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Pictures illuminate the shadows of history, revealing the forgotten people and places that otherwise may have faded into oblivion. They help us make sense of the past and, in turn, allow us to understand the present.

So we at Bored Panda decided it would be a nice idea to explore the subreddit 'Rare Historical Photos' — it has 40,000 members constantly digging through the archives and sharing their best finds. Prepare to be transported through time!

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Ojibwe Woman, Ponemah, Minnesota, Photograph Taken By Roland W. Reed C.1908

Ojibwe Woman, Ponemah, Minnesota, Photograph Taken By Roland W. Reed C.1908

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

It really is, please let’s make this number one, her dignity shines through 💕

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People lie carbs dont
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now I’m glad to see this historical / old photo! Not that the others from the 50-70’s aren’t nice to take a look at , either … they’re all cool!But I was hoping to see some pics from this period or older !! Very beautiful!! I’d love to see some of my native tribe represented , as well ! So sad , the suffering endured by so many of our indigenous people. This while beautiful , evokes a sadness for me , as well. Man, I’d love to just have a glimpse into some of these peoples lives, to hear their stories .. people now days don’t always realize the powerful element of what’s been. Taught / handed down thru the generations of our elders of the past . Ppl are so quick to forge ahead or forget the past . They choose to stop reading&learning&let computers do much of the work,where cognitive decline has become very prevalent in most recent years. Doesn’t take long for people to forget or become desensitized to things & autonomous,as they trust the wrong things/let others make their decisions

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

My thoughts exactly.."right before they stole her ancestral home and rewrote the story of an entire lineage".

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Savage Susan
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love these old photos. I have an original tintype of my 4th great grandparents and the paper photo that was printed from it.

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

What a privileged heritage. 💗

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    #2

    A Seaman's Request For An Extraordinary Leave Of Absence, 1967. Reason: “My Wife Is Planning To Get Pregnant This Weekend And I Would Like To Be Present.”

    A Seaman's Request For An Extraordinary Leave Of Absence, 1967. Reason: “My Wife Is Planning To Get Pregnant This Weekend And I Would Like To Be Present.”

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    DH41144
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A Seaman's request...I see what you did with that headline

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

    Unless he's just planning to watch....

    Miss Tinker
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if they were successful...

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

    Their son is holding the paper. At least that's what I choose to believe.

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    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, I'm dying. How I wish I could see the CO's face when he read this request.

    David Bois
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i tip my hat to the author of post's title "seaman's request," indeed ... me = 11 y.o. juvenile encased in a pasty 50-plus y.o. meat suit

    T J R
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always say I have the humor of a 13 year old boy...I'm a 40-ish year old female.

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    But who needs history anyway? Some people wonder why we should bother studying it when we could be preparing for the future instead. But think about it: can we be ready for what's coming if we don't know what's happened before? The past gives us all kinds of insights that can help us tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow. Without that knowledge, we could be in for some tough times.

    As American historian and journalist Eric Alterman pointed out, since our political discourse is increasingly dominated by sources who care nothing for truth or credibility, we come closer and closer to the situation that Walter Lippmann warned about a century ago, in his seminal 'Liberty and the News.'

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    "Men who have lost their grip upon the relevant facts of their environment are the inevitable victims of agitation and propaganda. The quack, the charlatan, the jingo ... can flourish only where the audience is deprived of independent access to information,” he wrote.

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    Renowned Photographer Walter Chandoha Created One Of His Most Famous Photographs Of His Daughter Paula And A Small Kitten Smiling At The Camera At The Same Time, 1955

    Renowned Photographer Walter Chandoha Created One Of His Most Famous Photographs Of His Daughter Paula And A Small Kitten Smiling At The Camera At The Same Time, 1955

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Neither of them had top teeth. This is one of my favorite old pictures.

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This photo always puts a smile on my face every time I see it.

