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If time travel ever becomes a real thing and not just a plot device for fiction, many of us would probably go back to our favorite era. In 2013, The Economist and YouGov asked Americans which decade from the 20th century they would most want to time travel to, and the 1950s came in first.
The members of the "Historical Capsule" subreddit also like to travel back in time but through the medium of photographs. Whether it's history as recent as the 2000s or moments from the beginning of the 20th century, see things like Niagara Falls without water or how Tokyo looked before all the skyscrapers right here!
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#1
21-Year-Old Bernie Sanders Protesting Segregation And Getting Arrested In Chicago. August 1963
Also Ansinfer 7 months ago
Nobody notice the policeman's cigarette dangling out his mouth casually while arresting Bernie?
lightlywhispereddestruction 7 months ago
The guy in the background looks like the time traveling hipster from the 1941 photo.
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"The Woman With The Handbag" - A 38-Year-Old Woman, Danuta Danielsson, Hits A Marching Neo-N*zi With A Handbag In Växjö, Sweden. April 13, 1985
Marianne 7 months ago
Please, stop censoring the word N A Z I. It's important to call things by their names, especially since right-wingers and nationalists are on the advance in so many places.
Leg less In Minneapolis 7 months ago
The woman in the photo, Danuta Danielsson (née Seń), was born in March 1947 in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland. She had three siblings. Danuta was Jewish. Her mother had survived a German concentration camp in Poland during The H*******t, reportedly in Auschwitz or in Majdanek. She met Björn "Beson" Danielsson at a jazz festival in Poland in 1981. They married in November of the same year in Gorzów, and the couple moved to Sweden in October 1982.
Rebecca O’Donnell 7 months ago
The word that was censored was H o l o c a u s t! I usually don’t correct BP’s censorship but this is ridiculous. I don’t think anybody is going to be triggered by the word H o l o c a u st because the survivors are mostly deceased. So if the advertisers take exception to this word is it because free speech is getting reined in?
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Skogsrået 7 months ago (edited)
LoL, I remember this. Was raised in Växjö and remember this, nªzis were chased by an angry mob of people, they ran and took cover at the train station. The cops had to come and escort them to safety. Some of these nªzis are now in government through the racist party Sverigedemokraterna, a party formed by nªzis and from different nªzi groups. If you don't belive me read about them and their history on the internet, they have tried really hard whitewashing their nªzi background but it should still be there. Check it out for yourself.
Lynchamigsakta 7 months ago
They're just the same dirty, stupid n**i scum but wearing suits now. I remember when being a neo n**i around here would get you your a*s kicked 😞 I miss that mentality
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She got a statue of this moment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_with_the_Handbag
Sylvia Baker 7 months ago
Just watched a video taken at a gathering with government officials and a guy stood there and gave the N**i salute. JD Vance went up to him to shake his hand.
Marianne 7 months ago
Freedom of speech and right of assembly. We have to grant it to everyone, even them.
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Mongolian Girl Has A Laugh With Her Camel. The Little Girl’s Name Is Butedmaa And She Was Just 5 When This Picture Was Taken In 2003 By Photographer Han Chengli
Multa Nocte 7 months ago
This photo has been on BP a lot lately and I still love it as much each time I see it.
Somebodys grandmother 7 months ago (edited)
You can hear the laughter, feel the joy and look at her pure innoncence. ❤️🥲
Ece Cenker 7 months ago (edited)
Those who like this photo should watch this movie (Babies, 2010, Director: Thomas Balmès): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020938/
r/HistoricalCapsule is the place you go when you feel like looking at some fascinating moments from the past. The subreddit currently has almost 400k members who are all about celebrating the beauty of the past, as it says in the group's bio, one snapshot at a time.
It's a fairly recently established community, created in January of 2024. Still, as subreddits with historical photographs go, it's one of the best. They're not just about aesthetics and cool-looking photos. The stories behind the photographs matter just as much, if not more. So, let's explore some of the moments from this list, shall we?
#4
A Woman Named Corrie Ten Boom Showing The Secret Hiding Place Her Family Constructed In Her Attic Bedroom To Shelter Jewish People And Resistance Members In Haarlem, Holland During Wwii
Nimitz 7 months ago
And just think, right now in America there are Latino people hiding in attics trying to avoid soldiers from ICE
Der Kommissar 7 months ago
Considering the punishment for harboring Jews was death, quite a bold move
HistoryNerd 7 months ago
I re-read "The Hiding Place," her book, about once every 2-3 years. She was an incredibly fascinating woman.
#5
Fifteen-Year-Old Johnny Gray Confronts One Of The Two White Boys Who Tried To Force Him And His Sister, Mary, From The Sidewalk As They Walked To School In Little Rock, Arkansas On September 16, 1958
Ahnjunwan 7 months ago
I do believe some people in the US never were different then that. Nowadays they just have no problem anymore to make it open
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veirdbuttrue 7 months ago
Sad. Goes to show that parents pass on their ignorant prejudices to their children.
