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History is one big treasure box full of unforgettable moments, incredible people, encounters, places, events, incidents, you name it. But with time flying at the pace of a hadron collider, they easily slip under the dusty blanket of time and oblivion.

Thanks to this incredibly entertaining Instagram page titled “Lost In History,” though, many of these rare moments that got captured on camera were dug up from the past and brought to the present time. Dedicated to 20th-century people and culture, the account is sharing pictures with its 1.2M followers that illuminate history in this entirely new perspective.

Psst! After you're done reading this one, don't forget to check out our previous feature with more "Lost In History" pics.

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"My Parents On Their Wedding Day In 1964 And Then Again At Christmas 2021"

"My Parents On Their Wedding Day In 1964 And Then Again At Christmas 2021"

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Simone Segouin, Mostly Known By Her Codename, Nicole Minet, Was Only 18-Years-Old When The Germans Invaded

Simone Segouin, Mostly Known By Her Codename, Nicole Minet, Was Only 18-Years-Old When The Germans Invaded

Her first act of rebellion was to steal a bicycle from a German military administration, and to slice the tires of all of the other bikes and motorcycles so they couldn't pursue her. She found a pocket of the Resistance and joined the fight, using the stolen bike to deliver messages between Resistance groups. She was an extremely fast learner and quickly became an expert at tactics and explosives. She led teams of Resistance fighters to capture German troops, set traps, and sabotage German equipment. As the war dragged on, her deeds escalated to derailing German trains, blocking roads, blowing up bridges and helping to create a German-free path to help the Allied forces retake France from the inside. She was never caught. Segouin was present at the liberation of Chartres on August 23, 1944, and then the liberation of Paris two days later. She was promoted to lieutenant and awarded several medals, including the Croix de Guerre. After the war, she studied medicine and became a pediatric nurse. She is still going strong at 96.

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Hattie Mcdaniel Accepting Her Oscar In A Segregated "No Blacks" Hotel In Los Angeles For Her Role In Gone With The Wind

Hattie Mcdaniel Accepting Her Oscar In A Segregated "No Blacks" Hotel In Los Angeles For Her Role In Gone With The Wind

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why is this so far down on the list? How was this ever allowed? Humans can be so awful to each other.

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“Photographs bring history to life in an immediate and visceral way,” Lisa Yaszek, a Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech, where she researches and teaches science fiction as a global language crossing centuries, continents, and cultures, told Bored Panda in a previous interview.

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Yaszek explained how it’s different from exploring history through written sources. “When we read books, we get lots of detailed information about historical events: who was involved, where the event happened, what factors led to and resulted from it, and so on.”

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German Anti-Nazi Political Activist, Sophie Scholl, Was Executed In 1943 For Leading Non-Violent Student Resistance Against Hitler

German Anti-Nazi Political Activist, Sophie Scholl, Was Executed In 1943 For Leading Non-Violent Student Resistance Against Hitler

She was 21 years old. Her last words: "How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause. Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?"

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This Is A Photo Of Dr. Eugene Lazowski, A Polish Doctor Who Saved 8,000 Jews By Creating A Fake Typhus Epidemic In Stalowa Wola (Nazi Occupied Poland), 1943

This Is A Photo Of Dr. Eugene Lazowski, A Polish Doctor Who Saved 8,000 Jews By Creating A Fake Typhus Epidemic In Stalowa Wola (Nazi Occupied Poland), 1943

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Holocaust Survivor And The Soldier Who Rescued Her In 1944

Holocaust Survivor And The Soldier Who Rescued Her In 1944

During World War 2, John Mackay was part of the Scottish commando unit that rescued a group of prisoners from the Nazis as they were being marched from Auschwitz to another concentration camp. Little did he know that amongst the prisoners was a young Hungarian woman by the name of Edith Steiner. He would see her again at a dance, which was organized to celebrate the liberation. John asked a friend to ask Edith if she would dance with him, but she sent his friend back with the message that she would only do so if he asked her out himself. So John worked up the courage to go up to her and ask her in person, and she accepted. In 1946, they married and returned to Scotland where they owned and operated a small hotel in Pitlochry before retiring in Dundee. After celebrating their 71st Valentine's Day together, Edith passed away in June of 2017, just three weeks before their wedding anniversary. She was 92 years old.

