—you’d probably create a new generation of interactive photographers and history lovers.
#19
The Before And After Of The Excavation Of The Ancient Greek Stadium Of Magnesia Ad Maeandrum , Located In Modern Day Aydin , Turkey
OneHappyPuppy 2 years ago
If you live in a country where an ancient civilization lived, you'd start to notice these patches of land while on a drive which don't quite fit in with the surrounding nature and you'll know for certain there's something down there. The shape we see here on the first pic doesn't make any sense unless a river mouth or a lake was there before, it's just too neat to be coincidential
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AussieTolkein 1 year ago
I simply cannot believe that things like this were being built in Europe that long ago.
#20
Mount Fuji Seen From Adove
Dak Janiels 2 years ago
Wow! How amazing! Having the technology available to see through a dove's eye!
#21
A Boy Crossing A London Street With A Toy Double Decker, 1960s
El Dee 2 years ago
Went on a deep dive into 'Weston's Biscuits' as advertised on the bus. They changed their name to Burton's Biscuits and are now owned by Ferrero as of 2021. Am I the only one who does this weird s**t??
Marion Vambre 2 years ago (edited)
So british ❤️🇬🇧 It could be a reaaally cool pop album cover !
Suzette Morgandunlap 2 years ago
And That's why I'll go straight to comments section every time! Thank you & everyone that digs Deeper for the ppl,(like me) that doesn't, but love additional information!😊
Spencer's slave 2 years ago
He reminds me so very much of my Grandad, the quintessential British Bobby.
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However, no amount of digital manipulation is going to turn a boring photo into an interesting one. If a pic is iconic, dynamic, and depicts an interesting event or people brimming with character, Photoshop can help amplify those effects. But if there’s nothing to polish, it’s best to save your colorizing skills for a series of pics that are truly worth the effort.
#22
A California Teacher Teaches The Physics Of Surfing, 1970
Caroline Kimber 2 years ago
Yesssss, I love seeing teachers who are clearly passionate about their job and how they make their lessons fun and engaging!
KatZen 2 years ago
Actually 1979. I was a Freshman growing up in coastal CA and this is exactly what we looked like back then. It was a fun time to be alive.
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
You wouldn't be allowed to teach this now, ever since the US politicians think they know more about how and what curriculum should be taught.
K-Hey 2 years ago
Oh something tells me this teacher pushed a few envelopes for his time. I'm sure it endeared him to the students (important) but I can also see him pissing off a few deans(meh) with his controversial methods. School boards have been canceling educators long before there was a word 😆
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
I used surfing to teach tangents and normals (don't ask) to a curve in my Calc classes.
#23
News Paper Article From 1963
Anya Beboop 2 years ago
2023: No you cannot have skirt/dress pockets, here is a purse. Don't worry plenty of people will try to steal it :P
Will Cable 2 years ago
Did they bother to tell the designers of women's clothing that pockets need to be bigger for it to happen.
Poison Ivy/Boo 2 years ago
No. I swear they are in cahoots with hand bag designers to force us into buying one to carry all our stuff with us. Jokes on them tho.....if it doesn't fit in my denims pocket, it doesn't go with me lol.
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Quinn 2 years ago (edited)
Not *just* a phone, but also a camera (photos *and* videos), a watch/calendar and schedule tracker, a typewriter, a file cabinet, a telegram/mail system, a stereo music collection and player, a video game collection and player, a health monitoring system... the list goes on. All in one little device!
Mat Lang 2 years ago
They will never believe you!.. talk like that could get you institutionalized in 63..😆😆
Load More Replies... Mint Sauce 2 years ago
Not since the creation of religion has a device managed to turn so many people into zombie's, with the ability to extort huge sums of money using a false narrative of changing your life for the better.
Mary Gaynor 2 years ago
My dad was a ma bell guy. He worked on the video phone cocepts and cable tv.
#24
Best Friends Since Ww2
G R 2 years ago
Fake, unfortunately. The two girls in the above photo are not the same people as the two older women.
Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
I don't know why they include the top photo, they are literally holding photos of either themselves or each other in the bottom photo and they look pretty different to the girls in the top.
