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30 Fascinating People, Places, And Events Captured In These Rarely Seen Historical Photographs
History is often stereotypically presented as a dull subject (though many of you, alongside myself, may disagree vehemently). But what really brings those obscure dates and names to life are photos showing us what people like you and I might have looked like back then, and that’s exactly what the Historical Pictures and Old Memories group on Facebook does.
There’s so much to wonder about as we scroll through these photos. What were these people like? What were their daily joys and their daily challenges like? What might they think of the joys and challenges we face today? If we lived at the same time as they did, do you think you might have been friends?
One recent digital trend that we are lucky to enjoy for some of the photos on this list is digital colorization and restoration, but more on that in a bit.
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#1
Nellie Brown, An African-American Cowgirl, C.1880s
MontanaMariner 2 years ago
Many people don't know but there were A LOT of black cowboys in Mexico. Mexico allowed freed/escaped slaves to come to Mexico.
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago (edited)
I remember learning it from an old Gumby episode as a kid, and when I met my friends from the south (Louisiana) in Australia here where I’m from I was surprised they didn’t know and also didn’t know that ‘the pen is mightier than the sword’ was something Thomas Jefferson wrote/said. I don’t think they watched Gumby growing up
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David 2 years ago
The rope used as lead and reins is surprisingly thick. Kind of wondering why they didn't use leather at least on the reins. Smother / lighter - easier on the hands and the horse's neck.
Alex Boyd 2 years ago
Some Western riders use reins like that today...I don't really get it either, but I got up on a friend's horse once or twice with that type of reins, and they aren't *quite* as awkward as they look. I suppose you get used to them, but I still don't know why they'd be anyone's first choice.
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One recent trend that has made historical photos more accessible and alive for some is digital recolorization. This is a fascinating field of photography that helps modern viewers truly imagine what things might have looked like decades or even centuries ago.
But digital recolorization is not as simple as it sounds, and it’s far from the first type of recolorization (or colorization, for that matter) that people have ever done.
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#2
A Native American, Belonging To The Ojibwe People, Spear Fishing In A Lake Somewhere In Minnesota, United States. Photograph Taken In 1908
Lady Z Azrael 2 years ago
Proud to be first nations. Look how stunning they are! I wish I looked like that
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
Gave their name to Chippewa Falls Wisconsin, home to Annie Hall, Jack Dawson (Titanic) and Leinenkugel Beer. The Ojibwe defeated the Sioux and drove them out of the pictured lakes where they’d peacefully hunted, fished and harvested wild rice, onto the plains where they’d become the dominant tribe themselves
#3
Formal Portraits Rarely Featured Smiles, But They Can Be Found In Photographs Of Daily Life During This Period
Nea 2 years ago
Lovely photograph :) but seriously curious to know what are the husband and kid doing?
April Pickett 2 years ago
There's a big smile on her face, so it isn't something she wasn't wanting.
The earliest type of widespread photo - the daguerreotype - was revolutionary in the world of visual arts. However, people were almost immediately disappointed that the process couldn’t capture color. The science of photography, still in its infancy, could not satisfy the public’s demand for color quickly enough.
#4
A Young Kiowa (Kiawah) Woman In Native Dress
Beck 2 years ago (edited)
Is there a story with her standing next to a tree that has been cut down? I feel like she is saying "look what is being done to our land."
#5
Anne Frank At School
Anne Jones 2 years ago
I always want to cry when I hear her name.😢 A lovely little girl with her whole life ahead of her. Nazis are scum. 😡
James Howell 2 years ago
Reading her book changed my life's trajectory. It took me away from my abuse, to her world, fears, tragedies. It truly gave me strength, hope, possibilities and then tragedy. She was ever hopeful, something I try to be still. Banning this book is proposterous. Peace...
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
It still breaks my heart that her life and that of so many people was cut short due to the pure hatred and mass genocide perpetuated by the Nazis. Nazis and white nationalist are the vilest pieces of s**t.
Cuntageous 2 years ago
So are brown and black people in Africa and in the Middle East, who stone women to death for adultery, chop peoples hand off for stealing a loaf of bread, “honor” killings, female genital mutilation, hack people to death with machetes for being a different religion
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Mariele Scherzinger 2 years ago
Years and years ago, I was at Mme Tussaud's in Amsterdam. They had a figurine of Anne Frank modelled on this picture. It was heartbreaking. I've seen pictures of her, but seeing her three-dimensionally took it to a completely new level.
Pride Bean️ 2 years ago
Anne frank was absolutely amazing! The Nazis were absolutely disgusting to send her to a concentration camp. She was extremely smart as well. She had an amazing life ahead of her.
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
Cute girl and may her name live on in infamy! Screw the fascists! and please USA America put this shiyt down once and for all!
DC 2 years ago
We all know her diary. Every german pupil got to read it at least one time, and ... this photo makes me sad, and I think almost everyone who read her diary ... she doesn't look like she's full to the brim with fear and worry ... of course not, she couldn't even have known what was about to happen to her ...
