Learning about history is a continuously interesting, never-ending adventure. What makes it even more exciting is exploring the past through authentic photographs. These historical photos, coupled with the fascinating stories behind them, allow us to take an intimate glimpse into the lives of people long gone. They provide a tangible link that connects us to these unfamiliar faces and teaches us about their dreams, fears, and brave decisions that changed the course of history.

Our team here at Bored Panda absolutely adores discovering golden nuggets about the old days, and we’re thrilled to bring you plenty of vintage photos that correspond with them. Today’s post will serve as a captivating archive of some rarely seen photos filled with unstaged and genuine scenarios from the past.

So, let’s take a look at some historical moments—both big and small—that may just help us see the world in a different light. Continue scrolling, upvote your favorite rare pictures, and tell us in the comments which ones you love the most and why. Then, if you’re interested in broadening your mental horizons even further, check out our earlier piece about historical photos that might change your perspective.

#1

In 1969, When Black Americans Were Still Prevented From Swimming Alongside Whites, Mr. Rogers Decided To Invite Officer Clemmons To Join Him And Cool His Feet In A Pool

Cop and a man sitting on chair with their feet in a mini pool

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Vector
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

RIP Mr Rogers ♥️♥️

bottomless.abyss.of.bordem
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Racists aren't born. They are made. Mr. Rogers did much to combat that ignorance.

birdhouse
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This man has done so much more than people know. A truly selfless and brave man.

Kathy Rayborn
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Officer Clemons was also gay, which Fred Rogers did not shy away from in 1969. He dried his feet for him❤️

Ann McNeil
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fred Rogers accepted him being gay personally, but would not let him be gay in the show due to the scandal it would cause. He even told him to stop wearing the earring he had started to wear. Mr. Rogers also suggested he get married, so he did, but it didn't last. As more and more gay men came out, Mr. Rogers changed his attitude, and advised Mr. Clemmons to find a stable relationship. And Mr. Rogers didn't dry his feet for him- he gave him his towel to dry with, then used the same towel to dry his own feet, which broke another colour barrier. He was a very gentle man, and Tom Hanks did a wonderful job in portraying him- if you've never seen "Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood", I would highly recommend it.

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Christie Schmitz
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The world needs more people like Mr. Rogers

Vicky De Raedemaeker
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So sad i didn't know this nice guy. Would have loved to know/meet him when I was a kid

Linda HS
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love him! We need more Mr. Rogers these days!

Jim Takahashi
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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    #2

    On February 8th, 1943, Nazis Hung 17-Year-Old Lepa Radić For Being A Yugoslavian Partisan During World War II. When They Asked Her The Names Of Her Companions, She Replied: “You Will Know Them When They Come To Avenge Me."

    Person adjusting a rope on a woman's neck near a tree

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    UpQuarkDownQuark
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How the f*** do you hang a 17-year-old girl and think to yourself, “I am on the right side, and history will remember me well.”

    Guido Diegoli
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They also executed a 14-years-old that did nothing but speak his mind: Helmut Hübener. War is atrocious and the violence that comes with it is repelling. Still, the human race seems to struggle to understand it.

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    Paul Ellis
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    Louise B
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope they learnt those names very well. I wonder if he felt like a big man after murdering that pior brave girl.

    norabest321
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those soldiers were so brainwashed. They did what they were told regardless of whether it made them monsters. Kind of like being told to go storm a country's capitol building bc some charismatic would be despot told them it was their duty....

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    DeB.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The bravery of this child! Amazing!

    Zitronella
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What I can't believe at all is how calmly she's standing there. I would scream, cry, tremble, thrash about. but she stands there and knows that she is dying now and stays calm. incomprehensible.

    Paul Ellis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the Slav partisans were amongst the fighters most feared by the Nazis. Not only brave and resourceful but also equally brutal when the needed to be.

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    #3

    One Of The Earliest Photos Showing A Native American With A Wolf - Unlike The Myths Created About Wolves By Settlers, Indians Maintained A Close And Respectful Relationship With Wolves

    Man and a wolf near a tent in the forest

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    Billy Harrelson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, c'mon, how do people think we got the dog?

    ask
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uh, dogs were domesticated 10s of thousands of years ago. Not by the Native Americans.

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    Unknown
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another made up story to fear monger. Showing the natives as "savages" with "vicious animals". Made it easier to justify wiping out nations of people and packs/heards of animals needed by these peoples to survive.

    Boodah Jones
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same way they see black people with pit bulls in modern times

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    Miss Frankfurter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It may be a dog in this photo, but I spent a few summers on the rez visiting my babysitter’s parents and rest of her family. Her parents became my grandparents. The uncle of the kids up the road actually did have a wolf. Amazing to be so close to such a majestic animal. Very friendly and sweet.

    Mosheh Wolf
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not a wolf. That a domesticated dog. Humans crossed the Bering Straits with dogs, and dogs have been part of Indigenous American culture from the beginning.

    Paul Ellis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go on, show us him dancing with that good boi.

    Elea Bell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, European wolves and American wolves behave very differently.

    Kathy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This may well explain why the European settlers who encountered wolves in the Americas feared them so much, they were used to a different breed of wolf with a very different temperament.

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    Scarlett King
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m a Native American and I love being one

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    The best thing about stumbling across historical pictures like these is how much they spark our interest. Many of us immediately feel the urge to do a few Google searches, quickly click on hyperlinks, and dive headfirst into the world of knowledge, all to learn more about these past eras, long-gone events, and people who created something out of them.

    It’s amazing how old photos can lead to hours of research about something you might not even have known existed before. By exploring historical events through old photographs, you have a chance to interpret and enhance your perception of the world in a visual way. You’re suddenly presented with new information about how individuals lived back then and how their actions molded our society.

    #4

    Harlem Grocer Standing In Front Of His Store, 1937

    Man with an apron standing near a small grocery store

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    Eastendbird
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know why I like this picture so much, maybe it's the casual pride of ownership in his stance.

    Eric Mac Fadden
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because it is so organized... OMG so satisfying...

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    Alex Smith
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the name Our Own Community. How welcoming.

    Paula G
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It reminds me of Mister Hooper’s store with those tiles

    Wubba Lubba Dub Dub
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And in glass bottles 😍 the best way to drink that and coca cola *drool*

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    Linda Bianco
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is proud and he should be, quite an accomplishment for this young man.

    Will Cable
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm curious to know.....Is the store still standing and what does it look like today?

    ShellsBells
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The store is no longer there, unfortunately. I could only find a pic from 2009 and it had a metal roll down/warehouse door and the checkered tile is gone. I did do a Google Street View from last year and it looks worse than it did in 2009. The space looks a little worn down and there is a store called Sarah Ventures Inc, but no sign. The pillar (?) on the right that separates this store from the next is still there. It does look like they are doing a lot of work on this block, with scaffolding on half of the block. Let's hope Sarah Ventures can update the storefront to its former glory! Edit: If you would like to look on street view, the address is 653 Malcolm X Blvd, New York

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    norabest321
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope he retired happy and stable and never saw that shop fall into disrepair and neglect.

    Nancy Bourque
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That man put his whole heart and soul into this. One only needs to see his smile to know the pride he feels.

    Moon Cheese
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks so proud..pleased. Great photo, I love the smile ☺️

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    #5

    Three Lads Play To The Camera, Jamaica

    Three young and happy boys standing near a fence

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    Uncanny
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So much cool in one photo!

    Paul Ellis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Natural cool!! They instinctively understand 'attitude'!!

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    NOLAHusker
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bro in the middle got Notorious B.I.G. vibes.

    Charlie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Correction!; Notorious B.I.G. have serious "Bro in the middle" vibes! 😜

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    Tamra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG, they're adorable.

    Mabelbabel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The littlest one MUST have grown up to be James Brown-he's the spitting image of him, smile, hair, everything!

    Brandon Marlowe
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was just about to say that! Take my upvote.

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    Linda Bianco
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just kids being kids when no one tells them what to be

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    #6

    Jewish Prisoners After Being Liberated From A Death Train, 1945

    Multiple people coming out of a train wagon

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    Eastendbird
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder what happened to them after this?

    Bryn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a whole book about them: https://teachinghistorymatters-com.translate.goog/holocaust-survivors-liberators-reunited/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

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    Disgruntled Pelican
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The emotion in their eyes is overwhelming. I can't even imagine what they experienced prior to this moment.

    Moo Moo Futch
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My eyes are always drawn to the young man with his arms wide open and a smile.

    GP Ganesan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is the power of a photograph. one can instantly feel the emotions and relate to the place and condition

    Oshioriamhe
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even children! How low were these nazis!

    Eline
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the terror and sadness are still on their faces. The humans are really good at hurting each other.....

    Danish Susanne
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if the sadness comes from not knowing where their men are.

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    catherine todd
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What an incredible photo, 5 years before I was born; 3 years before my older sister was born. Hard to believe but the Nazis are still alive and well. This is one time WAR is absolutely necessary and required. VOTE BLUE!

    Michael Meadows
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vote Blue Catherine? Your post is 10mo old. and the blue is going down the tubes and I can't wait.

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    Linda Bianco
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This breaks my heart to know what would have been their fate 💔

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    “Photography can definitely be a powerful tool in understanding history,” Jo Romero, a writer, sketcher, and founder of the blog Love British History, previously told Bored Panda. “It gives us that link between us and people in the past—we can look into the person’s eyes in a photograph and it creates that human connection between us.”