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“Sometimes such information can be vividly detailed and prompt us to imagine what historical events might have looked like in ways that make us feel more connected to them, but sometimes we are so overwhelmed with dry or technical details that we actually feel more removed from the event than ever before,” the professor explained.

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An Iconic Image Showing Aboriginal Rights Activist, Gary Foley With A Sign Reading, “Pardon Me For Being Born Into A Nation Of Racists”, 1971

An Iconic Image Showing Aboriginal Rights Activist, Gary Foley With A Sign Reading, “Pardon Me For Being Born Into A Nation Of Racists”, 1971

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This Is Shavarsh Karapetyan, A Retired Armenian Swimmer.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ In 1976, He Had Just Completed A 26 Km (16 Mile) Run When He Heard A Loud Crash

This Is Shavarsh Karapetyan, A Retired Armenian Swimmer.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ In 1976, He Had Just Completed A 26 Km (16 Mile) Run When He Heard A Loud Crash

A trolleybus had lost control and had fallen into a reservoir. It was 25 meters (82 ft) off-shore and had sunk to a depth of 10 meters (33 ft).⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Karapetyan immediately dived into the sewage-infested waters and managed to kick the back window of the trolleybus with his legs, despite zero visibility from the silt that had risen from the bottom. Of the 92 passengers onboard, Karapetyan pulled out 46 people. 20 of whom survived.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The combination of cold water and the multiple lacerations from glass shards led him to be hospitalized for 45 days. He developed pneumonia and sepsis. While he was able to recover, damage to his lungs prevented him from continuing his career as a swimmer.⁣⁣

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This Is Franca Viola, An Italian Woman Who Became Famous In The 1960s For Publicly Refusing To Accept The Twisted Tradition Of Marrying Her Rapist

This Is Franca Viola, An Italian Woman Who Became Famous In The 1960s For Publicly Refusing To Accept The Twisted Tradition Of Marrying Her Rapist

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Her father supported her. She went public with her story and got lots of support.

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Yaszek argues that even when shot by the most amateur of photographers, these images have a unique effect on our modern minds. “These images of people living in and through various moments in history provide a sense of immediate emotional connection—we think, ‘wow, so that’s what it would feel like to experience that moment of history!’” Yaszek explained.

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This Is Margaret Ann Neve At Age 110 In 1902.⁣ ⁣ She Was Born In 1792 And Died In 1903, Making Her The First Proven Person In Recorded History To Have Lived In 3 Different Centuries

This Is Margaret Ann Neve At Age 110 In 1902.⁣ ⁣ She Was Born In 1792 And Died In 1903, Making Her The First Proven Person In Recorded History To Have Lived In 3 Different Centuries

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Lena Baker Was A Black Maid That Was Put On Trial For The Killing Of Her White Employer Earnest Knight For Trying To Rape Her

Lena Baker Was A Black Maid That Was Put On Trial For The Killing Of Her White Employer Earnest Knight For Trying To Rape Her

Though she claimed self defense, she was sentenced to death by an all white male jury. Her trial only lasted one day! Sitting in the electric chair, this is what she said: "What I done, I did in self defense or I would've been killed myself. Where I was, I could not overcome it. I am ready to meet my God''. She was executed on March 5, 1945 as the only woman ever executed in Georgia. She left behind 3 children. Her last words, along side with her picture are displayed near the now-retired electric chair at a museum at Georgia state prison in Reidsville. She was Pardon 60 years after her Murder.

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Susan Green
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poor woman. Sentenced to death by an all white male jury, doesn’t surprise me.

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Auntriarch
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wonder how many were thinking this will stop my maid getting any crazy ideas about resisting

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Tamra
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agreed. She committed no crime, and was murdered under the very flimsy guise of "justice". Sickening.

