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People Are Sharing Pics Of Life 100 Years Ago, And They Might Put Things In A New Perspective
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Humans are nostalgic creatures. There's simply something magical about traveling back in time to witness the black and white (or bronze tinted) world before us. Is it the nostalgia for better, simpler times? Or perhaps a hunt for costume ideas for an Edwardian-era party? Either way, scrolling through photos of the bygone days is a joy in itself, no matter the reason.
That's why today we gathered some of the most captivating photos that were taken 100 years ago. Right about when horses were still the most popular (although fading) form of transportation, and Mount Rushmore was nothing but a rock. So whether you’re a photography aficionado or a history nerd always looking for new pieces of a puzzle that is life before us, we hope you enjoy this century-old album.
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#1
Phoebe Ann Moses Butler, Also Known As Annie Oakley, Aiming A Rifle In 1922
The Scout 2 years ago
Immortalized by Irving Berlin in 1946 with in the great musical "Annie Get Your Gun".
Irish Lassie 2 years ago
Also immortalized (maybe) by Squeeze’s “Annie Get Your Gun”
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Leslie Cookietown 2 years ago
This great young lady paved the way for every "tomboy" country girl like me. I'm extremely grateful, Miss Annie! 🤗🇺🇸
Bad Ass69 2 years ago
Beautifully captured photo image of the last remnants of the legendary Wild west! I remember my grandmother telling me about meeting her at a Wild west show! Cameras were rare in those daya! My grandmother said she wish they could have gotten photos with Annie Oakley and Wild Bill. But my great grandfather thought cameras were evil.
The power of nostalgia is undeniable. And historical photos, such as the ones you see on this list, can be a quick one-way ticket to the source of this enigmatic emotion. But what exactly is nostalgia and why is looking at a bunch of Napoleonic veterans so effective at evoking it?
Well, before we go any further, we need to agree that history and nostalgia are not the same thing. As a Guardian journalist once wrote in his piece about vintage pictures: "Looking at Cornelia Sorabji [first woman to study law at Oxford University], it is not so much her historic achievements that move me as the fact she is there, before my eyes, as immediately as my parents or my childhood self."
In other words, not knowing the history or significance of the photo you're looking at may not affect its nostalgic charm on you. Just think of the iconic 'V-J Day Kiss in Times Square' photo. Does not knowing what in the world was happening behind the lens lessen the frozen moment's magic? We doubt it.
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#2
Beauty Show In 1922
v 2 years ago
It's all good. All the children fainted at ankle so the knees weren't a problem.
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Jason C. 2 years ago
Lol. You probably wouldn't be either if you had to stand there holding a heavy a*s trophy for five minutes while the photographer took two or three pictures
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Rose Button 🇺🇦 2 years ago
The one on the left is really important bc in the 20s boyish not-a-curve-in-sight bodies were the trend, so the fact that she won is a true testimony to her timeless beauty!
Leanne Hailes 2 years ago
The lady on the right looks more "boyish" & they both look really annoyed . . .
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Luna Crow 2 years ago
Seriously! That is the best part of this. Judging by their facial and body language, you'd think someone put them up to this as a joke
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Leslie Cookietown 2 years ago
It truly is in the eye of the beholder (beauty, that is)...I wonder how the winner was decided?
Ann Coffman 2 years ago
The one in the shorter skirt has a larger trophy, so she probably won by showing more skin/thigh.
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Debi Swing 2 years ago
I'd have chosen the one on the right. The other one looks creepy as hell.
ƒιѕн 2 years ago (edited)
"Washington Tidal Basin Beauty Contest -- August 5, 1922." Eva Fridell, (left), and Anna Niebel (right). EDIT: Eva was 17 in this picture.
ƒιѕн 2 years ago
Four prize winners in the 1922 beauty show at Washington Bathing Beach, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Gay Gatley, Eva Fridell, Anna Niebel, Iola Swinnerton. sw-644493a6ed7ce.jpg 
For some, the nostalgic value of a historical photo lies purely in the visual and aesthetic qualities of the image. This may also explain why social media brought into fashion the use of a retro filter (thanks Instagram!). According to one study, 63% of respondents said that they prefer vintage-style photos to modern ones.
And yet, think of a picture of your grandparents on their wedding day or a hazy shot of your hometown before it was filled with multi-story offices and Starbucks. Can you feel the warmth and fuzz? Well, that's the other kind of nostalgia that works because of our personal memories and cultural associations - something that films like last year's Oscar winner Aftersun manage to capture in all its colors.
#3
Youngstown, Ohio Confectioner. Harry B. Burt Filed The First Patent For His Signature Method Of Chocolate-Coating His "Good Humor" Ice Cream Bars
David 2 years ago
You would think when your chosen brand name is Good Humor you could at least crack a half smile for the camera. That face looks more like "You kids get off my lawn!"
bob cameron 2 years ago
I suspect that the lack of smiling has to do with the exposure time necessary for photography in the 20s
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#4
Delegation Of Minnesota League Of Women Voters With A Mile Signatures For World Court Proposal
Corvus 2 years ago
"If we let women vote, people would want to marry goats next! It's unnatural, I'm tellin' ya!"
Trash Panda 🦝 2 years ago
One would think we'd have evolved our rationales and stopped passing laws targeting the rights and freedoms of people just because they're "not like us".... All those old white guys who tried like hell to keep rights away from and take away rights from everyone who wasn't a white Christian man must be so damn proud... Here we are in 2023 and a bunch of white Christians are still trying to take away the rights and dignity of others, just because they're "not like us". In another 100 years when people look at whatever their internet looks like, how many "aren't you glad you weren't alive when..." compilations will feature Trump, DeSantis, Jordan, McConnell, Bannon, McCarthy, MTG, Boebert, Hailey, etc?
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Bad Ass69 2 years ago
100 years later they have figured out how to rig the elections in some states!
Load More Replies... Donkeywheel 2 years ago
And to this day the us are not part and do not recognize any international court. They even fight them.
Son of Philosoraptor 2 years ago
Someday, maybe, women will have the vote. Then they'll take control of their bodies, I tell you! Because I find it hard to believe the women of America filled their Congress with almost all men.
Jp@nda 2 years ago
Well when you have an ex president who packed the supreme court with extremely right wing people, and they serve for life, and the Republicans have control of the house they can pass some crazy laws, e.g. reversing Roe V. Wade
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Troy Parr 2 years ago
There have been several times when a person would start a petition to end women's suffrage and collected loads of women's signatures. Until it was pointed out that suffrage meant the right to vote. They all quickly changed their minds of course!