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    A Police Officer Playing Duck Duck Goose With Children In New York, 1970

    A Police Officer Playing Duck Duck Goose With Children In New York, 1970

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    The.Butterfly.Effect.530
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder how many women officers were employed at this time period.

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

    The NYPD had their first female detectives in 1912 when Isabella Goodwin was made Detective First Class from NYPD Matron (Matrons were female support staff), in 1963 the first NYPD woman was promoted to Sergeant and in 1966 the first female police LT. First woman deputy chief was in 1978

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    David Bois
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    remarkable / beautiful picture. 1970s NYC was gritty / grizzed / hard luck AF

    Geoffrey Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "How can we gain trust in the places we keep safe?"

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

    In UK at that time they were still wearing skirts...

    Katie Dolgov
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a good one! It's an AI generated image. Look at the bike in the background, the people sitting in the background, the laughing girl's hand, the button without a pocket on the police's shirt, and generally everything is a little smooth. I think the architecture in the background is leaning a little far forward, too.

    Leslie Mint
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate computer enhancing on old photos like this, the smoothness is off putting, thus gives me uncanny valley

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

    It's not horrible I've seen worse. here's the original: https://www.cartermuseum.org/collection/policewoman-9th-precinct-plays-games-community-children-new-york-p2019107

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

    THAT is the kind of history I need to see in this day and age.

    Congruent Empath
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow! She's missing about 30 lbs. of gear, according to today's standards. It's interesting how police uniforms have changed over the years.

    January Tempis
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back when police officers were still fun. Lol

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    #5

    A GI Shares His Rations With Two Italian Children, 1944

    A GI Shares His Rations With Two Italian Children, 1944

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

    The children in a warzone are NOT the enemy... looking at the IDF

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

    Given how the Hamas and Hisbollah trained children to be terrorists in the past, I would be careful, too. Child soldiers are sadly a thing in this world. Hell even here in Germany you have to be careful not to get killed by children from that certain culture nowadays

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    Smol Frog
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is both wholesome and adorable.

    Ryan Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Next time Bored Panda runs another of its regular anti-U.S. posts, remember how many Europeans died defending American soil.

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As an American, hear hear! My dad was in the Air Force and served in the Vietnam War. He didn't talk about his time there very much, but he did tell me that some of his best buddies there were Australians. I think a lot of his friends died over there, so he never wanted to talk about the war, which I can understand. But I have a huge respect for ANYONE who serves to defend innocents, whether they're Ameicans, Europeans, etc. and I am grateful to all of the Europeans who served and died to defend America.

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

    Better than the Norman Rockwell painting

    Uncle Schmickle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If all people showed this level of humanity there wouldn't be any wars.

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

    That boy isn't even 2 years old yet, I bet. Wow.

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    Historian Daniel Bessner agrees. "If Americans don’t seriously invest in history and other humanities disciplines, we encourage the ahistoric ignorance ... Progress depends on studying and arguing about the past in an open and informed manner."

    According to Bessner, this is especially true nowadays, when people use history to fight over which vision of the country will dominate the political scene.

    #6

    A Former Prisoner Points Out The Most Brutal Guard. Germany. 1945

    A Former Prisoner Points Out The Most Brutal Guard. Germany. 1945

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

    S**t happens when you so enthusiastically join and personify the very very wrong side of history. How TF they thought they would be able to get away with those horrors proves just how gullible, misguided, and downright stupid some people can be—-and still are. Just look at any modern day MAGAt, and you’ll see exactly what I mean. The vast majority of people in the world will NOT put up with that kind of mindset, and will come together to vanquish it, every single time it rears its ugly head.

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

    My dad's father helped liberate a concentration camp during WWII. I think there's a few pictures left of it. My dad said it really affected his father. I never really knew him very well as he passed when I was about 10 yrs old.

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

    "An SS guard who is said to have mistreated prisoners is identified by a former Soviet Buchenwald prisoner on April 14, 1945 in Buchenwald." Wearing a non-SS uniform to try and blend in and escape the consequences.

