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Before cameras, history was told through words, paintings, and fading memories. But with their invention, we gained something remarkable—the ability to capture moments exactly as they were. Now, we can look back and see life in stunning detail, from everyday moments to world-defining events.
One of the best places to find rare and fascinating images from the past is the subreddit r/Historycord, home to the largest partnered history server on Discord. We’ve gathered some of their most intriguing posts below—explore them, upvote your favorites, and if you’re curious to learn more about the group, don’t miss our conversation with its head admin. Enjoy!
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#1
A Police Officer Playing Duck Duck Goose With Children In New York, 1970
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#2
Firefighters Protecting The General Sherman, The Largest Tree In The World, From A Wildfire
#3
Harlem Grocer Standing In Front Of His Store, 1937
With 76,000 members on Reddit and nearly 20,000 on Discord, Historycord describes itself as a community for “people who live and breathe history.” What sets the group apart is its dedication to accuracy—it doesn’t just encourage members to share interesting historical photos and videos but also to analyze, critique, and improve their knowledge.
#4
Cheyenne Dog Soldier Black Wolf, 1921
#5
Jesse Owens, An American Athlete, In London Following His Four Gold Medals At The 1936 Berlin Olympics
Oerff On Tour 10 months ago
Hitler organized the 36 Olympics to show the world the superiority of Arian race. Owens wasn't the only non-arian to beat German athletes, but 3 gold for an (in Hitler's mind) obvious inferior, black dude, felt like a humiliation in the Naz!'s eyes.
#6
German Soldiers React To Footage Of Concentration Camps, 1945
Bored Panda reached out to the team behind Historycord and spoke with Pablo, the senior administrator and de facto head of the subreddit.
He explained that the group first began as a Discord server—now the largest history-focused server on the platform—before expanding to Reddit.
“We created this subreddit to grow that community at first, but now it has blossomed into something much larger than we had ever imagined,” he told us.
#7
A Woman In The 1950’s Standing Next To A Redwood Tree
#8
My Great Grandfather Wrote This Letter To My Grandfather. He Was K**led 8 Days Later
#9
Satchel Paige At His Final Pro Baseball Game In Which He Pitched 3 Scoreless Innings For The Kansas City A’s In 1965 At The Age Of 59. An Easy Chair And A Nurse Were Provided In The Bullpen
Pablo may be one of the most qualified history subreddit admins out there. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and is currently pursuing a master’s in education.
“I have found this subreddit to be surprisingly helpful in structuring my future career, and I am now particularly fascinated in archivism and the National Archives and Records Administration,” he shared. “I like the mesh of edutainment that this server provides, which I believe blends both aspects into a unique and lax environment.”
#10
B-17 Ball Turret Gunner Alan Magee, Who Fell 22,000 Feet Without A Parachute, Landing On The Glass Roof Of St. Nazaire Train Station, Breaking It Through. He Suffered Multiple Injuries, Including A Broken Leg And A Badly Cut Arm, But He Lived. January 3, 1943
dan gerene 10 months ago
There is another story where the tail gunner jumped without a chute because the plane was on fire and the tail position was too tight for a chute and his chute was already on fire where he kept it. He lived.
#11
Last Surviving Wooden Door From The Gas Chambers At Auschwitz. For Millions Of Jews, It Was The Last Door They Ever Saw
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago
Important to remember that it was not just jews, but also political dissidents, homosexuals, gypsies, the disabled and anyone else Nazis didn't like.
#12
Sharon Tate Photographed By Jack Garofalo In Cannes, 1968
Lynn Dougherty Quin 10 months ago
Poor girl could never have imagined the evil. mindless horror that would snuff out not only her life but the life of her unborn child only a year after this photo was taken. It's a crime that haunts people even today.
Ensuring historical accuracy on social media is no easy task, but it’s more important than ever.
According to the American Historical Association, 26% of people use social media to learn about the past, with that number rising to 35% among those aged 18-29. Meanwhile, TikTok videos labeled #history have collected over 135 billion views.
Given these numbers, it’s refreshing to see a community like Historycord take its role seriously and promote critical thinking.
#13
Burbank High School Parking Lot In Burbank, California 1966
#14
American Activist Rachel Corrie, 23, Stands Between An Israeli Bulldozer And A Palestinian House On March 16, 2003, In Rafah In The Gaza Strip. Corrie Was Run Over And Killed By An Israeli Bulldozer As She Protested The Demolition Of Palestinian Houses. (2003)
#15
Department Store Workers On Their Lunch Break, Chattanooga, Tn, 1905
Bob Connely 10 months ago
Somebody please Photoshop a steel I-beam and an elevated city viewscape!