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Caroline Kimber 2 years ago
Whether it's fake or not, it was meant to spread joy and I'm feeling it :)
Michael Largey 2 years ago
There's a prince from Nigeria who wants people to be happy as well.
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Caroline Kimber 2 years ago
And I think the one on the right has a similar nose.
Load More Replies... A huge upside of living in the present is that photography has become far more accessible: anyone who can afford even the cheapest flip phone or smartphone essentially has a camera in their pocket. In a sense, technological developments have democratized photography as an art form and a way to capture information: it used to be very expensive to practice the craft in the past.
#25
Injured Dog In An Animal Ambulance Used During Wwii
Susie Elle 2 years ago
It looks like she has some kind of arm prosthetic maybe, if you also look at her shoulder
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Larry XK 2 years ago (edited)
I wish people would learn to correctly write WWII or even WW2 instead of mentioning the Wii console
Janelle (jellybean/nellie) 2 years ago
Came here to see if someone already said it. It drives me nuts. Looks so dumb. Glad Im not the only one.
Load More Replies... TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago
The story behind those "Ambulances" is actually very sad, let's say they weren't necessarily there to help the animals....
ijustloveblueverries 2 years ago
I read 'dog in a animal ambulance doing weee' and it made me giggle 🤭
AussieTolkein 1 year ago
So glad they went through so much effort to help these little furbabies!
Strega Nonna 2 years ago
Love the shoes! I had similar shoes when I was young . . . super comfy.
#26
1944. Us Marine First Sergeant Neil Shober Shares A Banana With A Goat As He Keeps Cover In His Bunker During The Battle Of Saipan
Jonny Chevalier 2 years ago
what is a goat with a chain around his neck doing in the trenches??
Strega Nonna 2 years ago
One cannot help but think about the horrific conditions in which those brave men fought.
#27
A Boy Stares At A TV Screen For The First Time In 1948
MakeupMama68 2 years ago
I have a great photo my husband took of me in Samoa where I filmed some local kids playing at an orphanage and I’m showing them playback on my digital camera. The joy on their faces is beautiful.
Colleen Glim 2 years ago
STOP DOWNVOTING JUST BECAUSE YOU DONT AGREE WITH THE OPINION PEOPLE!!!!!! And here’s an upvote. Because haters gonna hate
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Sebastian Benson 2 years ago
I saw a picture of a 5 or 6 year old boy getting his first hearing aid and hearing sound for the first time..this × 100
Valerie G. 2 years ago
When we were very young we didn't have a TV. Our mom was being interviewed on TV and Dad pulled us in a wagon down to Grandma's house so we could watch. When it was over, Grandma turned off the set and we all howled, we had no idea how she was going to get out of the box.
On the one hand, it’s fantastic that so many more people are taking pictures—it’s easy to get into photography as a hobby or professionally. On the other hand, with so much content being shared on social media, it becomes necessary to find ways to stand out from the crowd. For instance, by making sure that your photos are always of higher quality than your competition, or by focusing on more niche subjects. It also helps if you know how to promote yourself online, post new content regularly, and have a unique style that isn’t simply a copy of a copy of a copy…
#28
Man Sits At The Same Spot His Grandfather Did In 1944 During Ww2 In Florence , Italy
Theresa Stephenson 2 years ago
Yeah true but also look how much the buildings still look the same
#29
Downtown Los Angeles Photographed In 1901, And Again In 2001, Exactly 100 Years Later
Mona Stevenson 2 years ago
Does anyone else think that those mountain profiles look different in each pic?
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
When I was in LA I talked to an old lady who told me "I remember when all this was horses and orange groves".
JP Purves 2 years ago
I don't want to be "that guy," but I have my doubts about the 1901 photo. The population in 1900 was over 100,000. If you Google images of downtown LA from that time it is full of buildings and people.
k sand 2 years ago
I agree...LA looked like a city in 1901. That could be part of the San Fernando valley (?). Maybe Burbank...
Load More Replies... MakeupMama68 2 years ago
Wow. I live here and this must have been after all the heavy rains we had… you never see that much snow on the mountains. Yes, LA has a horrible reputation, but I still love my home.
BC 2 years ago
Honest question, why were there no trees beforehand? Were they wiped out in the gold rush or was it always grassland?