Michelle C 7 months ago
It is; I have never been able to fathom how anyone can justify racism of any type and believe firmly that there is only one race: human.
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CatD 7 months ago
Trump and his daddy were sued for not renting to black people in the 70s.
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Susan W. 7 months ago
Johnny Gray, 15, punches a white student during a scuffle in Little Rock, Arkansas. Johnny and his sister, Mary (standing behind him), were en route to their segregated school when the two whites in the photo ordered them to get off the sidewalk. Racial tension plagued the Little Rock school system for years after court-ordered integration began in 1957. Governor Orval Faubus defied the courts by closing all the public schools in 1958. Another court order reopened them in 1959.
Susan W. 7 months ago
https://media.gettyimages.com/id/514907202/photo/black-student-fighting-back.webp?s=1024x1024&w=gi&k=20&c=nvOrnQTwUVuQ0kzn5Eubw-tKjfQn0u9CkBKyOjtOYhA=
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nottheactualphoto 7 months ago
With good reason. This could have ended badly.
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#6
Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. It Opened To The Public In 1883
Kenny Kulbiski 7 months ago
I love books and libraries and those old libraries always look so cool. However they must have been incredibly inconvenient and intimidating.
The Democratic Party may have said "No" to Bernie Sanders as a presidential nominee, but the Internet often has nothing but praise for his work, choice of style, and lifelong activism. The photograph that we have in this list is from the 1963 Chicago civil rights protest, where Sanders was arrested for protesting racial segregation.
Sanders was only 21 at the time, but he stood for the same progressive values he stands for today. Documentary maker Gordon Quinn filmed the 1963 protests and even turned them into a film in 2017, titled '63 Boycott.
"One hundred and sixty-nine people had been arrested in the summer of '63, and four people were charged, and one of them was Bernard Sanders," Quinn said in 2016. "For a lot of people, Bernie is a tough sell. Not for us. He's saying all the things we believe in."
#7
A Man And His Dog In A Photo Booth, 1943
Huddo's sister 7 months ago (edited)
This picture just reminded me, though the breed is different, of something that happened on a quiz show I watched last night. A contestant got the last question of his round wrong, because he was distracted and didn't hear the question. Not unusual but the reason he was distracted as funny. He had been thinking about how much he liked golden retrievers, because the previous question had mentioned them :) He still won the quiz.
Offbeat Quinoa 7 months ago
I love that humans have always loved dressing up their pets in human clothes 😂
#8
Jimmy Carter At His Naval Graduation With His Future Wife Rosalynn And His Mother On June 5, 1946. He Died At The Age Of 100
Ace 7 months ago
A president who cared, who genuinely wanted to make things better for everybody. Will the system ever allow his like to gain office again?
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Robert Beveridge 7 months ago
Jimmy Carter was too good for this world, and we still got him for an entire century.
Offbeat Quinoa 7 months ago
Isn’t he the one who worked with Habitat for Humanity too?
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Janelle Collard 7 months ago
Wow! Without the caption I never would have recognized him. RIP, Mr. Carter. You are missed.
#9
“Auntie Mary And Her 'Friend', Ruth, 1910.”
Hippopotamuses 7 months ago
My grandmother had two friends, who my father described as being 'Throughly modern women'. It took me years to crack this code.
fly on the wall 7 months ago
They look happy so good for them. We can get pleasure vicariously
Another political figure on this list is John F. Kennedy. His friendship with Lem Billings has been a topic of speculation, with people on social media (especially TikTok), suggesting they might have been more than friends.
However, historians believe that even if there were romantic feelings, they were one-sided. While Billings might've been infatuated with the future president when both were young boys, JFK never reciprocated. Upon receiving a suggestive note from Billings, he replied: "Please don't write to me on toilet paper any more. I'm not that kind of boy."
#10
Michelle Obama At 6 Years Old In Chicago. 1970
Michael Largey 7 months ago (edited)
"There are only three things certain in life. Death, taxes, and Michelle won't run for office." - Barak Obama
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An Arab Man Cries For Israeli President Yitzhak Rabin After His Assassination On November 4, 1995. Rabin Was Seen By Many As The Last Hope Of A Lasting Peace Between Israel And The Palestinians
DaisyGirl 7 months ago
Assassinated by a fellow Israeli Jew who was a member of the group that has now become an ultra far right.political group that Netanyahu did a coalition with to secure power in the last Israeli election.... the whole world mourned his assassination as the two state peace deal died with him
shg stewart 7 months ago
There's no Kahanist party in Israel. They banned it and proscribed it as a terrorist organization. Kahanists aren't in the government with Netanyahu. The far right in Israel are bad, but they're not as bad as you seem to think.
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xolitaire 7 months ago
Why the downvote? This statement is right for the moment, no solution has been found as of yet.