Laurie Lonnevik 2 years ago
Turned away from USA . Put on a boat of Jewish children to be rescued. Sad
While scientists, chemists and inventors puzzled over how to capture color, artists took matters into their own hands. And why not? If trained artists could create near-picture-perfect copies of still-life scenes, then coloring a black-and-white photograph couldn’t be that hard, right?
We’ll leave that judgment up to the reader, but we do know that attempts were already being made in 1839 - the year that the daguerreotype was invented. Artists’ experiments began by hand and involved powdered pigments, transparent paints, and all sorts of other colors applied directly to the photographs.
#6
Charlie Chaplin Was Ahead Of His Time, 1922. This Is One Of The Earlier Distracted Boyfriend Situations On Film
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I reckon the people who created the stock image knew exactly what they were doing.
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Joe Publique 2 years ago
He was also well-known for his 'casting couch'...
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Whirling Horse, A Sioux Native American Man. Photographed By Gertrude Käsebier, C.1900
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
Here's a link to information from the Smithsonian about the artist--unfortunately, nothing about Whirling Horse: https://www.si.edu/object/nmah_1005490
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Such a regal portrait! I love going to pow wows just to see my peepses dressed up in native dress.
Tams21 2 years ago
I half agree. I like colourised photos when they're together with the original but I'd also rather just the black and white than a poorly colourised photo.
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A Man In Traditional Dress In Kestri, Greece, 1912
A Wild Bean (they/them/any) 2 years ago
I think the phrase "traditional dress" refers to traditional clothes in general, not specifically dresses :)
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Phandom Apostolis 2 years ago
Traditional, yet still worn today. Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq4KP9CU63E Or you can see it live every Sunday at 11 o' clock at Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece.
Nick Triantafyllidis 2 years ago
You can see the change of guards every day and every hour. On weekdays they wear different dress though :)
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Those shoes look unique in real life form, my first time seeing them in such a form as I am used to only seeing them in the old school cartoons I used to watch lol
Jo Jones 2 years ago
You can see a pair of tsarouchia in real life in Athens if you come visit :)
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Ronnie Cutshall 2 years ago
I wonder how we all went from wearing a dress to men only wear pants
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
The man in the photo is wearing a fustanella. It is not considered a dress. It is a pleated skirt-like garment. Think of it like a kilt in a way.
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As color photography evolved through a number of iterations to the color film and digital sensors of the modern era, the concept of re-coloring black-and-white photos never disappeared. Though this was also often done by hand, the invention of Adobe Photoshop revolutionized the art of digital recolorization.
The current edition of Photoshop even has a tool called a Neural Filter, which can be used on a black and white photo to let Photoshop take its best guess at the required colors and colorize the photo itself. There might be some tasks, however, where this approach might not work.
#9
Damascus Gate, One Of The Main Gates Of The Old City Of Jerusalem. Ottoman Empire, 1890
Marsha Brown 2 years ago
And Israel invested to clean it up, renovate and renew the gate, add good lighting, and make the gate accessible and safe. The Damascus Gate is mostly used by Christians and Muslims, and can become a real bottleneck on holidays, like Easter or Eid al-Fitr. So Israel designed a wider area outside, to limit the crowding. Most people are considerate, but police are usually there to ensure the safety of everyone. When not so crowded, the steps serve as a mini lecture area: tour guides seat their groups on the sides, and explain what they'll be seeing, the history, etc.
#10
Bell Labs Experimental Video Phone 1960s
Bad Alchemy 2 years ago
Oh! They showed these at the Seattle World's Fair (1962). I was a small one then, but I remember the "little phone TVs". So cool to see this picture.
Array Index Out of Bounds 2 years ago
I noticed the touch pad phone, which was the newest technology back then (as opposed to rotary). The were defanatly ahead of the times.
#11
Bruce Lee Teaching His Son, Brandon, Martial Arts At An Early Age. 1960s
Christof Irran 2 years ago
Both these guys died such unnecessary deaths. Brendon Lee was shot with a loaded prop gun during the filming of "The Crow", and dad had his sweat glands removed from his armpit so he wouldn't be seen sweating in his movies - he died a few weeks later from heat stroke.
RedMarbles 2 years ago
Regarding Bruce, the autopsy showed cerebral edema, of which he'd also suffered a bout 2 months prior. Apparently the heat stroke hypothesis arose in 2018. At any rate, it doesn't seem that it's definitively established what caused his death, or the cerebral edema, although there's a hypothesis that the cerebral edema was caused by hyponatremia, or the inability of his kidneys to excrete excess water. Apparently he had multiple risk factors for hyponatremia. Who killed Bruce Lee? The hyponatraemia hypothesis - PMC https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9664576/
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Spittnimage 2 years ago
Watched a video other day about Brandon Lee. He said that was how his father played with him.
#12
Albert Einstein Posing For A Photograph In Zurich, Switzerland At The Age Of 24 In 1903
AlienBarbu 2 years ago (edited)
so weird to see him younger and shorter hair like this. I'm so used of that crazy hair. *edit to add this sentence* the feeling is a bit like when you're a kid and see your teacher in a random place that not a school and you thought they lived at school.