Sue User 2 years ago
It is mediterrainian ( chaparrel ? ) biome. So woody shrubs, not trees.
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Melissa Powell 2 years ago
San Gabriel Mountains State n the background covered in snow. Always always the best look
#30
Delivering Ice During World War I From An Ice Wagon, 1918
BC 2 years ago
My nan went from having an icebox (where the iceman would put a block of ice on their cooler) to a fridge. Yet the biggest industrial change, in her eyes, was the washing machine. She always said that we could not believe the time and physical strength it to wash a family’s worth of clothes every week.
Fintan Lawton 2 years ago
It's really hard to imagine isn't, large families cloth nappys it must have been such drudgery and thankless too.
Load More Replies... Lakota Wolf (she/her) 2 years ago
Why do people "colorize" old photos? Legit question, as I don't understand the appeal. We KNOW they didn't have color photography, we KNOW the original is in stunning black and white... why do we feel the need to colorize old photos?
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I can't comment for everyone, but if they're making a reasonably accurate attempt at the colours I like it because it's more real. What colour is that flower? Was the statue painted? Did men really wear pink in those days?
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Lori Sandoval 2 years ago
I'm surprised they are smiling. Block ice is very heavy and those buildings likely didn't have elevators.
Susan Bosse 2 years ago
A pic of my dad putting blocks of ice in our country club swimming pool to cool it offf back in the late 70s went out over the AP wire. He got calls from friends all over the country and several mailed their town's newspapers to him. Guess that could be considered "going viral" back in the day!! Ha
Valerie G. 2 years ago
People would hang a card with a number in their window to stipulate how many pounds they needed for the ice box.
GadgetGirl 2 years ago
Awfully staged. They got outfits for the pic that still have the creases from being folded.
Kyllein MacKellerann 2 years ago
Back when Refrigerators were non-electric and powered by frozen water.
Andy in NOVA 2 years ago
I grew up in NYC during the 50s and early 60s - and I remember ice wagons. They were probably the last commercial usage of horses on our streets.
Which of these fantastic historical photos impressed you the most? Did you find yourself curious to learn more about the past after you saw these images? How do you think photography is going to change in the near future? We would love to hear your opinions, so feel free to scroll down to the comment section and tell us what you thought.
#31
An Ironworker Poses For The Camera During Construction Of The Columbia Tower , Seattle , 1984
GlamourGhoul 2 years ago
My grandfather was an iron worker in Seattle after WW2 up until he was about 60. He worked on the top of the Space Needle!!!
#32
A Young Woman Who Survived The Atomic Bombing Of Nagasaki , August 1945
Jefferson Selvy 2 years ago
Shouldn't have picked a fight then, should they?
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Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Favourite WWII story is of Tsutomu Yamaguchi who survived Hiroshima (where he was on business), then went home to see his family in Nagasaki the next day, and survived that bomb too. He lived until 2010 (aged 93).
Michelle C 2 years ago
I imagine the smile must have been from relief that she survived and shock!
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
This is heartachingly sad. I truly hope she did not suffer from the tragic aftermath of cancer from radiation.
John’s Girl 2 years ago
It doesn’t look like she has seen the image behind her yet. Heartbreaking.
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
Who in the world is downvoting you? It is heartbreaking.
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French Mans Reactions To Tasting Coca Cola For The First Time, 1950
Annik Perrot 2 years ago (edited)
"C'est quoi ce truc? Ça a un goût de chiotte!" For à 50s frenchie, Coke was definitely à taste to be acquired. It was.Edited to add: Hehe, BP doesnt censor French bad words ;-))
LittleWombat 2 years ago
Give it a minute for the cocaine to kick in. You'll want another sip! Or bottle!
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
"Augh! I must wash my mouth out with cheese that sat in a cave for 6 months!"
gerard julien 2 years ago
you betcha, 'cause it wouldn't work with this c**p : spray-64b2...3930ac.jpg 
Philippa Davies 2 years ago
Yes- to be honest, this is much like my reaction to the taste of coke
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#34
Detroit , Michigan In 1882 And 2017
Tamra 2 years ago
It really is. Always hurts my heart to see the loss of beautiful architecture.