    #7

    The Boy And His Car, 1930s. Little Man's Got Style

    Small boy sitting in a small car in a driveway

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    James Peters
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kid's got a sweet pedal car and boots to match! What a badass!

    Cat Momma
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not even models can bring that "i am casually confident and i know it" vibes like this little man!

    Sarah Grace Bennett
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it was then that little George decided he would travel across the world

    pat hayes
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    look at the boots!....epic!

    Mokayokok
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am the Epitome of an anti child person, minus my daughter, but even I have to admit he's adorable.

    Moon Cheese
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s a sweet ride! Nice boots kid 😌

    Melvetta Bowles
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In those days if you have clothes you can outside dress to impress

    Xenon
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rocking the outfit with the boots!

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    #8

    Japanese Couple Taking A Mirror Selfie, 1920s

    A couple taking a mirror selfie with a camera

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    Artsy Bookworm
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seen this photo before on BP. I love this picture so sweet and adorable

    Rost it
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    all of these have been posted before. this one a few times.

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    araT Backwards
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need this to be a Pixar short.

    Paul Ellis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now, THAT's being ahead of your time!

    Hobby Hopper
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This picture reminds me of Jiro Horikoshi. Studio Ghibli made a movie about him, The Wind Rises.

    spirit wolf
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that's what I always thought too and I looked up images of the real Jiro and he looks uncannily like this gentleman in the picture. Is it him?

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    Grant Barke
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least they have their clothes on.

    Nines Rodriguez
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Japanese people. Always progressive regarding technology and how to use it...

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    #9

    Mother And Daughter Taking A Walk In New York City, 1970

    Mom and a daughter with afro hairstyle in a park

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    Charlie Birkner
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Finally more students are coming to my school letting their hair grow out like this. It's beautiful indeed

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    LoneTomato
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG they are stunning! You can tell style runs in the family!

    AnonymousApple
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I honest to god don't know if this is a rude or ignorant thing to say, but I have always loved black hair (I'm white). I think the Afro is one of the most amazing hairstyles ever. I knew an African hair braider who just did amazingly artistic things with hair. We white people, man... we severely lack in coolness.

    Natasha
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow I love the mom’s jacket!

    Caroline Kimber
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a beautiful family....everything from the hair, to their coats. Love it :)

    Emma S
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those are some very impressive afros.

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    “From a photograph too, we can see body languages and poses within a group of people or the way a scene is laid out, and this is much more than we could ascertain from reading a book,” Jo added. “Photographs help make history seem more real. They’re like a viewfinder into the past!”

    And we can’t help but agree. Of course, oral traditions, artifact collection, and volumes of manuscripts and documents are essential sources of information for historical periods. But there’s something about old photographs that enhances our understanding of history. With each and every closing of the camera shutter, a moment is recorded and frozen in the past, and uncovering these gems makes them seem even more real.

    #10

    Bobbi Gibb, First Woman To Run The Boston Marathon In 1966, She Ran Without A Number Because Women Were Not Allowed Into The Race

    Man with a blanket sitting in an armchair

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    Rick Funk
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On April 19, 1966, Roberta "Bobbi" Gibb became the first woman to run and finish the Boston Marathon. In a field of 500 male runners, she was the 125th to cross the finish line, shattering the long-held belief that women could not compete in endurance sports.

    Tamra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd love to know the "reasoning" behind not allowing women to race. Actually, I'd love to know how men thought they had a right to deny such a thing in the first place.

    Mrs. Jan Glass
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They were worried our uteruses would fall out, and we wouldn't be able to breed. Same "reason" why they tried to keep us out of everyplace from trains to rockets to the workforce in general.

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    Andy Frobig
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And even after that, it was 1984 before women could run the marathon at the Olympics. Speaking as a man, we suck.

    Kathy Rayborn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Joan Benoit Samuelson!! I cried when she crossed the finish line. So proud of our ladies who run!

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    Emma S
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because heaven forbid women be good at something other than looking after a man or having children.

    Mrs. Jan Glass
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A half-dozen men chased her down and physically assaulted her to try to prevent her from running.

    Tiny Dancer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That famous picture of the angry men grabbing at the female runner was taken the following year when Kathrine Switzer became the first official Boston Marathon female runner. This woman, Bobbi Gibb, did not have a bib (with your race number on it), she literally hid in some bushes and joined the racers after they ran by! Cool background story with the 73-year-old Bobbi: https://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/feature/story/_/id/15190954/50-years-later-paying-tribute-bobbi-gibb-first-woman-run-boston-marathon

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    L hill
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe extreme, but seems like we are going back to when this is acceptable again, which I will not accept.

    Helen X
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are a lot of places on earth where this -and far worse- is still the case.

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    Paul Ellis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The absolute pinnacle of sexism. Who were the misogynists who dreamed up that piece of prejudice.

    Andrew Salisbury
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s a ridiculous discrimination to be sure. But the pinnacle of sexism, it is not. Dowry payments, honor killings, sexual slavery. Those are much, much worse.

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    Patricia Stilwell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have seen pictures of men trying to push her off the course. 'And yet she persisted.' Here's to all the unsung Trail Blazers. Sisters, we are proud and grateful.

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    #11

    " Please, God, Please, Don't Let Me Be Normal". Sigourney Weaver's High School Yearbook Picture.1967

    Persons High School Yearbook Picture

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    Susan S
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sigourney was ahead of her time

    DC
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew a girl when I was ... about 12...14, who was of the same age as me, roughly (+/- a year or so) who then looked EXACTLY like she does here. With a shidloat of luck, I still could have a photograph of her looking so, even in a similar pose ... but I doubt I'll find it anytime soon, after reviewing my basement that still has unopened boxes from my Dad, stored there since 1985, and about a layer of 1+ meter of debris, treasures and dead spiders, ... I just doubt I still have it, but would never have thrown it away (she moved away some time then, not long after, and I had a crush on her for like forever ... she knew all the time, told me when we met one of the last times ... never was THAT redfaced before or after...).

    Aunt Riarch
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like the downvote goblins are out again DC, have a complimentary upvote

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    Fraxinus excelsior
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought her surname was Webber?

    Otakupanda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am in the 7th grade and I have not learned about her could someone explain who she is

    Lamarianjc
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her role in Alien is iconic. First time we see a woman being so badass as a lead character, in a sci-fi/horror fiction nonetheless! Think we are talking about the 80’s!

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    King Joffrey
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I recognised her straight away but then I've had a crush on her since I was a child in the 80s and despite the fact she's some 10 years older than my mother. She's still very beautiful to this day.

    Pamela Hutchison
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She sórt of reminds me of Christina Ricci, a little bit...Its those big eyes...I think if she smiled with her mouth open shed look more like herself and less like Ms Ricci..but I'm getting a Wednesday from the 1990s addams family movies vibe...anyone else see it?

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    #12

    22-Year-Old Wasp Pilot Shirley Slade In Her Flying Helmet, Goggles, And Gloves, 1943

    A pilot smoking a cigarette

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    General Anaesthesia
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wasp = Women Airforce Service Pilots

    Aria Whitaker
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks! Here in the States, that term normally means "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant"...so I was very confused and wondering what her ethnicity had to do with the photo!! This helps, thanks again! Oh, and beautiful lady, btw! lol

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    Emma Brown
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    F##k the kardashians.....these are the real women young people should be looking up to.

    Otakupanda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I barely even know who they are and I'm in middle school and from the looks of it I don't want to know who they are

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    Louise B
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this is the best picture I've ever seen. She looks like she could single handedly beat the Nazis without dropping her ash, or spilling her gin.

    Justme
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the story when a WASP was trying to radio the tower for landing, they yelled at her to get off the radio as their was a Mustang trying to land. She finally was able to interrupt and say I AM the Mustang.

    Christina B
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahaha I noticed those right away too! Stunning!

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    Mabelbabel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They were civilians, and paid as civil servants rather than having any military rank or standing. They were mostly used during testing aircraft, ferrying planes to different airfields round the country and training other pilots-this freed up male pilots for combat duties.

    Jeffrey Diehl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And unceremoniously discharged at the end of the war. Not so much as a thank you until 30 years later.

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    Sally Barry
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    there are so many untold stories about badazzz women in WWII. Pilots in particular, you never hear about the night witches.

    Simon Bolivar
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To quote the Etta James song: "Damn, Your Eyes."

    Paul Ellis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those eyes scream: "Don't you dare f**k with me"

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    “We have so much we can learn from the visual evidence that we have, whether that’s a portrait of a person or a snapshot captured of a group or scene,” the blogger pointed out that history is an extremely varied topic. Jo added that visual media helps make the past seem more accessible and that we can see old photos like we see historical artifacts. “They add interest and give us context.”

    According to Jo, it’s one thing to read about your great-great-grandfather on a page, but seeing a photograph of him and looking into his eyes is completely different. She believes that “photos of people or scenes evoke a much stronger emotional reaction, and it’s great that they can be used alongside written sources for context. Not everyone wants to learn just by reading, and using different visual sources can help keep our interest and curiosity up and make the topic a lot more engaging.”