One fascinating aspect of some recolorization projects was the historical research involved in getting the colors right. A sufficiently scholarly approach could have photographers and artists recreating historic fabrics or processes to ensure that they could accurately reproduce the shine of a princess’ exotic silk or the vibrant colors of a coat of arms.
#13
A Family Plays On A Unique Four Person Homemade Swing In Finland, 1954
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
I could spend hours on this contraption. I watch the children across the street on the swing set with envy.
#14
Actress Miss Gabrielle Ray, Circa 1900
Pride Bean️ 2 years ago
She is stunning. What a beautiful young woman and a tragic story as well.
#15
A Baby Learning How To Walk In A Wicker Frame As Mom Does Laundry. 1910s
El Secretario 2 years ago
When I saw this photo, a memory came to me. I think I had one of these. I was born in 1958, but probably inherited from my brothers who were 10 and 11 years older than me. So things didn't have planned obsolescence!
#16
Star Wars Cast Out Of Costumes: Harrison Ford (Han Solo), David Prowse (Darth Vader), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) And Kenny Baker (R2-D2). 1977
SarahBee 2 years ago
Classic "Annie Hall" style. Woody Allen's Annie Hall was the movie that beat Star Wars for best picture at the Oscars. Diane Keaton dressed in men's clothes, and it became quite a thing. Now Woody Allen is married to his stepdaughter, and Star Wars is closing in on 50 years of being a phenomenon. We all know which is really the best picture!
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Clair Dietrich 2 years ago
Just comparing the sizes of those heads. Quite surreal, even when adjusting for proximity to the camera.
Ronnie Beaton 2 years ago
It's sad that, of the six people in this photo, only two - Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill - are still with us. :(
Ozymandias73 2 years ago
Prowse, Mayhew, Fisher, and Baker...they are one with the force and the force is with them. RIP
#17
Ernest Hemingway On The Steps Of His Cuban Estate Finca Vigia, Nuzzling One Of His Beloved Polydactyl Cats; San Francisco De Paula, Circa 1954
Cuppa tea? 2 years ago
For 20 years he was telling everyone that FBI is onto him, but no-one believed him. Only after his dead FBI file was released, that he was under surveillance for 20 years.
RedMarbles 2 years ago
The book "Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America (Yale University Press)" allegedly reveals he was for a while on the KGB's list of its agents in America. The book is based on notes that a former KGB officer made when he was given access in the 90s to Stalin-era intelligence archives in Moscow. It claims he was recruited in 1941 before making a trip to China, given the cover name "Argo", and that he "repeatedly expressed his desire and willingness to help us" when he met Soviet agents in Havana and London in the 40s. However, he failed to "give us any political information" and was never "verified in practical work", so contacts with Argo had ceased by the end of the decade. Hemingway also attempted to assist the US during the second world war in his fishing boat, patrolling waters north of Cuba in search of U-Boats, making coded notes but only one sighting. I can see why he might have been under surveillance with J. Edgar Hoover directing the FBI. https://www.theguardian.com/b
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 2 years ago
When I hear "alpha males" hating on cats, I laugh to myself knowing that one of the biggest alpha males of the 20th century adored cats.
#18
Scientists Studying Moon Phases On Models In Preparation For Us Manned Flight To Moon, 1962
StretcherBearer 2 years ago
I worked as a janitor at the USGS astrogeology Flagstaff, Az.in the 90s.We cleaned the planetary cartography and photography areas where the scientists would develop photos and make maps. The scientists had these globes. I got to see pictures that were not yet published of Mars,etc. and occasionally chat with the scientists.
Jane Hower 2 years ago
I was working there in 1963 and had occasion to deliver some documents to some scientists who were working on the program and the part I overheard them talking about was the concern that the surface of the mood might be soft powder where by our equipment and/or men would sink in 'who knows how far'. WOW, hat was an interesting thought.
The thought of achieving color photos by chemical means may seem archaic to younger users of modern DSLR cameras and smartphones, but the last great analog color photography processes (including Kodachrome and Agfacolor-Neu) involved complex chemical processes and special development processes in laboratory conditions.
Photography enthusiasts may regret the loss of these and other fascinating photographic processes, but look on the bright side - our grandchildren will get to see color photos and videos of us!
#19
A Young Family In Martin Place, Sydney - Australia, (1950s)
Beck 2 years ago (edited)
What is the guy's name in let's go to prison that had a fork stuck in his leg? Looks like this guy. (if I leave bored panda my phone never holds my spot. So if I tried to Google it, I would have to find my place ) dang it, it must be done. Be back in 5 minutes... Edit: Michael Shannon. The guy looks like Michael Shannon.
RedMarbles 2 years ago
You can avoid the problem of losing your place if you go to www.boredpanda.com instead of using the app.
