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30 “Historical Capsule” Posts That Might Make You Feel Like You’ve Stepped Into A Time Machine (New Pics)
We’re rapidly approaching the new year, pandas, and for most of us, this is a time to look forward. In January, I’m going to start journaling every day, stop ordering takeout and make sure that I call my family at least once a week!
But it’s always a good time to take a peek back on the past too. So today, we’ve got a list of photos that might make you feel like you’ve stepped foot into a time machine. We took a trip to the Historical Capsule subreddit and gathered some of their most fascinating pics below. Enjoy scrolling through these blasts from the past, and be sure to upvote the pics that you find most intriguing!
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#1
Anna Coleman Ladd, An American Sculptor Who Turned Her Skill To Make New Prosthetic Masks For Those Injured In The Trenches Of World War One
Barong 11 months ago (edited)
Before advances in plastic surgery made it possible to repair such horrific injuries. Before people were taught to overlook differences and not bully those unlike themselves. ( I know it still happens but it seems better here and now.) my kid goes to school with several kids that have some unique features. Thankfully the kids we know with these features say no one seems to care or mind.)
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#2
Picture Of A Brother And Sister In Chicago, 1945
#3
Late 19th Century Portrait Of A Father And His Daughter
BrunoVI 11 months ago
Who TF downvoted this? Did someone think I meant what he had seen was HIS fault or something?
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Highfalutin Heron 11 months ago (edited)
And even back then the little girl isn't quite sure what to make of the photographer.
The Historical Capsule subreddit has been around for less than a year, but it has already amassed an impressive 316K members. According to the group’s “About” section, members are invited to “explore fascinating old photos and videos that tell stories from days gone by, share and discuss moments that shaped history, [and] join us in celebrating the beauty of the past, one snapshot at a time.”
This community is filled with photos from past generations that might teach you more about the world your grandparents grew up in or what it was like to go grocery shopping a century ago. Even if you’re not a history buff, I’m sure you can appreciate the beauty of these photos and the fact that they’ve been preserved for so many years!
#4
In The 1930s, A Bank Robber Named "Pretty Boy" Floyd Was Known For Destroying Mortgage Papers On Heists, Freeing Hundreds Of People From Property Debt
ILoveMySon 11 months ago
I have shared this before but my Great Uncle gave him a ride as he was hitchhiking. He said he was a "nice fellow".
Kim Powers 11 months ago
He's my mom's cousin. I forget what that makes him to Mr. I have 2 rings that he gave his mom
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Multa Nocte 11 months ago (edited)
"Some rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen . . ."
Michael Largey 11 months ago
"A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more money than a hundred men with machine guns." - Vito Corleone
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Robert Bullard 11 months ago
His cousin was from my hometown. My grandfather, and great-grandfather all told stories about how they knew him.
highwaycrossingfrog 11 months ago
He was named Public Enemy Number One due to being implicated in the murders of up to 10 people. Sadly, although he has become known as a Robin Hood figure, the mortgage papers story may well have been fabricated and subsequently popularised by Woody Guthrie in his song "Pretty Boy Floyd"
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Roman Monument For A Lap Dog- Inscription Says "In This Place Lies A Little Dog After An Accomplished Life, And Sweet Honey Covers His Body . His Name Was Fuscus, And He Was Eighteen Years Old. Barely Could He Move His Limbs In His Old Age . . ."
Libstak 11 months ago
Mine both made it well past 17 and yes they could hardly walk. But as long as them tails wagged, their appetite was good and they turned for their belly rubs there was enough quality of life. They both started having seizures and could not support their weight on their back legs afterward. Sadly, that was time to sleep.
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Lily Robertson 11 months ago
Could it be that this was the original "lazy brown dog" the quick red fox leapt over? (fuscus=tawny)
veirdbuttrue 11 months ago
Ahh this is beautiful. The romans seemed to love and look after their animals
#6
East German Soldier Helps A Little Boy Sneak Across The Berlin Wall, August 13, 1961
Kira Okah 11 months ago (edited)
Saw this photo in a book certainly. This was taken on the day that Berlin was divided. The soldier was under orders to not let anyone across into East Berlin, but this boy who lived on the eastern side was separated from his family in the chaos. He helped the boy back across the wire to meet up with his family again, but his superior caught and punished him. It's not known what the soldier's punishment was or what happened to him.
LuisSD stuff 11 months ago
I remember reading the story behind this famous photo online many years ago.
We’re big fans of sharing historical photos here at Bored Panda, so it’s actually not the first time we’ve featured this subreddit. And when it comes to why it’s so important to take time to look back on the past, Linked Frame notes on their blog that photography has completely changed our perception of the past.
Before we had access to photos, everything we knew about history came from stories from family members and teachers, artwork and books. Being able to see what people, places and things actually looked like has given us a much deeper understanding of those times. And we shouldn’t take advantage of that; we should continue looking through the photo albums of the past!