    #13

    Photograph Showing Inventor Charles S.l Baker And His Assistant Demonstrating Heating/Radiator System. 1906

    Two men posing near a radiator heating system

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    M O'Connell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The actual heat source was mechanical friction inside the cylinder. The concept was that any mechanical power could be used to generate heat (waterwheel, windmill, compressed air, anything) as opposed to just burning fuel.

    Colin Timp
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll bet the patent was purchased by a heating oil or coal company so it would never see the light of day.

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    Douglas Tucker
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take a moment and Google "Black Inventors" and you will be enlighten with the knowledge that various household items, life saving medical advances and many items that touch your daily lives have been credited (finally) to inventors who happen to be smart and Black. This information is available to everyone including all readers, commentors and the occasional comedians of Bored Panda.

    Louise B
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yet the only thing black people get credited with inventing is peanut butter. Even that is part of a highly effective cure for malnutrition..

    Aria Whitaker
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In America for a long while, when Blacks invented something, they had to have a White "sponsor" for their patent. Some were outright denied patents altogether. So many inventions that are credited to a White American...were actually Black inventions that simply were patented under a white name....we are just now starting to really uncover just how many there actually were. Good reading on the topic: https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-history-month-inventions-black-slaves-denied-patents/

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    Michał Głazik
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    but they can't swim with everyone in their country... what a shame for US

    John
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Michal, that is really not the case anymore. Not since the civil rights act. Saying this, I'm sure there are still places in the South where they probably wouldn't want to swim, as there are still a bunch of white racist in this country.

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    Kimberly Gross
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I LOVE whoever invented any kind of heat!!!!!

    Melvetta Bowles
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't ❤️ know Africa America invented this WOW

    Yubo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They need to be on a t-shirt!

    Pamela Hutchison
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Holy Cow...and the smell of these thermostats! Especially when theyre first used in the fall...I must say, after living in florida for years then moving back up to Maryland....the cozy smell of a thermostat heater on a cold day is more than just reminiscent of my childhood. Its a feeling and a smell that's unlike anything else...and it's one you just can't conjure in your memory...no matter how many times youve smelled it. Wow..I wouldn't know winter without heating devices being a major part of it. Most places dont use them anymore, but many old homes and buildings still do or else they have a similar pipe system used to heat the water in a building...the smell hits you as you enter through the front door...instantly taking the chill away...providing an at home comfort even before you get your coat and shoes off. That scent followed me from a small town into the city and exists everywhere these type of heaters do...warming the minds hearth of every individual with each inhale.

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    #14

    A Jewish Hanukkah Menorah Defies The Nazi Swastika, 1931

    A Jewish candle on a windowsill with a view throught window

    On Hanukkah 1932, just one month before Hitler came to power, Rachel Posner, wife of Rabbi Dr. Akiva Posner, took this photo of the family Hanukkah menorah from the window ledge of the family home looking out on to the building across the road decorated with Nazi flags.

    On the back of the photograph, Rachel Posner wrote in German (translated here): Chanukah 5692 (1932)
    "Death to Judah"
    So the flag says
    "Judah will live forever"
    So the light answers. -.

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    Mendy Konikov
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The family still has the Menorah, it is put on display every year at the Yad V'Shem Holocaust Memorial center in Israel.

    Tamra
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was damned brave.

    Paul Ellis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the very worst periods in human history.

    Katy McMouse
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What does 5692 mean?

    Natalie Cilla
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Hebrew calendar counts years differently than the Christian one. Year 1932 (Christian) is year 5692 (Hebrew).

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    Linda Bianco
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The display of strength in honoring their faith is admirable.

    Aunt Riarch
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not for long, I'm sadly guessing

    Charlie
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They left Germany, I'm relieved to say. The Family went for Israel. Had to google..

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    Amanda Hunter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If the Orange bafoon gets back into power in the US, this sort of thing will be back.

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    #15

    Bride Leaving Her Recently Bombed Home To Get Married, London, Nov 4, 1940

    Bride exiting a bombed building on her wedding

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    Sarah Stalder
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, I looked it up, since, as an American, I primarily was taught that America ended the war in 1945. This woman was incredibly brave, and must have married during a brief lull in bombing. The Blitzkreig started on September 7th, 1940, with the Nazis bombed London for 57 days in a row. That means on November 3rd, it was still happening. The bombing continued until May, 1941. Yes, I looked it up because I was curious.

    Aunt Riarch
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And her dad with his first world war medals

    Emma S
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell me you're British, without telling me you're British. 😆

    Helen Downey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A Ukrainian woman did similar recently I believe

    Felix Grace
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh, she looks so happy and beautiful. I hope, even during that war, her marriage was amazing

    david smith
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and we paid off our debts for the war loans - last payments in 2006 to the US and Canada 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸 Always stronger together

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    elemental
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lol her mom/sister cheering her on from their bombed out window... goddamn, that british stoicism

    Linda Bianco
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The best revenge is to keep on keeping on.

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    As Anna Pegler-Gordon, an associate professor at the University of Michigan, explained in a piece called Seeing Images in History, we rarely spend time exploring pictures that illustrate history. Most of the time, we focus on the written content “because of the way that images are presented in many historical texts and also because of the way that historians are trained to view images—as illustrations of written history rather than sources of history themselves.”

    But this seems to be changing, as Pegler-Gordon mentioned evidence of a “visual turn” in learning and teaching the subject in the last few years. It looks like more academics and historians now give more attention to visual images. 

    By using history pictures to teach, the professor noticed that students often see media as more accessible than written records. “Students themselves mention that images make the past seem more accessible, giving concrete shape to a world that sometimes seems intangible,” she added.

    #16

    The Real Meaning Of "Keep Calm And Carry On." Milkman During The London Blitz 1940

    Milkman walking on a street full of building debris on the street

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    Uncanny
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A vital job.People needed that milk for their restorative cups of tea after a less than ideal night.

    Eunice Probert
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Absolutely! That's what you need when your house has been bombed, a really strong, hot cup of tea.

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    Jrog
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Historical photo, but staged as a photo op to keep up the morale during the Blitz. It was taken on October 9th 1940, after a night time bombing in London by Fred Morley, a photographer who was pissed with his photos being censored by the Ministry of War. Bombardment photos were routinely censored to avoid damaging people's morale and to avoid giving feedback to the Germans about the real damages, so Morley tried to bypass the censorship by staging an uplifting photo that could be approved while still doing some photo reporting. The "milkman" is actually Morley's assistant. The bottles and outfit were borrowed from an actual milkman. The firemen were recruited from nearby brigades at work mitigating damages. The trick worked, and the image was published on newspapers and went on to become iconic.

    Shane S
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Beat me to it. I learned this after watching Blitz Spirit with Dr Lucy Worsley. She’s so awesome.

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    Linda Bianco
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This man is carrying out his job to feed his family I’m sure. And they say mailmen deliver in any conditions!

    Emma S
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing gets in the way of us Brits and our tea. 😆 One thing I struggle with going abroad is not getting milk in my tea.

    Melvetta Bowles
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    During rain, sleet, snow, hot weather, &.of course bombings. People still need milk now wave your flag so I know where you at

    Pamela Hutchison
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dont trip! Could you imagine if he broke the bottles? Itd truely be a reason to cry over spilt milk!

    Thomas Ewing
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is he carrying crumpets with that delivery? Nice hairstyle.

    Paul Ellis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...and his night job was manning an AA battery.

    david smith
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe but his day job was as that photographers assistant !

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    #17

    Hippie Dad Walking With His Daughter. Amsterdam, 1968

    Hippie looking man walking with his daughter on the street

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    Sarah Grace Bennett
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This little girl boss is absolutely strutting her stuff! Slay, tiny queen!

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    araT Backwards
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That knitted duster is lovely!!

    Mrs. Jan Glass
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right? I would wear every single garment, adult version, today, too!

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    glowworm2
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn, dad is handsome. Cute girl too.

    Mrs. Jan Glass
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cigarette at face-level. Ah, yeah, we kids had fun back then!

    tabitha knipp
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know that girl grew up cool as a cucumber lol

    Jeanie F-L
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Holy cow, batman! She is too adorable! Her face clearly says "nah, I got this dad!"

    Heidi Bean
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Us hippies were right, about everything! Make love, not war. Legalize drugs, & flower power! (Save the bees, whales, etc.)

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    #18

    Luzon Woman, 1875

    Luzon Woman posing dressed with unique clothes

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    AmAndA_Panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen this photo so many times. And I stop and look every time. Timeless beauty.

    Nitka Tsar
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've senn this photo a dozen times now. And I think every time they say she was from somewhere else

    Chris Yuen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She is from the largest island in the Philipines called Luzon around 1900

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    Helen Davies
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmmm... Needs a little lip filler, maybe a nose job... I'm kidding! Stop throwing stuff!

    Laura Ford-Everett
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG look at her . She is incredibly beautiful. wow.

    Audra Sisler
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn she would SO be a model today! Beautiful 😍

    P.A.B.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know, huh? Photographers, brands, and studios would be vying for her. She could write her own ticket.

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    Philly Bob Squires
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My word is she stunning!!

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    “The learners who arrive in our classrooms today are not only immersed in technology, but also in visual ways of learning. They appreciate the immediacy of the image, which often conveys information more quickly than a primary document written in an unfamiliar, or even a foreign, language.” Another benefit is that this immediacy leads to a shared experience of viewing a picture together that can contribute to a lively group discussion.

