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50 Interesting Historical Photographs That Might Teach You Something New
Interview With Expert
It’s hard to pinpoint when humans started recording and sharing knowledge of the past. But it’s estimated that they started early on. At first, there were cave paintings, and then language, which allowed people to tell origin stories and pass them from generation to generation. The invention of writing systems allowed people to record the past more extensively. And as technology evolved, new ways of doing so emerged. Now, in addition to all of that, history can be recorded through photographs, video, and audio recordings.
Today we’ll be looking at our fascinating past through photography, courtesy of the Facebook group Historical Images. These pictures show what life was like before we came to this world and remind us that we and everything else exist because of those who came before us. Scroll down for a deep dive into our history and don’t forget to upvote the ones that resonated with you the most.
While you're at it, make sure to check out a conversation with Margot Note, expert archival consultant and founder of Margot Note Consulting LLC, who is passionate about preserving the past and kindly agreed to chat with us about historical pictures!
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#1
This Photo Is From 1920 And Was Titled: "A Few Seconds Before Happiness"
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Little guy is adorable, wish there was another pic showing his face when he saw the puppy.
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#2
Sitting On Their 1947 Chevrolet At Dinner, And 63 Years Later
DC 1 year ago
"... she never married, but lived with her close friend, who also was a lifelong bachelorette..."
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
WOW, very rare for people to keep a car that long and in that incredible condition.
TribbleThinking 1 year ago
Does this mean that that amazing mum is in her 90s or 100+ and still happily clambering on cars?
Lesbitarian Lady 1 year ago
Barely touching her hand in '47, look how awesome it is now. It feels great for them to just be themselves
#3
In 1910, In New York, The United States, A Photographer Took A Photo Of Four Little Girls. Blessings To People A Hundred Years From Now
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago (edited)
Alas, true. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=950015922585516
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Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
They are so cute, the girl on the left doesn't look happy at all though.
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
Where's the good luck girls for 2025? We're gonna need all the luck offered.
Shirley Heyn 12 months ago
What a surly group of girls, not sure the blessings were heartfelt. . .?
The keeping of written history records appears relatively late, only 5,000 years ago in Egypt and ancient Sumer. Before that, knowledge about the past would be passed on from memory, with ancient storytellers being able to recite stories for days.
"Before photographs, people recorded history through oral traditions, written records, visual depictions, and physical artifacts. Oral storytelling preserved myths, genealogies, and events in societies without writing, while early civilizations used cuneiform, hieroglyphs, and manuscripts to document their histories," further explained Margot Note, expert archival consultant and founder of Margot Note Consulting LLC, to Bored Panda.
"Visual methods included prehistoric rock art, detailed frescoes, and narrative tapestries like the Bayeux Tapestry. Historical records were also embedded in physical forms such as inscriptions on monuments, architectural achievements, and coins bearing rulers’ likenesses. Tools like the Inca’s knotted strings (quipu) and European chronicles showcased inventive ways to preserve memory. These methods reflect humanity’s enduring desire to document and interpret the past, paving the way for photography as a more permanent and detailed medium."
#4
A Man Posing With A Donkey In His Lap, 1910s
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
That comment properly cheered me up. Thank you G A.
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Multa Nocte 1 year ago
I know - I was getting worried about my advanced age, there!
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Shirley Heyn 12 months ago
Neither one looks like they are enjoying their forced togetherness. . .!
#5
Lucille Ball On The Day Of Her Wedding To Desi Arnaz, 1940
Tee Peterson 1 year ago
She does indeed look very beautiful but also kind of sad.
Load More Replies... walterandbethdix 1 year ago
I wonder, to such an independent, talented person, what submitting to a traditional marriage, being religated to a subservient role, is doing in her mind at this moment.
PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago
She didn’t ever live a traditional life, and you can be married and independent, she was just one of the first waves of women who publicly lived it so we could all do it today like it’s nothing.
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Gracie Jay 1 year ago
Alright, so I tried to find out if that was bruising. I don’t think it’s her actual wedding pic. I’m guessing it’s from a movie. I don’t know which and my mind is now moving on and if I remember later, I’ll come check and see if someone else figured it out;)
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Jnausicaa 1 year ago
Lucy and Desi started their studio (Desilu) to give young, rising creators a place live their dreams and get their tv shows into production. One of those young creators was a guy named Gene Roddenberry. Yes, Lucy is the godmother of Star Trek.
The Mediterranean Fruit 1 year ago (edited)
This picture is from a movie that she did so it could be for the movie
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#6
A Mother And Her Son On Their Way To A Pride Walk, 1985
Abel 1 year ago
Indeed. It is sad they had to auto-censore their t-shirts to vindicate something that should be accepted a lot of time ago.
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Smeghead Tribble Down Under 1 year ago
Fantastic. Need more people like this. I have never understood how any parent could throw their own kid out/disown them/whatever horrible thing just because they are gay/bi/trans/whatever. It makes my blood boil.
History record-keeping picked up pretty fast and just within a few centuries we already had elaborate written chronicles. Written documents started to gain authority over oral stories because it was much harder to change them when they were written down.
Evidence also became important, as relying on what someone’s grandmother said to their dad didn’t cut it anymore. However, one downside to noting down the past at the time was that it only told the stories of the rich because most people still couldn’t read or write.
#7
Saving Teddy During The 1941 Blitz Of Liverpool
Son of Philosoraptor 1 year ago
I've been thinking about the agreement not to assassinate world leaders. Anybody could drop a rocket on anyone else... Putin, Kim, etc... but they don't. Better 50,000 dead regular folk than be so ungentlemanly. But it's horrifically immoral. And we've been brainwashed into going along with it.
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Jan Vlačiha 1 year ago
This is the generation of our mothers who later held us in their arms. This is where they learned it.
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
The looks on their faces especially the one on the right, she's crying. I just want to grab and hug them.
Tyranamar Suess 1 year ago
I had a patient with Dementia that had lost her mom in a bombing in World War II. All she would do was walk around the halls, clutching a doll, and repeatedly ask people in German if they'd seen her mom. What a crappy day for your mind to trap you in. It was one of the saddest things I've ever seen.
chclt4marcia_1 1 year ago
Could have been my MIL. Her brother was born in the hospital bomb shelter.
Mr. Toast 1 year ago
If you Google Liverpool Queen Victoria Memorial blitz there are some black and whites that sho the terrible devastation German bombing in WW2. At that time, Liverpool was still a critical transatlantic port.
Jean Lindgren 1 year ago
So sweet....what inhuman humans do to others.....soulless and cruel ....UNIMAGINABLE but here we are AGAIN
#8
Little Girl Talking With Her Father, A Train Driver For Southern Railway's Southern Belle Steam Train, Before He Leaves On A Trip To Brighton - London, 1931
Sanajah Rodriguez 1 year ago
Look at her smiling. 😊 I lov to see lil laughing smiling so innocent. 😇 No care of the world
Elaine Evans 1 year ago
I remember going to Brighton on the Brighton Belle with the steam engine and Pullman carriages.
#9
Warsaw, Poland
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
This photograph of Warsaw shows the resilience of the Polish people given it was one of the most heavily bombed cities during World War II, with an estimated 85% of the city destroyed.