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Paul Richards
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What horseshit about jury of peers. The hypocrisy and outright stupidity of this nations laws invalidate them. They only exist to benefit the rich

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Tamra
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, a lot has changed. A lot has changed because of people like her... people who stood up, spoke out, and resisted. To say that "very little has changed" is to deny these very brave people the credit they deserve. But yes, things could be better still.

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Simon
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The audacity to believe back then, that this is a fair trail, is just horrendous to know. To strip 3 children of their mother, knowing that the deck is stacked against here right to a fair trial. its just horrible to know this fact. It is an absolute vile stain on human history.

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Reggie Watson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those 12 white men jurors doesn't give a hoot about her three kids being left motherless. Back in those days They didn't even consider black folks human.

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Mike Ray
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Note the date on her mugshot and the date of her execution. Only 10 days apart

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Melissa Hill
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So I assume that in her pardon her living relatives were given a financial settlement into the wrongful murder of their mother by the state of Georgia?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still don’t get posthumous pardons, the person is dead and will never come back, the loss of name and honour can never be restored and several generations of family and relatives have been through the suffering of irreplaceable loss (sometimes with stigmatisation). Perhaps, some people just want to go through the motions so they can feel a little bit better about themselves having realised the grievous harm their forebears caused.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The honour in the eyes of the public CAN be restored. It's not about "feeling a little better about themselves" it's doing what little we can to recognise the injustice and making step to acknowledge it and ensure it does not happen again.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sadly, Georgia is still full of the same type people who murdered this innocent woman.

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Hsu Myat Yadana
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Would that disgusting white rapist also be sentenced to death if she had accidentally died earlier in the case?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How can humanity stoop that low? May the poor woman rest in peace.

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Celeste Grant
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is why the death penalty is murder. There are always prejudices against people, that prevent fairness meaning the power to kill is unfairly metered out.

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Blue Sioux
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Every juror's family should've been saddled with the support for raising her orphaned children

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Data Two
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The mythologies I grew up believing about how fortunate to have been born in the greatest country in the world... a painful realization in my 40s that so little of it was true or even honorable. And this is just one more small story belonging to a whole history of horrors inflicted on millions just so we can have our pretty houses, our pretty clothes, our pretty lifestyles.

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Gypsy Lee
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This- THIS! Infuriates me! In my eyes this woman is a martyr & heroine. Lena Baker, you deserved better. So, so much more. I’m so sorry this happened to you. SHAME ON THOSE MEN!

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Tigger O
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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Since just as long as self-defence does. In the latter case it's not even classed as a homicide.

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No Name
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell me they sentenced to death the all white male jury after.

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Jane W.
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

An all-white male jury for her was like having 12 outer space aliens make a judgement.

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B. J. Moore
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh! WOW! That plack by the chair that killed her was a “really” repentant gesture! Bigotry lives on - EVERY DAY! 👎🏿👎🏽👎🏼👎🏾👎🏻🥲

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Paul Neff
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The past isn't what is frequently taught in history books. It was often much worse, but noone usually complained, because it was also normal at the time. Keep that in mind, what we often see standing out from the past as horrible, to them was simply typical day in the life.

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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pardoned after 60yrs . I always feel some type of way about pardons or apologies offered after the person is dead and can't hear nor react to it. Something sad and sometimes angering about it.

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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I sincerely hope that man, and the jurors, are paying for their mistake.

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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow. It's just occurred to me that even though I joke about it, I really do hate the human race.

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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it's awful that someone would do that, sentence a black for a "crime" against a white in SELF DEFENSE! When he was trying to rape her! But back in those days, it doesn't surprise me that an all white male jury would sentence her. I bet if it was a white they'd agree that it was self defense. As a white, I'm embarrassed that my race has been so stupid and cruel to people simply for having differently colored skin. Ugh.

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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yet she had no proof and looked like a man. But as Arnold the terminator showed us with his housekeeper looks don’t matter

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I Me
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad they changed her 'execution' to her 'murder'. Because that's what the state did to that poot lady, they murdered her.