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Hobby Hopper 2 years ago
How amazing would it be if Detroit could not only thrive again, but if we brought back the families that historically owned these properties?
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
Demonstrated: the effect of shareholder greed for ever-increasing profits.
Tristan J 2 years ago
What profit was had here from removing buildings to create an empty lot?
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Shannon Mallory 2 years ago
But there's no infrastructure nearby - no stores, no grocery, no jobs, no public transport - so unless you don't need any of those things, it'd be difficult to actually live there. This is how neighborhoods die. When the stores, schools and industries leave, it's not worth it to live there and housing falls into disrepair and buildings get condemned.
Load More Replies... John’s Girl 2 years ago
The buildings that are no longer present in the image were absolutely stunning!
#35
"No Dog Biscuits To-Day" A Sad Dog With Its Owner In London, 1939
Jason 2 years ago
It is! I've had quite a few in my day. Great dogs but quite stubborn
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The kid is thinking "How disappointing!" The dog is thinking "What's with that hyphen in TO-DAY?"
#36
Brookfield Farmhouse , Weston Road , England . In 1900 And 2021
Ace 2 years ago
Nice, but in British villages and towns there's nothing really unusual about this. Shame they've had to widen the road and take away the house's front garden though.
Kira Okah 2 years ago
Yep. Most of the buildings in the town centre of my hometown are 18th century. I'm currently living in an early Victorian stone house but the old town hall is 17th century. One of my school friends lived in an original Tudor-era house.
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Cyber Returns 2 years ago (edited)
I found it. It's now a garden centre. 2 Weston Rd Runcorn WA7 4JT if you want to look it up on google maps
Dill 2 years ago
Still the same building though, in case anyone thought it had been knocked down.
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Eiffeltower Under Construction For The 1889 World Fair In Paris, France
Kyllein MacKellerann 2 years ago
Actually the "Tower" is made up of four arched bridge trusses, turned vertical and joined at the top. That's why it is so strong.
#38
A Man Recording A Cassette Tape At A Music Festival In Poland, 1980s
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Pissed off cos people keep talking while he's trying to record the band ;)
Load More Replies... Premislaus de Colo 2 years ago
A bit of context. This is Jarocin festival in Poland. During the festival you could listen to prog rock, aternative, and punk bands that were normally heavily censored with no chance for a record contract (still communism) as most lyrics were anti-system. People would bring their cassette recorders there to have any chance of having a tape with their favourite music. I don't recognize the guy, but he has media credentials, so he might be a radio journalist from famous "Polish Radio 3" station preparing material for his evening programme.
Monday 2 years ago
He looks like he could be around 40....so I'm going to guess he's 23!
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iMOGENE CARGO 2 years ago
That right there is a legend. Documenting music that probably would have never seen a recording booth & preserving culture and history.. legendary.
Rosecrucian Roeth 2 years ago
Looks like Henry Kissinger trying to tape his meeting with Nixon..........
#39
Anti Electricity Propaganda From 1900s
KingsRaven 2 years ago
I see you don't understand the dangers of electricity.
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Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
Did they have tinfoil hats, too? And did they know that the earth is flat? /s
KingsRaven 2 years ago
Not really. Both needed wires to travel. Edison's argument was just that ac was deadlier which was easy to convince people with due to the easily variable voltage.
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DonnerDinnerParty 2 years ago
Lol but how in the world does aomeone get caught up in the cables like that?
Marion Vambre 2 years ago
It's easy to laugh at people from this era but when you don't really know, i understand it was quite scary for them ...
#40
1934. Acrobats Perform A Balancing Act On A Ledge Of The Empire State Building
Mona Stevenson 2 years ago
This literally scares the s**t outta me. Also, the movie “Man on Wire” about the guy who walked a tightrope between the Twin Towers. A visceral reaction every time I see or think about these kind of things.
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Aah...ahh...achoo!! Also got to wonder about the guy on the left's head (pun intended)...
#41
1943 , UK . The Weekly Food Ration For Two People
G R 2 years ago
Vegetables weren't rationed, and a lot of people grew their own.
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Paul Macdonell 2 years ago
This was only the food that was rationed. Not all food suffered shortages and had to be rationed.