CatD 9 months ago
Polish people are some of the most stubborn in the world.😻
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I heard that architectural drawings from when the buildings were originally constructed were still available so they were able to rebuild with more accuracy than most other cities that were destroyed.
Vesa Räsänen 1 year ago
Every war ends some day. And all horror is gone.They take deep breath and started rebuild homes.
Another interesting aspect of our history is that it only started to be precise and make chronological sense after the first ancient Olympic games in 776 BCE and the building of Rome in 753 BCE.
However, scholars have figured out various ways to precisely date events even before there were written records. Like finding radioactive materials to date objects such as bones or food remains.
Art was also very important in recording history. Many historical figures and events are immortalized in paintings and sculptures. However, until the advent of photography in 1826–27, people had to settle on seeing such images through the eyes of the artists who painted them, which might have been not entirely accurate.
#10
Fall Of The Berlin Wall (1989)
JoNo 1 year ago (edited)
"Historical" doesn't necessarily mean many years ago, it means events that are part of history. 9/11 is historical even though it's only 23 years later. 1989 is 35 years ago, in terms of years it's not that old, but the event itself is historical. I'm still in denial it was 35 years ago and I was an adult when it happened.
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Patsy Robins 1 year ago
Love how the B&W photo makes it look more like 1939! Seems bizarre to insert David Hasselhoff & electric guitars into this photo!
Count Stefan Amaranth 1 year ago
I remember watching this with my grandpa back in West Germany. He told me that it was the most important day of the 20th century.
Marti J 1 year ago
I was there the year after it fell and parts of it were still up. I even got to keep a few small pieces of the wall.
Larry Kearney 1 year ago
A co-worker of mine happened to be in Berlin (west) at that time and brought back some pieces of the wall to give away. It was just a chunk of concrete that had some spray paint on it but what it represented was enormous. Too bad I have no idea where it went.
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Riley Quinn 1 year ago
What a day this was. Even with my bad memory, I remember this day of hope and reunification.
Vera Diblikova 1 year ago
I was there. I have a little bit of Wall. Now I was 81. my boys were there too. Now they are 50 and 48. They were at the legendary concert.
#11
Cyclist From Estonia, On A Self-Made Bicycle, 1912
Der Kommissar 1 year ago
anyone who's ever had a store-bought bike now realizes how fortunate they were
Jacqui Dunn 1 year ago
I knew a Dutch woman who had cycled from her village to the city during the war, to get supplies. The "tyres" on her bike were wooden.
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David Paterson 1 year ago
Now you see how bicycles could have been invented 2,000 years earlier. Any civilization capable of making racing chariots could easily have made bikes.
Janissary35680 1 year ago
To be fair, this is more a scooter than a bike. All the motive power comes from the user's legs and from gravity. Chain-driven bikes didn't arrive until the mid 19th century.
Load More Replies... Nitka Tsar 1 year ago (edited)
That‘s not a bike. It‘s a laufrad. A… what do you call it? Balance bike? toddlers use them to learn balance, so they can later just switch to a real bike without training wheels. They can be fast as hell though, so take care. The kids love them
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
A scooter would've been easier, but this proves the adage, "poverty is the mother of invention". Creativity is needed to find solutions that wealthy people can just buy without breaking a sweat.
CatD 9 months ago
The wheel was first invented for potters about 4000BC, it wasn't used for transportation until much later.
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"Approaching Shadow", 1954
Rebecca McManus 1 year ago
Nice photo, but doesn't fit the brief of being back in time, this is a staged photo from an artist and could be of any age.
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
My first thought was that unless the world rotated the other way back in 1954 that's actually a departing shadow. Turns out the only real shadow in the image is the one being cast by the model, and the big shadow on the wall was added in the darkroom.
The invention of photography not only allowed people to see how things really were in the past but also allowed ordinary people to leave their own mark on it. A person who was born more than 150 years ago and wasn’t wealthy could only be remembered by carving their name into an important monument or doing something heroic or noteworthy.
Margot even says that photography is considered a more effective method of recording history compared to earlier methods since it captures visual reality with unparalleled accuracy and immediacy.
"Unlike oral traditions or written records, which are subject to interpretation, memory loss, or bias, photographs provide a direct and detailed representation of a moment in time. This allows future generations to see historical events, people, and places as they truly appeared, offering a level of authenticity and emotional connection that earlier methods may lack," she explained.
#13
Inside Of A Railroad Car Made By The Pullman Company, 1890s
Strahd Ivarius 1 year ago
It was the standard Pullman... luxury cars were of course better than this
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Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
Just google „railroad car pullman company“ and you‘ll find some pictures. It looks magnificent
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Shirley Heyn 12 months ago
Ah, now that's worth the first class price, even if the seats didn't recline. . .! :-)
#14
Italian Grocery Shop, New York, 1943
Dusty's mom 1 year ago
World War II. What's amazing is that we were at war with Italy at that time. Wonder if the owner stocked up a.s.a.p. after 12/07/1941, knowing the supply would soon be cut off? No use-through dates in those days. I wonder how rationing worked in specialty stores? There's no indication about using ration stamps, but that might have been posted elsewhere.
Petra Peitsch 1 year ago
I would like to have at least 100 gr. from every hanged up ham, cheese or whatever they are.
LadySparre 1 year ago
THAT would be the safest place to park my husband. Like a hubby daycare.. Could drop him off in the morning and he'd be ridiculously happy. And VERY reluctant to leave at the end of the day 😆
Eugene the Jeep 1 year ago
Before self serve supermarkets, you had to tell the clerk what you wanted and he would gather all the items you wanted from the shelves behind him. If there were customers ahead of you, you just had to be patient and wait your turn.
mrtmxxzgy9 1 year ago
And people actually used to have conversations. Interactions with their neighbours. No more.
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Philly Bob 1 year ago
I can smell this picture... Some of the greatest stuff! We hada few in Philly too!
#15
By Vladimir Lagrange - Ussr, 1960s
Cindy Brick 1 year ago
I did this too in Sparta, MI -- bringing my dad lunch, iwth a canning jar of iced tea
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
Before we were old enough to join the men in the fields, this was our job. The women would prepare the food and either lemonade or ice tea in lidded canning jars (so it didn't spill), and the kids would trot out into the fields delivering it.
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Son of Philosoraptor 1 year ago
Collosuss reunites with his sister Illyana back in the good old collective farm days.
In addition, she says that photography democratizes historical documentation. "Previously, recording history often required specialized skills like writing or artistry, which were limited to certain classes or institutions. Photography, especially with modern technology, enables a broader range of people to document their lives and environments, creating a more inclusive and diverse historical record."
However, nothing is without limitations. "Like earlier methods, it can be selective and influenced by the perspective of the photographer. Despite this, its immediacy, accessibility, and ability to preserve fleeting moments make it a uniquely powerful tool for recording history, complementing rather than entirely replacing earlier methods," Margot says.
#16
This Is The First Publicly Sold Bottle Of Coca-Cola, Released In 1894
Remarkably, it contained an estimated 3.5 grams of coc***e at the time
Ron Man 1 year ago
That wasn't a bottle of coca cola. That was a jug of coca cola syrup that soda fountains used to make a drink with.
Jossh Nine 1 year ago
I bet two shots of it would be a launchpad for a great night ou.