#7
A U.S. Serviceman Shelters A Young Injured Japanese Boy From The Rain In Saipan In July, 1944
The Mediterranean Fruit 11 months ago
War makes everyone look like monsters, but really its thousands of poor men forced to fight against each other. No one wants to go to war except for the country leaders.
Tabitha 11 months ago (edited)
I say we demand that, from now on, the leaders of the countries that are all fired up to go to war should have to do the fighting themselves. In a decent sized room with no windows, televised, and armed with burlap sacks filled with horseshit. And, as a twist, the audience gets to vote for the winner. The audience should be made up of children, about 3 to 6 years old, who live in countries that aren’t involved in the conflict at all. Repeat: Children. Because they won’t be politically biased, so will only judge the fighting. Don’t worry about them choosing the bad guys. Bad guys fight dirty, and kids pick up on that really fast. Doesn’t matter if there’s only two leaders fighting, or they show up with the leaders of the countries that support them making up their teams, the only people allowed to have and use the sacks of s**t and do any fighting are the two main leaders. Their “teams” can only give them encouragement., as there won’t be any kind of audience in attendance, except by live TV.
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michele mbennett101044@yahoo.c 11 months ago
The only people who should be "fighting " in wars are the old a*****e country leaders who start them. Would be a very short "war"!
#8
A Young Barack Obama Spending Time On The Beach With His Grandfather. 1963
Lisa Myers 11 months ago
Sadly, some people have lost their sense of humor, assuming they've had one before.
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#9
Images Of Life Across Iran In The 60s And 70s Portray A Vibrant Kingdom Ahead Of The 1979 Islamic Revolution
Kelly Scott 11 months ago
It's why I say terrorists are stupid. It takes no brains to destroy things, but it takes smart people to build things. And the Taliban aren't building anything. Look at how many years it's been since their "revolution". They made their country into a shithole in 1979 and it's still a shithole today. They haven't improved a thing in 46 years. All those wasted lives and for what? Just so a handful of so-called men could have a little power. And to make the insult even worse, they claim it's all in the name of their religion, which it obviously isn't.
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Nils Skirnir 11 months ago
It was a democratic republic before US installed the Shah. Filed under unintended consequences. And the Shah was about as kind as Khomeini - jailed dissenters, ran torture chambers.
cugel. 11 months ago
But who knows, if you ask Iranians, even Iranian women, which do you want "Strict Muslim values, like we've been told it says in some book" or "greater freedom to think and act in accord to your own vision", I'm not sure a majority chooses the latter.
nm (he/him) 11 months ago
Brain washing over generations is a powerful tool. Remind you the adoration of Germans for Hitler. In Iran only the elders remember how life was before and the younger may afraid the possible changes.
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#10
It Is Quite Astounding To See The 600-Year Progression From Ancient Greek Sculptures!
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 11 months ago
Just a reminder, the USA is still just a bit over 200 years old and we've managed to both create and destroy Western Democracy.
Elladine DesIsles 11 months ago
While I am duly impressed by thr later examples, I have to say that the two oldest are my favourites. They are less true-to-reality but the most beautiful to me.
Pollywog 11 months ago
Mine too. Something about the simplicity draws me in.
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Max Fox 11 months ago
A lot of that change was due to Indian sculptures that made their way to Ancient Greece and to Roma. The mix of the two traditions resulted in Greek statues being made a lot more dynamic and sinuous, compared to the very rigid and linear positions that they were prior to that.
Lisa Tetlow 11 months ago
I can create things by molding, adding and taking away clay, but the concept of sculpting, by only taking material away seems impossible to me. That takes real vision.
chamomile tea 11 months ago
Humans always find a way to express themselves and those around them.
#11
One Cowboy And One Cowgirl From The 1880s
Donald 11 months ago
"Taylor finds that stereotypes about blacks in the old West abound, particularly the belief that most of them were cowboys. "That is one of the biggest stereotypes I have to contend with," he says. "In reality, cowboys were no more than three percent of the work force at any time." And although there were African American fur traders, ranchers, and homesteaders in the nineteenth century, most African Americans headed for urban areas such as San Francisco or Denver." Cowboys were mostly of European decent but everyone had a hand in settling the American West. Source - University of Washington, Quintard Taylor.
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Glen Ellyn 11 months ago
I recently read the book "Aloha Rodeo" which tells of three men who traveled 4200 miles from Hawaii to Cheyenne, Wyoming to compete in the 1908 World's Greatest Rodeo. The men were dismissed by whites, who claimed whites were the only true cowboys. The three native Hawaiians surprised the entire country and returned home as champions. Most folks do not realize that Hawaii has a deeply ingrained cattle culture.
Jeremy Morgan 6 months ago
One of my best friends is a native Hawaiian Rodeo champ. So many belt buckles. Personally I’d rather have a trophy or a plaque but I’m an idiot what do I know?
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Uncle Schmickle 11 months ago
Growing up watching "Westerns" in the '50s in Australia, I didn't realise that Afro - Americans were also cowboys. Interesting.