“Social media is quite good for self-education,” Pablo said. “And I believe the main reason for this is due to the social networking that it promotes. Unlike a website or news board, forums, discussion boards, and social media sites like Reddit and Discord will usually have near-instantaneous critical analysis on any number of claims made by a user.”
“This allows for quick responses in an environment that promotes rapid intellectual equity and personal growth, which I have found extremely useful throughout my experience.”
#16
Lumberjacks, Ca 1900
ILoveMySon 10 months ago
My grandfather worked as a lumberjack in the 40s in Colorado, USA, and they lived in a company camp. Apparently the conditions were atrocious.
#17
A Woman Sitting In The Ruins Of Cologne, Germany, 1945
#18
My Dad On Shore Leave - Malaysia In 1940 At 17 Years Old
Richard Graham 10 months ago
The AJS motorcycle (seen here) is a British firm. "AJS" stands for A. J. Stevens & Co. Ltd. The company was founded by Joe Stevens in Wolverhampton, England. AJS also made cars and radios. The name continued to be used by Matchless, Associated Motorcycles and Norton-Villiers on four-stroke motorcycles until 1969, and since the name's resale in 1974, on lightweight, two-stroke scramblers and today on small-capacity roadsters and cruisers. The company held 117 motorcycle world records.
If r/Historycord has piqued your interest, Pablo highly recommends checking out the community’s Discord server.
“I would invite you to explore our Discord server to learn more about how our subreddit’s social attitudes were formed, leading to this unique culture on a website such as Reddit,” he said.
#19
A Tourist And His Car At The Edge Of The Grand Canyon. Arizona, USA. 1914
#20
Anne Frank's Father, Otto Frank, With Other Soldiers In 1915
Fullo Shit 10 months ago
He fought for the Country, risked his life for the Country, that later killed his whole family...
#21
New Year's Eve Party, 1930s
#22
When She Was 23, Rosemary Kennedy, The Sister Of Jfk And Rfk, Had A Forced Lobotomy Arranged By Her Father. The Surgery Left Her Incapacitated For The Rest Of Her Life
D W 10 months ago
Because she had a mind of her own and didn't just follow her father's instructions.
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I’ve Seen Things 10 months ago
She was an intelligent and “wilful woman” so they had to permanently sedate her so she was compliant to the family. Just a horrible story and outcome. No doubt she was one of many independent “thinking” women of the time, that this happened to.
Bilja M 10 months ago
I heard that story, it's horrific and vile! What an awful family!
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Lynn Dougherty Quin 10 months ago
Unconscionable behavior on the part of her father. Downright criminal.
Brenda Cooney 10 months ago
That's what they wanted for WILLFUL Women, but all the boozing and philandering of their sons was acceptable! The patriarchy s****s!
CatD 10 months ago
Yup, and our misogynistic outlook is why we have Trump now.
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Dusty's mom 10 months ago
Her father arranged the surgery without her mother's knowledge. Men could do things like that in those days with no legal repercussions. https://people.com/books/inside-rosemary-kennedys-lobotomy-performed-by-dr-walter-freeman/
Richard Iachetta 10 months ago
At least she was forced to lose mental capacity RFK Jr, he's just naturally born STUPID
Shaun Coleman 10 months ago
From what I have read Joseph P Kennedy was a real piece of work. Admirer of Hitler and had his own daughter lobotomised. No wonder his sons were so messed up.
LuisSD stuff 10 months ago
She had mild developmental delays which could've been helped through proper schooling. But Joe Kennedy wanted perfect children. Look what happened and she was packed away to an institution and rarely discussed by anyone.
Panda Cat 7 months ago
The lobotomist didn’t want to do it. It’s unfortunate they didn’t do a sham operation and leaver her brain intact. The first lobotomies were done with care and weren’t as damaging as were later ones. Not that they were ever a good idea though. Interestingly a pre-teen was sent by his stepmother to be lobotomized but his brain was still plastic enough that he was able to compensate for it. Surprising it took so long to realize that yes, the brain can repair itself.
Janice Sanz 10 months ago
Because she was spunky and self determined. Not acceptable for a woman, especially in that family.
veirdbuttrue 10 months ago
OMG!! that's horrific. And she was so young!!!!! How could her own father do this to her???
Paul Collucci 10 months ago
"forced"? Why would someone do that? As far as the Kennedy's go, in the public sense, JFK seeed like a real stand up guy, I question the rest of them and this jr. One, I don't trust.