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axle f 1 year ago
....it has dispensing/mixing directions right on the label. did the OP even look at this pic before 'describing' it? 🤷
coupon user 1 year ago
Of course not. The "writers" and "editors" in this site don't do research or even check lists for duplicates half the time 😂
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Fishpanda (fish/panda/it) 1 year ago
Why do you have to censor words, BP . . . I don't know what this says anymore . . .
Aballi 1 year ago
Cocaine. The word is cocaine. BP, by censoring words related to substance use, you know you're contributing to the stigma around use and SUD, which leads to fewer people asking for help when they need it...right??
DC 1 year ago
No, they don't get it. They're really that dense, whoever is in charge of autocensoring here.
Load More Replies... Bob Brooce 1 year ago
He only found out later, but 3.5 grams will definitely cure the summertime blues.
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Shark bait hoo haha 1 year ago
I remember back in the early 70's my mom would give me coca cola syrup if I was sick and having tummy issues. She would bring it to me over cracked ice and I loved that stuff!
#17
A Living United States Flag, Formed By 10,000 Navy Sailors In Illinois, 1917
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
According to the Naval History and Heritage Command website: commercial photographer Arthur S. Mole of Zion, Illinois, took 6 photos from the top of the Administration Building of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station while NEARLY 10,000 sailors stood below him on the parade ground.
Shark bait hoo haha 1 year ago
Can y'all stop arguing about how many people were creating this image like y'all were there and just appreciate the talent and energy it took for them to all come together to create this amazing picture?
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
I normally don't appreciate the rah-rah patriotism on constant display, but this is awfully impressive.
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
I can only conclude that 48 is also the IQ of the person that downvoted you.
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PrettyJoyBird 1 year ago
I thought this was crocheted by troops. Took me a bit to realize they are standing in formation.
#18
A Female Firefighting Team On A Converted Motorcycle In London, 1932
Ace 1 year ago (edited)
You don't think that, in 1925, the fact of them being women is significant to the history of the picture?
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Shirley Heyn 12 months ago
Gotta say, that is certainly the shortest coiled length of water hose I've ever seen. . .! Can't imagine fighting a fire in a skirt, long stockings, and buckled dress shoes!
Sanajah Rodriguez 1 year ago
Wow 😮 they look 👀 very cool. How they turn the fire 🔥 off w does clothes. It look dangerous 🧯 fighting fire
Jonnathan Poirier 1 year ago
Saw this and first thing to come to mind was the wicked witch theme from Wizard of Oz
A few of the pictures that defined history and shaped collective memory, in Morgot's opinion, are “Migrant Mother” by Dorothea Lange, symbolizing the human cost of the Great Depression, "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" by Joe Rosenthal, embodying resilience during World War II; and “Earthrise” by William Anders, which inspired environmental awareness by showcasing planet Earth from space.
#19
Often Carved And Decorated, The Box Bed Was The Pride Of Its Owners. In Homes That Usually Had Only One Room, The Box Bed Allowed Some Privacy And Helped Keep People Warm During The Winter
Lee Gilliland 1 year ago
They are uncomfortably stuffy, no circulation, and if you're sleeping with someone, you will be aware lot their halitosis. Our grandparents had one and they'd stick all three of us girls in and close the door. Have you any idea how long girls can giggle if they can hear an entire adult conversation?
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October 1 year ago
Common in the Netherlands too. They were called bedstee. My grandparents started using the one still present in their very old home once all the bedrooms were filled with their kids.
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Strahd Ivarius 1 year ago
It was still common in rural Britanny around WWII; my mom slept in one when she was a child, and we still have one bottom chest at home.
#20
The Irish Guards' Band Drummer Boy At Waterford Barracks Standing With The Regiment's Mascot, An Irish Wolfhound, On The 21 February 1917
WhiteClawOfDeath 1 year ago
Colour added later on, like yhey do with old documentaries nowadays.
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Widdershins66 1 year ago
21st February 1917? So you are the grand old age of 107 😜 Jennifer? 🤗🤗🤗
Load More Replies... Shirley Heyn 12 months ago
Always makes me wonder if those pictured, made it through the wars. . . ?
#21
Photographer Margaret Bourke-White Capturing A Shot From The Top Of The Chrysler Building, 1935
Richard Graham 1 year ago
Those Eagle's Head ornaments are a copy of a Chrysler Imperial hood ornament when the Chrysler Building was built (1928).
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
Ah, yes. The good old days, when the front of a car was meticulously designed to patriotically disembowel careless pedestrians.
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ShadowJedi13 1 year ago
Yeah, you wouldn't catch me up there for any money. I'm not scared of heights as such. But that is WAY too high
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Odin Schmidt 1 year ago
I'll see your Noopity, Nope and raise you a Noopity, Nope, Nope, Nope!
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Supreme Jester 1 year ago
These decorations are not at the top of the building and there are windows from which the photographer could shoot her--why she didn't use them I don't know unless this was a publicity stunt for her.
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 1 year ago
One of my favorite photographs is the line of Black people waiting for food relief after the Louisville Flood in '37 under the American propaganda billboard with a white family driving under the banner, World's Highest Standard of Living. She captured life in all it facets.
🇳🇬 Asi Bassey 🇳🇬 1 year ago
She must’ve had a lot of confidence in the engineers who designed and built that ornament.
Shirley Heyn 12 months ago
So, this photo is the best of all taken this day. . .? Certainly most viewed. . .! :-)
But for her personally, a historical photo that has left the greatest impact is the first selfie taken by Robert Cornelius in 1839.
"This image fascinates me not only for its pioneering technique in photography but also for its deeply human quality—a quiet moment of self-reflection captured in the dawn of photographic history. It’s remarkable to consider that the instinct to document ourselves, our lives, and our essence transcends time and technology. This photograph reminds me that archival work isn’t just about preserving the past; it’s about safeguarding humanity's ongoing story for the future," she tells us.
#22
Undercover Police Officer, Brooklyn NYC July 1 1969
Petra Peitsch 1 year ago
Those women look very suspicious, so I guess, he is no more "undercover".
Tabitha 1 year ago
If memory serves, there had been a rash of muggings of (or some kind of attacks on) women in NYC in 1969, so police departments had male cops go undercover dressed as women. Wasn’t long after they decided to have female officers fill that role, as the men were definitely not at all convincing to the perpetrators when dressed as women.
Sand Ers 1 year ago (edited)
Mugging detail. Shows up several times in Barney Miller episodes.
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Larry Kearney 1 year ago
I thought he looks like Anthony Bourdain. After all, he did say he'd try anything.
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MaxMi 1 year ago
A guy who harassed ladies in the dark. The photo is from a famous case.
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Blackfoot Indians On The Roof Of The Hotel
McAlpin, New York City in 1913.They had the choice of any room in the hotel but instead chose to pitch their teepees on the roof. For many who had never left the reservation this was quite a sight.
Fiery Llama 1 year ago
Not really. They were brought there to be gawked at, sadly, and they DID stay in the rooms (of course they did!), the roof thing was a publicity stunt. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-blackfoot-indians-in_b_847936
Dusty's mom 1 year ago
Yes. The clothes they're wearing weren't typical of their everyday wear. More like the ceremonial clothes worn in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. By that time, most wore what other people wore. This is clearly for publicity.