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Helen Taylor
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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The pardon came too late. She should never have been charged.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And what does a late pardon really do? Can her family sue or get reparations? Help me understand

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

who of his children receive the pardon,.... vomit the autorities

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's so frustrating... How can the govt be like "oh, our bad" and sentence someone to death with wrong information/opposing beliefs and then turn around and pardon someone postmortem and there's nearly a celebration; but if an every day person kills someone with wrong information they're inturn condemned to death? So backwards...

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Alison Ferguson
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Goes to show how sick in the head they're: racist but little john isn't - screw any woman..... don't get upset madam...y'all didn't know master dippin....why you think so many mix people running around...duh 🙄 we didn't fall out the sky. We y'all family.....now where's my inheritance..... with a name like Ferguson....I need to speak to KING CHARLES

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Debra Newell
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At the end of the day, we ALL have to meet our Maker. May her rapist burn in eternal Hell.

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Ingrid Jeffers
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Infuriating!!! :( And not to mention her poor children left behind!! This is heartbreaking, and no one should be forced to have this happen to them for defending themselves

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Any place is better than living in a hateful world in that time. 💯 I'm glad she stood up for herself. I don't believe in killing but if it's between me and rapist killer se le vie let God judge me.

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Ael
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And that's a problem with a 'jury'. "Your peers", my a*s. They might be the scum of the Earth, and actually sympathise with the criminal in the scenario. No arsehole becomes suddenly a good person just because they're called to jury duty. But hey, we cloth the s**t in some cool words, throw in "freeduuuuhm", and lots of people get abysmal treatments.

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Ash Conner
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad that she went out with honor and knock the s*** out of this Pig try to rape her.

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Uriel Grey
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How awful that poor woman and her poor family she was taken from.

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Lena Hill
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s awful, she was so strong. I’m proud to share her name.

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Vera Sankovic
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What Lena Baker experience need to be HUGE LESSON for everyone. People didn't use their brains, they used 2 percent of brain . Whay humans are ALWAYS DUMB .

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my God oh Jesus. That's awful. Of course its Georgia. Which is where I live. I feel such shame for our state. Disgusting. People are disgusting. I'm surprised we're all still here honestly. I guess it will take a bit longer for us to destroy ourselves and the planet too of course. We f*****g suck.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am so sorry this happened to her. I am so sick hearing of white privilege that has stained this countries history, BTW, I am of Irish English decent

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

White male juries did the same thing to white women. It’s not a racist issue. It’s an issue that’s as old as time.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

History like this must never repeat itself. First time I'm hearing of a lot of these incidents they are needed history lessons for all.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know, I don't know what makes white people think they're so special. I honestly don't get it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This makes you think about the hurricanes that hit Georgia to me. The people of Georgia reaping the sins of their fathers.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some of y'all sound so shocked. American history is full of s**t like this and yes, it is infuriating and disgusting.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pardoned years after execution!!!! That's establishment trying to wash their hands off a murder and stay in power.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Disgusting. Pardoned after death ooh that helps. Not. So many maids jn these positions

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Iranian Woman In The Era Before The Islamic Revolution, 1960

Iranian Woman In The Era Before The Islamic Revolution, 1960

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Interestingly, by looking at historical images, viewers may develop an emotional bond. “Once we feel an emotional bond with the people in historical photos and perhaps even begin to imaginatively empathize with them—we forge new intellectual connections to history itself, asking ourselves: ‘Why are the people in this photograph in this situation in the first place? What happened leading up to this photo—and what happened afterward?’,” Yaszek told us.