Jp@nda 2 years ago
That was a prank done for a YouTube channel outside of a California college
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Jason Rhoads 2 years ago
We should go back in time show them how messed up our world is now all cuz women voti g lol truth hurts
#5
Helen F. Day, A Blind Woman, Who Published Searchlight, A Publication For Blind Children. She Is Probably Holding A Device For Printing In Braille
Hope Cows&Chickens 2 years ago
Wow... I wonder why they called it that
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Bad Ass69 2 years ago
And what do they dream about and what do things they see in their dreams look like? Is there color? What type of forms they take. I thought I was the only one who wondered about that.
Load More Replies...Believe it or not, there was a time when nostalgia, and the leisurely act of flipping through scrapbooks, was seen in a negative light. Physicians in the 17th and 18th centuries viewed it as a neurological disease, sometimes even using it as an excuse to discharge soldiers from the battlefield.
Obviously, the prevailing view on this bittersweet emotion has changed over the years. As one research study has found, nostalgia generates positive feelings, improves self-regard, and even enhances our bonds with others.
#6
My Family's Jewelry Store Is In The Exact Location It's In Now, But In 1922
SaraJean 2 years ago
IT WAS ADDED TO THE REDDIT POST: https://imgur.com/gallery/cAzcEJT
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Anasha Lentz 2 years ago
WOW! And look at all the beautiful crystal glassware too! Love the vase flower... nice energy!
#7
A Woman Holding A "Cane Flask" During Prohibition In 1922, Washington, D.C.
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
I still use a similar thing to circumvent paying the exorbitant prices for booze charged at racecourses in the UK !!
Luna Crow 2 years ago
I'm also thinking I need something like this for similar reasons
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Trash Panda 🦝 2 years ago
I can literally beat that- I have a pair of Reef flip-flops that have a flask built into the heel. They came with a little allen wrench tool that fits on your keychain and that's what I'd use to fill and open the the port to the flask.They literally hollowed out the heel and replaced it with a 2oz fully functional flask. Hand to God I think I sold at least 100 pairs of those Reefs just by showing them to people that didn't believe I was wearing 2 flasks. 😅
#8
National Women's Party Group In 1922 April
Adrian 2 years ago
Yes but how sad that it took an amendment and so many years of struggle. Can't wait to see a woman as President (and I'm a man).
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Anasha Lentz 2 years ago
They for sure look like they're on a mission! And shopping wasn't one of them!
Bad Ass69 2 years ago
But it was! You see those Sunday go to meeting hats? They did a lot of mail order catalog shopping in those days! Shopping on the fly.
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But can nostalgia explain why many of us enjoy an occasional dip in century-old photo albums? According to Clay Routledge, a leading expert in the psychology of nostalgia, to whom Bored Panda spoke to better understand our collective fascination with this bittersweet emotion, it most likely can.
“Our personal stories are part of a broader social and cultural fabric that link people across generations. For instance, the movies from my childhood that are connected to my personal nostalgia have characters and themes that were inspired by the creative works of previous generations,” Routledge said, giving examples of the timeless classics, Star Wars and The Terminator.
Does this mean there'll be a time far in the future when a photo of Mr. Beast playing with a fidget spinner will unleash the same wave of nostalgia as a couple taking a mirror selfie in the 1920s does for us? Probably so.
#9
Fire Engine Drawn By Running Horses
Glengoolie Blue 2 years ago
They're pretty good though. Almost looks like a photo.
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David 2 years ago
Why does it look like the fire engine is on fire? Was it a steam powered water pump or something like that?
M O'Connell 2 years ago
You are correct. The high-pressure water pump is powered by a steam engine.
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Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
I'm half expecting Charlton Heston to come careering around that corner on his chariot
EJGeewhiz 2 years ago
If they run a bit harder, maybe they can put out that fire smoking up the back end of the wagon.
M O'Connell 2 years ago
The "engine" part of a fire engine originally referred to the steam engine which powered the high-pressure water pump for the hoses.
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Amelia Earhart 2 years ago
If horses are pulling the fire engine, why is the smoke behind the horses?
#10
Madame Asta Souvrina And Her Dog Listening To The Radio
gilliansl aka Gillian Silverlight 2 years ago
Give me that lamp, I'll give you a feather, and we'll both be tickled.
Allan Miller 2 years ago
I used to listen to a crystal set radio (it was unrealistic to ask my parents to buy batteries for a battery radio) when I went to sleep as a child. I wore WWII headphones. I don't know where they came from. The antenna was a wire strung across the ceiling and I grounded the set with a wire attached to a hot air register. I just realized that with the decline and closing of AM stations, crystal sets won't be useful anymore.
#11
A School For Girls In Arabian Peninsula, Bahrain
DonnerDinnerParty 2 years ago
Oh, good lort! The person on the far-right in the back got me like those "when you see it" photos. My soul nearly left my body 👻
Natasha Dixon 2 years ago
I felt the same way! It looks like a time traveler or something, almost like they are wearing a tshirt too!
Load More Replies... Anasha Lentz 2 years ago
Who is it that has the material over her head and only a slit to see out of? And is the doggo in front female also? Need more information here... some of these 'girls' look pretty fearsome!
JessG 2 years ago
Does anyone know why women in the 20s and 30s always seemed to have CANKLES?! Is it the shoes?! Diet?! Walking? What is it?!
X X 2 years ago
There were no Nikes or Dr Scholls shoe inserts around back then + ill fitting / cheap shoes
Load More Replies...Another great reason why many of us enjoy looking at online lists such as this one is hope. Not just any hope, but hope for the future. "Even historical nostalgia that appears largely unrelated to our memories might have a comforting and motivating effect if it helps give us ideas for solving today's challenges and building a better future," Routledge explained.
Although this kind of nostalgia is mostly associated with our personal memories and is often used as a coping mechanism (instead of a spark for action); one study has found that people who recalled a nostalgic event reported feeling more optimistic about their future than those who remembered an ordinary event.
#12
A Broken T Model Ford
IntrovertedSloth 2 years ago (edited)
If it had some gold chains on it, would it be the Ford Model Mr. T ?
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
I think you're right. Looks to me like a movie trick car
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M O'Connell 2 years ago
It's just a broken spindle connecting rod, which was probably a fairly cheap part back in the day.
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1923 Girl Basketball Team
Bryn 2 years ago
What's even more cool, is that these girls are from the Indiana School for the Deaf
KrackerJack43 Canni-Bliss 2 years ago
They are dawning the very first pair of Jordans. I dig it.
Hagen Radcliffe 2 years ago
It’s starting to seem that the early 1900’s were more progressive, enlightened, and open minded than the 2010’s ! Seems that all the advances made by and for women are being blown away. I’m so glad I’m old.!