Load More Replies... Ben Aziza 7 months ago
Fk these cults man. The sheer number of victims is astronomical. Any pyramid scheme that includes some insane dangerous ideas like "The chosen of god and burning in hell if you don't do as the Imam/Rabbai or whatever says" Needs to be considered as a threat to basic human rights... if we dont do something how can we expect anything other than 1000+ more years of this? More blood to soak the "holy land" I guess...
shg stewart 7 months ago
A lot of people who don't have connections in Israel also probably don't realize that the 10/7 attacks targeted precisely the people who were *most* sympathetic to Palestinian statehood and the two-state solution. If Hamas was trying to make Israelis give up on the idea, they sure succeeded. The people in Kibbutz Be'eri and Kibbutz Nir Oz employed Palestinians from Gaza, drove them to medical appointments in Israel, and even considered some of them friends. Those Palestinians either gave information on the kibbutzim to Hamas voluntarily or were coerced to give it to Hamas so they could more effectively plan their attack, too. The people at the Nova rave were secular leftist hippies. Murdering 800 of them actually m******d a significant fraction of the peaceniks in Israel's general population -- Israel only has 9M citizens, 2M of whom are Arab. 10/7 killed the per capita equivalent of 40,000 Americans. Do you see now why it's a *really big deal* in Israel?
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A Rare Example Where An Engineer Thought About The Mechanic. (1950s)
Al Fun 7 months ago
How is the engine connected to the rest of the drivetrain? I hope this doesn’t introduce other points of failure (which don’t slide out that easily).
DC 7 months ago
It did. It was an attempt to "listen to the mechanics", but as we think about ease of maintainance on our own already, nobody needs to force us. But, we might know a little better why such "obvious solutions" often don't work out at all. Like here.
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It isn't that rare, quite the opposite - ease of maintainance always is a goal, and often, other features are compromised. But, we have to take into account that there's brilliant mechanics, and there's ... dumb ones. We have to make sure the dumb ones can't cause too much trouble or danger. And, also - an engine sliding out a vehicle is one of those cases where everything else is compromised, and often, that's simply impossible. OTOH, it hardly ever happens that a mechanic takes a second to think again about a feature "that sucks", because it always ends at the assumption that the engineers don't think about them, and is considered gospel truth from there on. I've heard mechanics curse about fourvalve engines because "more valve clearance to adjust", regardless of them being better at literally everything, as compared to a similar twovalve. I've heard them complain about turbochargers because the 20-liter-per-100 drinking, still slow, sad excuse of a maintainance-friendly engine lasted "longer than the turbocharger", which is ... not a good thing - bad engines (and a low efficiency as compared to their class of machinery, makes any and every device a bad one) that only have the advantage of being indestructible and easy to maintain, still, don't perform like the best we can. Ease of maintainance is a second thought, yes, but it's one we never ever skip. But, if you'd have heard the really dumb ones talking, you know you have to make shortcuts impossible rather than make the proper processes easier, because these oh-so-smart ones who always compain about us and the results of our research and work, typically, aren't the ones reading, understanding the maintainance manual, but cut this short as well. Yes, twice the work in adjusting valves IS justified for the increased performance and efficiency of a 4V versus a 2V. Yes, a more efficient engine, in some cases, has flaws, just like the ones they so dearly love. Often, that's totally independent of each other, like a timing chain breaking down in a severely downsized engine, is not connected to the concept and result of said downsizing, but the result of some pennypinchers requiring to select a different chain and gear, in order to cheapen the product, and can rely on prejudice against any and every progress to shift the blame off of them. Them quirky dudes in the lab, always are given the blame. For everything.
You can visit one place from this list even today. That's the Royal Portuguese Reading Room in Rio de Janeiro. Some call it "The coolest library on Earth," as its aura of 19th-century architectural grace is truly something awe-inspiring. The library boasts over 350k volumes, including authentic manuscripts and scrolls. Historians, literature fanatics and academics would probably never leave after setting foot there!
#13
African American Woman Poses With Her Handmade Flour Sack Dresses In The 1930s
Vee Lyons 7 months ago
Skilled. I'd just be wearing the sack with holes cut out for the head and arms.
Rinso The Red 7 months ago
As I recall, when one company heard people were using their sacks to make dresses, they started selling their flour in flower printed bags.
Heras buddy 7 months ago
Flour companies started making their sacks with patterns and colors so that people could make clothes nicer with them. Let's see a modern company do something like this.