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

    Just wanted to point that one out - no insignia on the lapels means usually SS

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

    My granfathers family and other farms in the area were assigned soviet POWs. When the Red Army came to liberate Austria from the Nazis, they were asking the POWs how they were treated. My great grandfather treated his POW well, like any other farmhand, fed him well and he was allowed to sit with them on the family table. Their neighbour treated his POW like a slave and he had to sleep with the pigs in the stable. My grandfather said he'll never forget the screams of their neighbour. For over 8 hours the soviets tortured the man before they took him with them. Meanwhile a few of the soldiers had tea with my great grandparents.

    glowworm2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know why, just love the image of the soldiers having tea with your great grandparents.

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    Kerri Peek
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On the other hand I know of a Nazi guard, who always "lost" his lunch where the kids were housed. I know one of the kids who "found" the lunches and survived the holocaust. I'm not justifying what they did at all, I just think about that sometimes.

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

    This picture may be staged. Not as in: this didn't happen but as in: this happened, but the moment it happen, no camera was ready to capture the moment. The famous video of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp by the Soviet Red Army was recorded one day later. I think this picture may have been taken as a symbol, like "Nazi criminals won't go unpunished". Unfortunately, many of them did. First trial of Auschwitz "guards" in Western Germany took place in the 1960s.

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

    Out of 8,000 Auschwitz guards, only 42 ever saw the inside of a courtroom, not to mention the millions of soldiers who killed innocent civillians (burned in barns, mass burials in forests). They all went home, hid their uniforms and bounced grandbabies on their knees. All of them went unpunished.

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

    Prisoner is an euphemism...

    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The guard cannot even look the man or the cameraman in the eye. F******g coward.

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

    Brutal guard can't even make eye contact....

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    #7

    A Baby Lamb Snuggles Up To A Sleeping Boy, 1940

    A Baby Lamb Snuggles Up To A Sleeping Boy, 1940

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    Smiley MG
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awe... Wee Lamb with Wee Boi

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to snuggle with the sheep, and afterwards, my mother would pick the ticks off me. Fun times on the farm.

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

    So adorable and wholesome....

    Justin Rogers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a baby goat snuggled up on me in bed right now. Best feeling in the world

    Sharon Kapon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg this soooo cute, adorable and fabulous

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

    This is not a goat. Baby goats are called "kids". Close but not accurate post, BarkingSquirell. However, I give you credit for the pun.

    sharron lynn parsons
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So precious, I love this , more of this, animals and children thanks !!!

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    #8

    Girls Sent Home From Mckinley High School For Wearing Slacks And Blue Jeans, Chicago, 1946

    Girls Sent Home From Mckinley High School For Wearing Slacks And Blue Jeans, Chicago, 1946

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    Anna Listler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eternal respect to the people who paved and continue to pave the way for gender equality

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

    Bless their hearts. In 1969, Northeast Ohio, our elementary school finally approved girls wearing pants to school. The first day we could, I was one of only three girls in the entire school that wore pants to class. No jeans were allowed though. Two years later, in junior high, we could wear jeans also. Hard to believe now.

    Stephanie Did It
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was in Maryland in 69, 7th grade, and we were granted the unspeakable privilege of wearing double-knit pantsuits. And believe me, they were pretty unspeakable! But the door was OPEN!

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

    I am a guy and I was sent home for wearing jeans in 1962

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

    And flashing "Shin"!! The most erotic body part!

    People lie carbs dont
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless you’re Japanese, in which case it’s the ( dare I say it ??) nape of the neck !

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    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're in their nineties now, but still feisty as hell.

    Leslie Cookietown
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my gosh, these hellraisers have to be contained!

    Jessica Bertram
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It kills me because not 2 years earlier, women were filling roles left open by wartime: mechanics, construction, so many physically demanding things. But the second the war was over, women were largely relegated to their pre-war clothing, pre-war occupations. I feel like it was a squandered opportunity for positive change, kind of like the world learning so many lessons during lockdown, only to return to business as usual after.