Jods 2 years ago
And the population was much healthier than we are now. My mum, not liking sweets very much used to sell her sweet ration vouchers to the other kids. While all the extended families husbands were away at war all the wives moved into a great-great aunts farmhouse in a secluded area called Harts Hole. Now, say that in a Yorkshire accent and it sounds like something rude. They also had a lot more hens than they declared to the Ministry and sold them at grossly inflated prices.
Eva Kašu 2 years ago (edited)
I´m just wainting for some twat who comes with WW2 London´ diet and makes millions from it...
Hobby Hopper 2 years ago
Thanks for the idea. Looking for investors. Interested?
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Catherine Graves 2 years ago
Notice this is proteins only ration. It includes a small portion of meats, fats, cheese and milk. As the war progressed, rationing became even tighter.
LittleWombat 2 years ago
Like 07000 said, more still than other countries had. My mother survived the war as a child on rations in Yugoslavia. Sugar was so precious that when offered to her from an old man's dirty handkerchief, it was still a gift not to be refused. What some "Boomers" went through is unimaginable. It colored their behaviors and outlooks for all their lives.
Fat Harry 2 years ago
This is not boomers. The whole name "boomer" is from "baby boomer" because when the war finished and the men returned home, there was a sudden increase in births (can't imagine why) - a "baby boom". The war generation, they had it tough. Boomers? They've had it easier than those who came before and those who've come since.
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Lesley Relph 2 years ago
My partner's parents were vegetarian, and got a shedload of nuts in their rations.
#42
Please Don't Kiss Me!" - Mom Asks Not To Kiss Her Baby To Avoid Catching The Flu In The 1930s
Monday 2 years ago
The idea of kissing a baby that doesn't belong to you or your close relative is a little weird to me.
Load More Replies... Stephen Smith 2 years ago
You go around kissing others babies now and you will be arrested. Strange how some awful things once was accepted behaviour.
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
Don’t know why you got downvoted, I thought it was funny so I upvoted!
Load More Replies... Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
Still a problem today, I remember a story a couple years ago of someone with an open cold sore kissing a baby and making it pretty ill.
Susan Reid Smith 2 years ago
I don't even touch a stranger's child except to keep them safe in a dangerous situation!
MED71 2 years ago
Nanny? Looks a bit older, forgive me, to have a child that age. No offense intended pandas. 🙂
MichelleDonut 2 years ago
With no birth control, women had babies every 2-3 years from their late teens / early twenties until their fifties. Large families were the norm. Housekeeping was hard work without washing machines and dishwashers. She's probably 10-15 years younger than she looks, and exhausted, poor gal.
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Valerie G. 2 years ago
Imagine the amount of babies who would not have died of herpes in the past decades from overzealous relatives meeting the new addition to the family, if this sign was used now.
#43
1914. Painters On The Brooklyn Bridge Suspender Cables, New York City. Photo By Eugene De Salignac
#44
Coca-Cola Bottle, 1906
Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
Awww yes, the good ole days when Coca Cola actually contained cocaine...
Ace 2 years ago
No, it didn't. Trace amounts of a related chemical from the coca leaves, at best/worst.
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Cassie 2 years ago
It still is, essentially. In restaurants, there is a machine employees plug a bag of syrup into. The machine carbonates water and mixes the syrup before dispensing via soda machine. If you get a flat soda at a restaurant, it's because they need to change out the carbonation cartridge.
Load More Replies... TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
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Forrest McCanless 2 years ago
Was in Germany this week (from the land of the Big Gulp), and the standard "Coke" in a restaurant was a seven ounce bottle and a glass with four ice cubes. Luckily, they all had great beer as well!
AussieTolkein 1 year ago
"Draw one ounce of Coca-Cola in seven ounce glass... fill glass with large stream of soda water stirring with a spoon that Coca-Cola may be thoroughly mixed."
#45
A Soldier Tests His Gas Mask While Peeling Onions. Camp Kearny, San Diego, USA, 1918. (World War One)
Bubble Gum Bandit 2 years ago
Learned during Covid, the N95 masks works perfectly for cutting onions.