Ben Aziza 7 months ago
Yeh sure downvote this. You are right they are not really "like you" they are real americans! Ahaha
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The Last Picture Taken Of Late U.S. President Jimmy Carter In His Final Public Appearance, A Tribute Service For His Deceased Wife Rosalynn. Atlanta, Ga, November 28th, 2023
DC 7 months ago (edited)
One of the best Presidents the US ever had. Of the post-WW2-era, only he and Eisenhower appear somewhat good to me. The times before, of course, I don't know as exact as the 2nd half of the 20th century, but still, that is 50 years during which, together, these two served 12 years as Presidents ... making it 24 % of the time being governed by an acceptable person. And 76 % governed by, at least, the second-best at best. Just look into how they won elections, how they made people believe in a concept not even meant to succeed - trickle-down-economy -, how they accepted any and every ally, even the theocracy-craving evangleistists and CSA-fans are given a voice and influence, in exchange for their votes, and they're the easiest to buy - just oppose abortions, be public about it, and you can grab as many püssies as you want, the biblethumpers who'd disown their own kids for, like, mass turbation or so, still consider them a present of god to the US. Carter was compassionate, smart, honest - something not known to earn you many votes.
cecilia kilian 7 months ago
He was indeed one of the most representative leaders of what used to make our country great. Kind, humble, compasionate and honest. He had to handle the Iranian hostage crisis, which took a huge toll on him. He continued to be a source of inspiration until the end.
Load More Replies... fly on the wall 7 months ago
His smile is etched into my memory. He was a man of integrity!
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An Inuit Girl Descending Into Her Home, An Ice Igloo, In Arviat, Nunavut (Northern Canada), 1949
We've got some pups in this list too: the picture of a Disney animator using live Dalmatians to properly animate the dogs for the movie 101 Dalmatians. Interestingly, the animators used actors as stand-ins for the human characters, too. Actress Helene Stanley was the live model for Anita Radcliffe in 101 Dalmatians and was also the model for Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.
#16
High School Teacher Sandy Brockman Wearing A Bold Print Hippie-Style Dress , In Denver, Colorado. 1969
Kirk Littlefield 7 months ago (edited)
My husband's grandfather was superintendent of Denver schools at that time. He oversaw the desegragation of Denver public schools and always said it was the highlight of his career.
alegra 7 months ago (edited)
Back in those days when the Gulf of Mexico still was the Gulf of Mexico … but yes, an adorable beauty.
#17
In 1990, Muhammad Ali Flew To Iraq To Help Free 15 American Hostages. Without The U.S. Government's Permission, The Heavyweight Champ Directly Negotiated With Saddam Hussein And Convinced Him To Let The Americans Come Home Safely
CatD 7 months ago
This was technically illegal. Celebrities get away with a lot.
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Mom With Her Psychedelic Baby Pram, London, 1967
William Teach 7 months ago
This needs to make a comeback. All strollers and baby carriers are just so boring these days
One of the history enthusiasts on r/HistoricalCapsule shared a photograph of Corrie ten Boom next to the hideout in the wall of her home where her family hid and saved Jewish people during WWII in Haarlem, Holland. The Corrie ten Boom house today is a museum where visitors can see the wall and house for themselves. Ten Boom also released a memoir called The Hiding Place in 1971.
#19
Mother Helping Her Son Through A Tough Level In Super Mario Land On Gameboy From 1989
Sam Trudeau 7 months ago
When I first played Mario world (GBA remake) and NSMB on the DS, I would be occasionally asking my dad to help with levels
#20
Webcam Was Invented In 1991 By Researchers To Check If The Coffee Pot In Another Room Is Empty Or Not
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
Reminds me of an old Tumblr post where a guy uses two mobile phones on video call to see when the chicken in the oven is done, while he has a bath.
Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago
Full story here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Room_coffee_pot
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Disney Animator Used Live Pupies And Dalmatian Dogs To Learn How To Properly Animate Them, For The Film 101 Dalmatian, 1961
Robert Beveridge 7 months ago
Too bad they didn't get a picture of the dogs modelling the spaghetti scene.
Did you know that the first prototype of a webcam was created so that researchers could check if the coffee pot in another room was empty or not? Scientists at the University of Cambridge, Dr Quentin Stafford-Fraser and Dr Paul Jardetzky, decided to solve the always empty coffee pot mystery by rigging up a camera. It would capture images three times a minute and send them to the researchers' internal computer network. Thus, the world's first webcam was born.
#22
A Young Infant Who Has Polio, In A Tiny Iron Lung Machine; Only The Infant's Head Is Visible. 1940s
Christos Arvanitis 7 months ago
Recently asked an anti-vaxxer in the US how bad her polio was when she was a child. She said, "I didn't have polio". I reminded her that the reason why is that she had the polio vaccine and then she said she didn't. I reminded her that she did as did all kids of her age in the town that she grew up in.We got them in school.
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Linda Graber 7 months ago
D**n. I hope that this is not a vision in our future in the us. We are so f***ed.
#23
A Photo Of A Young Kuwaiti Girl Holding Her Lamb, During The Gulf War, (1991)
Robert Beveridge 7 months ago
Check out the comments on the Yitzhak Rabin item in this article for a quick primer.