Lisa Myers 2 years ago
I'll bet there weren't any guys in their restrooms!
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In 1922 In The Volga Estuary, A Beluga Sturgeon Was Caught. It Was Around 23 Feet And Weighed 3,463 Lb. They Truly Are Dinosaurs Of The Sea
Leanne Hailes 2 years ago
Humans always end up ruining anything amazing nature has to offer 🤨😩
Recently, a catchy new term emerged on the internet which explains why current generations enjoy scouring through vintage photos. "If I understand the concept correctly, 'retronauting' is about reflecting on the past in order to feel better about the present," David Ludden, a professor of psychology at Georgia Gwinnett College, explained to Bored Panda. "We see these vintage photos and think, 'Wow, life was really hard back then. We’re really lucky to be living in modern times.' And this sentiment is largely accurate. We’re healthier, we live longer, and we have so many modern conveniences."
While nostalgia and the so-called retronauting share the same appeal, David notes that they both do it in completely opposite ways. "Nostalgia is the act of reflecting on a past time that was better than the present to make us feel better now," he said. "While retronauting sees the present as better than the past" for the same effect. So no matter which camp you belong to, you will still reap the joys of nostalgia.
#15
"No More War" Demonstration In Germany. 1922 July 10
Widdershins66 2 years ago (edited)
Four years after the First World War, the war to end all wars. If only...
Sunny Day 2 years ago
But then they had an epiphany - the only way to end war is to get rid of all the people who disagree with you....
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Rizzo 2 years ago (edited)
A lot of them will later vote for the biggest warmonger of the last millenium.
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
To be fair, the french government did a good job in driving them towards that decision with occuping the Ruhr area and causing one of the biggest economical crisis
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Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
The Allies imposed such high war reparations on Germany that it caused crippling economic devastation & starvation. That made for a ripe atmosphere for both Communists & Nationalist radicals to vie for control. Hitler was the champion of the extreme right & with his vengeance against the Allies still pulsing his blood, he led the world into an even worse world war.
Hagen Radcliffe 2 years ago
The majority . Anybody who didn’t “go along” and raise their arms where quickly silenced- permanently. As we’ve found, when your government goes crazy, it’s almost impossible to fight back. Especially when the military & judges have been compromised.
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der sebbl 2 years ago
Like for the rest of the world. Bad. The treaty of Versailles did it's part in making WW2 happen
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Albert And Elsa Einstein In Japan With Local Hosts, 1922
Dick Fint 2 years ago
Little did they know another visit in 1945 was going to be from one of his math notes. No socks involved.
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Austrian Nobleman Takes "Traveling Candy Store" On The Road In 1922
Bill McDowall 2 years ago
Am I the only one getting a distinctly "child catcher" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang vibe?🤔
GadgetGirl 2 years ago
Hm. Another article used this same photo and claimed it was a motor home.
Another phenomenon that became more and more apparent the longer we've dealt with the pandemic over the last few years: we use nostalgia as a blanket to get through the difficult times. Just think of all the sourdough starters you or your friends made. The binging of 90s cult classics like "Friends", which experienced a massive 30% bump in viewership right after we collectively got stuck inside.
Routledge thinks this is because nostalgia has the power to remind us of better times, and that everything will eventually be alright. "We tend to become more nostalgic during times of rapid change and the uncertainty and anxiety such change creates because nostalgia is psychologically stabilizing," he said.
#18
Pharoah's Daughters, Water Carriers. Egypt
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Um..... unless that is some really amazing artifact camera and 2000 year old picture, no way these are Pharaoh's daughters........
Irish woman abroad 2 years ago
It feels like they have them this fancy name to make a hard job seem like an honour. 🤷
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Jason Rhoads 2 years ago
Was they getting water so they could do the laundry or bathe the men lol womens work
#19
Chemistry Class Teacher
JessG 2 years ago
Willing to bet this woman was a brilliant scientist/chemical engineer, but was reduced to teaching high school because that's as far as women were allowed to climb...
Ashlie Benson 2 years ago
Marie Curie won her first Nobel Prize in 1903...
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Hagen Radcliffe 2 years ago
“reduced to teaching school” sounds kinda mean…to teachers! But your point about women being held back - in ALL industries - is spot on . And still is!
Dr. Greenthumb 2 years ago
Held back in all industries? No. Still is? No, it isn't. Provide one example.
Load More Replies... Nathaniel Heider 2 years ago
Are they phd because dang it looks like a doctor wrote in the bord
joao pinto 2 years ago
The formula in the board mentions mercury and mercury oxide. It is yellow to orange-yellow.
Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
God I hated chemistry In high school and college. I understood physics and loved it but chemistry was like an enigma to me
#20
Pharmacist Mixing Medicine With Mortar And Pestle. 1923 March 5
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
A dash of opium, some cocaine, dissolve in grain alcohol and you're cold medicine is complete mam.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
No, he’s just a pre-pre-packaged medications kind of pharmacist. My father was a pharmacist like that too, at least for the first half of his career. He graduated from Case Western Reserve’s Pharmacy School in 1940 (ended up a Captain in the Army Medical Corps during WWII). Back then, they taught pharmacists how to mix medications from scratch. Not just be familiar with their ingredients, but to physically MAKE them. So he knew how to make the correct prescribed mix to fill capsules or mold into tablets, to make cough syrup for both adults and children (including adding flavor), to make medicated salves and creams—-much like making candy, they were taught to use a marble cutting board to cut in the meds—-as well as put them in the tubes then clamp the ends so they wouldn’t leak. Today he’d be called a compounding pharmacist. Back in the day, he was just a pharmacist. Like the pharmacist in the picture.
Brett Hughes 2 years ago
Pffftt. My father was still doing that this century. Emulsions, lotions, ointments, creams - some needed to be heated, some needed to be shaken, stirred, beaten or combined in just the right way. Skill.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
In the US we call that compounding. And there are still compounding pharmacies around. They specialize in anything that the regular pharmacy can't do - i.e. mixing, etc. I've had to go to one a few times. It's very interesting - reminds me of an "old fashioned" pharmacy. :)
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Rebecca O’Donnell 2 years ago
My dogs get a lot of compounded medicines during their years with me. Some because they are tiny and their meds don’t come that small. Some need their meds mixed with different flavors so they’ll tolerate them. And some medicines are not universally available and have to made specifically for the disease in question. We only take in seniors and special needs and these pharmacies that compound medicines are literally life savers for these dogs.
Ela 2 years ago
Really? Fair number where I live. My parents use one. I use two , different from theirs.