    Moreover, students are often advanced readers of graphic media, and with proper guidance and support from their teachers, they can truly enjoy the process of looking at and analyzing historical visual representations.

    #19

    Inuk Man Teaching A Boy How To Shoot. Circa 1920

    Inuk Man teaching a boy how to use a bow and arrow

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    ShellsBells
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Inuit live in the artic regions of Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and Russia.

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    Linda Bianco
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If they didn’t hunt they didn’t eat. That is one tough looking little boy!

    daking
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that little boy looks like a grown man!

    Laura Ford-Everett
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That little cherub <3 with a deadly arrow lol

    devineni devineni
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    at present they are earning money like their styles

    Leah Pruitt
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a movie called ‘nanook of the north’

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    #20

    Kiss Band With Their Parents, 1976

    Rock band KISS and their parents posing for a picture

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    Redpanda
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mothers look pissed.

    Daniel Atkins
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gene's mother is thinking "Chaim, put your foot down!"

    Lisa Hathaway
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's thinking, "Put all the gross boots you'd like on my purse, son. We'll take the 11 bedroom in Thousand Oaks and we've listed the family's efficiency flat in Tel Aviv."

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    UpQuarkDownQuark
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mom: “I get the costume, son. It’s fine. But your music is just awful!”

    LittleWombat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the smiling dads and even some moms are cracking smiles, too! Their generation was probably more used to keeping a serious face for photos, right? Gene's pose probably made them laugh and relax.

    Caroline Kimber
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd like to say that they look like their parents, but I really can't tell!

    Louise B
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe they won a competition to meet Kiss thinking they were a show band,. Now they're very confused and would like to go home?

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    Hydro Keychain
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Genes mom, "Can you believe this s**t?"

    Tinley's Aunt
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this was taken in 1976, the guys would have been in their 20's (or thereabouts). Why do all their parents look so old? It looks more like a photo with their grandparents!

    Andy Frobig
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People looked older back then. Pollution, smoking, white bread etc.

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    Paul Ellis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh dear. Didn't THAT go well. Not.

    Carole G.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Parents look so old compared to the elderly today.

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    #21

    Showgirls Playing Chess Before A Show , 1958

    Three women playing chess in a swimming wear

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    Seth
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like they're 2 moves in (one each) for an "English Opening", though the player for white has touched her queen (by the rules means you much play that piece). It's unorthodox to bring your queen out this early into such an opening. One could surmise that they're knowledgeable players, but are not taking this game very seriously so that it's quicker and less boring.

    Marcelo Mabuchi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This has the same energy of Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses

    Mary Pigott
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like this because showgirls were probably thought of as not overly intelligent, but chess isn't for dummies.

    Carol Roeder
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shows you there was more to them than a pretty face!

    Cindy Brick
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What -- you mean they're not stupid?!? :)

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    “However, visual images are also inaccessible for the same reasons that they are accessible. The apparent legibility of the image hides its historical construction, the ways in which the image was made, distributed, and read at the time it was produced and since.” Pegler-Gordon added that to become better at reading images, we must become informed about the history and the theory of images.

    #22

    "Easter Eggs For Hitler" Two African American Gi's Pose At Easter Time With Personalised Infantry Shells. Ww2, 1940s

    Two men holding an infantry shells with sunny messages on them

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    Asher Tye
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So nice they remembered to send him gifts. Genocidal dictators so often get forgotten in the hustle and bustle of the holidays.

    Douglas Tucker
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Time Magazine and other periodicals had articles of how German POWs were in certain POW camps and towns here in the U.S. treated better than our own U.S. Black soldiers during WW2. It's a history we seem to avoid speaking about along with our interning U.S. citizens during that same time period. And to Jacob Nunez's response, you are partially correct to the congrats but that never was the norm. It sometimes takes Hollywood and magazines to make people aware of the contributions of these soldiers, sailors and airmen during WW2 (usually decades afterwards). Great photo and great comments.

    Ashla Delana
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://signmyrocket.com Its still being done

    GPZ
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Despite how they were treated in their homeland, the 969th Field Artillery Battalion, as did the Tuskegee Airmen in the sky, laid to rest ANY doubts that they were in any way inferior to their white counterparts and acquired a reputation as outstandingly accurate and efficient artillerymen. In one instance, they were called on to fire upon 3 tiger tanks assaulting American lines- at distance, of the four rounds fired, three were direct hits.

    gerard julien
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Because the military didn’t think African Americans were fit for combat or leadership positions, they were mostly relegated to labor and service units. Working as cooks and mechanics, building roads and ditches, and unloading supplies from trucks and airplanes were common tasks for Black soldiers. And for the few who did make officer rank, they could only lead other Black men." https://www.history.com/news/black-soldiers-world-war-ii-discrimination

    Gabby Ghoul
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those look like 155mm howitzer rounds. They really pack a punch.

    RezFidel
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Easter egs" for Putins orc army got similiar tags now. Wonder why...

    The Redhead
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the looks on their faces

    MSM
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty sure Black Americans enjoyed being away from the US

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    #23

    David Isom, 19, Broke The Color Line In A Segregated Pool In Florida On June 8, 1958, Which Resulted In Officials Closing The Facility

    Swimming pool with multiple people swimming in it

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    Ange Marsden
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is really brave - less than a decade after the Anacostia Pool Riot

    NOLAHusker
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There used to be public pools all over the American South that were closed because of desegregation. Desegregation also led to the establishment of hundreds of private schools so white families could remain segregated. There is a deep, shameful past to public space planning in the South that needs to be aired and rectified. And don't think it didn't happen up north. There's a reason Chicago is so segregated and Wisconsin is the most economically segregated state in the country.

    Mrs. Jan Glass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Los Angeles, as well. Contemporary urban planning is founded on segregation. Thanks, Robert Moses, you unmitigated piece of s**t.

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    Nathan Pogorzala
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Color Line? man we are some stupid mother f*****s.

    Louise B
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know, did they think they were going to risk catching melanin? Personally I need more. I'm pale blue in winter or bright red in summer.

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    Vasana Phong
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was reading a lil history lesson somewhere about how our local community pool/ community center got started, back in the day two lil black boys wanted to go swimming in the public pool but wasn’t allowed due to segregation, they ended up swimming in a near by lake/river, unfortunately they drowned, making the whole community upset, this opening up the center for the kids to come and swim

    B Wooster
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom remembered going to 12th St beach in Chicago as a kid in the 1930s and there was something akin to a snow fence that divided the beach into ’Colored’ and ‘White Only’ and ran into the water to divide the lake, too. I guess it was okay that the water flowed from both sides - but heaven forbid a black foot stepped on the white side sand! (although…doesn’t sand blow and drift?) 🤔

    Tiny Dancer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Closed the pool, drained it, refilled it, then reopened. Wouldn't want to catch his blackness! Man, what utter madness this whole swimming pool debacle was. Just how stupid are people? https://flashbak.com/david-isom-eugene-williams-and-fight-to-swim-whilst-black-in-mid-century-america-452223/

    Linda HS
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Slowly slowly we're reverting to these days….Sad…

    DippityDooDerp
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People these days are trying to erase the past or forget it, instead of learning from it. If we don't learn from our past mistakes we're doomed to repeat them

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    JJM
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Their faces................

    Helen X
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like he is walking on water

    Tom Markham
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good thing they closed it: all those white kids peeing in it.

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    #24

    Susan Kare, Famous Apple Artist Who Designed Many Of The Fonts, Icons, And Images For Apple, Next, Microsoft, And Ibm. (1980s)

    Susan Kare laying in an office chair

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    David Dwyer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it just me or does she really look like OnlyJayus from tiktok

    Dim T
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Computing is one of the rare industries where the number of women dwindled instead of steadily increasing, as it was not seen as masculine and concidered unimportant, but when it boomed and suddenly became important it was suddenly unfeminine, women "weren't smart or dedicated enough" and men pushed them out of the field.

    Jesha
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I watched it happen in the early nineties. It was bonkers. Computers and video games were absolutely genderless - as it should be - and nobody really thought about it. Hell, early 80s toys didn't really have pink variations (well okay there were barbies and stuff but legos and robot building sets and everything else did not). No idea what happened or why, but it sucked.

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    Zuleyka Alaniz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I aspire to dress like this woman from now on and have her relax posture SHE LOOKS LIKE SUCH A COOL PERSON!!!!

    Brian bell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She now works at Niantic labs, aka: the Pokemon Go and Ingress people.

    Not Telling you
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok this is random but when I see hair with that kind of ✨volume✨ I just wanna floof it. Then I’m sad because it’s literally a 2d pic on a screen and can’t be floofed. Showing my immaturity here but I need to know I’m not alone here. Am I?

    JuniorCJ82
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Literally the first time I've ever heard of/seen her. Was she one of the countless women they tried to sweep under the rug?

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    Once we arm ourselves with knowledge, historical photos can be a great tool to expand our mental horizons even further. “We establish a connection with not only the subject but also the photographer, so we see exactly what they saw through their lens that day as if we’re seeing it now and are part of the scene in a way,” blogger Jo Romero added. She concluded by saying that discovering the past through historical photographs simply makes it seem “much more relatable to us and we want to discover more.”

    #25

    Couples In A Bar, 1959 Pittsburgh

    Three couples sitting in a dinner at the table

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope they did not get c**p for being "mixed-race" couples. There is one race, the human race.