#12
A Pair Of Hammerhead Sharks Depicted In The “Oki National Products Illustration Notes” During The Edo Period In Japan, 1735
Achraf Afilal 11 months ago
I'm quite sure that It must have been drawn by an ancestor of Hayao Miyazaki.
Janissary35680 11 months ago
Evidence that kawaii is at least as old as the early 18th century.
Catharina Geerts 6 months ago (edited)
When my mother (and I) first saw pictures of a hammershark, she thought this was a mutation or deformation caused by the tests with atomic bombs
Of course, photography also helps us understand ourselves! Societies and cultures are constantly changing. But if you can look back on what your ancestors looked like and how they celebrated holidays, you might be able to put the puzzle pieces together and figure out where your own traditions came from. At the same time, these photos can be saved for future generations to see as well, so your great-great-great grandchildren will be able to understand where they came from too.
#13
Portrait Of Big Foot, A Yankton Sioux Warrior. United States, Around 1870
Abdullah Abd Rahman 11 months ago
Looks like a Japanese or Mongolian guy, doesn't he ? Prove that a land bridge did exist between Siberia and Alaska.
Michael Largey 11 months ago
I read skepticism in his expression - probably justified considering the times.
#14
A Fashionable Baby Stroller In West Berlin, C. 1950
Glen Ellyn 11 months ago
It's cool, but I still think about all that bending and lifting, etc.
Load More Replies... martymcmatrix 11 months ago
Anyway if it's because of the German Wirtschaftswunder or not, but 5 years after the end of WWII things seem to have picked up in Western Germany, but yet...green and blue shouldn't be worn together...🟩 🙅🏽 🟦
Elladine DesIsles 11 months ago
If I'm not mistaken, the foundation garments of the 1950s would put Spanx to shame.
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#15
"Ex-Campus Writer Hits The Big Time". A Picture Of Steven King From 1975
Deta Rossiter 11 months ago
i have always loved his Books, and i wonder why this picture was not used on more books! HAHA
DaisyBee 11 months ago
He wrote a lot of his books while under the influence of massive amounts of cocaine. This photo makes a lot of sense
Janissary35680 11 months ago
$2,500 in 1975 is worth about $15,000 today; $400,000 is close to $2.5 mn.
Patricia Steward 11 months ago
That picture has been cropped -- IIRC, it's from the campus newspaper of his college, and he's pointing a shotgun at the camera.
Viewing a powerful photo can even be an emotional experience. Perhaps you see an image of an important historical moment that you vividly remember witnessing on the news or hearing about while sitting in the office on your lunch break. When we see photos of these moments, we can instantly be transported back to them and filled with the same emotions we felt back then, whether that was fear, elation, devastation, etc.
#16
Daguerreotype Of A Young Lady With Great Hair. It Must Have Taken Hours To Style It. Photo From The Late 1890s
Frances Pitchoune 11 months ago
She has the face of a girl who says, "Oh God, it took so long to do that damn hair..."
Skadi Lifdis 11 months ago
"And now I have to sit here completely still for hours for that guy to take my picture. FML!"
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Brenda White 11 months ago
They often used strips of cloth. The method of "rag curls". It wasn't terribly time consuming to wrap wet hair around the strips, pile the wrapped hair in a nightcap and the curls lasted for days. My mom did it to us in the 60's.
geezeronthehill 11 months ago
The upper crust had lady's maids. Immigrant women workers were cheap to hire.
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Jen Schurman 11 months ago
My great grandmother used to do my hair like this. She would brush my hair 100 strokes and then wash it. She then would my hair in strips of rags and I slept with them in. In the morning she carefully unrolled each one, and it looked just like this!
Christina A Davis 10 months ago
You are ASSUMING a lot in that it took a long time to style her hair. I was born with naturally curly hair-just like that, lighter brunette, It didn't take anytime at all-it does it all by itself. In the summer it would go blonder. My mother would say-"I can see the winter and the summer in your hair".
#17
Finding Some Shade In France. An Autochrome From 1910. (An Original Color Photograph)
#18
Gazes From Greek Statues, All Around 2,000 Years Old. The Different Eye Colors Were Achieved By Using Paint Or Different Colored Gems
Kira Okah 11 months ago (edited)
But not in the way that a lot of places depict. They weren't painted in bright flat colours, the remaining paint flakes on the statues show layering, variations in tone and hue, and texturing, they were trying to paint them realistically.
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One important point that Linked Frame brings up on their blog is that, nowadays, we rarely see any photos that haven’t been manipulated, or at the very least, edited. And what’s worse is that we sometimes can’t tell the difference between a photoshopped image and something that was snapped right from a camera.
Old photos are magical in the way that they just are. Sure, we can colorize them or attempt to make the images clearer. But we know that women weren’t edited to have smaller waists, and cities weren’t photoshopped to look more appealing.
#19
British Civilians Take Cover From German Bombs In Aldwych Tube Station In London During The Blitz, 1940
Seán Baron 11 months ago
Jerry Springer was born in a tube station. Mile End Station. And during a bombing raid during the Blitz too.
