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Traveling back to the distant past isn’t possible and likely won’t be anytime soon. The closest thing we have to turning back the clock are vintage photographs that give us a glimpse of how life was back in the day.
The “Historical Snapshots” Instagram account is one of the many excellent resources for these pictures. It’s an homage to those who’ve lived their lives without many of the luxuries and societal changes we get to enjoy and experience today. The concise profile bio sums it up nicely: “Honor people. Understand the past.”
These are some of the standout images from the page. Enjoy today’s travel back in time!
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#1
"Love Came To Me, And I Was Not Afraid To Marry The Man I Loved Because Of His Color." - Helen Pitts Douglass
Abdullah Abd Rahman 1 year ago
How brave of her - at a time of immense racial prejudice against people of colour.
Aboredpanda 1 year ago
Since I can't comment directly to you @TheTruthPhD ... May you forever forget your passwords and never ever find where you wrote them down. ❤️
Lauren Wilder 1 year ago (edited)
She's his second wife. His first wife, Anna Murray, was a free Black woman who mothered all five of Frederick Douglass’ children. The archives of Maryland document some of the contributions she made. She played a major role in his escape from slavery, using her own money to buy his train ticket and sewing clothing for his disguise. Helen was very loyal and worked tirelessly to maintain his legacy after his death. She challenged his children’s efforts to sell Cedar Hill and worked to establish it as a memorial, which remains today.
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#2
Portrait Of A Navajo Native American. Taken By Carl Moon, Circa 1906
Robert Mack 10 months ago
very handsome young man (looks like an early 1900's version of Arnold)
#3
American Soldiers Pay Tribute To The Fallen Animals, 1918
Horses, mules and donkeys were used during WWI to transport ammunition and supplies to the front. They did so through the horrors of shellfire and appalling conditions. Eight million of them died during the war.
Traveling Lady Railfan 1 year ago
I recently visited the site of Custer's last stand, Little bighorn battle site. And was disgusted to hear that when the soldiers knew that they weren't going to win (because the natives were prepared for them), instead of getting on their horses and riding away in retreat, they shot all their horses, piled their bodies up as a barricade and tried to shoot as many Indians as they were able to. They all died. Everyone died. There's a memorial to the fallen Calvary horses at the battlefield site.
Bettye McKee 1 year ago
Read a book called Sergeant Reckless. Different war but a true soldier.
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
I love how she was an actual Sergeant, not an honorary one. That's Marines for you though.
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Deb Dedon 1 year ago
With our track record of abuse, I'm surprised horses, mules and donkeys will have anything to do with us.
veirdbuttrue 1 year ago
Yes I agree, this is awful, we start the wars and the horses, donkeys and mules are dragged in, terrified out of their wits and blown to high heaven. Makes me sad.
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Russell Bowman 1 year ago
in the one day battle of Waterloo ... an estimated 7000 horses perished
veirdbuttrue 1 year ago
Maybe we should just stop creating wars so that we don't blow all the innocent living creatures up?
TheNewJenBrady 1 year ago
My great great uncle aquired a camera near the end of WW1 and took a number of photos of the aftermath before he came home. He took a few pictures of some of the fallen horses and wrote on the photo about how the horses were heros as well and so many of them also sacrificed their lives, along with the soldiers. I have one of the original pics of this.
The invention of photography in 1839 changed the way people lived. All of a sudden, humans had the ability to capture a single moment through a still image and immortalize it for future generations.
As the Modern Museum of Art points out, photographs can help shape our understanding of different cultures, their history, and, most importantly, the people who appear in them.
#4
Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor Feeds A Two Week Old Orphan Kitten
Frank, a marine during the Korean War, found the kitten and named her Miss Hap because “she was born at the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Premislaus de Colo 1 year ago
Absolutely had to chceck, and yes, there is a happy ending for both him and the kitten, although they went their separate ways
Stef 1 year ago
aw, I thought for sure he'd keep her! Cat distribution system was clearly at play here.
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Traveling Lady Railfan 1 year ago
A moment of selfless compassion in the middle of horrific war. Life goes on when we care about helping others.
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
Bless his heart for looking after the wee thing. Hope he was able to take her home with him, but I rather doubt it.
Bettye McKee 1 year ago
American GIs are the best in the world. I assume it has something to do with the way they were raised.
HardBoiledBlonde 1 year ago (edited)
There are excellent armed services and service members throughout the world. American/US Jingoism must cease; we haven't "won" a war in decades despite grotesque disproportionate military spending. "The way they were raised?" Please travel to different countries - it will open your eyes and your mind. If travel is beyond your means then read about other countries, their history and their people.