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This Is 18-Year-Old Alice Roosevelt And Her Long-Haired Chihuahua Named Leo In 1902

This Is 18-Year-Old Alice Roosevelt And Her Long-Haired Chihuahua Named Leo In 1902

She also had a pet snake named Emily Spinach who she would wrap around on one arm and take to parties. Alice was extremely independent and unlike many women of her time, she was known to wear pants, drive cars, smoke cigarettes, place bets with bookies, dance on rooftops, and party all night. In a span of 15 months, she managed to attend 300 parties, 350 balls and 407 dinners. A friend of Alice’s stepmom once remarked that she was “like a young wild animal that had been put into good clothes.” Her stepmom went a step further and described her as a “guttersnipe” that went “uncontrolled with every boy in town.” William Howard Taft banned her from the White House after Alice buried a voodoo doll (of Taft’s wife) in the front yard. Woodrow Wilson also banned her after she told a very dirty joke (sadly no record of the joke exists) about him in public. Her father, Theodore Roosevelt famously said, “I can either run the country or I can attend to Alice, but I cannot possibly do both.” Alice once told President Lyndon B. Johnson that she specifically wore wide-brimmed hats around him so that he could not kiss her. During an interview in 1974, Alice described herself as a “hedonist.” She died in 1980 at the age of 96.

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Bob Ross With His Pet Squirrels, 1991

Bob Ross With His Pet Squirrels, 1991

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Check it out, Sammy! I'm Bob's Moustache!" "For crying out loud, Cyril, You're nuts!"

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In 1948, A Man Wore 30-Pound, Three-Toed Lead Shoes And Stomped Around A Florida Beach During The Night

In 1948, A Man Wore 30-Pound, Three-Toed Lead Shoes And Stomped Around A Florida Beach During The Night

The footprints lead people to believe that a 15-foot tall penguin was roaming their lands. He kept up the prank for 10 years, visiting various beaches. The hoax wasn't revealed until 40 years later.

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The Indigenous People Known As The Huichol First Appeared In The High Highlands Of Central Mexico Some 15,000 Years Ago

The Indigenous People Known As The Huichol First Appeared In The High Highlands Of Central Mexico Some 15,000 Years Ago

According to their ancient traditions, both men and women would experience the pain of childbirth. This is how it would be done, the father would position himself on the rafters with rope tied around his scrotum while the mother would pull on it while giving birth.

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Facial Prosthesis For A Wounded Soldier Of The First World War, 1916

Facial Prosthesis For A Wounded Soldier Of The First World War, 1916

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My gran worked as a nurse in the UK during the late 20s in a hospital for returned soldiers, in the ward dealing with injuries like this.... A lot of them could never return to their families because their injuries were so horrific... Most Sundays she would bring my mum and my aunty to the hospital gardens to play, so the patients could watch from the balcony, and experience at least a trace of a normal life they could never experience ...... Still breaks my heart when I think of it, how much damage the human body can take and still go on.... My gran was my fkn hero!!

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A Lion Walks Alone In The Desert

A Lion Walks Alone In The Desert

This is a 1925 photo of possibly the last Barbary lion in the wild before its extinction. It was taken by French photographer Marcelin Flandrin while he was onboard a flight on the Casablanca-Dakar air route.

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Feminist Vandalism, 1970s

Feminist Vandalism, 1970s

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86-Year-Old Lao Huang, A Cormorant Fisherman Living In Yangshuo, China

86-Year-Old Lao Huang, A Cormorant Fisherman Living In Yangshuo, China

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Dolly Parton At Home In Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, 1960s

Dolly Parton At Home In Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, 1960s

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Studio Photos Of A Lesbian Couple, Early 1900s

Studio Photos Of A Lesbian Couple, Early 1900s

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Hanukkah In Kiel, Germany, 1932

Hanukkah In Kiel, Germany, 1932

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a story behind that menora. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/world/europe/menorah-hanukkah-germany.html

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Safety Standards In 1960s

Safety Standards In 1960s

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So I have seen this one before. The angle of the picture makes it look super scary, but they actually are not that high off the ground.

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On September 30th, 1956, During A Drunken Argument In A New York City Bar, A Man Named Thomas Fitzpatrick Claimed He Could Fly An Airplane From New Jersey To New York In Under 15 Minutes

On September 30th, 1956, During A Drunken Argument In A New York City Bar, A Man Named Thomas Fitzpatrick Claimed He Could Fly An Airplane From New Jersey To New York In Under 15 Minutes

To prove himself, Fitzpatrick left the bar, stole an airplane from a New Jersey airfield at 3am, flew without lights or radio completely intoxicated, and landed the airplane in the street in front of the bar.

