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Orwell

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Orwell • upvoted 2 items 1 day ago

This Group Unearths History’s Most Unsettling Secrets, And Here Are 50 Of Their Best Finds

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This Group Unearths History’s Most Unsettling Secrets, And Here Are 50 Of Their Best Finds

She wasn’t bored, she was doing a news story on the asylum.

Orwell • upvoted 19 items 5 days ago

Trapeze Artist Laverie Cooper ("Charmion"), 1904

Photograph Of The Moon By Lewis M. Rutherfurd, Taken In 1865. National Gallery Of Canada

Trapeze Artist Laverie Cooper ("Charmion"), 1904

Photograph Of The Moon By Lewis M. Rutherfurd, Taken In 1865. National Gallery Of Canada

Snow Fight Between Ladies At Cumberland Valley State Normal School, Circa 1900

Jamie Winkler Smiles While Posing With His Little Fluffy Friend, 1890s. Glass Negatives

Ambrotype Of A Raccoon Resting On A Chair, 1855-1860

A Doll Crafted From Scraps And A Shoe Heel. It Belonged To A Child In The Slums Of London, C 1905

Photographs Of A Trio Of Women Frolicking, C. 1905

The All-Female Fire Brigade At Girton College, Cambridge, 1877-1878

Portrait Of Young African American Lady, Really Like Those Gilded Frames, Circa 1850s-60s

Ladies From Zanzibar, Tanzania, Dressed On Their Best, Some Have Gold Chains And Bright Smiles, Circa 1890s And 1900s

Coal Miners Returning From The Depths After A Day's Work, Belgium, C. 1900

Lovers Oscar Wilde And Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas At Oxford In 1893

Before Sequins, There Were Beetle Wings. Fabric From 1858 Embellished With Bug Wings

Three Women Dressed In Their Sunday Best, Marshall, Texas, 1900 ✨

Sarah Forbes Bonetta, Queen Victoria's Goddaughter

An Exhausted Mother Making Matchboxes. Her Child Is Asleep On The Floor Under The Table. C.1900

African American Ladies Pose For Their Solo Shots, Circa 1890s

"The Crawlers", 1877. 'The Crawlers' Were The Lowest Of The British Poor

A Girl With Down's Syndrome, Late Nineteenth Century. On The Album Is Written "Imbeciles & Idiots Of "Mongol" Type"

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On 23 May 1901, French Police Received An Anonymous Tip That A Woman Was Being Held Against Her Will In A Poitiers Home

Carlos Montezuma (Born Wassaja) Was Sold For $30 At Age 5

On 23 May 1901, French Police Received An Anonymous Tip That A Woman Was Being Held Against Her Will In A Poitiers Home

Carlos Montezuma (Born Wassaja) Was Sold For $30 At Age 5

As Late As 1964, This Was The "Literacy Test" Administered To Black Prospective Voters In Louisiana, With A Ten Minute Time Limit And Perfect Score Requirement

Queen Elizabeth II's First Cousins (Left) Katherine Bowes-Lyon And Nerissa Bowes-Lyon (Right)

Grigory Zass (1797–1883) Was An Officer In The Imperial Russian Army Who Was A Major Perpetrator Of The Circassian Genocide

From 1869 To 1995, An Insane Asylum Hid 427 Patients’ Suitcases In An Attic, Then Tried To Destroy Them, Until Museum Curator Craig Williams Stopped It

In 1848, Railroad Worker Phineas Gage Survived An Accident That Sent An Iron Rod Through His Skull

In 1933 In Key West, X-Ray Technician Carl Tanzler Stole The Body Of His Former Patient, 22-Year-Old Tuberculosis Victim Elena De Hoyos

In 1980, Mark Defriest, An Autistic Savant, Was Sentenced To 4 Years For Taking Tools Left To Him In His Father's Will

In 1887, A Bored New York Reporter Named Nellie Bly Talked Her Way Into A Notorious Asylum To Observe How Women Were Treated After Being Declared Insane

This Is A Prisoner Registration Photo Of Krystyna Trześniewska, A Polish Girl Who Was Sent To Auschwitz In December 1942