Connie Martin 11 months ago
No matter how many times you told me there were no trains on the line, I still wouldn't be able to sleep on the tracks like that
Forrest Hobbs 11 months ago
The London Underground has a four rail system - two auxilliary rails electrified.
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Representatives Of The Health Corps Interview Rural Village Women, 1970s. During The Latter Half Of The Pahlavi Era, Iranian's Women's Literacy Rates Improved At A Rate Of 15% Per Decade, And The Number Of Women Enrolled In Higher Education Increased 1500%
Bartlet for world domination 11 months ago
https://wncri.org/2020/09/08/disastrous-state-of-literacy-of-women-and-girls-in-iran/
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Vicki Perizzolo 11 months ago
Now women aren't allowed an education..just like Afghanistan...Shame on every man involved
Uncle Schmickle 11 months ago
Another poor country suffering under the iron rule of "clerics".
Michael Largey 11 months ago
It was monstrously evil. And it was replaced by something equally so.
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A Buddha Statue In Afghanistan Before Its Destruction In 1992
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 11 months ago
Yeah, one thing all sides can agree on over here is that the Taliban sucks.
Load More Replies... Deborah 11 months ago
I still remember feeing so sad when I learned about this. How much of history has been wiped out because somebody disagreed with the culture that made it?
Certainly not Dan 11 months ago
Most churches in the UK show similar, albeit smaller scale, vandalism. The puritans whitewashed the walls, pulled down the rood screens, defaced the statues. Ain’t nothing new under the sun. Makes me wonder how many amazing things have been lost to ideologies.
Load More Replies... LuisSD stuff 11 months ago
Taliban belongs in the Middle Ages and not in the 21st century. They corrupted the Koran.
StarCrossedFriday 11 months ago
That’s always the problem with religious texts, it’s all interpretation. Always reminds me of that Terry Pratchett quote: “Vimes shook his head. “That always chews me up,” he said. “People killing one another just because their gods have squabbled—” “Oh, they’ve got the same god, sir. Apparently it’s over a word in their holy book, sir. The Elharibians say it translates as ‘god’ and the Smalies say it’s ‘man.’” “How can you mix them up?” “Well, there’s only one tiny dot difference in the script, you see. And some people reckon it’s only a bit of fly dirt in any case.” “Centuries of war because a fly crapped in the wrong place?” “It could have been worse,” said Carrot. “If it had been slightly to the left the word would have been ‘liquorice.”
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 11 months ago
Reminds me of what the Spanish Christians did to the Native American religious cultures they encountered.
Libstak 11 months ago (edited)
Pagan idol, not allowed in their version of Islam. The statues were reputed to be nearly 10,000 years old. Respected and kept by every culture from then till the Taliban who respect nothing.
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Just Cosmo 11 months ago
Well, they did have tons of time on their hands.
Load More Replies... Lisa Tetlow 11 months ago
What a shame some people have no respect for historical monuments, etc. They might destroy artifacts and statues, but they cannot change history.
Oerff On Tour 11 months ago (edited)
FOR ALL THOSE WHO BLAIM THE TALIBAN: The statue was destroyed in 1992. Before the Taliban had any control of Afghanistan. The culprits were the Muhahedin (the clan that held Afghanistan, and kicked the Soviets out.) The taliban were formed 5 years later, sponsored by the CIA
nm (he/him) 11 months ago (edited)
We sorry for wrongly accusing one fanatic sect of Islam, while the culprit is another fanatic sect of Islam.
Load More Replies...Living in this day and age, we are extremely privileged. We all have the opportunity to create our own, personal photo archives in our phones and on our social media accounts. But because of that, we have a responsibility to share what we want future generations to be able to see. Have you ever considered the fact that your grandchildren may be able to hop onto Facebook and see photos of you at your high school prom? It’s probably a good idea to look at your pages and make a decision about what you really feel comfortable with others seeing.
#22
Pouring The Foundation Of The Eiffel Tower, 1887
Huddo's sister 11 months ago
Now this is an interesting picture that I haven't come across before!
#23
Bmw Isetta Microcar. Germany 1955
TotallyNOTAFox 11 months ago
None, we germans don't fool around and our humor is no laughing matter
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Grazina Strolia 11 months ago
My dad had one! If people parked too close to him, he and a couple buddies could lift the car out of the parking spot! It had no gas gauge: there were two tanks. If you felt it switch from the first tank to the second, you knew it was time to get gas.
#24
Bedouin Girl With Face Tattoos In Al-Karak, Jordan, 1907
Harry Gondalf 11 months ago
note that she's not wearing a veil. the fundamentalist idea of women being totally covered and masked is not repeat NOT representative of islam
We hope you’re enjoying this scroll through the past, pandas. Keep upvoting the pics that you find especially captivating, and let us know in the comments below what your favorite images from the past are. Then, you can find another Bored Panda list featuring this same subreddit right here!