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Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
When I was younger (~1960) I remember the guys wore ties and jackets. My brother and I used to have a blast dressing up in dad's stuff, even thought he was 6'4", lol.
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Neuropotathy 2 years ago
The guy was sent to the prison continent for slicing three people's throats with his collar.
#20
4.5 Megabytes Of Data In 62,500 Punched Cards, 1955
Terri Johnson 2 years ago
Pity the person that drops the cards accidentally. I did that with a bunch of punch cards used to program a check capturing machine in banking IT back in the seventies - not fun.
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago (edited)
My Commodore had 64 Kb... my BBS ran on that with a modifyed 105 mb LT Kernal with a Priam 105 mb embedded SCSI controller!!! (on Image 1.2) They went to the moon on something smaller than my kitchen filling WA-NG 2K syetem, pre-CP/M. ouch!
Matthew Smith 2 years ago
I used and made punch cards back in the 80's using a ICL main frame.
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Those who used this medium learned to loathe it. The sorter was your best friend.
#21
1948 - Scottish Ballerina Moira Shearer Plays Dancer Victoria Page In The Classic Film 'The Red Shoes'
Stacey Smith 2 years ago
Fantastic movie. "Fun" fact: this movie is why Moira had to go into acting full time. The sets were on poured concrete as apposed to wood usually used on stages. When she danced on it in pointe shoes there was no give and it ruined her feet, ankles and hips so she had to quit ballet.
Lucie Van Pelt 2 years ago
Absolutely can. And beautiful Hayward red hair!
Load More Replies... Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
Beautiful and tragic film; I have the DVD and every time I watch it, there's something new to notice.
#22
In The Victorian Era, The Woman’s Hair Was Considered An Important Part Of Her Appearance And It Marked Her Status And Her Femininity
Women in that era were often expected to grow their hair to great lengths, and it was common knowledge that a woman’s crowning glory was her hair.
Brenda 2 years ago
I had hair down to just past my waist in HS. Took forever to dry, even with a blow dryer. Wore it in a pony tail most days and it would still be damp in the center after school. Cut 6 inches off Sr year. Much lighter. At 20, I cut it super short and donated it to Locks of Love . Long hair is difficult to care for that long
Ash 2 years ago
I cut mine off and donated it after I graduated high school. ...Then realized 3 days later that my chronic headaches had mysteriously disappeared...
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Puna 2 years ago
Huh, my hair hits my upper thighs and maybe it's because I've almost always had long hair but it's really not a big deal to take care of. When I had it cut to just below my shoulders it was much more of a pain for me.
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago
“But how annoying is the hair that gets in your butt crack” 😆 I’m also a past the butt length hair person. The first sentence was the first thing said to me by a friend who always had short hair growing up, then she grew it really long as an adult.
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Aria the Dog Lover 2 years ago
Ladies. Can you imagine washing that thing? Gentlemen. Can you imagine waiting on her to wash that thing?
#23
Participants In The Miss Beautiful Eyes Beauty Pageant, Paris, 1930
Barong 2 years ago
They are absolutely stunning are they? His eyes seem as though they can peer into my very soul.
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PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago
I was just about to say that too. Gorgeous eyes
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DonnerDinnerParty 2 years ago
My ranking: #7 , First place. #5 , second place #1, third place.
The Historical Pictures and Old Memories group on Facebook has nearly 20,000 members as of this writing and posts photos almost every day, so if you enjoyed this journey through the past, be sure to give them a follow!
#24
A 1936 Drought Refugee From Polk, Missouri, Awaiting The Opening Of Orange Picking Season In Porterville, California
Stannous Flouride 2 years ago
The migrant agricultural workers from all over the Great Plains faced the same sort of discrimination in California and Oregon that the ones in Florida, Texas, etc. face today. Locals would attack and burn their camps and settlements. Signs saying "No Okies" on restaurants and other businesses were common. Screen-Sho...cc-png.jpg 
Laurie Lonnevik 2 years ago
His name was mr. Porter . They made a statute of him and his descendants still live there.
#25
A Man Selling Brooms And Baskets. Japan, 1890-1896
#26
A Group Of Breaker Boys At The Woodward Coal Mines In Kingston, Pennsylvania, Pose For A Photograph. Photograph Taken In C. 1900
Brenda 2 years ago
My great grandfather, Jaybird, worked in the coal mines in West Virginia for years and years. He was diagnosed with Black Lung in the 1950s & told he wouldn't live another 3 to 5 years. He often told us stories about how bad it was. He passed away when I was 12 in 1977,more than 20 years later. It was a horrible life
Lady Z Azrael 2 years ago (edited)
Similar... my grandfather was an old army man who fought ww2 and Korea. All the c**p that went into his lungs caused him to suffer horribly the last couple of years of his life. I don't wish that on anyone. I remember his x-rays looking like mottled canvas you couldn't even see them anymore. I miss him.
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Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, along with the other Republicans in Arkansas, wants to bring this back. There are already kids younger than 15 working in meat packing plants there.