Load More Replies... gilliansl aka Gillian Silverlight 2 years ago
There are still a few compounding pharmacies out there. I had to have ointment made for my daughter's skin issues from being on so many antibiotics for ear infections (before she had tubes in her ears the second time, and her tonsils and adenoids removed (then YEARS of speech therapy)); and had to have ointment made years later for my hyperthyroid mastiff.
You may have noticed the increasing popularity of TV shows based in the years when people still, unironically said "gnarly." Just look at the popularity of Netflix's "Stranger Things". Likewise, the slow but steady comeback of record players. This may have to do with our digital lifestyles, Routledge explains. "Interestingly, and ironically, the age of the internet may be both increasing our need for nostalgia and providing more ways to meet that need," he told.
Matt Raoul, the founder of the TimeHop app which feeds users their forgotten social media photos, told WIRED magazine that smartphones might be responsible for that as well. "[They] gave us the ability to document every single aspect of our lives – but they don’t help us make sense of the information. Reflecting on past memories is a way to slow down and make sense of all that noise," Raoul explained.
#21
Test Flight Of Pescara's Helicopter, 1922
David Paterson 2 years ago
It actually flew! Before this I've only seen photos of it failing to fly.
David 2 years ago
If you call getting the front wheel a couple of inches off the ground "flying". By that definition both me and my cat can fly.
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Rich Black 2 years ago
Always test helicopters and planes indoors first. If they crash the explosion will be contained!
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
Far too many 'inventors' back then were obsessively focused on *power*, and far too few paid any attention to *control*.
#22
Tornado Over The Capitol In 1922, May
Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
Looks like Texas. We don’t get really bad tornados in Washington DC like that scary a*s beast
michael blacklock 2 years ago
I like many others are outside of the USA and as this is accessed via the WWW, it would be reasonable to expect posters to be more clear about their posts. The above picture is clearly the US CAPITOL. Very often posts are made by Americans assuming everyone in the world is familiar with US actors, tv programs and other uniquely American themes. It would be a good thing if Posters considered if they need to explain to others in the world, any aspect of their posting as a courtesy to the much larger world of internet users.
Upstaged75 2 years ago (edited)
Nope - that's not the US Capitol in Washington DC. This is the capitol building in Austin Texas. You can always click on the text underneath the left side of the photo if you want more info. Also, Washington DC doesn't get tornados anyway. (yes, I live here) There are sometimes small ones in the surrounding states, but tornadoes like this picture tend to happen in the middle of the country - Texas, Oklahoma, etc.
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2022 Energy Predictions. New York Sunday Newspaper In 1922 May 7
A Wild Bean 2 years ago
For anyone wondering, I found the full article: https://thefinanser.com/2022/11/what-the-world-will-look-like-in-a-hundred-years-from-now
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Thanks for that. Very interesting reading. As expected, some predictions which are bang on the money plus some which are wide of the mark
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Widdershins66 2 years ago
Fascinating. Shame we can't read all of the right hand side of the paper.
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
The link at bottom left of the post (Library of Congress) gets you to the facsimile paper.
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#24
Man Holding North-Western Type Of Spearthrower And Wearing Pubic Fur Tassel. Wardaman People, Northern Territory
David Paterson 2 years ago
Dressed for the occasion, I see, he wouldn't normally wear that much clothing. I've never seen a spear thrower that long. Great photo.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
Almost all of the pics were taken in 1922, so I'm guessing it was around then.
Load More Replies... Brett Hughes 2 years ago
Nope. A Woomera. Which is why they named the Australian rocket launching site the same name.
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lucremia 2 years ago
The term 'Aborigine' was commonly used up until about the 1960s but is now generally regarded as outdated and inappropriate.
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The Last Message Left By 47 Entombed Miners In Argonaut Mine, Jackson, Calif. Written With Carbide Lamps On The Face Of The 4350 Foot Drift
The message on the wall reads: "3 O'clock, gas getting strong"
Beck 2 years ago
I would say yes since they were able to take a picture of the wall.
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Michelle A 2 years ago
The laest episode of Ghost Huners took place at this very mine. It was sad. They found a father and son in an embrace.
EJN 2 years ago
I really believe it is time to eliminate miners as an occupation. It has always been dangerous, dirty, and not financially rewarding on top of it all. Use robots; Use remote-controlled equipment; and in memory of all the men who have died in mines, for heaven's sake, switch to fuels that don't have to be dug out of the earth at the cost of many lives. The hell with profits to mine owners!!!
Artur Roszak 2 years ago
And do what? Even electric cars are not clean. Making batteries still requires mines and is a dirty process using cheap labor in slave like conditions.
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High School Pageant In 1923
#27
Blizzard In 1922 January 28
Luna Crow 2 years ago
I love how those two are just chilling in the snow, looking very happy :) Their layers don't even look that warm!
Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
Everything was most likely wool that they had on.
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#28
Moroccan Making A Carpet
Trash Panda 🦝 2 years ago
There are incredible videos on YouTube of families that still make traditional rugs and carpets like they did 100 years ago. Ridiculously incredible
#29
U.S. Army Men Seated Around The Table, While One On Horseback Jumping Over It
Upstaged75 2 years ago
LOL road apples. My grandfather rode horses in the Navy and that's always how he referred to horse poop. My family still uses the saying. He also called horses "hayburners". I'm a rider too and he would always ask me "how's the hayburner?" when talking about my horse. He was an awesome guy. :)
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A Wild Bean 2 years ago
I had to stare at this for a minute before I realized that they didn't just set up a table next to a statue, there's literally someone riding a horse over the table
Mary Simpson 2 years ago
...if we supposedly like looking at these old photos, showing history, why are they still taking down statues across the USA because someone's offended?
Wowbwoy bloggy 2 years ago
Forgot to add “...and crashed the whole table plus dinner, got a bashful reaction from his peers.”
MJ95B 2 years ago
I had a class taught by a former Cavalry officer who taught riding to soldiers. He had some wonderful pictures and a ton of stories to share. It certainly took the sting out of having to take statistics!
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#30
International Conference Regarding The Use Of Esperanto
Esperanto was a synthetic language devised by Polish eye doctor Ludwik Lazar Zamenhof, who in 1887, published a pamphlet in Russian, Polish, French, and German describing Esperanto and proposing it as an easy-to-learn second language. An international Esperanto movement developed in the 1890s, culminating in the first world congress of Esperanto speakers in 1905. After WWI, the League of Nations considered adopting Esperanto as a working language and recommending that it will be taught in schools, but proposals along these lines were vetoed by France.