Vera Diblikova 10 months ago
Do you think any parent did it in bad means? Sure, they will help her, she was diagnosed with that operation. Doctors did all that they can, we cannot look at it from today level of medicine.
Robin Roper 10 months ago
To be fair, no one really understood the possible reproductions of this barbaric surgery. Many for the time well trained medical experts believed lobotomies were a good solution - they were wrong.
#23
Joe Dimaggio, Age 20, Enjoying Some Of His Mother Rosalie's 1936 Spaghetti
#24
A Girl Posing On A Car, Ca 1920
#25
High School Auto Shop Class In The 1950s
#26
Two Kids Discovered A 1974 Ferrari Dino Buried In Their Backyard While Playing In 1978
#28
A Burger King Located In Manhattan, New York, Offered Free Internet Access To Customers In 1998
Multa Nocte 10 months ago
Imagine how nasty those keys would get from typing while you're eating.
#29
A Business Excursion Riding Through Death Valley In Search Of The Mineral Borax, Sometime In The 1890's
#30
Manhattan Juxtaposed Before The Arrival Of Settlers And How It Looks Today
#31
Coffee Shop, Baltimore, Maryland, 1930
Raymond Core 10 months ago
People worked for a dollar a day according to my father who was born in 1907. My dad was lucky to work for Sam Zemurray as a tungnut plantation foreman and was provided a house, truck, and food and gas allowance.
#32
Lunch Menu From R.h. Macy & Co, New York, 1917. All Prices Are In Cents
#33
In August 2017, An Unexploded American 1,000 Pound B**b (450 Kg) Was Discovered At The Site Of The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
TotallyNOTAFox 10 months ago
Oh, we find a lot of those around here in Germany too from time to time
#34
Edmund Kemper, A Serial [Criminal], In California Medical Center In The Early 2000s With Two Prison Guards
#35
Dicky Chappelle Was A War Correspondent And Combat Photographer Covering Iwo Jima, Okinawa, And The Hungarian Uprising Of 1954. She Was Kia While Patrolling With The Marines On 4 Nov 1965. Dicky Was Only 47 At Time Of Her Death
#36
Legendary Actor James Stewart On The Phone As His Father Alexander Serves A Customer At His Family’s Hardware Store In Indiana, Pennsylvania. Photograph Taken By Peter Stackpole In 1945. “J.m. Stewart & Co. Hardware Store” Was Established By James Stewart’s Grandfather In 1853
dan gerene 10 months ago
An actor who could have stayed home and made movies but instead fought for his country. Unlike John Wayne and Ronald Reagan.
#38
A Soldier And His Date, Boston, Ma, Ca 1940. (Photo By Leslie Jones)
#39
This Was My Grandmother She Was Born In 1886 And Passed Away In 1974
#40
Partiers In New York City On New Year's Eve, As 1941 Turns To 1942
#41
Christmas In Wisconsin, Ca. 1900
Emma London 10 months ago
The girl in the left just head that that they would earn candy for posing. The one in the left still isn't sure about this.
#42
Tragedy By The Sea, 1954. Showing A Married Couple Standing On A Beach Moments After Learning Their 19-Month-Old Son Disappeared
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago
I can't imagine what that feels like. I remember the feeling when I thought I'd lost my dog, the way my heart skipped a beat, and this must be thousands of times worse.
#44
Female Worker Bottling Ketchup At The Heinz Factory. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1897
Richard Graham 10 months ago
Read the book "The Good Provider". H.J. Heinz ran an extremely clean and sanitary factory. For his time, he treated his employees very well, even giving every female employee a free weekly manicure. The H.J. Heinz Factory (in my city Pittsburgh) is just beautiful. It is now pricey condos. Heinz_Buil...b94533.jpg 
#45
Workers Constructing Mount Rushmore, 1941
Huddo's sister 10 months ago
I applaud the artistry, but knowing the importance to indigenous cultures put a mar on it. It can't be returned to what is/was significant to them.
#46
Dal Gulley’s General Store In Claiborne County, Tennessee Ca 1949
#47
A Us Federal Records Center, Shielded Underneath Thousands Of Tons Of Stone Deep Within A Limestone Cave
#49
Menu From Barnum’s Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland In 1863
#50
Mom And Dad In 1955 After They Started Dating. Picture Taken On Lake Winnipesaukee New Hampshire
#51
Stewardess Qualifications In The 1940s
#53
When Mcdonald’s Introduced The Quarter Pounder, 1973
Richard Graham 10 months ago
Al Bernardin, a McDonald's franchisee, introduced the Quarter Pounder in 1971 at his Fremont, California locations. The burger was added to the national menu in 1973.
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Binky Melnik 10 months ago
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