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Mexican Homosexuals Being Detained In A Police Station In Mexico City, 1935
Cara Vinson 7 months ago
why do people care so much about what other adults do in their private lives?
Bartlet for world domination 7 months ago
Looks worse than it is; his torso is mostly turned away from the camera.
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#25
Rooftop Message From Hurricane Katrina, 2005
CatD 7 months ago
20 years later some parts of the city are still destroyed.
Load More Replies... Rebecca O’Donnell 7 months ago
I was there to help rescue the pets. The Louisiana governor would not let any veterinarians or the big animal rescues, ASPCA, HSUS, Best Friends, etc. into Louisiana. So from all over the US we came. Some by themselves, some in groups with trucks full of supplies, and we met up with the people that were posting their itinerary online. We were not part of any organization. We just knew we could not let those animals die. Eventually, Best Friends set up across the state border and rescues were sent there for vet care and to be photographed to be put online for people to find their pets. It was eerie. The only people in New Orleans were the National Guard, the Red Cross and the animal rescuers.
Multa Nocte 7 months ago
What was the deal with the governor refusing to let people in to the area who could help?
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Nova Rook 7 months ago
Many black americans were m******d by white americans during this crisis. One white 'american hero' celebrated by americans bragged about shooting many black americans who looked like they were causing trouble.
Broccoli 7 months ago
Sadly this behavior will become more common as our new president continues to promote racial hate
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Leo Trotsky With His Wife And Frida Kahlo, Mexico 1937. Original Color Photo
shg stewart 7 months ago
Frida slept with everyone she could convince to say yes, though, so...
Load More Replies... Chewie Baron 7 months ago (edited)
He was assassinated three years later with an ice pick whilst still in Mexico City. No need to guess who that order came from.
#27
The “No-Bra” Movement In The 1970s, Part Of The Feminist Wave Challenging Societal Norms
Multa Nocte 7 months ago
And then dealing with obnoxious people who fell apart at the very sight.
Portentia9 7 months ago
It is not a woman's responsibility or blame for male behaviour and self-control, that is on the man and his sons.
Broccoli 7 months ago
Yeah…some men claim that it’s the woman’s fault when really the men just need to be castrated. Some men just need to have their d***s removed so they won’t be a danger to women
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Canuck Canuck 7 months ago (edited)
Everyone is for this until it is an overweight 60 year old post menopausal woman who has had 4 kids. Then it's please cover that up. If going no bra should be accepted then it should be accepted for every single woman at any age and size.
nottheactualphoto 7 months ago
How about this: every woman can wear or not wear a bra, consistent with her comfort.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 7 months ago
Anyone can do it, you might even get less negative comments now than back the (maybe). My sister frequently goes without a bra. I won't, as my b***s are too big, it's more uncomfortable than wearing a good bra.
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Debby Keir 7 months ago (edited)
I have proudly carried on that tradition (apart from when pregnant/ nursing) since 1970. Why the heck should I wear tight itchy sweaty stuff just to conform to social norms. No, I'm not flat chested for those that assume that larger ones can't manage without.
Debby Keir 7 months ago
As a PS - guys have manboobs - would we ever expect them to wear a bra?
Load More Replies... Broccoli 7 months ago
I’m a man…are bras comfortable? I’m being honest, I don’t know, and I don’t mean to be offensive
Andie Day 7 months ago
Depends on the bra, depends on the woman. Some women love them, a lot of women hate them. AFAIC, underwire is the tool of the devil.
Load More Replies...You can even learn about different cultures on r/HistoricalCapsule, like in the case of this photograph of a Rwandan man wearing a popular Amasunzu haircut from the 1920s and 1930s. Surprisingly, you can see the haircut today, too. Lupita Nyong'o was rocking a hairstyle inspired by Amasunzu in 2018.
The cover of Tyler, The Creator's 2024 album Chromakopia features a traditional Amasunzu as well. In pre-colonial Rwandan culture, the hairstyle was a sign of a certain social status, power, and wealth.
#28
A Fake City On The Roof Of A Factory That Produced Boeing Combat Airplanes. USA, 1944
#29
Family In A Cardboard House (Detail Of The Walls) And Flour Sack Dresses For The Girls Pose For A Photo, 1930s
Multa Nocte 7 months ago
Let's hope the Depression is a thing of the past - crossing my fingers.
Panda McPandaface 7 months ago
It's certainly a worry at the moment. All due to a petulant child and his little gang.
Load More Replies... Pencil 7 months ago
Re-using flour sacks to make clothes became popular during the depression. When flour companies learned of this, they started making the sacks with prints so the clothes would be nicer. Some even included patterns for dresses or shirts. https://oldtimeyherald.com/articles/amazing-history-of-depression-1930s-flour-sack-dresses
Susan 7 months ago
If we hit another depression those companies wouldn't do that now. Our economy is so focused on single use items. Now flower just comes in super thin paper packages.