Soozie Beech 2 years ago
The good thing about Esperanto is that it doesn't have hugely complicated grammar rules, a gazillion exceptions to those rules (like English does), and it's a relatively easy language to learn. It's a shame that it didn't take off.
sturmwesen 2 years ago
I thought about learning it at 16(ish), but for what would I have used it? It's like social media, the value rises the more people use it.
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Wintermute 2 years ago
William Shatner is fluent in Esperanto and made a couple movies in the language. I recommend Incubus for horror fans. It's legitimately good (with subtitles).
Mario Strada 2 years ago
I don't speak Esperanto, but since I speak English, Italian and Spanish (as well as fluently read French and Portuguese) I understand esperanto way more than I feel I should. For the record, it's an easy language to learn for indo-European derived languages speakers, not so much for asian language speakers.
bradford johnson 2 years ago
i just spent 15 minutes reading about this. i had legit never heard of this before
JJ 2 years ago (edited)
If you are interested in learning Esperanto, there's a course on Duolingo for free.
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wv10014 2 years ago
What a great idea and would surely have been so much easier for everyone than learning English (as a working/business/common language)
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
At the time the working language was French
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Nel Cameron 2 years ago
My uncle spoke fluent Esperanto. He lived in Spain, a businessman, and he hoped it would become a working language. I learned a little of it from him.
Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
When I had to take a US military language comprehension test back in the 70s it used quite a bit of Esperanto in it. I did well since I was one of those nerdy kids who had learned a bit of it already.
#31
A Berlin Banker Counting Stacks Of Bundled Marks In 1923
Rizzo 2 years ago
Inflation at it's peak. Maybe he checks if it's enough to buy a lump of bread?
Der Kommissar 2 years ago (edited)
my dad (born 1924, in Germany) told me it took a wheelbarrow of marks to buy a loaf of bread
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Rich Black 2 years ago
Is there a direct line from the "no more war" photo to this, a year later?
#32
Medical Students At The Clinical Club, 1923
Rebecca O’Donnell 2 years ago
That’s the first thing I looked for, how many women.
Load More Replies... D'oh Rae is Me 2 years ago
I have gone through a few hospitalizations in recent years and LOVE having student doctors. They seem to be more attentive and less dismissive and I've even had one argue with her superior to help my recovery along.
Beks Czar 2 years ago
Women included? That's pure wokeness right there. Including women WITH men and believing they were all smart enough to be doctors. So if you're a woman or POC or minority, any and all of your rights are the definition of wokeness. So stop bitching about LGBTQ+ and their rights.
#33
Hired Mourners In A Jewish Cemetery In 1923
Libstak 2 years ago
Can someone tell me why? Sorry, not Jewish but definitely sincerely interested in knowing.
Ines Olabarria-Smith 2 years ago
It exists in other cultures too. To show how the deceased was important, rich, loved…
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Rachel Webb 2 years ago
This still happens here in Malawi Africa in villages. The funerals here can actually be quite unsettling if your not from here. In the US, everyone wears nice clothes and speaks in hushed tones as a sign of respect. But here, the women and men separate from each other before the service and the 50+ women spend two days screaming, wailing, crying, sobbing etc at the same time and as loud as they can, even if they didn't know the deceased... It's just what is expected of them. The men can wear whatever they want (of course) but the women are expected to wear wraps covering their heads and hair, and these big sheet type cloths covering from the waist down, called a wrapper. No matter how hot it is. The funerals are held outside for the entire day. The mourning period lasts days. I was expected to dress according to the women, even though I'm not from that culture, to attend the funeral. Nothing makes me feel More like a women than being told what I can wear
Alex the great 2 years ago
Some people can’t mourn die to physical or mental conditions and hire ppl to do it for them. (That’s not all tho, theirs a lot mor but I don’t want to get religious)
Luna Crow 2 years ago
Sorry, I really don't mean to be offensive, but just now hearing about this practice it seems quite strange to me. If you really cared about the deceased, wouldn't you be mourning them yourself? And what purpose is there to hiring a professional other than to put on a show for people who care even less? It all just sounds so impersonal and performative
Reena Setälä 2 years ago
Professional mourners are basically an outward expression of that mourning. You might want to mourn in private or you might be required to return to regular life due to children or business, but you still feel that you want others to see how much you loved the one you lost. It's not really that different from big impressive flower wreaths on the grave or long obituary in the paper. In times and cultures with low literacy professionals mouners were basically the obituary, either wandering through the streets proclaming or sitting at designated spot. Of course, some of it is always performative, just like people still are performative in funerals talking pretty about people they loathed.
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago
this is like a bad yo momma joke. "Oh yeah, well yo momma so mean they will have to pay people to feel sad when she dies". I get this sort of thing has been around for ages but it seems stupid to me. The two reasons I know about are 1. Show people the dead person was important - which is pretentious. and 2. Some religions believe a bunch of people praying for the deceased will help them get into heaven. Some religions actually charge money for doing that.
#34
Knickerbocker Theater Disaster. 1922 January 30
Widdershins66 2 years ago
98 patrons killed, 133 injured. Both owner and architect killed themselves, 1927 and 1937 respectively.
SkekVi 2 years ago
For anyone wondering, what happened was an unprecedented freak snowstorm, and the snow on the roof of the theatre caused a sudden collapse. While it's true the building could have been designed better, the fact that one of the support pillars shifted out from under the piece of the building it supported was a total accident.
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#35
Clowns Perform At Children's Hospital
Leslie Cookietown 2 years ago
God bless 'em all for tryin' to bring happiness to a sick child's day!
gilliansl aka Gillian Silverlight 2 years ago
Old time clowns are okay. Such as Red Skelton, Emmet Kelly... Wonderful performers and nothing scary there.
John Doe 2 years ago
Are clowns genuinely creepy, or is it just how horror movies portray them?
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
I think it mainly has to do with horror movies. There are people creeped out by by them. They then used that fear in horror movies until today they are seen as nightmare fuel and not the buffoons/ entertainers they were.
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#36
Tokio Survivors Of The Earthquake Receiving Rice At Shita Park
#37
Allan Dwan Is Making Himself Heard By Twelve Hundred Extras Through The Medium Of The World's Largest Megaphone. Four Feet In Diameter And Ten Feet Long
Ann Coffman 2 years ago
Now I want to watch that movie! I'm assuming it's a silent film?
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#38
Women Selling Vegetables In The Market. Hungary
David Richardson 2 years ago
Need clothing, candles,lamp oil, coal, or any possibilities of daily items.
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Jason Smith 2 years ago
She most likely does eat the vegetables too, she needs money for other necessities!