In The 1970s, June And Jennifer Gibbons Only Spoke To Each Other. They Mirrored Every Move, Wrote Dark Stories, And Shut Out The World

In The 1940s And 50s, Canada Ran Secret Nutrition Experiments On 1300 Indigenous People, Including 1000 Children, In Residential Schools

A Man In 1835 Was Digging A Duck Pond And Accidentally Uncovered A 104-Foot Tunnel Made Entirely Of Seashells

In 19th-Century Louisiana, Black Women Were Locked In Prison Cells With White Men

There Was A Disease That Left People Awake But Unable To Move Or Speak. Many Were Trapped Inside Their Own Bodies, And It Vanished Without Anyone Ever Understanding Why

Anarcha Westcott In The 1840s Was Forced To Undergo About 30 Experimental Surgeries By Dr. J. Marion Sims, Who Wrongly Believed Black People Did Not Feel Pain

In June 2010, North Korean Journalist Kim Dong-Cheul Smuggled Rare Footage Of Rural Life In The Country To The Japanese Media

On Sept 5, 1942, During WWII, Petty Officer Charles Jackson French Swam 6–8 Hours Off Guadalcanal Island, Towing A Raft Of 15 Wounded Sailors After USS Gregory Was Sunk

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Orwell • upvoted 20 items 16 hours ago

In 1978, A Reporter Was Assigned A Routine Obituary For Mary Doefour. Instead Of Closing The File, He Kept Digging And Built A Case She Was Anna Myrle Sizer

As Late As 1964, This Was The "Literacy Test" Administered To Black Prospective Voters In Louisiana, With A Ten Minute Time Limit And Perfect Score Requirement

Grigory Zass (1797–1883) Was An Officer In The Imperial Russian Army Who Was A Major Perpetrator Of The Circassian Genocide

In 1980, Mark Defriest, An Autistic Savant, Was Sentenced To 4 Years For Taking Tools Left To Him In His Father's Will

In 1848, Railroad Worker Phineas Gage Survived An Accident That Sent An Iron Rod Through His Skull

From 1869 To 1995, An Insane Asylum Hid 427 Patients’ Suitcases In An Attic, Then Tried To Destroy Them, Until Museum Curator Craig Williams Stopped It

There Was A Disease That Left People Awake But Unable To Move Or Speak. Many Were Trapped Inside Their Own Bodies, And It Vanished Without Anyone Ever Understanding Why

In 1933 In Key West, X-Ray Technician Carl Tanzler Stole The Body Of His Former Patient, 22-Year-Old Tuberculosis Victim Elena De Hoyos

In The 1970s, June And Jennifer Gibbons Only Spoke To Each Other. They Mirrored Every Move, Wrote Dark Stories, And Shut Out The World

This Group Unearths History’s Most Unsettling Secrets, And Here Are 50 Of Their Best Finds

More orange people wanting their own way.

On 23 May 1901, French Police Received An Anonymous Tip That A Woman Was Being Held Against Her Will In A Poitiers Home

Queen Elizabeth II's First Cousins (Left) Katherine Bowes-Lyon And Nerissa Bowes-Lyon (Right)

In June 2010, North Korean Journalist Kim Dong-Cheul Smuggled Rare Footage Of Rural Life In The Country To The Japanese Media

This Is A Prisoner Registration Photo Of Krystyna Trześniewska, A Polish Girl Who Was Sent To Auschwitz In December 1942

In 19th-Century Louisiana, Black Women Were Locked In Prison Cells With White Men

Carlos Montezuma (Born Wassaja) Was Sold For $30 At Age 5

Anarcha Westcott In The 1840s Was Forced To Undergo About 30 Experimental Surgeries By Dr. J. Marion Sims, Who Wrongly Believed Black People Did Not Feel Pain

A Man In 1835 Was Digging A Duck Pond And Accidentally Uncovered A 104-Foot Tunnel Made Entirely Of Seashells

In The 1940s And 50s, Canada Ran Secret Nutrition Experiments On 1300 Indigenous People, Including 1000 Children, In Residential Schools

This Group Unearths History’s Most Unsettling Secrets, And Here Are 50 Of Their Best Finds

She wasn’t bored, she was doing a news story on the asylum.