    Lisa H
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was 1959 so, unfortunately, I think they got more than their fair share of harassment.

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    Tammie Braggs
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Y’all looking at the couple’s... I’m looking at the price of a shrimp plate

    Tiny Dancer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Taken by Charles "Teenie" Harris (https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/harris-charles-h-teenie-1908-1998/), one of the most prolific photographers of African American life. He spent his entire career in and around Pittsburgh. What an astounding collection of images he left behind: https://historicpittsburgh.org/collection/teenie-harris-photographs

    Shoe
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why all people of the US should not be lumped together as one. The deep south was, and is, nothing like the north in most cases.

    Aria Whitaker
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perhaps, but lets not forget that some of the worst racial riots we have endured in this country including The Chicago Race Riots, The Newark Riots, Springfield Race riots and The Harlem Riots...were ALL in the North, not the South. The Tulsa Riots were Midwest. The state of Oregon on the west coast made it completely ILLEGAL for any black person to move there...for decades. Even in Cali...the LAPD has become synonymous with black-focused police brutality. Racism is not unique to America, but was (and is!) pervasive in ALL parts. But I wholly agree Americans should not be lumped together at all....just because we are citizens of the same country does not mean we ARE the same.

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    Melissa Smith
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ohhhhhhh, that can’t have ended well back then. Good for you guys!!❤️

    NOLAHusker
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We rocking with Mark, 'cause Mark is rocking with us!

    Ladonna J Sanchez Michael
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course they got the c**p beat outta them , I would get the c**p beat outta me in the early 2000s

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    #26

    The Two Kashmir Giants Posing With The American Photographer James Ricalton, 1903

    Two super tall men posing near a small American man

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    N H
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If that is the photographer, who is taking the picture? The banana?

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    Audra Sisler
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do ppl say that giants never existed?!?! Here's some proof!!

    Nonya Bidness
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because all of the evidence that true giants existed is now hidden within the basements of museums. If you look at newspapers from the 60's and earlier, you will find many different discoveries, some including pictures. There is a Russian book that has many of those discoveries in a compilation. There's humerus bones that measure taller than an average man, almost total skeletons, and more. It would be ignorant to say that we are the only humanoids. There's been plenty before us. Were some of the discoveries faked? Of course! People are always looking for a quick buck and 15 minutes of fame. Not everything is fake, though. There's so much about this world that we don't know, that has been hidden, or we have forgotten.

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    Daniel Yamada
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need a football field for scale.

    Melissa Smith
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “That hat makes you look tall, Pashmir!”

    Katie Dragneel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    for anyone wondering, Kashmir is a region north of modern day India

    Fraxinus excelsior
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder how many smaller in stature fellas tried to have a go at them after a shandy or two?

    t'pols gay tea
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    some of ymdutch friends are lioe almost six feet at fifteen (the girls) and i dont even know abt the guys theyre even taller

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    #27

    Father And Son Bonding Time 1980s

    Father and son with funny messages on a t-shirt

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    Nines Rodriguez
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Life is short, thus the t-shirts' logos are to the point.

    Mingi Football
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i'd like to know what they are doing today

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    What is the Oldest Historical Photo?

    The oldest photograph takes us back to a time around 1826 or 1827. A French inventor named Joseph Nicéphore Niépce captured an image titled “View from the Window at Le Gras” at his country estate in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, France. This photo required an exposure time of about eight hours. 

    It stands as a legendary moment in the history of humanity, marking the first successful attempt to permanently capture a scene from nature. This image paved the way for modern photography and also serves as a reminder of the lengths to which pioneers went to capture a moment in time.

    #28

    Shooting The Original MGM Logo, 1928

    Two men with filming gear filming a real tiger

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    John Carr
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This lion was born in Dublin Zoo...... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_the_Lion_(MGM)

    Paul Ellis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sound recordist: "Can you just say a few words for level, please" Lion: "Errr. Mary had a little lamb. But I ate it. Now f**k off."

    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing holding the lion back? What if he decides to pounce?

    Khara Mei
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He wouldn't pounce, he was raised by humans from cubhood and fully trained specifically for showbiz.

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    JJM
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was a child in London - seeing the lion at the pictures with my parents - I would hide.

    david smith
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did you feel about the gong man on J Arthur gongman ? !!

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    Isabella Wolke
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is for some reason SO FUNNY to me

    devineni devineni
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    best awards for photographers, in these days nobody

    Benny Neff
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always tell my tour guests this FACT…great to see this pic. Benny Neff Tour Guide Ireland.

    David Chappell
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The original MGM logo was shot in 1924 with a lion named Slats. This is a 1928 reshoot with a lion named Jackie. This is the first time the lion roared. Not the microphone and sound man.

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    #29

    That’s A Genuinely Happy Looking Family, USA, 1959

    Happy family of four sitting at the dinner table

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    Natasha
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The mom is actually really pretty

    Beck
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The water is on...

    Michał Głazik
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They forgot to turn off the water tap

    Irish woman abroad
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha, I thought I was probably the only one to notice it, because we're obsessed with saving water where I live!

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    Shoe
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some reason I expect to find something sinister lurking in the background. That window . . .

    Elaine Delvecchio
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    See how suspicious we have become. We can't believe that there are happy and content families. We somehow think that they no longer exist. Families eat dinner at different times, moms don't stay home, they go to work, kids stay in their rooms watching their TVs and they are on their computers or smartphones. You couldn't accept the happy family picture as being real. You looked for something in the picture to cause it to be disingenuous.

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    Mali Holdaway
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay I am making pot roast for dinner tonight!!!

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    #30

    Marina Ginestà, A 17-Year-Old Social Activist, Journalist, And Translator, On The Rooftop Of The Hotel Colón In Barcelona In 1936

    Young woman with a gun on her back standing on a roof

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    Brian
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Marina Ginestà became famous due to the photo taken by Juan Guzmán on the rooftop of Hotel Colón, Barcelona during the July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona. As she was a reporter, it was the only time Ginestà was carrying a gun. The rifle she is carrying is M1916 Spanish Mauser, manufactured at the famous Oviedo factory in Spain for the Spanish Army.

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    Donnas back
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadly, most Spanish people still believe that Franco held the legitimate government, that it was the republicans that staged a military coup. Most think that he Franco saved Spain from left wing radicals, atheists and anarchist.

    Ozacoter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't say most, the left has won the elections in the last years. But too many in my country believe that, yes.

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    AxleMunshine001
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    During the Spanish Civil War, communists and anarchists hated eah other so much they fought against one another in Barcelona and the rest of Catalonia, while Franco's troops ended up steamrolling both factions by 1938/39.

    Niki A
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You have my respect, brave lady!

    FrillyDragon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gotta love that confidence!

    Paul Ellis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Franco made himself SO easy to hate.

    Gregg Bender
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd love to hear more of her story.

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    What is the Most-Seen Picture of All Time?

    The title of the most-seen picture of all time might surprise you—it’s not a work of art, a historical event, or even a celebrity snapshot but rather an image of a green hill and blue sky dotted with clouds.

    “Bliss,” photographed by National Geographic photographer Charles O’Rear in 1996, gained its fame as the default desktop background for Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system. This iconic image has ended up on the screens of computers around the world, becoming an inadvertent yet pervasive piece of visual culture. It’s estimated that billions of people have seen the historical photo.

    #31

    Learning To Ride A Bicycle, 1961

    Man teaching a small kid how to ride a bike

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    Donnie Mc00
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so thats what Groucho marx did in his later years..

    Audra Sisler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    😆😆 my youngest daughter sticks her tongue out when she's concentrating lol

    Alan Foster
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I the only one who thinks that man's nose and mustache are attached to his glasses?

    Jeanie F-L
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bahaha! Nah dude, I am right there with you.

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    Grace Noyes
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This looks like a Norman Rockwell painting waiting to happen.

    Ronda News Channel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I learnt to ride using a similar bicycle. Because of the height of the bike, first step of learning I placed the right foot under the top tube. That picture would be the next step.

    Mary Vona
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The photo taken in the '60's with the cameras available make this photo an amazing historical record of the Rite of Passage when a youth learns to ride a bike with parent running alongside trying to push them through into self-guided pedaling and balance. The expressions are frozen on their face where we know in real time their faces and bodies moved through this freeze frame in a second. The photo brings the viewer into the action, first with the bicycle looking as if it and the girl will tumble into the parent(assumption). The parent is fully in, wanting nothing more in that moment, on that hour, to see their child be a success. This shot is a metaphor for parent - child relationships. Determination is expressed on the girl. Pride and hope is expressed on her Pop. It's a master piece. Perhaps a fun, off handed shot to the other parent wanting to record the moment her daughter learns to ride a bike; however, this rite of passage is ubiquitous throughout humanity. Love it.

    Melvetta Bowles
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dad looked please catch on please baby girl

    MajujuKat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The energy in this photo is astounding. I can feel it.

    elemental
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    gotta stick that tongue out as counterweight!

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    #32

    An Ojibwe Native American Spearfishing, Minnesota, 1908

    Native American in a boat in the middle of the lake spearfishing

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    chiizu !!
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love photography because you get to see these little captured moments in time. I'm watching a person from 1908, it's incredible to just feel so close to something that happened over a century ago

    Me Oh My
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why the downvotes? They're just saying how they feel.