Weasel Wise 2 years ago
This is what red states wanna bring back, an era where companies can can get the cheapest labor ever, children. Just this month, 2/3 of McDonald's in Kentucky were found to be employing children. One place have a pair of 10yo girls working the fryers and flipping burgers at 2am.
Piper 2 years ago
Where? This is illegal and I have a few connections in state law enforcement.
Load More Replies... Anne Jones 2 years ago
I read a report of a little 10 year old girl who died after being sucked into a weaving machine in the factory she worked in…working in a factory at aged 10. It’s hard to get your head around it…😳
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Alex Boyd 2 years ago
They sorted the coal and broke it into smaller pieces. It wasn't as physically strenuous as the actual mining, so it was often a first job for boys whose dads and uncles worked down in the mine. They usually got to work aboveground, but that's about all you could say for it.
Load More Replies... Stannous Flouride 2 years ago
Several red states in the US have just passed laws allowing children to work in dangerous occupations like mines and meat packing plants and bars along with laws that protect the employers from ANY liability if they get hurt. Yeah, that so-called "Pro-Life" party.
karen Young 2 years ago
Kids all over world today still working like that. Can't even talk about the sex trafficking of kids. Horrible.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Back in the good old days, when children performed dangerous adult labor. Here in the US, we're returning to child labor because here in America we love children. I'm sorry, that should read... we [only] love fetuses.
#28
Digging Graves As A Hobby (1916)
Chocolate llama 2 years ago
This was unfortunately probably a very useful hobby during that time (especially in Europe)...
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I could be wrong, but I'd lay money that that photo is in Australia. Looks like Eucalypts in the background and the long scrub grass we get out west.
Load More Replies... Aria the Dog Lover 2 years ago
As a... Hobby? Something you do on your time off? Like "Oh I'm bored and I've nothing to do, I guess I'll go grave digging. You know, my favorite hobby. Wanna come with?"
#29
Police Officer, Germany, 1925
Hagebumi 2 years ago
In Germany we call it "Totschläger". Google Translate says "Blackjack". There was a time, where the Police in Germany have nothing more to defend.
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Your Local Forza Enthusiast 2 years ago
OH MY GOD! I DIDN'T KNOW DR. EGGMAN WAS A POLICE OFFICER IN HIS PAST LIFE!!!!
#30
Algeria Algeria 🇩🇿 1940_1960 Muslim Couple And European Couple Two Stories Civilization Religion But One Country
Violet Bunny 2 years ago
It's a shame the wimmin there have to cover themselves up b/c the men "can't control themselves."
Tyranamar Seuss 2 years ago
In this case it's a blessing. Saves her the embarrassment of being seen with that husband.
Load More Replies... RedMarbles 2 years ago
I assume Burnt Bagel was applauding different cultures living side by side. Sad they got downvoted so badly.
#31
A Swedish Bride, C.1880
Karen Lynam 2 years ago
You know I'll just put my Bouquet on my head. It will free up my hands.
Kimbowa 2 years ago
Very elaborate head piece and lots of pearls. Are there letters/numbers on her purse?
Beck 2 years ago
I do not know, but I am imagining a z and it saying ziod.😀
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Japanese Mother And Child, 1866
#33
A Happy Family Taking Home Their Book Haul From The Cincinnati Library Bookmobile In 1940
#34
Assembling Sears & Roebuck Catalogs In 1942
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Hell yeah! I'm getting that and that and... But you were fortunate to get a toy, a new winter coat and maybe boots. Sure fun to look at and wish though.
Load More Replies... The Original Bruno 2 years ago
When I was a kid, we couldn't get any toys we saw advertised on TV. We'd pick what we wanted to ask for for Christmas out of the Sears Christmas Catalog.
Christof Irran 2 years ago
Better keep George Costanza out of that room. Remember when his mom caught him with the Sears catalogue?
#35
Dog Child, A North West Mounted Police Scout, And His Wife, The Only Handsome Woman, Members Of The Blackfoot Nation, Gleichen, Alberta, Ca. 1890
#36
A Well-Dressed Young Lady In The 1930s
Caz 2 years ago
Came here to say that! It absolutely is, and she was so beautiful in her youth..and later life. I loved Grey Garens and both her and big Edie were some real interesting characters.
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Beck 2 years ago
Whoa there, TomasL, what are you trying to say? Woman should dress up just to please YOU?? PASS.
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A Newsstand On 23rd And 6th Avenue In New York City Photographed In C. 1903
Anne Jones 2 years ago
I’m always amazed at how the past looks really like the present, apart from the style of the clothes.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
In this case, the clothes look rather normal. I dress like the guy at the far left, except I ditched the fedora around the time hipsterism started becoming a thing.
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#38
1948 Tucker Torpedo Model 48 4-Door Sedan
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
Being told this story when I was a kid, it was a cautionary tale for people who want to improve the world: Watch out, those in power don’t want improvements if it doesn’t suit them. They will rarely voluntarily make life better for others if it doesn’t suit their own pocket.