#25
Three Successive Telegrams That My Great Grandma Saved (1944-45): That Her Youngest Child Is Mia After His B17 Was Shot Down Over France, That He Is A Pow Of The German Government, And Finally, That He Has Been Liberated By The Allies. 4th Photo Is Him With His Siblings ~1930 (In The Striped Suit)
LuisSD stuff 11 months ago
Any mother would have fainted after reading the first telegram. Thank goodness he made it out alive. So many didn't.
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Marine Private First-Class Jerry W. Garner Of Mississippi, 19, Wears The Helmet That Saved His Life When His Gun Team Assaulted An Enemy Position 10 Miles South Of Da Nang, 1969
giku T 11 months ago
america had no business in da nang,let alone calling them "the enemy". and these kids risked their lives for nothing!
Geoffrey Scott 11 months ago
Has not been a draft since for this reason. But they did what was demanded of them. To characterize their efforts as nothing insults their experience.
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Oerff On Tour 11 months ago (edited)
To comment on Oskar (who's downvoted for stating USA!): Those Americans who think their country is so great, this is ALSO what the US did. America has NOT always been so great and victorious. Then there's Grenada, the Bay of Pigs,and even Afghanistan didn't end well for them. Chauvinism has it's place, but don't forget your own history! Not all on BP are American, and they know American history better than Americans. (Here come the downvotes)
Uncle Schmickle 11 months ago
Lucky fellow. I agree with the comment below. The same applied to the Aussies who fought in Vietnam. "All the way with LBJ" ..... baloney.
Ajak 11 months ago
Oskar are you aware that in reality the USA has never won a war? They did not “win” the revolutionary war, France did, Britain recalled their troops to fight France in Europe. And the revolutionaries won only one major battle against British regular troops. America did not win WWI nor WWII as many misinformed Hollywood propaganda films would have you believe - USSR won the war when Hitler made the same tragic mistake Napoleon made. Most Europeans consider the Americans little more than cowards for waiting until the wars were at the end before joining in. America! Indeed! As much as I love America, I hate zealotry and jingoism and try to be objective and rational. Looking objectively, Americas record in battle is dismal!
Forrest Hobbs 11 months ago
Germany's invasion of the USSR might just have succeeded if the UK hadn't been involved - all those air attacks had a big effect; Germany had to divert a lot of its war effort to air defence and sea attack on the Western Front while suffering constant attrition to its industrial and military capacity. No single nation's effort won the Second World War. Also, I'm a European and I certainly don't consider the US cowardly for not getting involved in the two 20th century world wars until relatively late on. I mean, come on: Europeans fighting each other the other side of the Atlantic? And you want us to spend how much money and how many lives by picking a side and getting involved? I'm not a fan of the USA in all sorts of ways, but I am simply grateful that the US did in the end join in both the world wars, helping bring them to an end quicker than otherwise would have been the case - saving countless lives in the process.
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Inside A German Ub-110 Submarine (The Control Room). C. 1918
Paul Scheermeijer 11 months ago
The wheels on the sub goed round and round........... the doors on the sub goes open and...... oops
Janissary35680 11 months ago
I'm reminded of the gears scene from Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times"
Highfalutin Heron 11 months ago (edited)
One hopes these knobs were painted or otherwise distinguished when the sub was in a usable state.
Multa Nocte 11 months ago
Will it fly high like a bird up in the sky . . . .
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The Goodwin Family, All Eight Members Tragically Perished In The Sinking Of The Titanic, 1912
Huddo's sister 11 months ago
OP: From left to right: William Goodwin (13), Frederick Joseph Goodwin (42), Charles Edward Goodwin (14), Lillian Augusta Goodwin (16), Augusta Goodwin (43), Jessie Allis Mary Goodwin (12). Centre: Harold Victor Goodwin (10). Not pictured is the youngest member of the family, Sidney Leslie Goodwin (1).
Huddo's sister 11 months ago
Another Redditor also posted: They’re my cousins actually. The father pictured, was my great great grandfather’s first cousin. While my great great grandfather immigrated a year earlier, his family unfortunately followed.
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#29
Passengers Boarding The British Airship R101. (Cardington, England, In The 1920s.)
BrunoVI 11 months ago
Huh. "The loss of 48 lives was more than the 36 killed in the much better-known Hindenburg disaster of 1937, though fewer than the 52 killed in the French military Dixmude in 1923 and the 73 killed when the USS Akron crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey in 1933."
Oerff On Tour 11 months ago
The Hindenburg is more famous because it's demise was caught on camera and it was reported live as it happened
Load More Replies... Janissary35680 11 months ago (edited)
It is. The whole dirigible/airship for passengers thing was a textbook case of "Stupid Technology".
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 11 months ago
Wait R101? That sounds familiar. Ahh Yes it crashed a year later.