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Zann S Massie 1 year ago
Not surprising as it was 1913..anything to suck up the indigenous people they screwed over a few years earlier..like all white invaders of many countries ..here in Oz we wiped out every aboriginal in Tasmania
Darla Hitchcock 1 year ago
No. Tribal affiliation, or Native, or Indian. Most of us cringe at the term "Native Ameeican.
Load More Replies... coupon user 1 year ago
"The" hotel? It's "A" hotel, since you're not naming or describing it in the headline. Where did this "writer" learn how writing works?
Jonnathan Poirier 1 year ago
Whatever the reason they were there for their clothes were beautiful.
#24
Two Women Working As Ice Deliverers Carry A Large Block Of Ice. September 1918
Petra Peitsch 1 year ago
We can't even comprehend, how lucky we are living just like around 100 years later. And that sentence will be written in 100 years by now.
walterandbethdix 1 year ago
I think we are at a very different point in history. Loosing democracy and being overwhelmed by climate calamity are not going to be a "look back from a better place" type moment. Rather, a "we should have appreciated what we pissed away" moment in 2120. If there is anyone to write anything.
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Janissary35680 1 year ago (edited)
I can remember ice still being delivered weekly to our apartment building in Manhatten in the late 40s - early 50s.
Zann S Massie 1 year ago
They still do this in indonesia..and a few other poor Asian countries..
CatD 9 months ago
We had an ice truck come deliver after Hurricane Celia in 1969 in South Texas.
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Russell Bowman 1 year ago
Unsure of the thickness ... but looks about 3 sq feet or about 160-170 pounds
Photography was so fundamental to humanity that it's even called the most important invention after the printing press. “An effective photograph can disseminate information about humanity and nature, record the visible world, and extend human knowledge and understanding,” writes Encyclopedia Britannica.
The advent of the camera changed the way events are captured and remembered and this no longer became limited to writing or art. On top of that, it allowed people to record personal moments, which wasn’t possible before.
#25
Neil Armstrong Photographed By Buzz Aldrin Shortly After Completing The First-Ever Moonwalk On July 20th, 1969
Jossh Nine 1 year ago
Landed men on the moon 55 years ago and our oven drawers still squeak and squeal.
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
If you want to pay Apollo programme type money for your oven, I'm sure you can get one that works smoothly.😉
Load More Replies... Russell Bowman 1 year ago
Imagine the buzz he felt being the first ... wait, that came out wrong
Jnausicaa 1 year ago
On safari, Armstrong bragged a rhinoceros. He is rumoured as saying "Second most thrilling thing in my life."
Senjo Krane 1 year ago
what the fXXk? Really? Now he's gone right down in my estimation :(
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In 1892, A Hot Potato Vendor Peddles His Wares On The Busy Streets Of Manhattan, Offering A Popular And Simple Snack To New Yorkers
Known as “Mickeys,” these hot, baked potatoes were a beloved street food in the late 19th century. Vendors like this one would walk the city, selling the warm, starchy potatoes wrapped in paper or cloth. They were not just a quick and affordable snack but also served a practical purpose during cold weather, as many people would carry them in their pockets to use as makeshift hand warmers on frigid days.
Hot potatoes were especially popular among the working class and immigrants in Manhattan, providing both sustenance and warmth for those on the go. Street vendors were a common sight in the city during this period, offering an array of cheap and accessible food options for a rapidly growing urban population. The hot potato, often eaten in between work shifts or on the way home, was part of a broader culture of street food that provided comfort and nourishment amidst the hustle of daily life.
The tradition of selling hot potatoes, with their dual function as both a snack and a source of warmth, represents a unique aspect of the urban experience in 19th-century New York. This photograph not only captures a moment in the life of a street vendor but also reflects the ingenuity and resourcefulness of city dwellers who found practical solutions to everyday needs. The image provides a nostalgic glimpse into the past, showcasing a time when simple pleasures like a warm potato could provide both sustenance and a small respite from the harsh realities of city life
Chuck 1 year ago (edited)
Anyone else find it weird that the longest description so far is for a guy selling potatoes on the street? (I'd totally buy one)
Tabitha 1 year ago
Calling them “Mickeys” was a slur against Irish immigrants. Unfortunately, such name calling was considered acceptable at the time.
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
If the people selling potatoes on the street were Irish they should have called them "Ironies."
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Gene R Dunaway 1 year ago
On my first trip to London was served by a similar street vendor. Potato roasted in an elaborate coal fired contraption. Midwinter. Best potato EVER (came witj
Cathy Jo Baker 1 year ago (edited)
We need to bring back hot potato vendors! OTOH, at least in Colombia, you can get your papas criollas... little round potatoes deep fried and served with salsa rosada, among others. Hard part is waiting for them to cool down enough to eat without scalding your tongue to bits.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
A food truck sells baked potatoes near me from the car park of a chemist
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These Progressive High School Girls Learn The Finer Points Of Auto Mechanics In 1927
Petra Peitsch 1 year ago
Sadly, fast 100 years in the future, this is still "progressive", and not common.
Alex Ruddies 1 year ago (edited)
Societal pressure can be a biatch. I work in a hardware store and I can't tell you how many times I hear "well, I'm a woman/girl" or whatever. It kinda annoys me to no end. This is why I think basic house and home repairs should be taught in school as a required course. Best way to break that mindset.
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Karen A Kelly 1 year ago
Fast forward to the 1970s. In the southern United States, girls were forbidden to take Shop Class, while being required to take Home Economics.
Shirley Heyn 12 months ago
Time to change that flat tire. . . but, don't forget to wear your nylons and heels . . . ! :-)
#28
Vw Buses On The Factory Lot, 1960s
walterandbethdix 1 year ago
Oh, my. Brings back the memories. Our VW bus has named "Rasberry". You can guess the colour. First-born conceived at Whitehorse, Yukon gas station lot during at super-intense aurora borealis. Shes a beautiful 51 years old now.
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 1 year ago (edited)
''Traveling in a fried-out Kombi, On a hippie trail, head full of zombie, I met a strange lady, she made me nervous, She took me in and gave me breakfast''.
#29
Tippi Hedren And Her Tiger, 1982
Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
At least she won't be bothered by birds any more, the tiger will see to that
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 1 year ago
By birds, racoons, dogs, vendors and door-to-door salespeople...
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Bill Swallow 1 year ago (edited)
Well, for starters, I have just been informed that she was mauled by that tiger. Apparently she owned a tiger rescue outfit.
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#30
A Lady From High Society, Ottoman Empire, 1900s
Felonius Gru 1 year ago
Googled it when I saw your comment. It was actually taken in 2014 by Retrografi, which produces historical-looking photos.
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May be wrong, but this doesn't feel like an early 1900s photo, especially in the ottoman empire. With the makeup, hair and clothing it looks more like a 50s or 60s studio shot from the same regions, clothing is still "modest" and covering up, but her face and hair are modern and fully visible
Janissary35680 1 year ago
I can't comment on the hair or makeup but she could be a member of one of the Empire's non-Turkish communities (Greek, Armenian, Jewish, Levantine). The wealthier classes living in Istanbul followed European styles and fashions very closely. Technically, this photo could easily be from the late Empire, which as someone else pointed out, didn't cease to exist until 1922.
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Ron Man 1 year ago
Because their great grandparents emigrated from the Ottoman Empire, maybe?
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Stella Goldfish 10 months ago
It appears she is wearing eye makeup.Dont believe that would have been done during this era.