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    Audra Sisler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I often wonder what it would be like if the s**t government hadn't killed then all and moved them from their homes......😔😥I know some are still around but not enough! Not fair and makes me so sad😥

    Ikara Pentiki
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not saying the government did a good thing. However, rather, wonder how all of the Americas might have fared had they not been ravaged by smallpox and other old world diseases.

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    tmw
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I understand all the good feels comments on this picture. I feel that this picture was posed. I am Native. We were NOT allowed to dress like this (by the gov't) back then. This posed picture lures us into the thinking of the 'noble savage' of a disappearing race. I like the picture, I like the image and the equipment being used. I feel it is a good look in to the past. but It was not historically accurate to the time.

    Karen Tape
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The craftsmanship of the canoe is amazing!

    Laura Ford-Everett
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is such an incredible photo. I can feel the stillness

    Scarlett King
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again I’m Native American and I love this

    MAKtheknife
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they still do this today, but the canoes are aluminum.

    Mary
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tree bark. I helped make one, a survival thing. Aspen or birch. Can’t remember. I know we didn’t use any skins.

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    devineni devineni
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i saw this type only in english movies , now a days english movies are spoiled by tv serials

    Michael Meadows
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Incredible,can you imagine their lives before we barged in and ruined it all?

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    #33

    No Dog Biscuits Today, London, 1939

    Small girl with a dog reading a sign of the grocery store

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    troufaki13
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awww the disappointment in both their eyes... :(

    Ozymandias73
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aww doggo looks so disappointed. :( Hell, I'M disappointed for them.

    maswartz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This legit looks like a Norman Rockwell painting.

    Grace Noyes
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg, I made this exact remark on a previous photo!

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    Caroline Kimber
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But he made sure he was a good boy to get the treatos!! :(

    Paul Ellis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No worries. I'll have the steak instead.

    Moon Cheese
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Man am I soft..their sad little faces made me tear up a lil bit 😮‍💨

    araT Backwards
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Grocer is giving Brad Pitt vibes. Give that pups something, MrPittSir!

    Nancy Bourque
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You rewind this picture right now and give the dog a bone…this old man came rolling home. Sorry, couldn’t resist.

    Melvetta Bowles
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, but the dog look like he can read 📚.

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    #34

    Dad: Let's Take A Picture That Will Make Mom Angry. 1970

    Two small kids holding beer cans in their hands and cigarettes in their mouth

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember being posed with pints aged 6.

    Lisa H
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a picture of me when I was MAYBE a year old, in my little toddler walker with a gallon jug of gin. I looked pretty content in that picture! 😆

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    glowworm2
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If anything, it made me laugh. The cigarettes are clearly not lit.

    Ann Coffman
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the beer cans are empty. Still, it's a cool photo.

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    Mrs. Jan Glass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This used to be a rite of passage. As soon as we were toddlers, cue the "cute" family pictures of us in diapers posed with cigarettes, beer, vodka bottles, the stray cigar.

    DC
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mishun eckomplisht!

    Magnifico Giganticus
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can you imagine the online freak-out were this done today!?

    Suck it Trebek
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm from Wisconsin we all have pictures of ourselves drinking from grandpa's beer bottle at two years old. Seriously.

    Wyndmere
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cool old car across the street.

    Wyndmere
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How is that little boy holding up that wooden flat of cans by himself?

    Samantha
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pass me an Alamo. Yup Yup. Yup. Mhm.

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    #35

    Oasis In Giza, 1917

    Man in a desert oasis near the great pyramid of Giza

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    Susan S
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is the water still there now?

    Jules
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure if the water is still there but depending on what side the photos are taken from these days, you either get pyramids in a desert or pyramids in a horrible cityscape so close the Pharaohs would be spinning in their tombs...

    Abgr Xenda
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    nope, it is been dried out during the 1980's and the government covered it completely until the rest of the water disappeared, those houses and palms don't exist though, a hotel is there now in this area

    Karen Tape
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nice to meet you Oasis, and your camels name?

    Brianna Tracy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everything about this photo is gorgeous

    devineni devineni
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i saw a good mirror in the pond the style of photographer

    Michael Meadows
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A good pic,right outta Indiana Jones.

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    #36

    A Chippewa Indian Named John Smith Who Lived In The Woods Near Cass Lake, Minnesota Claimed To Be 137 Years Old Before He Died In 1922. Photo Taken In 1915

    Picture of a man whe lived till he was 137 years old

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    Paul C.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a face that's seen some sh!t. Amazing image.

    Barbara Ryan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a face that could have easily been 137 or whatever age he wanted to be.

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    Rosy Maple Moth
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of his nicknames were “wrinkled meat” and “which the flesh peels off”. His skin condition does not seem to stem from sun exposure but rather from an undiagnosed illness. Here’s some more information: https://historycolored.com/articles/5705/oldest-native-american-to-ever-live-white-wolf-chief-john-smith/

    Mika N
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That makes sense. I was wondering if it was some condition/more than just sun.

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    JJM
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG! he looks 137 years old. AND that ladies is what sun damage does...............

    araT Backwards
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The wisdom in those eyes. Beautiful

    Paul Ellis
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Takes off mask. Crowd gasps. "Holy s**t. He's about 15 years old!"

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    #37

    Not Everyone Likes Bikini, Miami Beach, 1980s

    People laying in the beach and a woman with a sign standing near them

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    Chich
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If people like you are in heaven why the f**k would I want to go there?

    Earl Grey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

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    Nitka Tsar
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a joke about someone going to hell and finding it a cheerfull party like place. They ask the decil what's up. Where are the tortures etc? The devil replies "oh we have those too. But they are for the catholics. They want it that way."

    Rebecca O’Donnell
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Made me lol, Nitka, and I am Catholic! :)

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    JL
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Could you move that sign? You're blocking my sun."

    Tamra
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do people like this really think they're going to "save" or convert anyone??

    Mrs. Jan Glass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It makes them feel better about themselves. They get to go to church and tell everyone about how their loving message about Jesus's forgiveness was met with hostility, and they're soooo persecuted. "You sinners! You're going to burn in hell for your evil deeds! You're murderers and pedophiles- WAIT! Why won't you listen to my message of God's love?!"

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    Fred L.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meanwhile she is showing her ankles so another woman with a similar sign could be standing right behind her. Idiocy is timeless.

    Uncanny
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Early Westboro church member. 🙄

    Fernando
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Later that woman created Instagram and banned nipples.

    Mahogany Eclipse
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing like coming across someone with a mouth full of scripture and heart full of hate 😅

    deanna woods
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On behalf of other Christians, I apologize for this crazy woman.

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    #38

    Paris - 1950

    Old and colorful picture of Paris

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    David Wheater
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hollywood has been lying to us, the Eiffel tower can't be seen in the background of every picture of Paris.

    Carol Elwell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t you see the Eiffel Tower in the windows on the right?

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    Brian bell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is so cool for some reason...

    Tom Markham
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that a dog or a gator - lower left?

    Isidien Gudmundsdottir
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do miss Paris, it used to be my weekend stomping ground when I lived in The Netherlands. It was only a beautiful 5+ hours ride from Rotterdam.

    BookBabe
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please don't tell me this fake too

    devineni devineni
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    paris is a beauty of heaven, we dont now heaven but it is like that

    Jennie Dutton
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This looks like a painting!! Gorgeous...

    STJ
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went to Paris 1973 for weekend, never saw Eiffel Tower.

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    #39

    Central Park, New York City, 1973

    Man teaching his son how too ride a bike in the park

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    Susan S
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't help but stare at the dad's hair, or kind of lack of.

    ComfyPanda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    THANK YOU!!!! Lord I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that!!!!

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    LoneTomato
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The look on the kid's face! Lol

    Mahogany Eclipse
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did his kid get the buzzer while he was sleeping on the couch 😅

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    #40

    New York Children Sleeping On The Fire Escape To Keep Cool At Night. Early 1900 ‘S

    Two young kids sleeping in a buildings shaft

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    Chich
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It must have been awful in cities in that heat with no AC. Toss in the number of draft animals in use and wowzers! The heat and smell must have been something.

    NOLAHusker
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NYC still puts trash in bags out on the street every night. Can't forget about that stewed garbage smell.

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    Beverly
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mother (born 1919) and her sisters would sleep on the roof of their Brooklyn apartment building on hot summer nights.

    L hill
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Used to do this in or up on the roof in NYC.

    Jude Laskowski
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I grew up in NYC in the 1950s, and we slept on the fire escape often in the summer.

    Barbara Ryan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    couldn't do that now. Kids would be hurt, kidnapped or taken by social services. A more innocent time for some.

    Cindy Brick
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Been there, did that in Sparta, Michigan -- sleeping out on the front porch and watching the fireflies. (Anywhere with humidity is hot in summertime, AC or no AC.)

    Alexa Poli-Scheigert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I grew up in NYC and during summer months it was this or Tar Beach (roof)

    Okatango
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did this as a student in my city during really hot summers

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    #41

    Zuya Hiyaya (Goes To War) And His Daughter, Sicangu, 1905

    Native American getting ready for the battle with his daughter

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    Autistic Raven
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People. Stop commenting on their lack of smiles. 1) photo technology did not allow for smiling much back then, when it was meant to hold your face features for much longer than the instant we do now. 2) indigenous peoples had by this time been destroyed by colonial genocide and had no reason to give you what you want from them: assimilation.