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Papa 7 months ago
Just to clarify, I am almost certain the house wasn't built of cardboard. Instead, it's likely that the walls were very thin, and cardboard was nailed on the inside as cheap insulation. My grandparents lived in an old farm house where the walls were only 1" thick (and I lived in it for a few years as an adult), which is how I know that.
brittany 7 months ago
my grandparents used discarded newspaper as insulation
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CatD 7 months ago
Probably having kids since she was 18. No pill back then. This is what Republican politicians are working to bring back.
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Marlene Ricker 7 months ago
Mom did a good job of disguising the flour sacks making dresses for the girls!
Janine Hunt-Jackson 6 months ago
I am always amazed and delighted to see the clothing that was made from flour sacks! This is REAL talent!
#30
This Guy In The Movie Grease (1978) Is Supposed To Be A Teenager
Brian Droste 7 months ago
Ralph Macch was in his early to mid twenties when he stsrred in The Karate Kid. But he looked like a teenager.
How many new things did you learn today, Pandas? Let us know which photographs from this list surprised you the most. And if you want to see more historical curiosities from the r/HistoricalCapsule subreddit, see our previous articles on the community here, here, and here!
#31
JFK Poses His Lifelong Friend Lem Billings, 1933
Gozer LeGozerian 7 months ago
Lawd forbid people were secure in their sexual preferences and could pose for a silly photo. No, this photo is absolute proof of homosexuality. Get a grip, people.
Bettye McKee 7 months ago
Yep, all of the expected comments. There was a time when young people could have same-s*x friends and not be suspected of questionable behavior.
#32
Soviet Peasants Listen To The Radio For The First Time, 1928
MygrandsonscallmeNia 7 months ago
The two dudes, look like they're saying; what is this sorcery! LoL
Cuppa tea? 7 months ago
They just learned they no longer have tzar, but some dude called Ulianov is now in charge.
#33
A Then 122-Year-Old Jeanne Calment Pressing The Key Of A PC Keyboard, France, 1997
Multa Nocte 7 months ago
I like to believe I added several years to my life by moving to France several years back. I certainly don't have the same stress I had living in the US.
Gingersnap In Iowa 7 months ago
Don't suppose you need a middle aged redhead lady as a house mate? Asking for a friend.
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bodhisayumi 7 months ago
She looks like she fell asleep doing it. Kinda reminds me of Biden. 🤣🤣🤣
#34
Niagara Falls Without Water In 1969
veirdbuttrue 7 months ago
This amazes me because I always thought Niagara falls was somewhere in wilderness, but there's an actual city right next to it.
Chuck 7 months ago
It was somewhere in the wilderness. Then someone wrecked it by building a city right next to it.
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JB 7 months ago
The rubble at the foot of the falls was unstable, plus some upgrades to the hydro plant, if memory serves...
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#35
Tokyo In 1960, Before There Were Any Skyscrapers (Pictured Tokyo Tower)
#36
Holding A Boombox Up To Your Mullet Was A Great Way To Party In The 1980s
Huddo's sister 7 months ago (edited)
Not a boombox now, a phone, but this is still happening in Australia!
TTorrest Author 7 months ago
The wall paneling! The tv with antenna! The Coors sign won on the boardwalk! The plastic accordion door!
Sam Trudeau 7 months ago
Did the same thing walking down the stairs with a Bluetooth speaker (same shape) one time for no reason
#37
Flight Attendant For The German Airline Lufthansa Serving Draft Beer From A Wooden Barrel And Ham On A Flight, Circa 1963
Cammy Mack 7 months ago
Give credit where credit is due, Germany knows cars, electronic music and beer.
Jerome Lenovo 7 months ago
Germans know important stuff. Always loved working in Germany when I was younger
#38
Kids Casually Enjoying The Playground In New York City, 1926
G A 7 months ago
None. Kids just played, got hurt, cried, got up and played some more. Parents never knew.
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#39
Amasunzu Was A Traditional Rwandan Hairstyle Popular In The 1920s And 1930s
#40
A Woman Living In An Iowa "Hooverville" Cleaning Her Shack — Hoovervilles Were Shantytowns Built All Across The Us During The Great Depression. They Were Named After President Herbert Hoover, Who Was Widely Blamed For The Great Depression, 1930s
JB 7 months ago
Don't give him ideas, he'd love to have his name on just about anything.
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primeline31 7 months ago (edited)
There's an article in the NYT today (4-15) that explains that the working homeless in the ski resort towns of Colorado are permitted to live out of their cars in designated parking lots PROVIDED they show a pay stub demonstrating that they are working at jobs in the local economy. No paystub, no sleeping in their own cars in the only parking lot set aside for them. They reside there through -8F temps and snowy times & the heat of the summer. The town provides porta potties.
CatD 7 months ago
Nevermind the cold they have a stove. Must have been stiflingly hot in the summer.