#31
Statue Of Liberty Was Photographed In Paris, France, Just Before It Was Disassembled And Shipped To New York, 1884
n75mk9nk2n 1 year ago
Too bad this country has chosen to ignore everything she stands for. 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore; send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door!' That's what we're supposed to stand for, the ideal that we've never really lived up to. And now we're doing the exact opposite. Again.
Slapdash1 1 year ago
Hear she's gonna be replaced with a cheetos-coloured Statue of Bigotry. Sponsored by some African immigrant or something.
Lynda Nesbitt 1 year ago
Must everything be accompanied by people's political opinions? Good God, just stop it. We're all REALLY tired of it!
#32
Mgm Employment Portrait Of 19 Year Old Ava Gardner In 1941
Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago
I thought it was a mugshot. She had a turbulent life
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#33
Main Street - Deadwood, Dakota, 1877 And Present
Nikole 1 year ago
I’ve been there and saw Boot Hill and everything (family road trip through the west/southwest many years ago). It’s pretty cool. Having seen the show Deadwood since then, I’d probably go nuts with excitement now.
Load More Replies... The Mediterranean Fruit 1 year ago
It’s in South Dakota in case anyone was wondering. I’ve been there many times on vacation.
Victorious Foxx 1 year ago
The hills are still there, the forest has recovered from the logging done for a new town
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#34
How Babies Traveled On Airplanes 1960's
Pandemonium 1 year ago
In the 40s we just loaded babies into trebuchets and slung 'em across the sky
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Janissary35680 1 year ago
And also of overhead lockers by the looks of it.
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Petra Peitsch 1 year ago
I saw more ough-wtf-is-this pictures from '30s, when the plane seats were just rattan-like chairs. So, that's an improvement.
Debby Keir 1 year ago
And as there weren't disposable nappies in those days, wait for the poonami.
Debra Newell 1 year ago
I only remember as far back as 1976 when my family went to “Disney World.” Flying was an absolute luxury and the Stewardesses treated the people so well. My step sister and I even got to go in the cockpit and the pilot would tell us which cities we were flying over. It was the most experience I’ve ever had (to this day)! 911 changed everything. There will never be another cockpit visit for anyone flying commercially ever again! Ba$tard$.
#35
Taking Airline Reservations Before Computers, 1945
Guess Undheit 1 year ago
Evelyn Berezin is why computerized airline reservation systems exist. She created the first that updated electronically and automatically. But you'll have a hard time finding her name since women get written out of history books. She also invented the word processor. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Berezin ]
Petra Peitsch 1 year ago
Hell of an administration. Sadly, today's Germany is seeming to stick to these days, in the matter.
Shirley Heyn 12 months ago
Note: Women had to wear nylons and high heels and knee length dress/uniform.
#36
Young Girl During The Great Depression, 1930s
Dorothea Stovall 1 year ago
Makes me sad. My dad was born in Lis Angeles in 1932. I've seen his toddler pictures, and they look like this; a bit cleaner, but it looks like life was so hard back then.
JoNo 1 year ago
Sometimes it's not the circumstances or surroundings that matter, but how you were raised.
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Karen Reeves 1 year ago
As insulation. Probably stuck on with flour and water glue. My late Mum was born in 1922, and told me about her parents covering all the walls with newspaper to keep the warm in. They wore clothes made from flour sacks, especially night dresses, and all of their underwear. My Grandmother had a treadle sewing machine and made all of their clothes. They lived on their farm until the depression, but lost the farm. My Mum told me how her father had cried when he had to walk off the farm. We don't know how lucky we are, even in these times of uncertainty.
Load More Replies... Kimberly Alison 1 year ago
Look at the scalloped edge they made on the newspaper "curtain". :(
Lynda Nesbitt 1 year ago
And all we hear from people today (in the US, anyway) is whining about how "hard" everything is!
#37
Two Boys In London, 1902
Su Boddie 1 year ago
You should read Dickens, among others. It's amazing the Brits had any men left to send to all their wars. Considering how they were treated as children.
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Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
I don't know one way or the other, but I've found a source which says that's Scotland Road in Liverpool. https://www.alamy.com/life-for-working-folk-in-victorian-days-bare-footed-kids-outside-a-scottie-road-scotland-road-pub-liverpool-merseyside-england-image228401363.html. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Road. Meanwhile: ragged trousers and barefoot, but both of them look wrapped up pretty warm otherwise. There were those who were much worse off. I try to look on the bright side of things.
Joanne Hicks 1 year ago
On Thanksgiving Day I have so much to be thankful for while these two boys lived in rags. I don't need an onion to cry for them!
#38
Frozen Niagara Falls, 1911
Nonna_SoF 1 year ago
It was common for people to go out onto the ice below the falls. The ice can randomly breakup with very little warning. There was one notable incident that killed 3-4 after which it was discouraged.
Shirley Heyn 12 months ago
Not much different than people thinking it is safe to crawl around on glaciers. . .!
Panda Panda Bo Banda 1 year ago
I've been to Niagara Falls many times in winter and I've never seen the river freeze over.
Tom Brincefield 1 year ago
You apparently have bad timing. It most recently happened in 2014, 2015, and 2022.
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#39
A Saloon In Wyoming In The Late 1800s
Damned_Cat 1 year ago
Movies and television always show saloons as having ornate bars with mirrors and paintings all over. It's cool to see that they really looked more like this.
#40
Coal-Miner’s Bath, Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England, 1937 - Photo By Bill Brandt
Auntriarch 1 year ago
Before the pithead baths then. But the pithead bath's a supermarket now...🎶
Senjo Krane 1 year ago
and she still wears court shoes! Me, I would be the slovenly one who always wears slippers.
#41
The First American Aircraft Carrier. Converted From A Coal Cargo Ship. Uss Langley. 1928
Bill Swallow 1 year ago
Poor Langley! He was Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and he tried *so* hard, and he came *so* close, but kept failing just short of complete success. His 'Aerodrome' was launched from a ship deck, and would have beaten the Wright Brothers to the title of 'first successful man-carrying heavier-than-air flight', but his efforts seemed to be snake-bitten. After successful unmanned flights in the late 1890s, the Navy sponsored a full-scale manned version, which failed at least twice. If memory serves, on the first attempt, it got tangled in the launching gear, though it seems the real problems may have been that his structural engineering and control systems were insufficient. Nine days later, the Wrights flew at Kitty Hawk.
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago (edited)
Langley's "Aerodrome" design wasn't practical; he hadn't done stress calculations to allow it survive the catapult launch, it had no proper flight controls, and there are aerodynamic problems with his tandem wing approach. He was a privileged man who exploited his privilege to get taxpayer's money for his hobby. He didn't do anything like as much research and development work as the Wright brothers - of course they would succeed; Langley's approach simply wasn't thorough enough. Langley's Aerodrome was rebuilt and heavily modified so the new Glenn Curtis designed version eventually made a few short hops in 1914, one lasting all of five seconds, but it was never a practical aeroplane. Perhaps you might say "poor Percy Pilcher" who might have beaten the Wright brothers if he'd lived. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Pilcher
Load More Replies... Strahd Ivarius 1 year ago
Control tower to Air Force pilot: the landing strip is only 450 m long; Air Force pilot: a little short, but I'll manage - Control tower to Navy pilot: the landing strip is a Pokemon card; Navy pilot: let's go!