    Jeri Vargas
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently in order to comment you have to be painfully ignorant! 1. Ceremonial dress is very symbolic; not for any activity than that. Carefully stored when not needed and lasts for many years, often handed down from generations. Eagle feathers have always been very important. Child is also wearing finery. Re photos then: took up to 10 minutes to record, so no smiles.

    SarCaustic
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chief Zuya Hiyaya (Goes To War, or Pretty Bird) And His Daughter, **Sicango**, 1905. They are Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux).

    Paula Hardy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How magnificent, I really hate how all of them were treated and stolen from. But then that's the white man's way. And yes I'm afraid I am white, Irish/English

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    #42

    A Dude Gets Arrested For Growing Marijuana In The Mid 70s

    Man arrested by a police officer who is holding a m*******a plant in his hands

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    Chich
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thats right boy! and Imma keeping this... for uh, 'evidence'

    Melissa Smith
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Okay, Bill….I mean Officer Smith. I’ll just put it on your tab”

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    Paul C.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Smiling because they haven't found the twenty five other plants out the back!

    El Dee
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a prom pic where the BF has brought flowers for the smiling date..

    Salena Moffat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The bride wore tan and carried a stunning bouquet. Reception was held at the local Taco Bell.

    Abby
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    part of this was Nixons fault. his dumbass was the 1 that made weed a a schedule 1 narcotic

    Electra Complex
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alternate title: 70s Gay Stoner Wedding

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    #43

    Couple Viewing The Apollo 8 Spacecraft Launch, 1968

    A couple watching a rocket taking off into the space

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like that rocket has got him feeling frisky.

    Gabby Ghoul
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That doesn't look like an Apollo launch. The launch vehicle is the wrong shape and, if it were a Saturn V, these people would appear to be within the exclusion zone.

    Earl Grey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are correct, it is a fake composite photo. Snopes calls BS on this one: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/watching-apollo-8-rocket-launch/

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    Hatchet
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like to think the noise scared her, she clenched and almost broke his finger. I don't know why my mind works like this

    Sasha Kuleshov
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that a rocket in your pants or you just happy to see me?

    Cassi Lyris
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uhhhhhhhh looks like more than one rocket is trying to blast off in this picture... 🚀

    Lisa Johannesson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So apparently this photo is fake. If the panda is so bored, why can't it do research

    Emily Phillips
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that a rocket in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?

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    #44

    New York City, September 11th, 2001

    A picture of a boy on a bridgr in New York City on 2001 September 11th

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    El Dee
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like such an old photograph but then it IS! I forget how long ago this was, it always seems so recent, like it's burned into my brain. A terrible day that started many other terrible days..

    Mrs. Jan Glass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was s**t that happened in blockbuster movies only. Not real life. Until it happened in real life.

    Zet
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    man.. it feels like yesterday when i saw this on TV as a kid.... but the picture looks so old...

    Vasana Phong
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aww, had my son that same exact day, he’ll be 21 next week

    Melissa Smith
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had mine 10 days later and I remember lying in bed thinking what am I bringing this baby into?!?

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    Cathy Jo Baker
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's wild to me that my high school students today were not even alive when this happened. It was one of the most horrible days I've ever lived through and that was watching it all unfold from the Midwest.

    PeaceOfMind
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did photos from 20 years ago really look like this, quality wise? It looks older to me. I was in 7th grade when it happened. I just don't think or maybe didn't realize that photos looked like this.

    Nines Rodriguez
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Next week: 2004, family photo like the tsunami is coming behind us...

    Mark Karol-Chik
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    -sigh- this was the beginning of the end.

    Audra Sisler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never lived in NYC but to this day it still hits hard😭I remember being in 8th grade and classes were cancelled so every class we went to we just watched the news..... Heartbreaking

    Jordi Sharpe
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    JJ Buddhabrot, you butthurt over something bro?

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    #45

    Bushy Ladies Of The 70s

    Naked woman holding multiple cannabis plants in her hands

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She has a rather large bush.

    Paul C.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just off to make a lovely bonfire with those leaves. Or maybe dry them out and......

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    Aoife Lorris
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bored Panda's getting creative with their censoring.

    Unknown
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was so born in the wrong generation ❤️‍🔥

    Cassi Lyris
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew women in the past embraced their bushes but this isn't quite what I thought they meant. 😂

    BatPhace
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg it's all marijuana plants 🤣🤣 that's amazing. Hey, hemp is great for all kinds of stuff, including clothing.

    NOLAHusker
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's so HIGH above the valley floor.

    Nines Rodriguez
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First verified pic of Eve in Garden of Eden.

    Rost it
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wow, cannabis plants have really come a long way. These days, that would be treated as hemp.

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    #46

    A Teenager At An Elvis Presley Concert At The Philadelphia Arena In Philadelphia (Pa), April 6, 1957

    Multiple people sitting in an Elvis Presley concert

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    araT Backwards
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 83 yr young dad went to Elvis’ last show in Indiana, and he has never strayed from it being a miserable experience bc the sound of girls yelling was bigger than The Kings voice.

    Mrs. Jan Glass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom used to say the same thing. Even at the movie theatres, there was too much screaming to hear the dialogue.

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    Uncanny
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She’s probably 80ish now. Flexing her back like that would be a distant, happy memory.

    Bouche Clay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom is 79 now, and she's been an Elvis fan for life.

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    L hill
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll have what shes having.

    Charlie Simpson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Legend has it 9 months later she gave birth to a small chair

    Kostas Tsen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seeing this picture makes you turn the volume down..

    Troy Parr
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Psycologists explain those screams as "a practice orgasm".

    MAKtheknife
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which is why I never cared for Elvis.

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    #47

    French Riviera, 1974

    Old couple in a beach looing at a woman who is taking her top of

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She has injured her nipple! Poor lass, needing plasters on her chest.

    der sebbl
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll never understand why nipples need to be censored. Either cover the whole chest or just show all. And use the same standard for all genders

    Mike Crow
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is it okay to show guns that are designed to kill but not womens breasts/nipples which is for feeding babies?

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    Alexa Saltz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In high school, my parents took the family on vacation to Europe. When on the beach in French Riviera, locals kept staring at us. I noticed my mother and I were the only ones wearing tops, so I took mine off. My parents were mortified! Before my dad could say anything I reminded him, "when in Rome..." My brother was confused and asked, "aren't we in France?" So I pants-ed him. Dad laughed hysterically, mother was not amused, and I had a blast!

    Amber Bedard
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah idk if I could do that around my folks and brother. Ur brave for that

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    Fernando
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's incredible how a picture from 1974 is censored now, almost 50 years later, because is seen a nipple.

    Nitka Tsar
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was shown once before and I think they said this was staged. Some commercial or something.

    Hobby Hopper
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was going to say, it has a very staged vibe to it. Otherwise, why would they be set up so close together on the beach?

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    Melissa Smith
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The old lady isn’t looking away…. Js

    Cassi Lyris
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the French Riviera after all. Grammy should be happy she kept on the bottoms! 😂

    Donnas back
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't help but notice how crappy the beach is, all stones The face of the old lady covering her husband is hilarious.

    david smith
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shingle is far cleaner and actually far more comfortable.

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    any rei
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Coming from Europe, being naked on beaches is what I grew up with. The censorship is annoying and dumb. Men show their nipple in summer all the time. It's just a nipple, grow up

    Simon Bolivar
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The poor gal collapsed after this and had to be carried off by four men; two a breast.

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    #48

    New York City’s Subway System, 1980

    Multiple young women sitting in a New York City’s Subway

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    Corey Smith
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    BP had a whole gallery of NYC subway photos: https://www.boredpanda.com/hell-on-wheels-new-york-underground-photography-80s/?page_numb=1

    Karen Tape
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You got downvoted but I was actually thinking the same exact thing! Also, they look like school uniforms to me.

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    Magnifico Giganticus
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If that is the danger on the subways then where do I get my ticket?

    elemental
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    reminds me of that old kirsten dunst movie the virgin suicides. same sort of energy as those sisters.

    william Darling
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what colour is the badge the girl in the centre have on

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    #49

    Cleaning Women Washing A Crucifix, 1938

    Woman washing a statue with water

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    Monday
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was a malnourished child at first too and was about to get angry...then I read the title.

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    Thorsten Massow
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    40 Lashes, crucifiction, then waterbording...

    keighterz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is way too hilarious. They are so casual blasting water at Jesus Christ lol

    Markus Kriegel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "he's not the messiah he's a very naughty boy"

    Red Ruffensor
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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    #50

    Teenagers At A Party In 1947, Tulsa , Oklahoma.photo By Nina Leen

    Teenagers celebrating at the party

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    Millie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine being the third wheel

    sophie <3
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh to have someone look at me the way the girl on the right is looking at him...

    Caroline Kimber
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Such style....please bring this back!

    Mrs. Jan Glass
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's back! Go look at all of the vintage thrift flips and inspo tutorials on YouTube, from Bernadette Banner to Rachel Maksy to Evelyn Wood. Hell, even I have a few vintage dresses that I wear on the regular.

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    Melissa Smith
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ever girl in this photo wants an engagement ring while every guy in this photo wants to get laid.

    araT Backwards
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this real or like a photo shoot bc they’re all gorgeous!