#40
Children Playing In Paris 1938
#41
Lunch In A Kindergarten On The Seashore. Sevastopol, May 1944. Evgeny Khaldey
#43
1976 Photo From The Restaurant Windows On The World, Which Sat Atop New York City's World Trade Center's North Tower
Bobby 2 years ago
Even if it was still standing pictures are the only way I would ever see this place
Rosie 2 years ago
I was there twice. The view of course was breathtaking, the food just OK. My fav was that the glass on the windows in every viewing area of the WTC was etched w/info about what you were looking at, which neighborhood, landmarks, etc. The Empire State doesn't have that (at least not when I last visited, years ago).
Christof Irran 2 years ago
I was there in December of 1985. I got off the elevator and had pretty much that very view. Almost sh@t my pants. I was unable to move more than a few inches away from the elevator door, and as soon as they open again behind me I hopped on and got my @ss outta there.
#44
One Of The First Photos Taken Of Tutankhamun's Tomb When It Was Opened After More Than 3,000 Years
seana lammers 2 years ago
Would be interesting to know what found in there and their uses … like the white oval ‘boxes’ for example.
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago
I saw the exhibit for his tomb and other mummies tomb relics, everything is so much bigger and more golden in person. I couldn’t get over how big it all was
#45
Newly Married Couple On Their Wedding Day, Germany (1901)
Chocolate llama 2 years ago
As a German I can confirm this is exactly how we still get married. We exchange out formal handshake, we give the photographer a stern "are you done yet" look and then we go right back to work.
Hagebumi 2 years ago
yes In Germany, everything has to be practical and cheap. My father made the following marriage proposal to my mother (very German). "Honey, actually we could get married because of the taxes." In Germany you save taxes if you are married. Then they go to the registry office. Signature. A photo where they both look grim, no party, no honeymoon. They had a beer at home to celebrate the day. They would have had enough money for more.
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Ellie Hope 2 years ago
I heard from German and Eastern European girls that it's traditional to look stern during the wedding ceremony , I saw my friends wedding photos and was surprised how miserable she looked.
AussieTolkein 1 year ago
She's so beautiful, I love her dress, and her husband is rather dapper, if I may say so myself. I mourn the absence of these times.
#46
A Corvette Mako Shark II, 1965
Yvonne Sadler 2 years ago
As a kid I was very puzzled about some bras being pointy and some round.
#47
A U.s Rural Mailman In 1914
#48
A Car Teeters At The Top Of A Paternoster Parking Elevator As A Result Of A Broken Bolt In Denver, Colorado, 1970s
Janner Wingfeather 2 years ago
Is it called a Paternoster because you need to start praying whenever it’s in use?
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Men Stand In 45-Ton Steel Pipe Over The Hoover Dam, 1935
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A 22-Year-Old Theodore Roosevelt Photographed During His College Years At Harvard. Taken In C. 1880
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Picture Circa 1900s Showing Knife Grinders Also Called Ventres Jaunes (Yellow Stomachs Referring To The Yellow Dust Released By The Grinding Wheel). Laying Down Was Done To Prevent Backs From Being Hunched All Day
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The Uruguayan Flight 571 Was A Tragic Aviation Accident In 1972 Where The Plane Carrying 45 Passengers Crashed In The Andes Mountains And The Survivors Resorted To Cannibalism Before Being Rescued Two Months Later
Donna Harris 2 years ago
I cannot imagine the will it took to survive. The judgement they faced when it was revealed that they resorted to cannibalism must have been horrendous. Survivor's guilt.
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Woman Drinking From A Communal Cup At A Pump, 1899
Jed 2 years ago
The cup would have usually been a relatively minor source of pathogens. The problem was often a contaminated water source.
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Bedouin Men Smokıng A Nargila (Waterpipe) At Their Desert Camp, Ca. 1900
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Mrs. Handy With Vegetables She Has Just Canned. Scotland, Maryland In 1940
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago (edited)
"The canning process involves placing food in jars..." - ucanr.edu. Jar, bottle, can, it's all canning.
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Concorde’s Cockpit. One Of The Most Complex Cockpits In History. Concorde Required A Minimum Flight Crew Of Three, With A Flight Engineer Working Alongside The Two Pilots
ADHORTATOR 2 years ago (edited)
my late father in law was an engineer he was part of the development crew of Concorde...it was his favorite plane
Donna Harris 2 years ago
This is why they don't like to deal with idiot passengers fighting over seats...they're flying the bloody plane!
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Manchester City Player Mike Summerbee Demonstrating The Built- In Record Player Of His New Volvo P1800 (1967)
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
One of my aunts had a record player in her car. Damn thing skipped like crazy but to a kid it was hella cool.
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Actress Julie Adams Being Treated After Hitting Her Head During The Filming Of "Creature From The Black Lagoon", 1954
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28-Year-Old Robert Leroy Parker, Better Known As Butch Cassidy, Photographed In 1894
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Doesn't look a thing like Paul Newman, though. I would not buy salad dressing from this man.