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Photograph Of Two Women Kissing Captioned "Um-M! That Kiss! Guess I Still Love You! Jus' Can't Help It!", 1930s

Photograph Of Two Women Kissing Captioned "Um-M! That Kiss! Guess I Still Love You! Jus' Can't Help It!", 1930s

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pictures like this show LGBTQIA+ is not a new thing. You know, in Ancient Greek times, if there was a hole, there was a goal!!!! Search up Sappho too.

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The Lovers Of Valdaro Were Two 6,000-Years-Old Skeletons Who Appeared To Have Died In A Lover's Embrace, Face To Face With Their Arms And Legs Entwined

The Lovers Of Valdaro Were Two 6,000-Years-Old Skeletons Who Appeared To Have Died In A Lover's Embrace, Face To Face With Their Arms And Legs Entwined

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#29

Ryan Reynolds Back In 1983 Holding A Dead Fish... With His Fly Open

Ryan Reynolds Back In 1983 Holding A Dead Fish... With His Fly Open

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Office Life Before The Invention Of Autocad And Other Drafting Softwares

Office Life Before The Invention Of Autocad And Other Drafting Softwares

Prior to the release of AutoCAD in 1982, engineering drawings were all done by hand using different grade pencils, erasers, T-squares and set squares. Even after all the manual labor, if a change was required, the engineers and toolmakers had to start from scratch and make the sketches all over again. Nowadays, architecture designers and other drafters are mainly just clicking their mouse and keyboard and not hunched over on a giant desk wondering if any changes will be made to their final drafts.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I could get in a time machine and go back to the age before computers - I wouldn't.

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In 1938 Bruce Mozert Took The First Underwater Photos And They Are Brilliant

In 1938 Bruce Mozert Took The First Underwater Photos And They Are Brilliant

Bruce invented the world’s first underwater camera, and it was at Silver Springs, Florida where he would put his invention to renowned use.

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In The Olden Days, Santa Claus Would Gather Up Naughty Children, Toss Them In His Basket And Whisk Them Away To The North Pole To Serve As His Slaves. That’s Where The Legend Of Santas Elves Came From

In The Olden Days, Santa Claus Would Gather Up Naughty Children, Toss Them In His Basket And Whisk Them Away To The North Pole To Serve As His Slaves. That’s Where The Legend Of Santas Elves Came From

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An Unemployed Lumber Worker And His Wife In Oregon, August, 1939.⁣ Photo By Dorothea Lange

An Unemployed Lumber Worker And His Wife In Oregon, August, 1939.⁣ Photo By Dorothea Lange

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In 1902, A French Company Decided To Make Playing Cards That Imagined "Women Of The Future"

In 1902, A French Company Decided To Make Playing Cards That Imagined "Women Of The Future"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really relieved and happy to see this "woman of the future" depiction is a female professional, as opposed to a "sexy space babe." Especially since playing card companies have been (and still are) known to go that direction

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Three Young Women Eat Spaghetti On Inflatable Mattresses At Island Of Capri, 1939

Three Young Women Eat Spaghetti On Inflatable Mattresses At Island Of Capri, 1939

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As one does on special occasions break out the spaghetti mattress and party.

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To Appear Headless While Taking A Photo, Aka "Horsemanning" Was A Popular Way To Pose In The 1920's

To Appear Headless While Taking A Photo, Aka "Horsemanning" Was A Popular Way To Pose In The 1920's

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A United States Soldier Holds Up A Giant Jungle Centipede During The Vietnam War, 1967

A United States Soldier Holds Up A Giant Jungle Centipede During The Vietnam War, 1967

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In 19th Century England, Wealthy Farmers Would Commission Paintings Of Their Cows, Pigs And Sheep As A Way To Flex Their Wealth And Status

In 19th Century England, Wealthy Farmers Would Commission Paintings Of Their Cows, Pigs And Sheep As A Way To Flex Their Wealth And Status

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Vintage Halloween Costume

Vintage Halloween Costume

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don’t care if it’s Halloween or not, lf I see this in the middle of the night alone at the street, I am willing sacrifice all my sweets to them