Forrest Hobbs 11 months ago
The R101 was the official Air Mininstry airship, in competition with the Vickers R100 which wasn’t burdened by the frankly daft requirements of the UK civil service. The R100 was a very good design - but since the Air Ministry design was no good, the R100 ended up scrapped.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R100
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#30
Chernobyl Disaster Liquidators On The Roof Of Reactor No. 3, 1986. Photo By Igor Kostin. The White Stripes At The Bottom Of The Photo Were Due To High Radiation Levels
#31
Miss Universe, Miss Germany And Miss Sweden In A 1957 Photo
#32
Tippi Hedren, Renowned For Her Role In The Birds, And Her Husband Noel Marshall Lived With Their Daughter Melanie Griffith And A 400-Pound Lion Named Neil. 1971
G A 11 months ago
They had many big cats at Shambala. I believe they still do. See the film 'Roar'.
MegDragon 11 months ago (edited)
The story of the making of that movie is a whole huge messy deal. Dozens of people were maimed and injured, lots of exotic animals got sick and died, the main cast nearly died multiple times, etc. Use of animals in filmmaking became more regulated after that.
Load More Replies... greenideas 11 months ago
This reminds me: whatever happened to that dentist who poached Cecil the lion?
Multa Nocte 11 months ago
"After Zimbabwean authorities named Mr Palmer as Cecil’s killer, protesters picketed his River Bluff Dental clinic in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Yelp had to remove thousands of abusive reviews targeting the dentist. Seven years on, the clinic continues to receive dozens of one star reviews on ratings site such as Yelp, RateMDs and Vitals.com."
Load More Replies... Greenmantle 11 months ago
That's bold of them. Yes it is a big cat, but a love bite could get very nasty very quickly.
Libstak 11 months ago
Males lions are generally lazy, it's the females that hunt. He was happy to be fed and laze around.
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#33
A 12-Year-Old Jodie Foster With Her Body Double And Sister, Connie, On The Set Of ‘Taxi Driver’, 1975
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 11 months ago
That's the point. Have you seen the movie?
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 11 months ago
Jody Foster's first movie was filmed in my hometown. 10 internet points if you know the name of this movie. It involves a lion.
Michael Largey 11 months ago
"Napoleon and Samantha" (1972) First theatrical movie. She had previously done two TV movies.
Load More Replies... ILoveMySon 11 months ago
Great movie! I recently read the "Are you talking to me?" was improved.
#34
A Western Tourist Who Paid To Take A Photo With A Samurai Armor On (1890). Probably The First Documented Weeb In History
#35
Two Girls Pose With Their Dead Mother, While A Victorian Father Mourns His Baby. The Woman On The Right's Cheeks Have Been Tinted While Her Deceased Toddler Remains Pale
Stacy s 11 months ago
It wasn't really a "fad" in the way people think today as someone commented. Most were not wealthy enough to have a portrait painted, and photographs were rare as well. So in many cases the only chance to perserve the likeness of a loved one is to take a picture at their death. (Esp true in the cas of children)
Huddo's sister 11 months ago
Also they didn't have the same aversion to dead people as many have today. Many western cultures today don't have 'wakes' where the deceased lies in their house for a certain number of day before the funeral. It is less common to even have a viewing of the body at all.
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Glad that fashion died out, although I expect 'influencers' would bring it back if they thought it would get 'likes'....
Greenmantle 11 months ago
They did it because photographs were very expensive, so to have these taken were a way to remember their dear lost ones. Just look at the expression on the father and tell me it'll become a fad.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 11 months ago
There is a fantastic black comedy called Dead Still about a photographer who took photos like these. Unfortunately only had one season.
#36
A Doll Dealer From London, 1920s
#37
Soviet Union Red Army Infantry Marching Through The Main Street Of Kiev, Ukraine, Following The Liberation Of The City From German Forces. 1943
General Anaesthesia 11 months ago
Probably wasn't really popular then, either, years after Stalin's Holodomor. "The Holodomor, also known as the Ukrainian Famine, was a human-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians."
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Jane Mansfield, Husband Mickey Hargitay And Family In Positano, Italy. (Early 1960s)
BrunoVI 11 months ago
I'm guessing that between them must be Mariska Hargitay of Law and Order: SVU
Hey Kat 11 months ago
Mariska was born until '64 so must be one of her half sisters
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#39
"Taking The School Bus In West Linn, Oregon, 1904."
Ace 11 months ago
Not really. The word 'bus' had been in common use for horse-drawn vehicles for decades before motor cars were developed.
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Mary Tonningsen 11 months ago
So it's NOT true that they had to walk miles to school, up hill both ways, every day??
#40
The Golden Arrow Was The Car That Set A Speed Record Of 372.46 Km/H, 1929
Ace 11 months ago
More info at https://nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/vehicle-collection/golden-arrow/ golden-arr...69b62a.jpg 
#41
In 1953, The 634-Foot-Long (193m), 70- Foot-Wide (22m) Marine Angel Transited The Chicago River
#42
Standing Under The Gallows Where He Will Be Hanged In A Few Short Moments, Stjepan Filipovic, Leader Of A Group Of Partisans, Calls Upon The People To Fight The Traitors Of Their Homeland. Valjevo, Serbia, May 22nd, 1942
LuisSD stuff 11 months ago
After the WWII, the revenge killings happened to those who collaborated with the Germans.