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

    Yes, because the women were used. Oh sure, it was all "your country needs you, step up girls!" Then, it was "thank you ladies, but the boys are back. Remember your place." Women did amazing things. For their country, for the world. Both at home and abroad. Then they were basically ordered to step back and make way for the boys.

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    Savage Susan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is one of the reasons every woman should vote. Suffragettes were beaten and jailed during their fight for the right to vote.

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

    You are right. I make it a point to vote ever since I was of age to do so. I am a boomer.

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    #9

    The Oldest Indian, John Smith, Managed To Live In Three Centuries At Once, Being Born In The 18th Century, Living Throughout The 19th Century And Dying In The 20th Century. It Is Alleged That He Lived For About 137 Years

    The Oldest Indian, John Smith, Managed To Live In Three Centuries At Once, Being Born In The 18th Century, Living Throughout The 19th Century And Dying In The 20th Century. It Is Alleged That He Lived For About 137 Years

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

    Now that's a face baring history.

    Amanda Rose
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This seems to be a persistent rumor. His actual age is apparently unknown. It's also believed that he had some sort of skin condition making the deep lines and uneven texture.

    Amanda Rose
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The exact age of John Smith at the time of his death has been a subject of controversy. Federal Commissioner of Indian Enrollment Ransom J. Powell argued that "it was disease and not age that made him look the way he did"[2] and remarked that according to records he was 88 years old. Paul Buffalo, who had met Smith when a small boy, said he had repeatedly heard the old man state that he was "seven or eight", "eight or nine" and "ten years old" when the "stars fell"[2] in the Leonid meteor shower of November 13, 1833. Local historian Carl Zapffe writes: "Birthdates of Indians of the 19th Century had generally been determined by the Government in relation to the awe-inspiring shower of meteorites that burned through the American skies just before dawn on 13 November 1833, scaring the daylights out of civilized and uncivilized peoples alike. Obviously it was the end of the world. . . .".[3] This estimate tied to the Leonids implies the oldest possible age of John Smith at just under 100

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

    Native American... Stop using the wrong word

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

    It wasn't the wrong word when he was alive.

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    Richard Rice
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He didn't live in 3 centuries at once, he lived in them one at a time.

    Max Fox
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How many times can BP post this story, knowing that there is really no proof of this age, and actually a good amount of proof that he was younger, far younger. The longest that a person has been verified to have lived is a French woman, Jeanne Calment who lived almost 122 and 1/2. Th elongest lived man was Jiroemon Kimura, who lived 116 year, and lived in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries (1897-2016).

    Claire Cotts
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a pretty convincing theory that it was actually her daughter that took over her identity when she passed away, to avoid taxes. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-questions-age-worlds-oldest-woman-180971153/

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    Bob Brooce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And some people allege that the earth is flat, which is almost as believable as this guy making it to 137.

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He doesn't seem overly pleased by this designation.

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    Dr. Darren R. Reid, who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Dundee and is now a lecturer at Coventry University, explained to Bored Panda for our earlier publication on historical pictures that images are an incredibly important part of how we understand the past.

    "They give us a distinct look into how people and societies viewed themselves and each other," Reid said back then. "In the medieval period, for example, Jesus and the saints were often depicted as physically larger than ordinary people — not because they were believed to be taller, but because they occupied a higher status in the minds of the artists who produced these images, and the audiences who consumed them. In later centuries, Europeans (and their descendants) looked to the classical world for inspiration, spending huge amounts of time (and money) on images that were both increasingly realistic and idealized."

    #10

    A Dog Says Goodbye To His Fallen US Soldier Friend. Afghan War, 2004

    A Dog Says Goodbye To His Fallen US Soldier Friend. Afghan War, 2004

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

    well im crying now...

    David Bois
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh god me too. that dog's face. i can't even.