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Portrait Of A Woman And Baby, Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico In 1914
#6
Ah-Weh-Eyu (Pretty Flower), From The Seneca Nation, 190
Bettye McKee 1 year ago
When I was growing up, the old-timers were still saying, the only good Indian is a dead Indian. Native Americans have suffered greatly from U.S. government.
Since we’re on the topic of attention-grabbing vintage photographs, the iconic “Migrant Mother” is a stellar example. Taken in 1936 during the Great Depression, it features an impoverished woman in a pea-pickers camp in California, alongside her children hiding their faces.
It was such a moving photograph that it urged the federal government to send 20,000 pounds of food to the camp.
#7
Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner And Blanche Osborn, Women Airforce Service Pilots During Wwii, Pictured Here As They Leave Their Airplane,
Stannous Flouride 1 year ago
At the end of the war, these amazing women, many of whom were lost due to weather or equipment malfunction, had to buy their own airplane tickets home and received no government recognition or benefits until 1977 (thanks go to President Carter.)
Lydian Peipon 11 months ago
These were WASPs, women who ferried military aircraft during WWII. Very brave women and fascinating to learn about
Zaach 1 year ago
They were allowed to fly the planes to where the REAL (men) pilots were - many of them had more hours in the air than the pilots who went out on misions
Tom Brincefield 1 year ago
To be fair, it's hard to build up hours when you get shot down on your second or third combat flight.
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Before She Became Famous As An Actress In All In The Family, Maude, And Golden Girls, Bea Arthur Worked As A Truck Driver And Typist In The United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve During Wwii
Richard Graham 1 year ago
Female Marines in WWII were known as "BAMS" - "Big Assed Marines". My Mother-In-Law, Thelma, was a Marine in WWII stationed at Camp Lejeune as a Truck Driver and driver for Officers. She gave up a modeling career to serve her country in WWII. We are all very proud of her!
Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago
Is this a mug shot or for a licence or the military or something like that?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
I KNOW, that was the first thing I noticed, haha XD I'm average height for a person born female (5'5") but as a kid I wanted to be at least 5'8" when I grew up. I am always slightly envious of taller women.
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#9
O-O-Be, A Kiowa Native American, Circa 1895
Robert Mack 10 months ago
beautiful young lady (would have been my grandmother's age at the time)
Kelsie Marx 1 year ago
She has a beautiful straight teeth smile. That was extremely rare ack in those days😊!
“Man on the Moon” is another well-known snapshot that captures one of the most significant human accomplishments in history. It’s a photograph of astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s first steps on the moon’s surface by the great Neil Armstrong.
This 1969 picture shows the lone Aldrin standing with the vast expanse of space as his backdrop. Unfortunately, this photo doesn’t deter today’s skeptics who doubt that the event ever happened.
#10
Portrait Of Two Women. Zanzibar, Circa 1900
#11
Red Cross Nurse And Rescue Dog, Wwi
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
I've tried to post things/entries on BP community articles and that's BP's fault. It automatically capitalizes the first letter of every word in a post/entry's title. So if you type "here is my dog", BP will force it to be "Here Is My Dog". I also tried to put something in allcaps in an entry once (because it was an acronym, "LOL") and it removed the allcaps and displayed it as "Lol". So, I can definitely say this "Wwi" thing is BP's fault XD The original pic on Instagram has it properly allcapsed as "WWI".
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Russell Bowman 1 year ago
Rescue ... more likely a Mercy dog. These dogs carried medical supplies out to the wounded and stayed with the terminal wounded so that they did not die alone.
#12
Portrait Of An Inuit Woman And Child, Circa 1912
The 1945 flag-raising photo on Iwo Jima will always be legendary, especially for military veterans, historians, and loyal Americans. Photographed by Joe Rosenthal, it shows a group of US Marines planting the American flag on top of Mount Suribachi to mark its capture and signify America’s victory in World War II.
Despite doubts about its authenticity, the picture never fails to spark feelings of patriotism, especially among those who served during the war.
#13
Edward Bouchet Became The First African American To Earn A Phd In The U.S. When He Completed His Dissertation In Physics At Yale In 1876
#14
A Snapshot Of Life From Nebraska, 1910
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
"You've got to be taught to hate and fear - You've got to be taught from year to year - It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear - You've got to be carefully taught - You've got to be taught to be afraid - Of people whose eyes are oddly made - And people whose skin is a different shade - You've got to be carefully taught - You've got to be taught before it's too late - Before you are six or seven or eight - To hate all the people your relatives hate" -- "South Pacific", 1949. We aren't born racist or prejudiced. We are born as humans who love and see other people as people the same as us no matter what they look like. Children aren't born as racists.
HardBoiledBlonde 1 year ago
I have sung this song to far too many people.
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Midnightoil 12 months ago
Life as it should be! Innocence. Friends. Playing safely outside. Perfect….