#39
Bulgarian Peasant Women In Marketplace, With Piles Of Black And White Wool
Bill McDowall 2 years ago
Hang on a cotton picking minute! How do we know that the wool (in a black and white photo) isn't vibrant pink, tartan or whatever? 😋
David 2 years ago
I get you are joking but that wool looks extremely DIY. Not washed or carded or anything. So unless they had pink and tartan sheep - it's just light wool and dark wool.
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gilliansl aka Gillian Silverlight 2 years ago
Artificial colors did NOT exist at this time. Plants, insects, Earth's... This is how things were dyed, with a mordant to "fix" the color.
Rich Black 2 years ago
Let's go to the market and see if there's any new wool in my size . . .
#40
Demonstrating Hot Stupes. Safeguarding From Danger Of Fire By Placing Solidified Alcohol In Deep Basin So It Cannot Be Overturned
Brian Davis 2 years ago
A stupe is a heated medical bandage or sponge that is applied to the skin to either increase circulation or induce irritation to promote healing for a deeper injury. The solid alcohol pan is basically the same thing as a sterno can/catering lamp. It's used to heat the top pan with the bandages/sponges in it.
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#41
January 1st In 1922
#42
Red Cross Class In Home Hygiene And Care Of The Sick. Bathing The Baby. April 1922
M O'Connell 2 years ago
I think the "baby" might actually be a cardboard cutout. This image is noted in the Library of Congress archives as being a glass-plate negative that was received from the American Red Cross in 1922, so it wasn't edited after the fact. Plus, it makes sense that they wouldn't use a real baby for a training class.
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#43
Women Working With Sewing Machines In The Factory. Leicester, England
SkekVi 2 years ago
and fire hazard, and dust in the air. We have safety rules for building capacity and exit doors remaining unlocked during business hours bc of the lives lost in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire.
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Singing Girls. Hong Kong, China 1922
#45
New Mothers Learning Infant Care At A Hadassah Child Welfare Center, Jerusalem
Beck 2 years ago
These babies are sitting up. Surely they learned a few things in the few months these babies have been alive.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
There's always something to learn about children as they grow. Physical/intellectual development, feeding, teething, etc.
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Brandie Litchfield 2 years ago
The ears on that poor baby!! 2nd from the right. I hope he grew into them
#46
Demonstration Of Artificial Respiration At The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company in Washington, D.C.
Karen Startz Richardson 2 years ago
Perhaps, flip the person over, so everything goes as it should? 🤔
Upstaged75 2 years ago
This was a long time ago, before they had perfected the technique. Medicine evolves, like everything else.
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Photograph Shows An Interior View Of The USS Shenandoah Under Construction At The Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey
Richard Graham 2 years ago (edited)
The USS Shenandoah famously and spectacularly crashed. On 2 September 1925, Shenandoah departed Lakehurst on a promotional flight to the Midwest. While passing through an area of thunderstorms and turbulence over Ohio early in the morning of September 3 the airship was caught in a violent updraft that carried it beyond the pressure limits of its gas bags. It was torn apart in the turbulence and crashed in three main pieces near Caldwell, Ohio. Fourteen crew members, including Commander Zachary Lansdowne, were killed; two men who fell through holes in the hull; and four mechanics who fell with the engines.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
It's a blimp/air ship. What the hell are you talking about?
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#49
Woman Using Typewriter In The Shower
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
The shower cleanses the text like a BP censor?
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Brett Hughes 2 years ago
No further information available. www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016886657/ Could be something like a demonstration of waterproof ink perhaps?
Wowbwoy bloggy 2 years ago (edited)
Been quite a long time since weird flexes became popular huh.
#50
Handmade Pots
#51
Excavation Of The Tomb Of Tutankhamun
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Because otherwise all those men would still be alive, right? 🙄
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King Tut, King Tut Now when he was a young man, he never thought he'd see... (King Tut) People stand in line to see the "boy king" (King Tut) How'd you get so funky? (Funky Tut) Did you do, "The Monkey"? Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia (King Tut) Now if I'd known, they'd line up just to see him (King Tut) I'd taken all my money and bought me a museum (King Tut) Buried with a donkey (Funky Tut) He's my favorite honky Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia (King Tut) Dancing by the Nile (Disco Tut) The ladies loved his style (Boss Tut) Rockin' for a mile (Rockin' Tut) He ate a crocodile He gave his life for tourism (King Tut) Golden idols (Tut, Tut; Tut, Tut) He's an Egyptian! (Tut, Tut; Tut, Tut) They're selling you... (King Tut) Now when I die, now, don't think that I'm a nut (King Tut) Don't want no fancy funeral Just one like ol' King Tut (King Tut) He could've won a Grammy (King Tut) Buried in his jammies Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia King Tut
#52
Landing 250 Bars Of Gold Worth 2 Million Dollars From America Via The Baltic. Liverpool, March 26, 1923
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
From in2013dollars.com: "The 2.91% inflation rate means $2,000,000 in 1923 is equivalent to $35,302,456.14 today. This inflation calculator uses the official US consumer price index ..." Thats 35 billion.
M O'Connell 2 years ago
Prior to the advent of the standardized shipping container, ships were loaded with a method called "break-bulk" which more or less involved packing every individual item in tightly wherever it would fit. It was very time consuming and expensive.
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Machine Spreading Asphalt, 1923
SkekVi 2 years ago
oooh, looks like the machine for Dip in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Probably on purpose they designed the movie prop that way, considering the plot of the film.
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Yes. The dynamics in that film are all far closer to 1923 than 2023
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Auto Wreck
Richard Graham 2 years ago
That is an early Chevrolet. The company was founded in 1911 (11 years earlier) by William C. Durant. It was named for a popular French race-car driver Louis Chevrolet.
M O'Connell 2 years ago
Wood-spoked wheels require significant internal tension to be strong, if anything compromises that it all falls apart.
Luna Crow 2 years ago
I was gonna say, judging between this and the other car wreck pic, looks like the wheels weren't quite figured out yet. If they were still using wood spokes, that makes sense.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle And His Family Looking Over The Wall And Pointing To New York City
Jeff Mauldin 2 years ago
Or, "look it's a ghost!".... Arthur Conan Doyle was deep into the spiritualism.
Zelda Fitzgerald 2 years ago
I saw a documentary called the Scole Experiments where they try to contact him (and other famous spiritualists) in the afterlife. Pretty interesting.
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Christof Irran 2 years ago
I love his hat, of course. Duh, just look at my profile picture. Four of my many bowler hats are old enough that any one of them could be this one.
#56
Destroying Liquor In 1923
VonBlade 2 years ago
Should've stuck at it. The old Bill Hicks "if someone is being aggressive, are they drunk or are they stoned?" adage holds true.