Pie 2 years ago
Weirdly, contacts. Your eyes don't mind onions when you wear contact lenses. Never believed it until I switched out my glasses one day and magically, no onion eyes.
smugdruggler 2 years ago
I suppose they are a barrier. The onion releases sulphur compounds into the air when you cut them and when the sulphur meets the water in your tears it forms sulphuric acid. Weak acid, but enough to irritate your eyes. A contact lens is a physical barrier protecting the eye.
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Couragetcd 2 years ago
I use my old goggles from high school science class. Nonpermeable gasses, woo
#46
Miners On An Aerial Tram Used To Descend Into The Kimberley Diamond Mines In South Africa, Ca 1885
Monday 2 years ago
Our theme park "Gold Reef City" has a safer version of this as a rollercoaster. It's quite popular.
Load More Replies... Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
If you listen closely, you can still hear Elon Musk's ancestors screaming at people to work harder.
#47
Manhattan In 1851 And Today
Ace 2 years ago
Was spotting weird geographical inconsistencies before I realised that the first one wasn't actually an aerial photograph. D'oh!
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
There's been a lot of fill around the edges since then. The neighborhood west of West Street (Battery Park City) is fill from the excavation of the original World Trade Center foundation, and Castle Clinton has gone from being an island to being in the mainland in Battery Park
Load More Replies... Larry XK 2 years ago
Sadly Manhattan is sinking under its own weight, like a centimeter a year or so.
Kristiina 2 years ago
I have always wondered, why they had to build such a large city on a limited space. It's not like there isn't plenty of land near by.
Delta Dawn 2 years ago (edited)
Why does Tokyo have 20 million people? Cheaper to live near where you work, and a quicker commute. Then shops spring up around the workers, and so on and so forth. Imagine the amount of spread 10 or 20 million (or more) people would need for every family to have a house and yard. Not to mention all the associated lines for electric and plumbing and sewer, trash removal, etc.
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Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
I’d love to have more information on the first drawing. The churches are obvious; I can’t figure out if the surrounding allotments are meant to have buildings on them, or are parts of gardens. I would think, given the grid pattern, there would be buildings, but they are not obvious to me.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
There is something wrong on the second picture, There are som trees there, that must have been overlooked.
#48
A Man Feeds Pete The Squirrel Outside The White House In 1922
PattonPawter 2 years ago
Lenny explained below, Pete was the pet squirrel of Warren G Harding.
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Justin Thyme 2 years ago
Then the squirrel got busted by Secret Service for unknown substance in White house
#49
Helmet With A Built - In Communication Device So That The Motorcycle Rider Can Talk With The Passenger In The Backseat , 1960s
Susan Teter 2 years ago (edited)
All I can hear is my Dad saying SHUT UP! If you think I'm going too fast YOU can drive!
Wm Paul Robinson 2 years ago
Ah a Triumph. Once an icon of British engineering, that died off. Now the patent, name, and blueprints bought by a Frenchie, and they are thriving here, and more visible than even Harleys! Not 100% sure, but think Nortons being built in France too.
Thomas51 3 months ago
John Bloor is English, not French. Company now run by his son Nick (also English).
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Stonehenge : 1877 And 2019
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
I was there in the early 70s, when tourists were allowed to walk between the stones. Amazing. Oh, and they had nothing to do with druids.
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
This came so close to being completely taken apart by the Romans after they invaded.
Jrog 2 years ago
Stonehenge in 1877 was basically at peak decline. After sitting untouched for centuries, save for some toppled stones from an earlier attempt by the local parish to bury the site on religious concerns, touristic interest started to arise in the mid-18th. Students popularized visiting the site along with the close-by Salisbury Cathedral, in order to compare the art of the "enlightened" versus "primitives". Taking away stones and chippings as souvenirs was common, the site was open to anyone. It slowly became a gathering place for families in the festivities, leading to further damage from casual tourists. The place was protected only after local businessman Cecil Chubb happened to stroll into an auction house looking for furniture, and found the site for sale for the ridiculous sum of £6,600, merely 1/20th of the value of a previous attempt to sell to the government. The previous land owner died and the estate was being liquidated; Chubb bought the place and donated it to the government
#51
Athens, Greece 1862 And Now
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
More buildings but nice to see they haven't all been torn down and turned into skyscrapers.