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A Ford Model T Descending A Hill In San Francisco, Circa 1921
David Wambold 2 years ago
"You can have any color you want- so long as it's black." Henry Ford
Ans Pardons 2 years ago
On that topic (as I wanted to know whether it was a real quote or not): Initially, the Model T came only in red, gray, or green. In 1910, you could only get dark green, and in 1911, all cars were blue. Late in 1912, black was added as an available color. The black-only policy began in 1914, and primarily because it was also the year Ford fired up his new moving assembly line. The new line reduced the time to build each car from more than 12 hours, to just 90 minutes. Black paint was the cheapest, and using a single shade meant the line didn’t have to stop while workers cleaned the equipment to change the paint colors. Black remained the sole choice until 1926, when some models were offered in green, maroon, or gray, all with black fenders.
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ADHORTATOR 2 years ago
When I see a Ford T, I remember the Family Guy scene "It' s a j** flattener!"
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Automated Ordering At The Track Fast Food Restaurant. Los Angeles, California, USA. 1949
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37th President Of The United States, Richard Nixon, And World Famous Singer, Elvis Presley, Meeting And Shaking Hands In The Oval Office In The White House In Washington, D.c. On 21 October 1970
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Oh, yeah, incognito Elvis. Even when he was dead, people kept seeing him.
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The Interior Of Imperial Airlines Airplane - 1936
Bobby 2 years ago
Square windows? I saw something about airlines trying square windows to make the plane feel more like home, but they were constantly breaking because of the sharp corners. That's why the windows have rounded corners. Nothing about this plane looks safe
Stephen Wild 2 years ago
The square windows problem only showed up on pressurized jet planes in the 1950s when metal fatigue caused cracks after numerous pressurization cycles... this aeroplane is manifestly unpressurized and not subject to the fault.
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Kira Okah 2 years ago
In hot air ballons and zeppelins, it's something that you pull to allow the gas to escape and rapidly deflate the balloon so you don't float off again. It's definitely an emergency exit, it says so on the photo itself "in case of emergency, pull ring sharply" - you pull the ring to open a door in the canvas for quick escape.
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Bobby Fisher Champion Chess Player 50 Opponents
Michael Largey 2 years ago
It was like Michael Jordan playing in fifty separate games of Horse. Not much tension about the outcomes despite the number of opponents.
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Spacelander: "The Bicycle Of The Future". The British Industrial Designer Benjamin Bowden Showing Off Spacelander In 1946
DC 2 years ago (edited)
Ok, so ... from an engineering standpoint ... this, likely, is made of two halfshell elements with inserts for bearings and mounting other componentry, likely welded along the middle line - which is where it gots its back broken, because welding a long gap introduces a lot of heat and, accordingly, disalignment of the welded parts that would need to be restraightened. That aside, or given that a sufficient, effective, cheap way to resolve the issue is feasible, this is a very efficient concept, allowing very stiff structures without excessive use of material, and therefore weight. But, given that every frame needs an individual treatment after welding, it just wasn't fit for mass production back then. Motorcycles, from the fifties to the nineties, made use of a similar concept pretty well (think Yamaha's TR 1 for example), even earlier, but I wouldn't bet a Megola was cost effective by any means. Anyway, as welding got better and there's a broader variety of methods to do so, and the same's true for realignment procedures - today, nothing is speaking against it. Although tubes are easier, especially if different sizes, ... nah, it's cool.
Stephanie Barr 2 years ago
Not sure I'd make the body from metal today with so many composite options.
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Arrival Of Immigrants, Ellis Island, New York City, 1920
Alicia M 2 years ago (edited)
Immigrants made our country great and they still do. There is plenty of room here for everyone.
Christof Irran 2 years ago
Thank you, Alicia, from an immigrant (a bowler hat wearing immigrant, like the one in the picture - LOL he could be me).
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Bandstand And Promenade. Newcastle, Co Down, Northern Ireland C1910
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A Young Joseph Stalin In 1911
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4c Phantom Of The Alabama Ang Over St. Louis, 1993
Alicia M 2 years ago
There are windows in the top of the arch for people to view the city. Just wanted to let people know. The elevators are wild. Feels like you're riding up in a washing machine.
Rosie 2 years ago
Yes! I had no idea the thing was hollow until I got there. The elevators are indeed wacky (tiny & *sit* 4, just a small cube). The view from the top of course is amazing.
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ƒιѕн 2 years ago (edited)
Ah yes, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom, a plane of choice to napalm the c**p out of Vietnam by Americans that shouldn't have been there.
Sans Serif 2 years ago
Veteran of the "Vietnam Conflict" and right you are. Not sure why you were down voted but take an up vote from me!!
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A Captured Russian T-28 Tank With A Finnish Crew Driving Through The Village Of Lappee, Finland On The 8 July 1941
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Miniature Golf At Tailors Shop Bettmann
Michael Largey 2 years ago
"Yes, sir. Your suit will be all ready for you by the time you get back from the police station."