Steve Robert 1 year ago
Kids are not born racist. It's their rotten racist parents that teach them that!
June Galloway 1 year ago
my feeling would be that boy on left would grow up to be a Dr/Surgeon, boy in middle a politically active attorney and the girl a women's rights attorney.
June Galloway 1 year ago
My impression is, Boy on left grew up to be Dr or Surgeon, Boy in middle grew up to be Attorney/politically active and girl grew up to be women's rights attorney
#15
Liberated Survivors Of Auschwitz, 1945
Ornery Owl 🦉 1 year ago
Unfortunately, Antisemitism is still raging on to this day. Jews are victims of 55% of all religious hate crimes in the United States. Find info here: https://www.fcas.org/
David 1 year ago
The internet tells me 23,500 children were registered to the Auschwitz camp. I'm having trouble finding info on how many survived. But broader, it was more like 1/4 million. == "On the basis of the partially preserved camp records and estimates, it has been established that there were approximately 232 thousand children and young people up to the age of 18 among the 1.3 million or more people deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. This figure includes about 216 thousand Jews, 11 thousand Roma, at least 3 thousand Poles, over 1 thousand Belorussians, and significant numbers of Russians, Ukrainians, and others. The majority of them were deported to Auschwitz along with their parents in various campaigns directed against whole ethnic or social groups. Slightly more than 23.5 thousand children and young people were registered in the camp, out of the total of 400 thousand registered prisoners."
Kathy Sinclair 1 year ago
I really hope they managed to have happy lives after that horrendous time.
June Galloway 1 year ago
cannot blame their forebear's for fighting for their rights to exist. Never Again!
We’d also like to hear from you, readers. Which of these photos stood out to you the most? How do they make you feel? Let us know in the comments below!
#16
Portrait Of Selika Lazevski, Believed To Be A Horsewoman Who Rode At Nouveau Cirque In Paris
TheNewJenBrady 1 year ago
Her posture is perfect. Makes me want towork on my core strength and stop slouching over
#17
Portrait Of A Navajo Woman, Circa 1904
Peeka_Mimi 8 months ago (edited)
My great grandmother Juana Abeyta was Dine Navajo. She died fairly young in the 1930s. My grandfather Lucero was her only child. But she has 3 great grandchildren, 4 great great grandchildren and 3 great x3 grandchildren.
#18
London, 1899. Photo By Leonard Misonne
DEW 1 year ago (edited)
I love looking at old photos. There use to be old houses around with upstairs rental rooms. I could just picture the school teacher climbing the stairs to her apartment. We still have street car tracks. The old houses are gone now or going to be. Some houses are boarded up but I just picture all the kids from these houses walking to the high school down the block. My Dad, daughters and my son all went to the same high school. I was bused to another high school when the highschool they went too was just up the block from us.
Stannous Flouride 1 year ago
Not just fog. A mix of coal smoke and ash that had serious health repercussions in the late 19th & early 20th centuries.
#19
Portrait Of Flora Stewart. She Was Said To Be Vivacious With A “Remarkably Retentive Memory.”
Willem Andries Oosterhof 1 year ago
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/06/04/flora-stewart-londonderry-nh
#20
Elizabeth L. Gardner Of Rockford, Illinois, A Wasp (Women's Airforce Service Pilot) Pilot, Circa 1940s
Tom Brincefield 1 year ago
It would be nice if you would get it right. The Women's Airforce Service Pilots were a civilian organization, and while they were attached to, and worked closely with, the Army Air Corp, they were never members of said Corp. This information is wide available on the web, so there is no reason for you to keep posting a falsehood.
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Portrait Of Billie Holiday And Her Dog Mister, NYC, Circa 1947
Estelle 1 year ago
I have never seen this image before. Such a beautiful photo of Ms. Holiday. Gorgeous pittie too!
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
He is a handsome boi, but he is a boxer, not a pittie. A pittie's mouth would be wider, flatter, and the flews (lips) would not be as pronounced and would not droop this far below the lower jawline.
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"Give me a pig foot and a bottle of beer" Billie Holiday. so beautiful and talented.
Peeka_Mimi 8 months ago
She suffered so much from a*****e people around her and the FBI targeting her.
#22
Portrait Of Hattie Tom, An Apache Native American, 1899
veirdbuttrue 1 year ago
I noticed her eyes as well. Really beautiful but very sorrowful
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Sergeant Karen Hermiston, Or “Hermie” As People Called Her, Was Courageous And Determined, Earning A Place In Canadian History As The Only Official Female Photographer For The Armed Forces To Work Amidst Combat During World War II
Final score:
112points
Andy Frobig 1 year ago
Could be a Flex, hard to tell without seeing how it's wound
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#24
Kaw-U-Tz, A Caddo Native American, 1906
Greengrass 1 year ago
So sad to see these beautiful people whose lives were destroyed by immigrants
William Wall 10 months ago
Who were destroying each other before the immigrants came.