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Jeff Hunt 7 months ago
Hoover kind of got a bad rap. He didn’t cause the problems that led to the Great Depression. He underestimated the currency crisis caused by the bank runs. If monetary policy had been more flexible, I believe a much smaller recession would have occurred.
General Anaesthesia 7 months ago
How about the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act under Hoover?
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#41
New York City In 1996
Robert Beveridge 7 months ago
[font='old man'] ah sonny, you shoulda seen the blizzard of 78...[/font]
Michael Largey 7 months ago
The picture is what the blizard of '78 looked like after they had cleared the snow away.
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Scott Rackley 7 months ago
so you want to visit hell when it's frozen over, got it
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#42
Bamboula’s Village, France, 1994. A Human Zoo Which Trafficked Victims, Withheld Their Passports, And Forced Them To Perform Seven Days A Week. Owners Were Fined 1 French Franc
May 7 months ago
To give a bit of explanations (without justifying anything of course), this park was created in 1994 as a so called a Safari park with performers, singers, dancers, merchants, aim was to recreate an African village. Creator was the owner of a biscuits company, which had a biscuit named after a character 'Bamboula' (stéréotype of a Black man). Performers where supposed to stay for a 6 month period, recruited through Ivory Cost Tourism office. Only a few weeks after it opened, local associations sued the owners over suspicions of mistreatments. It was found that owner kept the passports in a safe, and performers were not paid French minimum wage, but Ivory Coast one. The children of performers were not attending school. Local associations obtained performers to have salary increase, passport back, education for children. But ultimately were still outraged and sued one last time for the closure of the park for offense to one's human dignity. Park was closed a few months after opening.
Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboula%27s_Village
Load More Replies... May 7 months ago
Not trying to diminish the story. I think it's important to set out the context, as these stories of abuse with colonialist or racist undertone are still existing today, some of which many turn a blind eye on (hello Qatar). Ironically enough 1994 was the inaugural year of a massive exhibition on the Slavery trade in the nearby city of Nantes....
Sofiya Aghouchy 7 months ago
Where are the french people who use to post proud coment when it's about baguette or croissant ? It's a real shame for us , we love to point racisme in USA but in France? Rien à voir , passez votre chemin. The word "Bamboula" is totally a raciste way in France to call black people.
May 7 months ago
I don't think you should mix everything up, you're not helping the cause. I am French and African. You can be happy about baguettes and croissants without being a racist, for god sake...I was in France in the 90s, we've come a long way since, let's rejoice on that and keep on fighting discriminations. For someone who's been involved in anti racism for 20 years, I suggest you don't spread the lie about the 'nothing to see, keep moving', it is simply not true in 2025.
Load More Replies... Michelle C 7 months ago
That’s despicable! I hope the victims were freed quickly and got justice wholly!!
Nils Skirnir 7 months ago
France is still claiming billions from Haiti because the enslaved got their freedom
#43
The Funeral Of Private Richard Hunt, The 200th British Soldier To Die In Afghanistan, 2009. In Total, 454 British Service Personnel Died During The War In Afghanistan
Multa Nocte 7 months ago
Screw Trump for his disdain for the American military.
Load More Replies... Nova Rook 7 months ago
Too many democracies rushed to aid America - lives and treasure were lost. Then American chose to betray the democracies and side with Russia - a Russia that had placed bounties on the heads of Americans in Afghanistan.
Mabelbabel 7 months ago
UK Servicemen and women who were killed in Afghanistan and Iraq were repatriated to RAF Lyneham, and then transported to Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. They passed through a town on the way there, and for every procession that went through, the population of the town stood in an honour guard by the roadside, along with members of the British Legion (retired servicemen). Queen Elizabeth awarded the town Royal status as a way of thanking them for their dedication and the respect they showed to fallen soldiers-Royal Wootten Bassett is one of only 3 towns in the whole country awarded Royal status.
#44
Actress Belle Bilton In The Role Of "Beauty" (Belle) Of Beauty And The Beast, 1889
lightlywhispereddestruction 7 months ago
When will we either stop commenting on women's weight or start commenting on men's? I prefer the former, for certain.
#45
Women Preparing For An Upcoming Ball, 1900
Vee Lyons 7 months ago
Looks more like a scene from a brothel than women preparing for a ball.
Pencil 7 months ago
I agree. A ball was an upper-class event and I can't see a circumstance where five women from wealthy families would all share one small room to prepare (without servants) and then allow themselves to be photographed (presumably by a man) in their undergarments.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 7 months ago
The middle one (mother?) looks like she is already regretting that they have to wear heels all night.
Multa Nocte 7 months ago
Is the lady on the right in front of the mirror giving someone else the side eye?