Luna Crow 2 years ago
Not really. Do you think the men in this picture are drunk or stoned?
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Tuileries, Prix De L'aero-Club, Departure Of A Balloon In 1922 May 14
#58
Students Training Camp
#59
Blackfeet Squaw At White House, 1923-06-07
Herbie S. 2 years ago
Sorry BP. I hate to be "that guy" but the term Squaw is seen as extremely racist these days. Best use the term "women".
Upstaged75 2 years ago
These are the actual titles of the pictures as stored in the Library of Congress. No one is intentionally being racist here.
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Lincoln Memorial In Washington, D.C. 1923
Upstaged75 2 years ago (edited)
I wish we were still allowed to do this! Although in recent winters it hasn't even been cold enough to freeze the pool. :(
#61
Italian Opera Singer Claudia Muzio Listening To The Radio With Headphones While Holding A Dog Who Also Has Headphones
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
Fun fact, the dog, a Jack Russell, was called Nipper.
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2 Women Operating Gum-Wrapping Machine At The American Chicle Company Plant
#63
Rugby Team. 1922
Stewart Moore 2 years ago
Sorry, not rugby - in those days, no headwear or armour - I suspect that is American/Canadian (as it's from Alberta's archives) football
Insono 2 years ago
The titles are taken directly from how the image is stored, so according to the University of Alberta Archives it's rugby
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Hospital Roof Tent, 1923
#65
Photographer Constantin Grünberg Stands On The Wing Of An Airplane On The Beach Of Katajanokka On The Way To Tallinn
#66
Grace Coolidge And Girl Scouts At The White House, Washington, D.C.
Brandie Litchfield 2 years ago
"What yummy cookies you girls have brought me!" This was back when the cookies were realistically affordable
#67
Horse Christmas Party
Pyla 2 years ago
The white marks on the horse on the right are rub marks from his ill-fitting collar. So sad.
Brandie Litchfield 2 years ago
He's probably the next horse being served for dinner
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The Police On Motorcycle Trailing Car With Smoke In 1923
Jeff Mauldin 2 years ago
Is that the equivalent of 100 packs of cigarettes per mile?
Load More Replies... Richard Graham 2 years ago
That photo is posed. Notice that the spokes show no action, the wheels are not spinning.
#69
Bathing Group At Hai Mng, Guangdong, China
#70
A Race Car Driver Enrico Giaccone At The 1922 French Grand Prix
Saint Thomas 2 years ago
I checked other pictures of that era, and in most of them the drivers wear a kind of jumpsuit. Also a helmet and googles. My guess is that this picture was not taken during the Grand Prix itself.
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Mike Anderson 2 years ago
The first change to cars in order to make them safer was the wooden steering wheel.
#71
Hospital Operating Room, 1923
unknown 2 years ago
Anesthesia was likely pretty wishy-washy, people are still restrained for anesthetic episodes now, in case they wake up and start flailing. Safety for all
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A. Buck Carving The Lord's Prayer On The Walking Canes. He Has Sold $2000 Worth Of These Canes In 1922
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
$35,302.46 today. These canes were apparently the Christian mini plastic icons of today
#73
Surgery In 1922
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
“What’s the procedure today? Injecting monkey glands into the testicles, or removing a few feet of healthy intestine?”
#74
First Australia's National Soccer Team
VonBlade 2 years ago
Because round leather balls are round leather balls.
Load More Replies... Widdershins66 2 years ago
Football ; involves the foot kicking a ball lol. Please don't punch me, I wear glasses 🤓
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
No worries..... it's only us residents of North America that don't call it Football because we gave that to a different game......
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World Billiard Championship. Charles Darantiere. Party Hall Of The Academy Of Abbesses
#76
Baseball In 1922
#77
Man Baking Bread
#78
Nurse In 1922
unknown 2 years ago
I had no idea that ultrasonic cleaners and autoclaves were in use way back then!
M O'Connell 2 years ago
Ultrasonic cleaner definitely did not exist. I would assume based on the pipework that this sterilizer uses steam.
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Scene From "He Who Gets Slapped" Garrick Theatre In NYC
Richard Graham 2 years ago (edited)
"He Who Gets Slapped" became a WONDERFUL horror movie, starring Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, and John Gilbert. A famous inventor (Chaney) gets his invention and wife stolen. Depressed and suicidal, he disappears. Under a new identity he funnels his self-hatred and becomes a famous circus clown whose act consists of other clowns lining up and slapping him. Then he falls in love with a beautiful aerialist (Norma Shearer) who hurts him worse. FANTASTIC movie - true horror - see it.
#80
Black Girls And Women Employed In A Lamp-Shade Factory
Brandie Litchfield 2 years ago
They've all got their coats still on, so it was most likely a cold factory. appears to be dark outside too.
#81
A View Showing The Business District Of Smyrna. Photograph Showing Horse Drawn Carts And Trolleys On A Busy Street In The Izmir Business District
#82
Dragon Balloon, Norra Frosunda In 1922
Brandie Litchfield 2 years ago
What on earth kind of shape was this supposed to be? Very odd looking
#83
The Fire Destroyed The Old Imperial Hotel In Tokyo, Japan. 1922 April 16
Richard Graham 2 years ago (edited)
This Imperial Hotel was replaced by a bigger hotel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It officially opened on September 1,1923. Wright designed it to look like an IH (Imperial Hotel), with the guest room wings forming the letter "H", while the public rooms were in a smaller but taller central wing shaped like the letter "I" that cut through the middle of the "H". Wright designed a special, flexible foundation to help the Hotel withstand earthquakes. Indeed it did! The Wright-designed Imperial Hotel was one of the few buildings to survive the 1923 Great Tokyo earthquake.
#84
The Kinner Airster Which Was Built For Amelia Earhart
#85
Boxer Siki Doing Shadow Boxing
Rizzo 2 years ago
This proves again ... if someone has a great body, they can wear anything without looking ridiculous.
VonBlade 2 years ago
See also : Wrestlers. Cape, tassles, speedos and boots. Still look good.
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Roy D. Haynes In 1923-12-26
#87
A Ceremonial Bed In The Shape Of The Celestial Cow, Surrounded By Provisions And Other Objects In The Antechamber Of The Tomb
#88
Yankees In 1923
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
None of them look happy as they just learned that Steinbrenner intends to trade them
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
The guy on the left looks like a cross between Dan Byrd and Michael Shannon
#89
Central Post Office In Louvre Street
#92
Girls Of Slovakia In Their Beautiful Colored Costumes, Czechoslovakia
Olive Harper 2 years ago
I'm going to guess that these aren't "costumes" and are probably traditional clothing. I could be wrong though.