Aspasia 2 years ago
I don't know for sure, but I think part of it is because they're prone to earthquakes.
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#52
Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022)
Alexandra 2 years ago
I'm not English, but I do understand how you feel. Her death marks, indeed, the end of an era.
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David Paterson 2 years ago (edited)
You'd swear it was a painted fake backdrop, right? What is the purpose of the ceremonial orb? It doesn't look like a weapon.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
It is the sovereign orb meant to symbolize the rule of Christianity over the globe. The queen was also the religious leader of the Church of England.
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#53
1941 Packard 8 - Door Open Top Tour Bus
MakeupMama68 2 years ago
I often ask why passenger vans now don’t have doors on each row instead of the sliding door.
Ace 2 years ago
Well maybe, if compared to the three cars that might otherwise be needed for the same number of passengers...
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1957. Three Workers Having Breakfast In An Open Manhole, Berlin. Photo By Konrad Giehr
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
The tops of those teepee tripods held smudge pots: hollow iron balls for burning tar. The flame showed at night and black smoke in the day.
ADHD McChick 2 years ago
So, the precursors to those sawhorses with the flashing orange lights, that we have today?
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Serving A Snack On Scandinavian Airlines Flight, 1969
Capybara With a Cat 2 years ago
'Right, I'll bring your glass of water in a minute'
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Chewie Baron 2 years ago
I keep mistaking the piece of wood on the left, holding the hanging meats for the neck of a guitar!!
David Green 2 years ago
I assume that vegetarians either hadn't yet been invented or didn't fly.
#56
Omaha Beach On D - Day 1944 And 2021
VonBlade 2 years ago
Oooh. I've got one from 2013, so the flags are new. bunker-hil...3e551c.jpg 
#57
1962 An Italian Magazine Published An Article Of How Life Would Be Protrayed In The Year 2022
#58
Life In Chicago In The 1950s
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
They aren’t pretty, but Chicago’s alleys make it a much more livable city than NYC, where alleys aren’t as much a thing
Gardener of Weeden 2 years ago
Looks no different today (except in color LOL). Those are garage doors you see. Garages and trash cans are kept in the alleys.
#59
A Family Posing For A Street Photographer , London , 1870s
#60
Home Prices In 1950s
Lakota Wolf (she/her) 2 years ago
My internet bill is higher than that monthly home payment :(
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Most kids monthly pocket money is now higher than the monthly payment >_<
Load More Replies... Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Can I just run back in time and buy it flat out for myself and then zip right back to the future ? Sigh. If only.
MakeupMama68 2 years ago
My parents bought our first home in LA in 1971 for $25k. That same house is now worth $950k. It’s not even inflation.. I did the inflation calculator 1971 to 2023 and that amount is worth $187k now.
David Paterson 2 years ago
In my youth , I read the advice "If ever you buy something for more than $10,000, make sure it has two stories".
Phoenix 2 years ago
You might be able to get a sammelband for that price.
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World's First Ever Ambulance Service In 1830
Ruth Kennedy 2 years ago
"29th July 1941: A one-man anti-gas ambulance and resuscitator, designed and made for use by the Home Guard. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images).”
Ace 2 years ago
Where did the '1830' come from? It's clearly a WW2 uniform, and bicycles like that hadn't been invented then.
DC 2 years ago
You're right. The bicycle, on first glance alone, places this well after 1900. A more detailed photo or better resolution may even indicate a later date if we could identify things like twospeed hubs or brakes or something. And, the uniform, gives it away finally and unmistakable.
Load More Replies... Ben Stubbs 2 years ago
Does anyone fact check at BP? Not the worlds first ambulance, they've been around since warfare began, Clearly not 1830's by way of being a photograph and wearing c, 1940s clothing. Unless I've entered the matrix?
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
Fact check. First historical record of an ambulance (purposely designed for emergency transport) was 1487. People would use wagons and carts before then but they were the carts used to transport other things as well. 1487 was the first time for a wagon set aside just to move the wounded before anyone actually got hurt.
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#62
1895. Train Wreck At Montparnasse Station , Paris
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
Only one person died. A woman who was walking by as the train burst out above her.