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Roger Williams University In Nashville, Tennessee, 1899
Lauren Wilder 1 year ago
The land this school sat on is now Vanderbilt University. On the night of January 24, 1905, at ten o'clock, a mysterious fire destroyed Centennial Hall. The school reopened, but on May 22, 1905, another fire of unknown origin leveled Mansion House. The American Baptist Home Mission Society closed Roger Williams University and subsequently sold part of the land to realtors and the rest to George Peabody College for Teachers by 1911. Realtors subdivided the land for resale, with covenants on the deeds that restricted sale to any "person of African descent."
Jane No Dough 1 year ago
Certainly not going to investigate their colleagues and/or boss...
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#26
Portrait Of The Fisk University Class Of 1888
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
Incredible for the time and especially incredible for this being in the southern United States.
UKGrandad 1 year ago
Depending on their ages, in all likelihood these students were born to either enslaved or recently emancipated parents. From Wiki: "Fisk Free Colored School opened on January 9, 1866, during the Reconstruction era shortly after the end of the Civil War. [...] Fisk was one of several schools and colleges that the Association helped found across the South to educate freed slaves."
David 1 year ago
I hope they personally gained from their degrees. By that I mean, they were trailblazing and helping to make college more acceptable for blacks and women in the future --- but I hope employers accepted their degrees back then and gave them decent jobs, or they made their own businesses or something. It would be kind of heartbreaking if you went through all the work (and probably some ridicule) and then nobody would acknowledge their degrees.
#27
Portrait Of Lillian, Cora And Luvenia Ward. Taken In Worcester, Massachusetts, Circa 1900
Stef 1 year ago
Lillian and Cora both look like they're chastising me. Luvenia is plotting something with that cute little grin.
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Erica Marlin 1 year ago
Lillian's BEEN tired of everybody's s**t and she can tell if you're good or bad with one look. As you can see, the photographer was an ain't s**t character. Cora was the enforcer, and Luvenia gave you the head tilt and a "bless your heart" most times because people are just dumb and that was amusing to her.
Broadredpanda 1 year ago
Disgusting VILE POS! BP! You censor so much content, but you allow this? Disgraceful
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Portrait Of A Sami Family, Norway, Circa 1890
HardBoiledBlonde 1 year ago
Unfortunately they were treated horribly for centuries, like most indigenous people.
Bettye McKee 1 year ago
The dog is unconcerned. Yes, they are wearing real fur. If that disturbs you, look away.
Aboredpanda 1 year ago
Principles of retaining heat is the same all over the world, the clothing and homes would reflect that ;)
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Paulina 1 year ago
Saami nation unfortunately fell victim to a lot of horrible treatment, like the native peoples of America :( Their culture and language are now endangered, so I encourage you to look them up and learn while you still can! (Little side note for extra push: Remember that cute little girl that no one understood in beloved Christmas movie "Klaus"? She was Saami.)
#29
Portrait Of Nora Oo-Teen'a, An Inuit Woman. Alaska, 1903
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
I tried to replicate her amazing style and gorgeous hair. I don't think I succeeded. hair2-673f...312270.jpg 
#30
“Jitterbugging On A Saturday Evening,” Mississippi, 1939
#31
Portrait Of A Young Girl And Child. Japan, Circa 1908
#32
Iron Thunder, Crow Eagle, Fool Thunder, Slow White Buffalo, All Holding Peace Pipes, Dakota, Circa 1880s
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
This is a good looking group of men, but the fellow in the front is extra fine. Just my humble opinion. ;-)
Pam Femrite-Philiph 1 year ago
I wouldn't like being called Fool Thunder! What was the reason I wonder?
Hidalgo 1 year ago
Can’t look at pictures of Native Americans anymore. The genocide was horrible
tee-lena 1 year ago
If we can look at pictures of our ancestors then so can you.
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Portrait Of Chaiwa, A Tewa Native American, Circa 1906
#34
An Unidentified Soldier, Australia, Ww1
Aboredpanda 1 year ago (edited)
They had their photos retouched so they'd look flawless. It was a service offered by the photographer. ;)
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Russell Bowman 1 year ago
Reminds me of the movie "Gallipoli" ... spoiler alert, doesn't end well.
Lila Allen 1 year ago
Can someone please explain the hat brim?? I have seen it in many contexts and am curious if it's just for style or serves a purpose.
Lewis KR 1 year ago
It's folded up so you don't knock your hat off with your rifle barrel when doing drill.