Brian Droste 1 year ago
Two things. How are the planes able to fly off the carrier? 2nd thing, I would like to see this against a modern carrier of today.
Tom Brincefield 1 year ago
The aircraft are on deck for the picture. They were kept on the hangar deck and brought up to the flight deck by elevator, and the masts were lowered, so the planes could take off.
Load More Replies... kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago
They would take off and land on the sides of the ship because the deck was too crowded. And had telephone poles right down the middle.
Dusty's mom 1 year ago
They weren't telephone poles. And they didn't stay up while aircraft were operating. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/ships-us/ships-usn-l/uss-langley-cv1-av-3.html
Load More Replies... Bob Brooce 1 year ago
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#42
Some Of The Children Who Go To School Half A Day, And Shuck Four Hours Before School Several Hours After School And Eight Or Nine Hours On Saturday
Maggioni Canning Co.
Location: Port Royal, South Carolina
Photo by Lewis Hine.
PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago
Yeah, on any child shucker shot, I always look at the hands, the raised scar tissue and mangled fingers on the poor kids is sad
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BigCityLady 1 year ago
And yet child labor is still carried out in other countries to this day in appalling circumstances.
Tom Brincefield 1 year ago
Various red states have been removing their child labor laws so they can put teenagers to work in factories.
Load More Replies... Ron Man 1 year ago
It's child labor. They shuck oysters more than they go to school.
Load More Replies... coupon user 1 year ago
Does the writer of this headline not understand how tense works? What passes for "journalism" these days...
#43
Fishing Boat “New England” Covered In Ice, British Columbia, 1916 / Photograph By Leonard Frank
Nonna_SoF 1 year ago
Better start chiseling. Far to many ships have capsized from ice build up.
Janissary35680 1 year ago (edited)
In one panel of a Donald Duck story in an issue of WDCS about delivering mail in a snowstorm by Carl Barks, there's a statue of a brass monkey with its *ears* breaking off from the cold. I always wondered how that got past Dell Comics' censors.
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An Empire State Builder Hanging On A Crane Above New York City, 1930
#45
Young 25 Year Old Bruce Lee's Work Out Regime In May 27, 1965
WindySwede 1 year ago
I would probably only have a Croissant instead of coffee.
Load More Replies... Shirley Heyn 12 months ago
He didn't have to paint a fence with up & down brushstrokes. . .? :-)
Glix Drap 1 year ago
Every day, that's nowt! I do this before every time I go to the bathroom. (To be said in Yorkshire accent).
Load More Replies... General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
"In English, regime can be used synonymously with regimen (as in "a study regime"), but more commonly it tends to describe a government in power..." - Merriam-Webster
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Princess Marie Of Edinburgh, Future Queen Of Romania, Circa 1890s
Foxglove🇮🇪 1 year ago
Marie was very popular with the Romanian people as Crown Princess and later the last queen of Romania. During WWI she and her three daughters worked as nurses, caring for wounded soldiers.
#47
A Diamond Mine Worker Is X-Rayed At The End Of Each Shift Before Leaving The Mines. South Africa, 1954
Patsy Robins 1 year ago
Wonder what their radiation exposure was by the time they left the job 🫤
Petra Peitsch 1 year ago (edited)
They didn't left their job. They died out of it.
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Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago
This seems a good moment to remember that Elon Musk's family made their fortune on emerald mining 🙃.
neytjie 1 year ago
That mine was not in South Africa but in Zambia. And he did not make a fortune. He only had some shares(this fact is widely disputed, it's more likely he only traded emeralds)
Load More Replies... Tabitha 1 year ago
No, not radiation or black lung or anything humane like that. They were being X-rayed to see if any of them had swallowed any diamonds to smuggle them out of the mine. You know, because they were paid a pittance by de Beers, which also treated them like subhumans, hence the nickname “blood diamonds”. So can you really blame them for trying to take home a tiny chip from work that could be sold and help their family big time?
Upstaged75 1 year ago
Yes we know that's why they're being xrayed. The point was that there was a LOT of exposure to radiation.
Load More Replies... Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
I wonder how many of them ended up with cancer from radiation exposure back then.
Roxy222uk 1 year ago
Checking if they've swallowed a diamond for later? They were routinely checked, for example the soles of their shoes.
G A 1 year ago
They kept them captive till they crapped out the stolen diamond then they gave them a bloody good kicking and then fired them if they were still alive.
Load More Replies... Nikole 1 year ago
I’ll bet there weren’t any white workers down in the mine.
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Baby Strollers Strapped To The Front Of The Bus In Opawa, New Zealand (1950s)
Ron Man 1 year ago
If you didn't realize it, the babies weren't actually in the carriers. That's just how they were stored during the bus ride.
Jonnathan Poirier 1 year ago
At least the babies aren't in the strollers , saw the headline and was a bit worried.
kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago
The buses were so safe they knew their babies would be OK up there.
#49
Poor Women Selling Flowers At Covent Garden, 1877
Shark bait hoo haha 1 year ago
This photo reminds me of the song " Who will buy?" from Oliver!
Settled for Infamy 1 year ago
It's hard to wrap my head around the fact this was exactly 100 years before I was born. These pics are amazing. I hope these women lived long happy lives.
Jennifer Johnson 11 months ago
always wondered where they got all the flowers especially in the winter
#50
Husband And Wife With Their 11 Children On Palm Sunday, 1954
Upstaged75 1 year ago
There was a joke someone made about Michelle Duggar (20 Kids and Counting show) - Your uterus is not a clown car.
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zububonsai 1 year ago (edited)
My grandmother, born in 1934, recently told me one of her aunts had 10 children (so, around 1900-1930-ish?) and even back then all her neighbours were talking like "it's much, poor mother" and gossiped about the father behaving like a rabbit. Rural area Europe.
zububonsai 1 year ago (edited)
And when working with refugees in 2015ff I met a Chechen family, a couple with 9 children and the wife pregnant. While giving birth she begged for a sterilisation without the knowledge of her husband. The only reason the doctors didn't perform it was that she was not fully insuranced and our country only paid for the birth (source: she told me,) It angers me til today.
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Dusty's mom 1 year ago
I guess they kept trying for a boy and didn't quit until the men outnumbered the women.
Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago
Wanna bet the older girls were parentified? Gosh, l hate multibreeders like those. Especially Catholic Opus members.
Antablack 1 year ago
It was the era before birth control. Gosh, I hate people who lack critical thinking skills.
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Janissary35680 1 year ago (edited)
Mathematically the odds are (1/2)^5 x (1/2)^6 or about 0.0005. 5/10,000 in other words. Not hugely likely but in a population of 150+ million at the time, not unheard of.
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Su Boddie 1 year ago
Being able to raise all the children you produced was a blessing by 1954. My grandfather sired 15 children. His first wife and 3 of her children died. My grandmother gave birth to 15 and raised 15 as two of her children died. If you've never lost a child, you'll never understand what science and modern medicine have done.
The evolution of documenting history through various mediums showcases humanity's desire to capture the past, from ancient cave paintings to modern photography. Delving into the role of visual media offers a fascinating perspective on how different cultures have recorded their histories over time.
This topic is closely related to understanding how photographs provide insight into past events, as highlighted in historical collections that capture fascinating moments from bygone eras.