Apatheist Account2 11 months ago
One of the reasons I struggled with the word "collaborate" at work. Not good connotations.
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A Ford Model A Pick Up Waits For A Train To Pass At A Railroad Crossing, 1930
Robin Roper 11 months ago
August 1917. my great-grandfather was killed by a train when his model T truck stalled on the tracks. No one knows why he didn't abandon the vehicle. My great-grandmother had already died and his left 4 children orphans, including my grandfather, age 11.
#44
Photographer Margaret Bourke-White Taking A Photo From The Top Of A Building In 1935
Michael Largey 11 months ago
Always the question - "OK, but who took this picture, and where were they standing?"
General Anaesthesia 11 months ago
Fake photo. The only building taller than the Chrysler building in the '30s was the Empire State building, and she's definitely not sitting on that. She also wore trousers for her climbs. https://www.threads.net/@fakehistoryhunter/post/DAEAn5ot__J
Huddo's sister 11 months ago
I think I would be able to do this. You focus on what you see through the lens, not where you are.
General Anaesthesia 11 months ago
First you have to get to where you are.
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#45
"Train Your Moustache" - An 1891 Advertisement From The Strand Magazine
Janissary35680 11 months ago
Sweeny Tood's shop in Fleet Street was at 186, just a 10-minute walk away.
Dachbert Dach 11 months ago
Fleet Street ... Sweeny Todd was looking for 'customers' I guess. 😅😋
#46
Early Photographs Show The Mickey Mouse Club From The 1930s
Michael Largey 11 months ago
:Hey there, hi there, ho there, you're as welcome as can be. M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!."
Janissary35680 11 months ago
Everyone sing in a menacing dirge tempo: Who's... the leader... of the club... that's made... for you... and me?
#47
Farah Pahlavi, Former Empress Of Iran (1959–1979), Celebrated For Her Elegant Style That Blended Persian Heritage With Western Influences
Nils Skirnir 11 months ago
The Shah and family stole a heckuva lot more than that. Murderous, thieving bastard. Installed by CIA and democratic republic destroyed
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#48
A Klm Flight In 1950
Ace 11 months ago
No, it most certainly was not. All air travel was horrendously expensive by modern standards.
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#49
A Bicycle-Powered Gas Station In An Area Left Without Electricity After A Connecticut Hurricane, 1938
Paul Scheermeijer 11 months ago
Irony. Bike powered gas station for cars. Would have taken a car. Put it on blocks, and let it idle in gear.
Glen Ellyn 11 months ago
Not if fuel was in short supply after that hurricane.
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Venice Beach California Is 1976
#51
George And Willie Muse, Two African American Brothers Who Were Kidnapped As Children In 1899 And Forced To Perform As Sideshow Attractions Because They Were Albinos
Robin Roper 11 months ago
Read the book "Truevine" by Beth Macy. According to the Macy, it's unclear if they had actually been kidnapped or contracted to work in the circus by their mother. The reality is two albino black boys may had a better life in the circus, even being exploited, than they would have had working in the fields of southwest Virginia. It's a compelling read.
#52
Men Traveling On A Harley-Davidson Motorcycle With Sidecar In Liège, Belgium, 1925
Huddo's sister 11 months ago
This is where the inspiration for Steampunk comes from. Things were just styled so uniquely during this time period.
#53
Soldiers Join Locals For The Fall Grape Harvest In Riquewihr, France, 1939
Huddo's sister 11 months ago
My grandparents and great grandparents+ were farmers, primarily vineyards and citrus. I have photos of them and some of the tools they used etc, as well as 6 months I spent living on a vineyard really help me understand what life was like for them and I find it so interesting.
#54
Eye Clinic In Tainan, Taiwan, 1962
#55
Street Trading Of Debris From The Berlin Wall In West Berlin. 1990
General Anaesthesia 11 months ago
Pieced together again, you could build a life-size replica of the Great Wall of China.
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Teen Girls Having Fun At A Pajama Party In The 1950s
Huddo's sister 11 months ago
I can't tell if it's that, or a bunch of flowers, or a teddy bear.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 11 months ago
You haven't had sleepovers? They were such a big part of my teen years, my friends still talk about them. My oldest friend recently hosted one for her daughter's birthday and said she couldn't live up to my mum's skill/patience making pancakes in the shape of people's initials in the morning.
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Giant Inflatable 'Pinocchio' From The 13th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade In New York City, 1937
Michael Largey 11 months ago (edited)
Pinocchio as pictured during his short career as a Fox News broadcaster.