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Burger Chef, C. 1970
Shannon Mallory 2 years ago
I loved Burger Chef as a child. The one in our town was right by the KMart and the Farmer Jack's grocery, 2 others that now exist only in memory
Amanda 2 years ago
I'm from Michigan and I definitely miss my every Thursday night shopping with my Grandma at Kmart then Farmer Jack. I still miss takingly say "going to farmer jacks" when referring to grocery store (Farmer Jack turned into Kroger's)
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Riche White 2 years ago
I wish they still existed. I liked that you could put the condiments on that you wanted and as much as you wanted!
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A Street Scene In Chicago, Illinois, Photographed By Bill Strum In 1947
Lois Reese 2 years ago (edited)
Maybe not. The first color photo was (iirc) taken around 1850. By almost 110 years later, the process had long since been perfected and was in fairly regular use.
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An Early 20th-Century Sail Wagon In Brooklyn, New York
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A Prospector Pans For Gold In The Yukon River During The Klondike Gold Rush Of 1896. Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada
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Tokyo Subway Pushers 1968: Stationmasters And Station Staff Push Passengers Into Train During Rush Hour At Shinjiku Station In Tokyo
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Worker And Supervisor At A Car Factory, Moścow, Soviet Union, 1954
Zara VP 2 years ago
He appears to be blinking...not sure if I'd call him unhappy...
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26th President Of The United States, Theodore Roosevelt, Who’s Term Spanned From 1901 When Mckinley Was Assassinated, To 1909
Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
Awesome conservationist! Also one of the most underrated National Parks (North Dakota)
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Times Square, New York City, 1958
C L 2 years ago
The second bottle wasn't coca cola, it was ketchup in a different ad
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A French Soldier Giving A British Soldier A Shave In A Dugout In Boezinge, Belgium On 19 August 1917
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30-Year-Old John F. Kennedy In 1947
DC 2 years ago
I never got how he was perceived as attractive. Ok, I'm a straight guy and may miss something here, but all those oh-so-cute babyfaced men, to me, just look like children wearing Daddy's clothes. Just don't get it.
Donna Harris 2 years ago
I don't see him as attractive and I'm a straight female....the ears and the baby face are what get me...no thanks
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... that thought isn't unfamiliar to me - a real-life Alfred would look almost idetical...
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A Group Of Friends Camping In Golden Gate Park, California Next To A Briscoe Sedan Car, 1920
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Mike Tyson, Eddie Murphy And Charlie Murphy, 1991
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Australia 1900: The Circumstances Of This Photo Are Lost To History. The Description Simply Says “A Woman Holding A Stuffed Rooster, Sydney, Approximately 1900”
Jennik 2 years ago
Well, being Australia, the back story is probably that it was a vicious and highly aggressive rooster (probably also had a venomous bite) that tried to kill her but she bravely subdued it with nothing but a tram ticket and an old potato, and subsequently had the corpse stuffed as a memento. But I could be wrong.
Jude Corrigan 2 years ago
Once again, Enid has to prove she has the biggest c**k in the building. Nobody believed her, until she grabbed it firmly in her hand and showed everyone.
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Boston Common 1900
Marc Hoffman 1 year ago
Park St. Station in the background, Park Street Church behind it. Looks pretty much the same now.
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A Yarding Crew With A Donkey Engine Used For Yarding Or Gathering Logs Together After They Are Cut. Somewhere Deep In The Woods Of Washington - 1900
Donna Harris 2 years ago
Great Big Sea has a song about "Donkey riding" I had to google it to figure out what it was about...and here's the picture.
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A Family Is Amused By A Horse Drinking From A Trough In Dublin
SkekVi 2 years ago
first time seeing a dray horse huh? Aren't they FANTASTIC?? I love them.
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President John F Kennedy Visitng Austin Texas In The Early 60s
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Titanic Survivor Giving An Autograph, 1912
JoNo 2 years ago
I wonder how it could be proved that someone is a genuine Titanic survivor, if you met them in the street?
Wilf 2 years ago
This photograph is from a series taken by press photographers in Plymouth after the surviving crew members had landed. In a lot of cases we can actually name the men in them. The building in the background is the passenger waiting room for the docks, where the male survivors bedded down on the floor for the night until being taken back to Southampton by train the next day. The female crew survivors got the benefit of a hotel room across the road! There were hundreds of spectators. It was quite an event for the town.
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Alex Majoli A Patient And A Care Worker Lie In The Sun. Leros, Dodecanese Islands, Greece. 1994. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos
Bobby 2 years ago (edited)
A photo by Alex Majoli titled "a patient and a care taker lie in the sun". I was confused by the caption too. Also not colorized
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Edwin Quantrall 2 years ago
The Italians didn't think so. (The Greeks whipped their @$$e$ at the beginning of WWII. The Germans only defeated them because they had more advanced weapons, more advanced air power, and used blitzkrieg tactics.)
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The Italians didn't think so. (The Greeks whipped their @$$e$ at the beginning of WWII. The Germans only defeated them because they had more advanced weapons, more advanced air power, and used blitzkrieg tactics.)
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