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Paris, 1900
Ece Cenker 1 year ago
This is during the World Exhibition. The buildings were pavilions of various countries.
Stannous Flouride 1 year ago
And all of it, including the big tower in the back, were intended to be temporary and removed after the Exhibition ended.
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#36
Portrait Of A Woman. Ontario, Canada, Circa 1890
Elladine DesIsles 1 year ago
She bears a striking resemblance to my friend and next-door neighbour who, oddly enough, lives here in Ontario, though she was born in Jamaica. Small world.
#37
Portrait Of A Family. Manzanar Relocation Center, 1943
Der Kommissar 1 year ago
When these people were released from the camps, their houses and possessions had been taken by the government or individuals, probably their neighbors.
Sand Ers 1 year ago
For some of them, their neighbors had maintained and protected their homes. But their businesses were long gone.
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K. LNU 1 year ago
My dad (US born) and his parents (sister was in school in Japan - 19 years older than my dad), and his older brother (14 years older, also US born) were taken from their Seattle home, put into the Puyallup horse stalls and then after a few months, moved to Minidoka in Idaho. My dad's brother enlisted in the US Army - just missing the infamous 442d by a couple of months - at the age of 17. No one really checked his actual birthdate. My dad was just a little kid (probably about the age of the boy in the photo) and he said he remembers it was cold in the winter, and really hot in the summer, but he had friends to play with. Then one day, they all woke up and the guards were gone, and the gate was opened. The Japanese Americans had no way to get back to Washington and Oregon. The US moved them out by train and military vehicles, but they just left them there on their own.
Douglas Tucker 1 year ago
Those who still believe that the U.S. government's WW2 wholesale internment of certain American citizens was completely necessary really need to do a simple research of the facts. With that said, a collective fear of "Them people" and what they could do or have done to us "Real Americans" was an issue in the 1940s and it has not gone away as our recent 2024 election has clearly shown. And believe the ones who tell you that history does at times repeat itself.
Sparkle Bean 1 year ago
those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat... it seems humans will forever be repeating these horrible genocides. They happened long before written history and are continuing today. We drum up new names for the same old atrocities but they are what they are and it's nothing good or forgivable.
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Jane No Dough 1 year ago
During both world wars Germans and German-Americans were sent to camps on US soil. Far fewer than any other ethic group though, because racists don't know what to do with themselves when the supposed "enemy" looks just like they do. Same for Italians and Italian-Americans. The U.S. held indigenous peoples in camps throughout the 1800's. Native Alaskans were also rounded up and had their homes burned to the ground during WW2 'to keep the Japanese from sneaking in through Alaska'. In the US the history we are taught in public schools is completely WHITEwashed!!
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What many people do not realize is that the Japanese Americans relocated to camps lost all of their things, their work, their homes, everything. If a neighbor who was not Japanese American took care of their property while they were away, sometimes they were able to return at the end of the war and have somewhere to go, but most families lost everything. The government did not compensate them for anything that was lost.
#38
Portrait Of A Union Army Soldier From The U.S. Civil War And His Family, Circa 1864
UKGrandad 1 year ago
The black regiments very quickly gained a reputation as being among the fiercest fighters in the war. The Confederate soldiers loathed and feared them in equal measure.
tee-lena 1 year ago
when you're fighting for your freedom and the freedom of your people? Your family? Hell yeah you get fierce!
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Dudley2348 1 year ago
Win the war for America, fighting on arrival, fighting for survival, driven from the mainland to the heart of the Caribbean.
#39
A Spinner And Her Spinning Wheel. County Galway, Ireland, Circa 1890
David 1 year ago
Betty, This is a very basic answer, but you make thread / cordage by twisting fibers together. It's how say, fairly short strands of cotton can become yards and yards of string when all twisted together. SO - The spinning wheel does the "twisting" part of the work for you, which makes it much easier on the hands/wrists. There are videos on youtube.
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XenoMurph 1 year ago
No this lady is much younger at about 35, the other lady must be over 40. Galway in the 19th century was harsh.
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Five Year Old Warren Bernard Runs Out Of His Mother's Grasp To His Father, A Soldier From New Westminster, Canada Who Was Going To Fight For Canada In Wwii
Stannous Flouride 1 year ago
VANCOUVER -- It's credited as the most famous Canadian photo of the Second World War, a little boy running from his mother for the outstretched hand of his soldier father, but for Warren "Whitey" Bernard his image as a five year old is more powerful for what it doesn't show. That little white-haired boy -- who's now a 79-year-old retiree from Tofino, B.C. -- will unveil a monument Saturday in New Westminster, B.C., based on the photo that symbolized the emotional turmoil of Canada's men heading off to war. The photo, called Wait for Me Daddy, moved from the newspaper to Life magazine, then to every B.C. school during the war and is now proudly displayed in the Canadian War Museum. For Bernard, it's the memories behind the image that are distinctive. "That's probably the last time we were together as a nuclear family, as they put it today," said Bernard in a recent telephone interview from his home. "We were never together again as a family after that moment."