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Former Beauty Queen, Miss Wyoming Winner 1973 Joyce Mckinney Being Arrested By Police After Kidnapping Mormon Missionary Kirk Anderson From His Church, Forcing Him To Be Her Sex Slave For 3 Days. 1977

Former Beauty Queen, Miss Wyoming Winner 1973 Joyce Mckinney Being Arrested By Police After Kidnapping Mormon Missionary Kirk Anderson From His Church, Forcing Him To Be Her Sex Slave For 3 Days. 1977

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Judging by some of the comments here, society still has a LONG way to go when it comes to taking sex crimes with a male victim seriously.

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3,000 Year Old Pair Of Pants Found In China.⁣ ⁣ The Pants Were Discovered In A Tomb In Northwestern China

3,000 Year Old Pair Of Pants Found In China.⁣ ⁣ The Pants Were Discovered In A Tomb In Northwestern China

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They can't (don't want to) produce clothes that last 2 seasons these days.

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The Man In The Picture Is Dina Sanichar, Widely Believed To Be Raised By The Wolves

The Man In The Picture Is Dina Sanichar, Widely Believed To Be Raised By The Wolves

He was born in India and was found in the deep jungles of Uttar Pradesh by the hunters in 1872. They found him hunting alongside the wolves and noted that he was walking on all four of his limbs.

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Mexican Actress Maty Huitrón Photographed By Nacho Lopez In 195

Mexican Actress Maty Huitrón Photographed By Nacho Lopez In 195

This series was one of the multiple social experiments of the Mexican photographer to understand human behavior. In this case, it was about seeing the average reaction to an exuberant woman, the model chosen was the burlesque dancer Maty Huitron, who would later become an eminence of the performing arts in Mexico. The impact was so provocative that Nacho López's photos were awarded in 1957 by UNESCO, and later exhibited in stations of the Paris and Munich Metro.

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The Original Michelin Man From 1898.⁣ The Michelin Man Is White Because Rubber Tires Are Naturally White

The Original Michelin Man From 1898.⁣ The Michelin Man Is White Because Rubber Tires Are Naturally White

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rubber tires were white before the discovery of adding carbon improving their durability significantly.

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Reese Witherspoon With Ryan Phillipe And Their Daughter On The Set Of Legally Blonde

Reese Witherspoon With Ryan Phillipe And Their Daughter On The Set Of Legally Blonde

Reese said in an interview in 1998 that she met Ryan at her 21st birthday party. She recalled the moment as embarrassing, saying she went over to Ryan when she was drunk and said “I think you’re my birthday present!”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How did an otherwise educational list of historical information devolve into modern day celebrity gossip?

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Bonnie And Clyde's Last Kiss A Few Hours Before They Were Killed, May 23, 1934

Bonnie And Clyde's Last Kiss A Few Hours Before They Were Killed, May 23, 1934

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These Criminals killed innocent bankers just doing their jobs, only lunatics would romanticise them and their acts.

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Kate Middleton And Prince William's Post-Clubbing Taxi Pics From The 2000s

Kate Middleton And Prince William's Post-Clubbing Taxi Pics From The 2000s

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The Very First Miss Universe Pageant, 1952

The Very First Miss Universe Pageant, 1952

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look at the exotic globe-spanning localities: Turkey, Norway, Great Britain,.......uh, Indiana?

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Demi Moore On The Set Of G.i. Jane, 1997

Demi Moore On The Set Of G.i. Jane, 1997

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The date is wrong, the first action movie starring a female as lead was the Hunger Games in 2012.

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22-Year-Old Lana Del Rey (Then Performing Under May Jailer) Photographed In 2007

22-Year-Old Lana Del Rey (Then Performing Under May Jailer) Photographed In 2007

Discussing meeting her in the same year, record label-owner David Nichtern said “When she first came to us she was playing plunky little acoustic guitar, had sort of straight blonde hair, very cute young woman. A little bit dark, but very intelligent. We heard that. But she very quickly kept evolving."

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