Tim Anderson 2 years ago
Not much visual damage to the front of the engine after going through the building!
AussieTolkein 1 year ago
Two things: One, this is portrayed in the Invention of Hugo Cabret. Two, and correct me if I'm wrong, the only person who died only died afterward, when they tripped on rubble and fell over the edge of the wall
#63
1924. A Game Of Human Chess At Dvortsovaya Square In Leningrad ( Now Saint Petersburg ) , Ussr
Azure Adams 2 years ago
This could be a wonderful yearly thing where two chess masters play a game of human chess and it is broadcasted internationally. It would be entertaining and show chess to a much wider audience. Seriously, chess could use some spectacle and an international match with a human board and two masters with good announcers would be perfect and still respectable
Hydro Keychain 2 years ago
Knight jumps Queen... P**n jumps Queen... Pawns jump Queen... GANGBA*G !!! -Mel Brooks - "History of the World Part 1"
Eva Kašu 2 years ago (edited)
Well, this looks like something tsar would do, not comrades...(naughty!)
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
It was seven years after the October Revolution.
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1937. Pedestrians Swarm Across Golden Gate Bridge Immediately After Its Opening
Melissa Powell 2 years ago
Someone posted a photo of people walking across the bridge recently. 50,000 strong or so the caption read.
Cold Eagle 2 years ago
Am I correct in thinking they had to stop people adding to the numbers due to structural issues? Or was that a different bridge?
KWilly 2 years ago (edited)
There was a different article on here the other day that showed all the people walking across the bridge and how the weight of them flattened the natural curve the bridge had/has. *Edit* Just checked it out, I guess its supposed to do that! Engineering is crazy man!
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The Opening Ceremony Of The 1980 Moscow Olympic Games
PowellSkier 2 years ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1980_Summer_Olympics_(Moscow)_boycotting_countries_(blue).svg
PowellSkier 2 years ago
The US boycotted these games in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 65 countries participated in the boycott.
#66
The Goatmobile , Early 1900s
#67
Lincoln Memorial 1922-2016
#68
Pictured Above Are Michelin Men In The 1920s
#69
Empire State Building In 1941 And Now
Nicola Roberts 2 years ago
Note to self. Surround myself with (little) children to look taller.....
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#70
Tourism At Egyptian Pyramids During The Early 20th Century
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
As the man himself would say, “it’s Poirot monsieur! Poirot!”
Load More Replies... Chewie Baron 2 years ago
The very first package holiday went to Egypt from the UK, and was started by a man called Thomas Cook, whose company named after him still operates today.
PowellSkier 2 years ago
These people probably took some home as fertilizer or medicine.
Load More Replies... David Paterson 2 years ago
Donkey or camel? From the clothing, I'd say that the camel ride cost more.
#71
1900s. Florida Governor W. S. Jennings (Right) In An Alligator Cart By The St. Augustine City Gates
Caroline Kimber 2 years ago
I can't look at this picture for too long, it's so heartbreaking :(
Delta Dawn 2 years ago
You really can’t blame the gators 🐊 for eating whoever they can catch in Florida
Michael Largey 2 years ago
And don't feed the alligator for several days beforehand. The Republicans are in favor of work incentives, aren't they?
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1930. Two Workers Resting During The Construction Of The Empire State Building
David Green 2 years ago
The one on the right must be a newbie as he is holding on with a hand. Or maybe he just had a good old fashioned pub lunch beforehand.
#73
Titanic Dry Dock 1912 And History Season 2015
#74
A Mom Uses A Trash Can To Contain Her Baby While She Crochets In The Park, 1969
#75
Ww1 Then And Now
David Paterson 2 years ago
Looks like the river has been cleaned up, but the fish-breeding shallows are gone.
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What do you think ?
Susie Elle 2 years ago
I like these pictures :) even if the recent pictures show a general decline of things
Jerusalem Cat Syndrome 2 years ago
There are no spaces between words and commas. Please, trust me.
Susie Elle 2 years ago
I like these pictures :) even if the recent pictures show a general decline of things
Jerusalem Cat Syndrome 2 years ago
There are no spaces between words and commas. Please, trust me.
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