Carlye Piparato 1 year ago
He survived: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/news-and-media/articles-veterans-and-families/one-photograph-led-lifetime-memory
#41
Portrait Of A Family. Florida, Circa 1900
Kelly Scott 1 year ago
I start to think that's a LOT of kids and then I remember my grandmother had 11!
#42
Portrait Of Cotton Mill Workers In Georgia, U.S., 1909
John Dilligaf 1 year ago (edited)
that woman in the middle looks like she's lost all her f*cks and is about to give someone a beatdown
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
She also looks like she's all of 14 or something
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Robert Mack 10 months ago
Many couldn't endure what these young ladies had to endure and they had hopes and dreams like everybody else! 50 years later we picked cotton for 3-cents/pound, got a new pair of boots and winter coat every-other-year unless somebody gave us a hand-me-down. It was life, we were poor but didn't know we were poor and life, overall, was good.
#43
An Apache Woman, 1888
#44
Florence Was Thirty-Two Years Old, A Mother Of Seven Children, Living In Nipomo, California With Her Children And Partner, Jim Hill, 1936
"I worked in hospitals. I tended bar. I cooked. I worked in the fields. I done a little bit of everything to make a living for my kids."
#45
Mother & Son, Ireland, Circa 1890
#46
Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston In An 1896 Self-Portrait Of A "New Woman," Taken In Her Washington, Dc Studio
#47
Women Making Fun Of Sign At Beach Requiring Full Bathing Suits. Miami, Florida, 1934
Stannous Flouride 1 year ago
The 15 y.o. girl facing the camera (and apparently about to flash her b00bs) in my MOTHER! (I'm not kidding. She always bragged about being arrested for wearing the first 2-piece bathing suit on Miami Beach when she was 15. I compared it to other pics taken of her a year later and it's definitely her. 5Screen-Sh...31d0b9.png 
#48
Portrait Of Martha Perkins, 1901
#49
Warsaw Ghetto, 1943
Der Kommissar 1 year ago (edited)
The whole population of the Warsaw Ghetto (Jewish men, women, children), was killed by the Nazis after some armed members attempted an uprising.
XenoMurph 1 year ago
Only possible once you dehumanise the "other". It's happening all over the world with "immigrants"
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Kelly H. Wilder 1 year ago
The fear in the face of that young boy will never not be absolutely heartbreaking, no matter how often I see this picture.
Jim Paisley 1 year ago
everytime I see photos of man's inhumanity to man, my guts turn and then I remember that the younger generation need to know that this really happened and it can happen again.
Candace McKenna 1 year ago
The terror in that little boy's face. I hope those soldiers are rotting wherever they're at.
Vicki Perizzolo 1 year ago
Shame on everyone involved and more so on the people now trying to deny it happened
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
Are you actually literally insane? This was because of RACIAL PERSECUTION and a fanatic despot who hated a certain race, NOT because the citizens "didn't have guns". The ONLY thing that results from "guns for everyone!!" is MORE DEATHS FROM GUN VIOLENCE, btw.
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A Snapshot Of Historical Fashion From Japan, 1910s
#51
Portrait Of An Inupiat Family From Noatak, Alaska. Circa 1929
#52
Women In Chicago Being Arrested For Wearing One Piece Bathing Suits Without The Required Leg Coverings, 1922
Gingersnap In Iowa 1 year ago
I didn't cover my eyes quick enough... I saw knees!
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Gunný Petersen 1 year ago
If conservatives in the US saw this picture they would think this is a great idea 💡
#53
Portrait Of Iron White Man, A Sioux Native American, Circa 1900
Marnie 1 year ago
I've seen quite a few photos of older Native American men, but almost none (maybe zero) of older Native American women. It might just be what people are choosing to post online. Or, it could be far fewer photos were taken. Either way, it's weird.
UKGrandad 1 year ago (edited)
The picture currently at #63 is of a very elderly woman, Kikisoblu, The Daughter Of Chief Seattle Of The Duwamish Tribe. But you're correct, they are far more rarely seen than pictures of men and younger women/children. It's likely because for whatever reason fewer pictures were taken of elderly Native American women.