    P.A.B.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s just the way it was. No sagging pants and booze everywhere, and definitely no malarkey…though dude in the back is really thinking about it! 🤔😆

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    Robyn Rob
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Teenagers back then looked 25.

    Jules
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How polite it all looks....

    Laura Ford-Everett
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Teenagers look sooo much older in old photos....so perfectly coiffed in a much more natural way than now!

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    #51

    Apache Brothers, 1880

    Apache Brothers, 1880

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    Nitka Tsar
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks as if they were dressed just for the photo

    Susan S
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One brother has no shoes, and another brother has no pants

    Jennie Dutton
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If the photo was taken in 1880, I wonder what the 66 in the lower right on the photo means??

    Trinity Christie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The two guys in front have a nice-looking hair style :)

    #52

    Girls On Bikes Enjoying The Sun, 1950s

    Girls On Bikes Enjoying The Sun, 1950s

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    Natasha
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow their hair looks sooo fluffy!

    AmAndA_Panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always wondered how all the ladies in the 50s had such gorgeous, healthy looking hair.

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    araT Backwards
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gracious, they’re all three stunners.

    Anikulapo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Clearly models posing for a staged picture.

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    Deborah Stuart
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The girl on the left looks like Drew Barrymore!

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    #53

    Budapest Marketplace, 1987

    Budapest Marketplace, 1987

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    Artsy Bookworm
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does she look a little bit like Princess Diana? Or is it just me?

    Elizabeth Elliot
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was the 'eighties - half the female population looked like Princess Di. The other half looked like Cyndi Lauper!

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    Anagram margana
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There’s another post on BP (Then & Now re-creations) showing this photo and one taken of the same mother & daughter 20+ years later in the same poses (well, as close to the original as they could get!)

    Rosy Maple Moth
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://vintagenewsdaily.com/hungarian-photographer-recreated-photo-of-the-same-mom-and-daughter-from-the-budapest-market-picture-when-it-went-viral-after-more-than-30-years/

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    Brian
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Strong bag, and strong woman.

    Anton Swanepoel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Markets in Budapest must have been something else back then. You could buy fruits, vegetables, and even toddlers!

    Ace Girl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why moms have muscular arms!

    Jennie Dutton
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is some heavy duty plastic! And what an adorable bébé!!

    Joshua
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok ladies! Today we're going to work forearms and triceps!

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    #54

    Punks In London, 1980

    Punks In London, 1980

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    Laurence Thomas
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Minecraft Big Ben in the background

    JJ Buddhabrot
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bigben is always under renovation

    JJM
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not much different today.

    GPZ
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes but one of them clearly has his work gear on. Nothing says punk like a bright red mohawk

    SarCaustic
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How are you able to see the copper's hair? ;)

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    Kristine Phillips
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The one with a mohawk needs a green parrot on his shoulder.

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    #55

    Dozens Of Children And Adults Are Pictured Above Crowded In And Around What Was Called A ‘Swimmobile’ In New York City, Ca. 1970

    Dozens Of Children And Adults Are Pictured Above Crowded In And Around What Was Called A ‘Swimmobile’ In New York City, Ca. 1970

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    J J
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This pool mobile is driven by Otto of course...

    Ent Hugger
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    can we have a pool dad? can we have a pool dad? can we have a pool dad?

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    GlamourGhoul
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They had one of those in a Simpsons episode!! Edit: fixed spelling

    Jennie Dutton
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet that was some dirty water at the end of the day! And hot as hell, too!

    the cat overlord
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my first thought was "we all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine!"

    Lynn Hammer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need to know why the grim reaper is chilling by the steps in right hand corner??

    Rosy Maple Moth
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Such a cool thing! https://eu.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/rocroots/places/2018/06/30/whatever-happened-rochesters-swimmobile/747281002/

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    #56

    Shoe Shiners Taking A Lunch Break, New York City, (1947)

    Shoe Shiners Taking A Lunch Break, New York City, (1947)

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    Susan S
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the "Our Gang"/"Little Rascals" TV shows

    Ozymandias73
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Man that kid's creases are CRISP!!

    Stanley Nzerue
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They still look neat with their ironed trousers.

    Kevin Hickey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tommy: Just don't go busting my balls, Billy, okay? Billy Batts: Hey, Tommy, if I was gonna break your balls, I'd tell you to go home and get your shine box. [to his friends] Now this kid, this kid was great. They, they used to call him Spit Shine Tommy.

    #57

    1920

    1920

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Home alone with Dad? Or has he got older brothers?

    Cheshirecurve
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish clothes pins were still made that strong.

    DC
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... gotta dry these kids after washing them, huh...?

    Jennie Dutton
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Little Billy's been in the sauce so they're having to dry him out...again.

    MJisME
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A whole new meaning to "hanging them out to dry"🤭

    Jill Bussey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mum's last nerve just shattered and this is her solution.

    JJM
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone's bin' a naughty boy, I think.

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    #58

    This Is The Statue Of Liberty Under Construction In Paris In 1884

    This Is The Statue Of Liberty Under Construction In Paris In 1884

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    Nonya Bidness
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except, it's not the same Lady Liberty that they had originally planned. The had to make some alterations per the US.

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    Johanna she/her 🇺🇦
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t know why but my anxiety looking at this 📈

    Shelli LotusFlower
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have statuephobia and I get panic attacks looking at her specifically. Won’t say it’s name. I hate her so deeply, she haunts my nightmares. I get why she’s there and her symbolism but still wish she was melted down.

    #59

    The Grand Canal Is Drained In Order To Allow It To Be Cleared Of Silt And Mud. Venice, 1956

    The Grand Canal Is Drained In Order To Allow It To Be Cleared Of Silt And Mud. Venice, 1956

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    MrLoufoque
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is a canal but not the Grand Canal which is much wider.

    Patti Vance
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when ever i see pics like this i always wonder what kind of artifacts they may have found.

    JJM
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where does the water go to?

    #60

    New Year's Eve, Grand Central Station, New York City 1969

    New Year's Eve, Grand Central Station, New York City 1969

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    Nitka Tsar
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can someone explain please?

    Audra Sisler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They partied too hard and crashed😆

    JL
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope that escalator was turned off.

    Dude
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure, let's just block the escalators!

    JJM
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good thing the escalator's not working.

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    #61

    A Mom Uses A Trash Can To Contain Her Baby While She Crochets In The Park, 1969

    A Mom Uses A Trash Can To Contain Her Baby While She Crochets In The Park, 1969

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    Alexa Saltz
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Effective. My firstborn could escape almost anything, so I would put him on the floor and use his playpen like a cage.

    Nitka Tsar
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    .... that's what playpens are for, isn't it? ;)

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    Vasana Phong
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better then leaving them in the car

    David Roughton
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    CPS would jump on you if you did that now.

    #62

    A Family Of Migratory Fruit Workers From Texas During Cherry-Picking Season. Berrien County, Michigan, July 1940

    A Family Of Migratory Fruit Workers From Texas During Cherry-Picking Season. Berrien County, Michigan, July 1940

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    Mrs. Jan Glass
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No kids should have to work like they did. Most people shouldn't. It's inhumane.

    Kyle Smith
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dwight Schrute, the younger years

    Fraxinus excelsior
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The lad by the fender looks like The Artful Dodger

    Stanley Nzerue
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of that painful but must-watch film-- The Grapes of Wrath.

    Cathy Jo Baker
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why child labor laws and unions exist!

    #63

    Logging Family With A 1300 Year Old Tree, 1892

    Logging Family With A 1300 Year Old Tree, 1892

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    Gin. No tonic
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I might get downvoted, but here it goes. THESE WERE DIFFERENT TIMES. Then wood was one of the main building materials (heating and cooking as well?) So this tree served a very good purpose, all of it was used. We care so much for each tree right now, because of such rapid deforestation. But that wasn't the issue then. And such a big and old tree (I'm guessing Sequoia?) has very specific qualities that are hard to find in a different tree. If they were to cut down the whole forest - that'd be awful, but it's very very unlikely in those times with those tools in that economy. Also, there weren't a lot of alternative materials.

    Donnas back
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Careful, if you get down voted the ban you. It would be hard to deforest the planet with that saw. The problem is that today they can cut a tree, de-bark and cut it into managable bit in 30 seconds. This must of taken days

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    Susan S
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn, they cut that huge tree with that skinny long saw.

    Hobby Hopper
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like they had to weld together two separate saw blades to make one long enough.

    Jennie Dutton
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wonder how long it took them to saw through that!

    Jean Thompson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's disgusting that this tree was felled, but - can you imagine how long it must have taken to cut through that trunk?!!

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    3 years ago

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    #64

    Admiral Byrd’s Snow Cruiser Passes Through Traffic And Onlookers Before Halting For The Night In Framingham, Massachusetts, On November 12, 1939

    Admiral Byrd’s Snow Cruiser Passes Through Traffic And Onlookers Before Halting For The Night In Framingham, Massachusetts, On November 12, 1939

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    Pat Bond
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That snowmobile was rather useless in the snow! Treadless tires were a huge design flaw.

    SarCaustic
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently it had better traction when driven in reverse. Still....

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    Dude
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never understood what compelled the designers to use slick tires over tank treads! I'm pretty sure they had snowmobiles by this point.

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    #65

    1917

    1917

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    Julia Leatherbarrow
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So wrong on every level, imagine the cruelty this elephant suffered in order to perform!!