#58
The Remains Of The Kindergarten Classroom After The Chernobyl Disaster 1986
Carl Roberts 11 months ago (edited)
Context. The disaster caused no physical damage to the surrounding towns. This photo shows a classroom in Pripyat, Ukraine after nearly 40 years of being abandoned
Wingsofwrath 11 months ago
And after countless photographers went through and interacted with the environment in order to get better shots - that doll's head was obvioulsly placed there at some point by someone, I don't think that's how it was left.
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An 11-Year-Old Girl In Ghor Province, Afghanistan Sits Beside Her Fiancé, Estimated To Be In His Late 40s, At Their Engagement Ceremony Shortly Before The Couple’s Marriage In 2005
#60
A Man In A Cangue In Shanghai, Circa 1870. The Cangue Was A Device That Was Used For Public Humiliation And Corporal Punishment In East Asia Until The Early 20th Century
Kira Okah 11 months ago (edited)
The writing doesn't say what he did, it reads "上海縣正堂，封" "By the Shanghai county main office (the Magistrate?), sealed". Seems to be the same on both sides, though I can't see what that is between the last two characters on the prisoner's left side of the board.
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Kira Okah 11 months ago (edited)
Stocks and pillories had support, carrying the weight of the board is part of the punishment of the cangue.
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Frenchmen Trying Coca-Cola For The First Time, 1950
G A 11 months ago
Really find that doubtful given how long it had been around. Probably just looking scornful because....well, French.
Wingsofwrath 11 months ago (edited)
Oh, I'm sure they knew it existed, it's just they never tried it until the photograher asked them to, because they're French... I mean just look at their faces - that is the expression of someone who'll stick to their wine instead of this newfangled American swill, merci beaucoup...
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"This iconic beverage unveils an effervescent bouquet of caramel and vanilla, with subtle notes of zesty citrus and a hint of exotic spices. On the palate, it presents a harmonious blend of sweetness and acidity, with layers of rich caramelization and a refreshing, crisp finish. Each sip is a delightful dance of flavors, encapsulating the essence of timeless indulgence." (Note to CC: Call me. I work cheap.)
Tucker Cahooter 11 months ago
I can't look at this without thinking of the snooty waiter in "National Lampoon's European Vacation" referring to it as "American Champagne" when Chevy Chase asks for it
#62
Three United Airlines Stewardesses. Check Out The Specifications For Their Profession. 1948
#63
Valentine Tapley, Vowed In 1860 To Never Cut His Beard Again If Abraham Lincoln Was Elected President. Here He Is,in 1896
#64
Mars Selection Box From Christmas 1971 Containing A Mars Bar, Twix, Treets, Milky Way, Marathon, Spangles And Treets
G A 11 months ago
I shall be getting one of these tomorrow. Xmas tradition in my family. I'm in my 50s and I'd rather have this than anything. Takes me back to being a kid.
Who am I, where am I 11 months ago
Do you get 2 Treets as the title says?
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#65
Psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich Declared The Existence Of A Universal Healing And Revitalizing Force, Called Orgone, And Created Devices, Such As This Booth, To Capture And Administer It. He Was Fined And Eventually Jailed In 1957
Ace 11 months ago
Quite popular with some prominent men, who secretly knew it was nonsense but would keep their wives out of their hair for hours at a time. Allegedly.
Michael Largey 11 months ago
Canasta was invented for the same reason and was cheaper.
Load More Replies... Who am I, where am I 11 months ago
You think he'd come up with a doorstop too. Using the books is tacky, IMO
#66
Hydrogen Bomb Explosion Crater. USA, Nevada 1967
MountainEVr Hightower 11 months ago
As far as I can determine no Hydrogen (Fusion) bombs were detonated in Nevada.
#67
Krispy Kreme In The 1960s
Carl Roberts 11 months ago
Krispy Kreme then: cheap fresh donuts. Krispy Kreme now: the most expensive, overpriced donuts on the planet
Who am I, where am I 11 months ago
I bet they go nicely with Starbucks coffee, most expensive, overpriced coffee on the planet
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 11 months ago
I had no idea they had been around that long. We only got them in Australia in the mid 00s, I assumed they started in the 80s at most.
#68
A Man And A Lion Share A Look At The Woodland Park Zoo Feline House. Seattle, 1951
Huddo's sister 11 months ago
I was wondering that. The Melbourne Zoo still has one of their original cages on display (empty now of course) and it makes me sad whenever I see it, despite the beautiful ironwork on it.
Load More Replies... Janissary35680 11 months ago
Ever heard of the NYC Automat? Essentially the same concept applied to live critters.
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In 1994, 26-Year-Old Model Anna Nicole Smith Married 89-Year-Old Billionaire Oil Tycoon J. Howard Marshall II. Despite Their 63-Year Age Difference, Smith Claimed Their Relationship Was Built On Genuine Love
Michael Largey 11 months ago (edited)
Marshall's family: "In this situation, the strain of intense sexual pleasure might result in death on the wedding night!" Marshall: "if she dies, she dies."
Ben Stubbs 11 months ago
Mrs Merton (parody interview hostess) to Debbie McGee - "So what attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?" A UK cultural moment
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