#51
Dust Bowl Refugees Heading West To Start A New Life. 1939
Data1001 1 year ago
That was one of the first things that came to my mind when I saw the photo (before I noticed that written in the corner). Lots of people went through some rough times back then. Although I'm more familiar with the film than the book, admittedly.
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Queensway Tunnel From 1943 To 2024
Data1001 1 year ago
Could use a good power washing, but other than that, that's some solid masonry work!
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
1920s British engineering - tends to be sturdy stuff. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Queensway_Tunnel .However: "Of the 1,700 men who worked on the tunnel during the nine years of its construction, 17 were killed. "
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Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago (edited)
That's the Liverpool side of the Queensway Tunnel under the Mersey. If those are P-51 Mustangs, they were made in the USA over on the other side of the Atlantic (CA or TX). Assuming they have just been shipped in, I'd guess they were unloaded at docks on the Birkenhead side of the river (both sides of the Mersey still have docks, and had more back then) and are now on their way to a factory/airfield type place where they can be made ready to fly - the aircraft pictured seem to be missing propellors and tailplanes. Although... There was an RAF airfield not far away on the Birkenhead/Wirral side of the river (RAF Hooton Park) and an aircraft factory with an airstrip a little further away at Broughton near Chester (still there as Hawardan Airport with Airbus Broughton, which makes wings) Then again, RAF Speke (now Liverpool John Lennon Airport) had an aircraft factory alongside it - maybe they were heading there? All this is pure guesswork.
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Inflatable Ox-Skin Boats, North India, 1900
Nea 1 year ago
I am from North India and I am ashamed to be seeing this for the first time.
Load More Replies... Ron Man 1 year ago (edited)
They skin the ox, sew the hide back up and there you go.
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Kalikima 1 year ago
Looks like he's blowing it up through the mouth in the picture, right there in front..
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#54
Engineers And Architects Before The Arrival Of Autocad, 1982
Petra Peitsch 1 year ago
My genZ coworker got a shock, when I said to him, to buy a paper map for a place, what he wanted to visit in his holiday, buit couldn't find really relevant Google-maps info about. He was like what?-Google-maps-printed? Gen Z is sometimes vety hilarious :D
#55
Hard To Believe This Is The Empire State Building In 1941. No Other Tall Skyscrapers Surrounding It
#56
Four Young Women Playing Volleyball On Stilts At The Beach In Venice, California, 1934
Tiger 1 year ago
Why? They’re just playing a game, it sounds kinda fun to try to do it on stilts. I’d give it a go just for the laughs.
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#57
Aircraft Detection Device Before Radar, Bolling Field, USA, 1921
Glix Drap 1 year ago
Uncle Bert trying his new hearing aids. Despite this he still claimed he could not hear Aunt Ethel telling him to take the garbage out.
CD Mills 1 year ago
We worked for a fellow who had convinced his wife he was hard of hearing, that way, when he left the house and she would holler for him he could ignore her. You'd understand if you ever had Beulah talk AT you.
Load More Replies... Dusty's mom 1 year ago
Used to listen for incoming aircraft. https://medium.com/dynamichrome-viewfinder/listening-trumpers-1921-2984b7786321
Joe Reaves 1 year ago
Several different military units in WWII had dogs that, without any actual training, could not only pick up incoming planes before they were in sight, but distinguish between allied or axis planes and would give their humans an extra couple of minutes warning that saved lives.
Janissary35680 1 year ago
In the UK they experimented with "acoustic mirrors" along the Channel coast for this purpose but they were made unnecessary by radar. Some that were built still exist.
#58
In The Past, Ads Were Straight To The Point, 1946
Janissary35680 1 year ago (edited)
" Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look, He thinks too much; such men are dangerous."
#59
The Famous Canals In Venice Being Drained And Cleaned, 1956
kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago
Where the lives of 1950s Venetian laborers and modern day wound-care nurses converge. (Draining and cleaning.)
Petra Peitsch 1 year ago
I feel so pity for the folks living actually in Venice. Dealing evey month i n ayear with the tourist hordes must be exhausting.
medcrest 1 year ago
Many of them live on the mainland and work (pluck the tourists) downtown.
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#60
During The 50-Day Siege Of Budapest An Airplane Crashed Into An Apartment Building - Budapest, 1945
Petra Peitsch 1 year ago
In Budapest you can stil see buildings having war-marks from WW2. Some are public buildings, and not restaurated for a kind of "memento mori". But some are 17-early 20 century block of flats or houses, whose nowadyas and past owners couldn't afford or care about restauration.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 year ago
We have a cathedral near us in England that still bears the scars of the English civil way (1649) when the roundheads used the statues on the front for target practice.
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A Couple Enjoys Some Privacy As They Embrace In A Hole In The Sand On A Beach In Santa Monica, California. July 1950
Patsy Robins 1 year ago
Right before the hole collapses & buries them. Don’t do this, I’ve nursed too many people (mostly young men) with catastrophic brain injuries after being buried in beach sand hole collapses.
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Bad idea digging a hole on the beach and climbing in it... Recipe for disaster. The lady doesn't look very happy either.
Oerff On Tour 1 year ago
For the Dutch, this is a common sight. But then the people digging those holes in our beaches are usually Germans
Verena 1 year ago
Not anymore. Forbidden since the 90s, so the Dutch dig like crazy.
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#62
Packed Parking Lot For Game One Of The 1916 World Series In Boston
T Barth 1 year ago
What I want to know is how they knew which vehicle was their's? Weren't they all the same color black in 1916? " Why there it is! Its 3 rows over that way, I can see it from here!"
Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
The "any colour you like as long as it's black" comment from Henry Ford is a myth.
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A Family Going On The Summer Holiday In A Fiat 500, Italy, 1967
Petra Peitsch 1 year ago
Ah, the Fiat 500. Two average guys could move it efortless meters away.
#64
Brunettes Boycott The Film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", USA, 1953
Glix Drap 1 year ago (edited)
🎶 I've tried walking sideways, And walking to the front, But people just look at me, And say it's a publicity stunt.🎶 Upvote if you know the reference for an early Christmas present.
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The Opening Of The Eiffel Tower During The 1889 World’s Fair
Justin Tyme 1 year ago
There were already 15 scammers at the base waiting to steal money from tourists.
WindySwede 1 year ago
They could have kept both? It's easy to see in hindsight. Just look at the world today.. some not even hindsight bit just 🤦♂️
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A Family From The Farm Enjoying Dinner. Tennessee's Claiborne County, 1940
Data1001 1 year ago
That's because it doesn't look like they've had a chance to dig in yet. Waiting for the photographer to get his shot first.
Load More Replies... Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Doesn't look like anybody has taken a bite yet, I don't see anything on their plates.
#67
Downtown Los Angeles Photographed In 1901, And Again In 2001, Exactly 100 Years Later
Teachzebra 1 year ago
It’s actually pretty funny foreshadowing. Despite being a little village notice everything is spread out. Los Angeles today is noted for being a sprawling city. One that continues to be way too dependent on the automobile
Janissary35680 1 year ago
What makes me sad is that one side of my family was too clueless to buy land there when they had the chance.
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Woman Preparing Gravy In The Kitchen, Missouri, 1938
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
When I was little an old lady up the street cooked on a stove similar to this. They had power and water in the kitchen but no bathroom, there was an outhouse that they used into the early 70's when then they moved into a small house that had been fully renovated and the electrical and plumbing was all new.