#46
Ladies At A Small Home Gym In 1950s
Offbeat Quinoa 7 months ago
They look like they could kick my butt in anything lmao
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A Us Soldier Shares A Chocolate Bar With A Local Japanese Lady, 1946
Also Ansinfer 7 months ago
Chocolate bars were double wrapped in paper as shown and we lived - no plastic was needed
Laura Lawson 7 months ago
Why do people seem to forget that the US & Japan were on opposite sides during WWII? As the caption says she's a local woman, I'm assuming this was taken in Japan. This makes the photo even more interesting & unusual as at the time, most Japanese despised Americans.
CatD 7 months ago
She's dressed like a woman of the 40s. They didn't dress like Geishas you know.
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An Afghan Girl Braiding Braids For An American Tourist. 1969
#49
Protests After A Black Girl, Ruby Bridges, Was The First To Attend A School For Whites, 1960
JB 7 months ago
What? No! That was just an "awkward gesture" Musk gave at that speech! /s
Load More Replies... Nimitz 7 months ago
Always always always remember that the photo of Ruby going to school was of her going to school ALONE. Every single white parent at that school withdrew their kids instead of allowing them to go to a school with one brave little black girl. Some of these people threw rocks at her as she walked in. Notice the "States Rights" and pro-Christian signs
CatD 7 months ago
The Confederate cry of "states rights" was always about slavery. Look at the Confederate constitution.
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Panda McPandaface 7 months ago
Things like this make me so sad. Currenly the human race seems to be going backwards. All the progress we made - being destroyed by so few.
Bettye McKee 7 months ago
You can lay the blame wholly on the Obama and Biden administrations. If you didn't know this, you haven't been paying attention.
Load More Replies... Bettye McKee 7 months ago
And don't try applying your 21st century ideals on the past. If you didn't live it, you can't criticize it.
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Robin Roper 7 months ago
Or their children or grandchildren. We are in a sad and very dangerous place. 60 year of progress has been wiped out in 6 weeks.
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"Cynthia" Was A Mannequin Created In 1932 By Lester Gaba. She Became Famous And Well-Liked To Society; She Received Numerous Invitations And A Large Amount Of Fan Mail. When She Fell From A Chair And Shattered, Her Death Was Reported By The Press As If She Were A Real Person
Gingersnap In Iowa 7 months ago
Is this where the idea for the Elaine mannequin on Seinfeld came from?
#51
This Is What It Looked Like Riding The New York City Subway In The 1980s
Michael Largey 7 months ago
NYC PD standard equipment back then - gun, badge, handcuffs, 'stache.
Chewie Baron 7 months ago
I think you were fined for coming to work without your ‘stache.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 7 months ago
The inside of the carriage reminds me of the few times I had to use a 'silver rattler' trains in the 2000s because there weren't enough of the new trains running at the time.
#52
Unemployed At Their Huts In A Hooverville In New York City 1935
#53
In 1959 George Barris Built Xpak 400 Air Car Which Actually Flew
#54
Memories Of Food Shopping In 2020
Nimitz 7 months ago
And the poor exposed "essential worker" on minimum wage +$1 trying to get as far from this piece of s**t as possible.
Linda Graber 7 months ago
Today 4/15/25 saw a vehicle with a “End Masks Now” sticker on their back window. Sigh.
#55
An Unusual Couple On The New York City Subway, 1980
Michael Largey 7 months ago
Many women with large breasts look like this without a bra. I say this with all due gravity.
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Mount Rushmore Under Construction In 1940
JB 7 months ago
They should blow the whole sculpture and return the mountain to the Lakota.
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A Female Demonstrator Offers A Flower To Military Police On Guard At The Pentagon During An Anti-Vietnam Demonstration. Arlington, Virginia, USA, 1967
Vee Lyons 7 months ago
The knitted one? My friend bought one of those while on holiday in Greece.
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“Black Monday” In 1987, One Of The Worst Stock Market Crashes In History. Worldwide Losses Were Estimated To Be $1.71 Trillion
Multa Nocte 7 months ago
I wonder if we could ever have something like that happen again? No, luckily, we learned from our mistakes. We have all studied history and that could NEVER - wait - what? Er, sorry about that.
SJones 7 months ago
The stock market lost 4 trillion dollars in value when tariffs kicked in by the orange clown.
Load More Replies... Glasofruix 7 months ago
And his friends benefitted from that. Can he even spell "insider trading"?
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Kevin Hickey 7 months ago (edited)
They're starting to push this "Reagan Recovery" narrative to try to polish the terd that was Ronnie's presidency. This was six or seven years into his two terms. It sucked.
#59
A Us Airman And His Girlfriend In Saigon. 1971
Patricia Manteuffel 7 months ago
"girl friend"? I'm sure they had a lot of wonderful conversations. There's kind of a "red" glow about her.
#60
A “Prettiest Legs” Competition In Paris, 1950
Megalodon Meg 7 months ago
You say this but then earlier insulted a woman on her cleavage, you're part of the problem.
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