#94
Sterilizer University Of Alberta Hospital, 1922
#95
Rudolph Valentino, Mrs. Richard Hudnut, Winifred Hudnut, Richard Hudnut. On The Deck Of The Steamship Olympia In 1922
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
According to his bio on Wikipedia, more likely not than yes. However, also remember that homosexuality was mostly verboten and most folks generally never came out, and many married partners as if they were straight.
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Air Service Pilots In 1923
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
Notice how the man seated in the center’s cap doesn’t have a stiffener in the crown. That’s so he can wear headphones. He also wears trousers, while the others are still dressed like cavalrymen.
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
And it appears that the man behind this one looks like a dark haired Beavis
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#99
Greece Refugees
These villagers of Asia Minor were driven into the mountains near their homes shortly after the Smyrna debacle. People ate grass, roots, and similar food for three months, occasionally raiding an olive grove by night.
David Paterson 2 years ago
Are these refugees from the great fire of 1922? Tens of thousands dead.
#100
J. Walter Lang And Francis Lang, Twins Who Narrowly Escaped Death On The Steamboats Island Queen
M O'Connell 2 years ago
The forward deck of the boat collapsed, injuring 27 children and leaving one paralyzed.
#101
Cooking Class In 1922
Wowbwoy bloggy 2 years ago (edited)
In the present...a TikTok Livestream would be more fitting.
#103
Paul Zweifel Performing A Gynaecological Operation In 1922
#104
Swimmers On Wooden Structure In The Potomac River. Lincoln Memorial In The Background. Washington, D.C.
#105
The Airport "Waalhaven" With Several Planes On The Ground And One In The Air. Rotterdam, Netherlands
#106
Patients Waiting In An Infirmary. Jerusalem
#107
Warren G. Harding's Funeral In 1923
#108
Man Working At Machine In The Voice Control Room At The U.S. Capitol. 1922 December 6
#109
Marshal F. Thompson Voting Machine
#110
Long Beach Oil Field In California
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Yep. There's lots of photos of all the oil derricks around the area then. Some of the pumps are even still pumping, too.
#111
French Ambassador Jusserand And J.J. Broderick Of The British Embassy Holding Bags Of Douglas Fir Seeds At The Headquarters Of The American Forestry Association
#112
Officers Of Colorado In 1923
M O'Connell 2 years ago
I believe this was the commissioning ceremony of the USS Colorado (commissioned in 1923).
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Aerial View Of The State Capitol, 1922
#114
The S.S. Carmania Arriving With Immigrants From Eastern Europe In 1923, Docking In East Boston
#116
New York City's Public Library, 5th Ave. And 40th St. Crowded Street Scene In Foreground
#117
Locomotive Draped For Harding Funeral In 1923
#119
Timbers Sold For Food
#121
Teletype Radio Plane Set, Used By Navy Department, To Receive Typewritten Radio Messages From Naval Airplanes. 1922 August 30
Jeff Mauldin 2 years ago
The pilots radio message was converted into type written form by the machine
#122
"Public Receiving Days At The White House Have Proven Very Popular As Evidenced By This Line About The Executive Offices During The Public Reception Today", 1922 April 15
#123
A Participant In The Monaco Cup In 1923, April 19
#127
Shriners Parade, Washington, D.C.
#128
Naval Reserve
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
“Did you enjoy the voyage?” “I’d rather not say, if you don’t mind.” “Oh, I see. Naval reserve.”
#130
Central Control Station With Several Automatic Ticker Tape Machines On The Tables. 1922 December 5
#131
People's Drug Store No. 10 In Washington, D.C.
#132
USS Olympia And Florida In The Middle Chambers. Gatun Locks, June 13th, 1922
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Panama Canal. Opened in 1914 I believe. It was still a fairly new luxury in 1923.
#133
Mr. Santos-Dumont And Kapferer In The Nacelle Of The Astra-Torres 47 Under Construction, 1922
#134
University Of Alberta Hospital
#137
Convocation, 1923
#138
"Sells-Floto Circus" In 1922. An Elephant Was Pulling The Canvas-Covered Cage Wagon Number 24 Into Position
Widdershins66 2 years ago (edited)
Thank god there aren't animals exploited in the circus anymore (UK at least)
John Louis 2 years ago
Now they use undocumented labor, amazing how much more civilized we are.
#139
Administration Volunteers. Volunteer Office Assistance In The New York County Chapter, 1923
Bill McDowall 2 years ago
Is it just me or does the lady second from left look like Jessica Fletcher?
#140
The First Service Station In Winnemucca, Operated By Fritz And Emil Buckingham In 1922
#141
Surahammar's Mill. The Tuning Plant. Packing Transformer Plate For The Export
M O'Connell 2 years ago (edited)
"Swedish millworkers packing sheets of silicon-alloy steel electrical transformer material in crates for export" Additionally, it seems the crates are destined for shipping to Yokohama Japan.
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Military Group At The Camp. Washington Monument In The Background
Richard Graham 2 years ago
That is Marine Gen. Smedley Butler in a 1916 Fiat. Gen. Butler was instrumental in stopping the "Business Man's Plot", a 1934 attempt by Conservative Republicans to overthrow the government and replace Franklin Roosevelt with a dictator. (The 2022 movie "Amsterdam" is about this plot. A general based on Butler is played by Robert De Niro.) At the time of his death, Butler was the most decorated Marine in U.S. history (including TWO Congressional Medals oh Honor.).
#143
Breaking Raw Chicle At The American Chicle Company
JM 2 years ago
Yes, indeed! https://www.candyfavorites.com/a-chiclet-history#:~:text=Chicle%20harvesters%20slice%20into%20the,the%20Chiclets%20gum%20is%20built.
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A Waterfront View Of The Immigration Station 1922
#147
Airplane In 1922
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Rose Button 🇺🇦 2 years ago
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You can do better than this BP. Check out old Antarctic photos https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/best-historic-pictures.php Then read about how they hauled the glass negatives across the ice and across open Antarctic waters to bring them back to us. https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/antarctica-frank-hurley/shackleton-expedition
Rose Button 🇺🇦 2 years ago
These types of articles are on here constantly. And I am SO here for it!
Hagen Radcliffe 2 years ago
I love these historical & little known facts articles! It gets me outta the hot hell mess of the 2000’s , and some even give me hope ! Thanks BP 💋
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You can do better than this BP. Check out old Antarctic photos https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/best-historic-pictures.php Then read about how they hauled the glass negatives across the ice and across open Antarctic waters to bring them back to us. https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/antarctica-frank-hurley/shackleton-expedition
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