Load More Replies... LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
Although I'm technically named after a real wolf from a 1990s-era "Sponsor A Wolf" kit, the name itself (Lakota) is taken for the word that one tribe of the Sioux used to refer to themselves. The description of the wolf I adopted said his name (Lakota) meant "friend", and even as a 9-year-old, that hit me right in the heart. I was a lonely kid and had no friends, so I wanted to be everyone's friend. So I adopted the name to refer to myself/my character (I drew myself as a wolf) - Lakota, "Friend". When I got older I worried it was culturally disrespectful/appropriation, though I originally chose it in a place of a child's pure hope. I hope that I have held up my namesake and have been a friend to some of my fellow Pandas <3
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The World Knew Him As "Blind Tom" Wiggins, A Musical Prodigy, One Of The Best-Known American Performing Pianists Of The 19th Century
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
He was blind from birth and died fairly young (59) due to a series of strokes.
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Portrait Of A Family, 1890
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Chief Bone Necklace Of The Oglala Lakota, 1899
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Wedding Rings Of Concentration Camp Victims. They Were Found Near Buchenwald By U.S. Army Soldiers In 1945
Cara Vinson 1 year ago
My grandpa was a liberator of Buchenwald. He had nightmares the rest of his life, and he lived a long time.
Šimon Špaček 1 year ago
Wait until you see the box(es) of gold teeth... I highly recommend having a drink ready after that.
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Portrait Of Kikisoblu, Also Known As Princess Angeline. Born Sometime In The 1820s, Kikisoblu Was The Daughter Of Chief Seattle Of The Duwamish Tribe
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Josie, Six Years Old, Bertha, Six Years Old, And Sophie, 10 Years Old. All Shuckers At Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina. Circa 1911
Kelly Scott 1 year ago
Welp, that frowning woman in the middle in that picture of cotton mill workers in 1909? I think we found her younger self.
Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
Malnutrition can do that (as can a number of other things), but that was my first thought, too.
Load More Replies... Lila Allen 1 year ago
Well they were working 12 hours a day using blunt knives to shuck oysters for pennies. Would you expect a lot of smiles?
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Photograph Of 1924 Miss America Winner, Ruth Malcolmson
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Children Of Miners. Scott’s Run, West Virginia, 1937
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An Albanian Woman From Italy At Ellis Island, Circa 1905
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Riding A New Tricycle, 1882. Photo By Chas. W Oldrieve
Janissary35680 1 year ago
Tricycle designed for a steampunk version of Mad Max, "Before the Thunderdome".
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Elvin Harley Of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Of The 3rd Armored Division, Gets A Peck On The Cheek From A French Girl While Listening To The 9th Armored Division Band Near Aboncourt, France. February 14, 1945
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
I had boots exactly like those worn by the soldier when I was a little girl.
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A Snapshot Of Life From Denver, 1907
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
I see people who are people just the same as everyone else, regardless of pigmentation levels, out enjoying a bike ride :) May we all remember that human beings are human beings no matter how much melanin you do or don't have, or what shape your eyes are, or what your cultural background is. We are all humans, and we all have hopes and dreams. We all laugh at funny jokes. We all have favorite colors, flowers, animals, and books. In other words, we are all one species despite our differences <3
Hotel Nightmares 1 year ago
Don't you have a clean up on aisle six to attend to?
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A Few Miss Europe Candidates, 1930
G A 1 year ago
Girl on the left you could see walking down a street today. She has a bit of a goth look.
Tabitha 1 year ago
Girl on the right looks like a young Barbara Stanwyck, almost like this is a picture of young starlets in 1930.
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Bettye McKee 1 year ago
Yes, very feminine. Bearing no relation to what feminism means today.
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Tattoo Artist Maud Wagner, U.S., 1907
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
Lydia, oh Lydia, say have you met Lydia, oh Lydia the queen of tattoos!
Bettye McKee 1 year ago
And all around her hips sailed a fleet of battleships, and over her left kidney was a bird's-eye view of Sydney and on her back was a Union Jack, now who could ask for more?
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Portrait Of John Smith, A Chippewa Native American. He Was Also Known As Gaa-Binagwiiyaas, Amongst Other Names
Lila Allen 1 year ago
Primarily the slaughter of his people, destruction of his home, and decimation of his way of life.
Load More Replies... LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
He was reputed to have been at least 100 years old when he died in 1922 (some sources say he was 137 years old.) A listing on the Library of Congress gives this photo's date as 1914. So I'm guessing he was at LEAST in his 90s in this photo, depending on what source you believe for his age/birth year.
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Jewish People From Subcarpathian Rus Await Selection At Auschwitz-Birkenau, May 1944
Bettye McKee 1 year ago
It's not the first genocide or the last, but it was the worst because the world knew about it and could not save them.
Jane No Dough 1 year ago
Could not or did not?? More than a handful of individuals without armies saved many thousands. Yet those with armies couldn't??