Ace 1 year ago
Gravy as in "biscuits and" I presume, as it looks nothing like the gravy we'd typically pour over a roast dinner.
Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago
The creamy white gravy. I tried it once and omg. WAY better than I expected
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The World Trade Center Under Construction, 1970
Teachzebra 1 year ago
It was a revolutionary design for its time. The tubular construction allowed for way more open space than previous skyscrapers had.
#70
This Was Las Vegas In 1947
Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago
And that's exactly how it should've stayed. Building in the dessert (whether it's Las Vegas or Dubai, l don't care), is not only stupid but environmentally terrible
Braden F 1 year ago
I mean building in the dessert is inherently necessary and normal (excluding the luxuries of Dubai or Vegas). Have you ever driven through the American west? There are signs literally stating no rest stop for the next 100 miles. So someone builds a feed/fuel station and a farm. Another builds an inn. Well I'm sure traveling makes people hungry, so someone else makes a restaurant with, obviously, a pub/bar/tavern/dive near by (Just for the miscreants mind you). Ya see, ya see what happens here?
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Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia In 1973
#72
Easter Bunny Costumes Were Absolutely Horrifying In The 1950s
Elladine DesIsles 1 year ago
I have horrific photos of my dad and uncle in Santa-esque "sit on the Easter Bunny's knee" poses in the early 50s.
Queeqec 1 year ago
Children (and grown ups) didn't have the 'Being a snowflake' gene back than...
Auntriarch 1 year ago
I was terrified, and I'm from then.... (Apologies if you were joking and it whooshed over my head)
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Acrobats Balance On Top Of The Empire State Building, 1934
Janissary35680 1 year ago
Holding on for dear life, presumably. That would explain the posture and expression of the guy at the right.
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Simon Chen 1 year ago
What is it with people doing stuff like that? Do they get paid tons of money? Is it to show off to their girlfriends? I really do not see the point, unless you want another guys balls move up towards his throat, then in my case, it worked
#74
The Uniform Mob Of Smiling Humanoid Mice Seen Here Were Gathered For An Early Meeting Of The Mickey Mouse Club In Ocean Park, California, Circa 1930
Michael MacKinnon 1 year ago
This sounds like advice for people who are nervous with public speaking: "Picture everyone in the room with a Mickey or Minnie Mouse mask on...."
#75
San Francisco’s Lombard Street In 1975
Richard Graham 1 year ago (edited)
From the bottom up, starting with the Bronze-colored car: Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Ford Maverick, Ford LTD Country Squire Station Wagon, Mercury Colony Park Station Wagon, Ford Pinto, Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Lots of big 1970s iron!
Oerff On Tour 1 year ago
But why is the Pinto going up on Lombard? It's a one way street
Load More Replies... BigCityLady 1 year ago (edited)
I wish that would still manufacture station wagons as they were PERFECT for a family for everything!!
#76
The Family Of A Migratory Fruit Worker From Tennessee Now Camped In A Field Near The Packinghouse At Winter Haven, Florida, 1937
kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago
The little boy is flexing on the other migratory fruit worker families by flashing their scissors ✂️. (Status symbol. Maybe.)
Ron Man 1 year ago
What? No, he's holding scissors. Scissors were common and necessary.
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FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
Is it just me or does the mom resemble Alyssa Milano, at little bit?
#77
A Man And A Woman Riding On Cycling Machines In The First Class Gym Onboard Rms Titanic. Ca. 1911
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 1 year ago (edited)
Not possible. Titanic did not get into service until March 1912, and received her first passengers during her maiden voyage in April. This is a photo from her twin the Olympic.
Nonna_SoF 1 year ago
So the man is Lawrence Beesley he did indeed survive the sinking and died in 1967. Not sure who the woman is. Also the picture is indeed from Titanic, but, as Luis points out, is not from 1911. It was first published in the London Illustrated News, April 20, 1912. 5 days after the sinking. I got that from wiki.
Joe Reaves 1 year ago
Beesley is the one who wrote a book about the sinking, isn't he?
Load More Replies... kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago
Time would have been better spent building up muscles in the lap pool. /dark humor
#78
England V Scotland At Wembley 1943!
Emma S 1 year ago (edited)
England 3 Scotland 0 in case you were wondering. Back when football was a way for working class men to put the world to rights for a couple of hours, and matches didn't cost a fortune to attend and players earned peanuts.
Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
There was a maximum wage for players - although rules were often circumvented by the clubs who bought houses and cars for them to "borrow" for nothing.
Load More Replies... Janissary35680 1 year ago
Guy at the right in the second row thinks the photographer is more interesting than the game.
#79
Two Bikini Bathing Suit Girls Leaning On A Ford Mustang In The 1970s
Oerff On Tour 1 year ago
Judging from the details of the car, it's at the earliest late 1972 (73 mustang)
Data1001 1 year ago
"My Mustang brings all the boys to the yard... my car, is better than yours!"
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In 1890, A Giant Sequoia Tree That Had Lived For More Than 2,600 Years Was Cut Down, At A Moment When Man Abandoned His Reason And Conscience
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
"Abandoned his reason and his conscience"? This was his way of life at the time. I agree that it is horrible, with all we know today about cutting down trees such as this, but this wasn't done with malice aforethought. Sanctimonious title, there.
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
The comment is "man abandoned his reason and conscience", not that a particular man did so. Seeing a huge, ancient living organism like that, nearly as old as Rome, and deciding the best thing to do is chop it down and then turn it into nothing special seems conscienceless to me. Europe had long since got used to managed forestry. The idea of stripping out an entire ancient forest containing giants like that to earn a little money - well, it makes me want to weep. "Abandoned reason" means just that: madness, not malice.
Load More Replies... Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
Justin Tyme, the title is quite right - in my view at least. You'd have to have abandoned reason and conscience to think that the right thing to do with a living being that huge and that ancient was to chop it down and turn it into unremarkable wooden items for sale, almost all of which have since been destroyed. Madness? Yes, I say it was a kind of madness.
Load More Replies... Petra Peitsch 1 year ago (edited)
Becauae looked good. ... In 1890 humanity was way dumber as nowadays, what is hard to believe -I know- but is fact. They had no idea that unwashed hands and new.born mortality are going hand-by-hand. I'm speaking now about just the doctors. Semmelweis, who first brought this thing up, died in mental-health asylium, beaten to death by his "caretakers". He was a doctor, but he was booo-ed out by his era's society, because he gave the feeling, by stating, that the docs should wash their freaking hands going from autopsy to child-birth, that his colleagues where dirty, dumb POS. What they were.
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago (edited)
1890 humans were exactly as clever as us. Pasteur and Semmelweiss (the latter died in 1865) had proven the germ hypothesis of infection transmission long before 1890. What's tragic about the tale of Semmelweis is that those in charge *still* behave the way those who persecuted him did. Tell the truth the power, power doesn't want to know - and will punish you for it... It keeps on happening.
Load More Replies... axle f 1 year ago
....it really didn't take until 1890 for Man to abandon his reason and his conscience. unfamiliar with human history, are we?
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
Some of us have always been that bad. Some still are. Some of us have always been better. Nothing is cut and dried when it comes to human history and the human present.
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