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Portrait Of Angeline Perkins With Her Children, Nellie And William. Worcester, Massachusetts, Circa 1900
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A Snapshot Of Life From New York, Circa 1910
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A Snapshot Of Life, Circa 1910
Richard Graham 1 year ago
This photo is from much later than 1910. The truck is a Ford Model T. Ford Model T had a brass radiator shell until 1916, then switched to a black-painted shell (like in the photo). The hood was made taller in 1922, like in this photo. Therefore the truck is at least a 1922 Ford Model T.
Sand Ers 1 year ago
I couldn't find the origin, but multiple sites cited it much more plausibly as from 1926.
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Portrait Of Ute Chief Severo And His Family, Circa 1885
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A Snapshot Of Life From Washington Dc, Circa 1920
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Central Park, NYC, Circa 1900
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Portrait Of A Family In Gainesville, Florida. Circa 1900
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An Italian Mother And Child Who Just Arrived At Ellis Island, Circa 1905
tee-lena 1 year ago
I find it amazing that those who stole this land and murdered my people have the gall to run their mouths about legal immigration.
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Mulberry St., NYC, 1900
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Portrait Of A Family, Beaufort, South Carolina, 1862
DEW 1 year ago
The man sitting down looks like has had his pants for his entire adult life. They look to have been mended time and time again.
JM 1 year ago
Yes, that looks like a gentleman who has worked exceedingly hard his whole life.
Load More Replies... Lila Allen 1 year ago
Have to wonder how many of their family are missing from this photo because they were sold.
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An Immigrant Family At Ellis Island, Circa 1905
DEW 1 year ago
I just showed this photo to my husband and said 8 children. Then I saw the children and I said only 1 daughter and then all boys. I think the Mom and the daughter look more tired then the Dad. But Dad has more help then Mom and had to look after the younger kids. I'm trying to figure out if Dad has a tan lined face or is dirty because of traveling. I adore this family. I don't know them but I just love them.
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A Snapshot Of Life, 1940s
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Mirror selfies seem to have been a big thing around those times. They keep cropping up and I even have one of my grandpa from the 50s
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Charlie Chaplin And Helen Keller On The Set Of Chaplin's Film "Sunnyside", 1919
DEW 1 year ago
I've always been fascinated by Helen Keller. Back in my school days I did a book report about her. Due to book reports I was fascinated Helen Keller, Abraham Lincoln, and King Henry the 8th. He kept 1 of his wives in the London tower so every time I see it or it's mentioned I think of his wife waiting for her execution. I believe it was Anne Boleyn his second wife. I learned that King Henry is in the vault in St. Georges Chapel Windsor UK when Prince Philip passed away. I want to go in every room of the Palace and just look and I want to look at the Royal jewelery. I don't want photos I just want to see and hear about the history of the Palace.
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NYC, 1888
JM 1 year ago
In the mid 1980's, I spent one winter living in Portland, Maine, U.S. Throughout that February, every weekend FEET of snow fell. The net result was that walking to the corner store from my apartment, I walked down a sidewalk with snowbanks that looked a lot like this. I will say that Maine is incredibly beautiful in the winter. That year, there were also ice storms and if it wasn't snowing, the sun was out and the sky was an incredible blue. The sun would sparkle off the ice on the trees and it was gorgeous.
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Taking A Selfie, NYC, 1920
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Portrait Of Charlie Chaplin, Circa 1920
Richard Graham 1 year ago
The mustache was fake, worn as part of Chaplin's "Little Tramp" costume.
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Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1905
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Hans Langseth, A Norwegian-American, Holds The Record For Longest Beard In History. His Beard Measured 17 Ft 6 In At The Time Of His Death In Wyndmere, North Dakota
DEW 1 year ago
It's interesting that the front of his beard is down to mid chest but the back looks to be coming out of his neck and kept growing. I'm jealous of his thick wavy hair. If you look at some of the first photos and the folks had braids my hair is only one of their braids and I take hair pills. They've made my hair thicker but I want his hair.
Kathi Coyle 1 year ago
And was the death of him when he tripped on it and broke his neck trying to escape a fire in his home
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Italian Immigrants Arrive At Ellis Island, 1905
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Elladine DesIsles 1 year ago
The Ellis Island photos are all dated 1905. Does anyone know if they are part of a particular collection, or the work of one photographer? My great-grandmother came through Ellis Island en route to the Canadian prairies, but not until 1910.
Jude Laskowski 1 year ago
My grandparents came through Ellis Island in the early 1900s, but I don't have an exact date. They settled in NYC.
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Elladine DesIsles 1 year ago
The Ellis Island photos are all dated 1905. Does anyone know if they are part of a particular collection, or the work of one photographer? My great-grandmother came through Ellis Island en route to the Canadian prairies, but not until 1910.
Jude Laskowski 1 year ago
My grandparents came through Ellis Island in the early 1900s, but I don't have an exact date. They settled in NYC.
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