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

    Quiet anguish. One thing to celebrate in this photo-- the Photographer saw it- and caught it - for us. That was brilliant, worthy, and thanks are due.

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    Lorraine Woollands
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks so sad. And they say that animals have no emotions

    María Hermida
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only idiots with no empathy whatsoever say animals have no emotions

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

    Heartbreaking ❤️‍🩹 . The dog looks so incredibly sad.

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

    Who has onions for breakfast...

    Paul Brown
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    God, that is so freaking sad. And poor doggy doesn't understand where his partner went.

    Charm Hockaday
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He does know. That's the sad part. Animals are more in-tune with things than we can possibly know.

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    #11

    Vancouver's First Official Lifeguard, Joe Fortes, 1905. Fortes, Who Was Born In Trinidad And Tobago, Was Credited With Saving Dozens Of Lives And Was Known As "Old Black Joe"

    Vancouver's First Official Lifeguard, Joe Fortes, 1905. Fortes, Who Was Born In Trinidad And Tobago, Was Credited With Saving Dozens Of Lives And Was Known As "Old Black Joe"

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    Soozie Poozie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a high-end (seafood & steak) restaurant in Vancouver called Joe Fortes... I never knew it was named after a historical figure.

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

    Oh I never made that connection either!

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    Jan Bowyer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think Joe looks like a wonderful gentleman

    Adam King
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Hey how about Lifeguard Joe, since I'm the only one? Or just Joe?"

    Just A Fad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmmm, different people did different things in different times. Who woulda guessed?

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    Bob Brooce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saved dozens of lives but everyone called him "Old black Joe"? He got an even worse deal than the guy nobody calls "Giuseppe the bridge builder".

    Douglas Tucker
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I must assume that not very many drowning folks thought, "I hope its not Old Black Joe who is rescuing me. What will my friends say?"

    Bill Swallow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "You're a better man than I am..." C'mon, am I the only one who remembers?

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    #12

    Shy Young Woman Smiling For The Camera 143 Years Ago

    Shy Young Woman Smiling For The Camera 143 Years Ago

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    David Bois
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    she's inescapably charming -- what a lovely bit of early photography this is

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

    Weird to think there was a time she was looking into the camera and had no idea we'd be looking back 150 years later

    Jo Davies
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the innocence of this

    Polly Evanova
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She isn't shy, she's being playful! 🥰

    squid Luau
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i wonder how long she had to hold that smile

    Janissary35680
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    İf the "143 years ago" is correct, that would mean this picture was taken around 1880. Exposure times would still have been a lot longer than they are nowadays but not so long as they were even 20 years earlier than that.

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    Leslie Cookietown
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Genuine modesty... something rare today.

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

    Probably not an image from 143 yrs ago. 1) image is way to sharp, 2) There is color in this image, not a true B&W and most important 3) people didn’t smile in pictures then because of the crazy ling exposure times.

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    Reid added that "Native Americans and American colonizers were frequently depicted in classical poses — all deliberate choices that show us how many people perceived the invasion of the Americas and the genocides that occurred there."

    "They also include important details (such as items of clothing, hairstyles, etc.) that help us to picture the past. For modern people, this means we can more accurately imagine, and perhaps, empathize with the very different folks who came before us."

    #13

    Portrait Of A Family. Georgia, USA, Circa 1900

    Portrait Of A Family. Georgia, USA, Circa 1900

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

    They obviously took pride in how they dressed.

    Ephemera Image
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The days when people dressed up for special events...

    People lie carbs dont
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They’re so precious !!! Awe ! Can’t imagine the things they experienced, went through, etc. such a beautiful family.

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    #14

    The Ship "Queen Elizabeth" Arrives At The Port Of New York. On Board Are Soldiers Returning From World War II, 1945

    The Ship "Queen Elizabeth" Arrives At The Port Of New York. On Board Are Soldiers Returning From World War II, 1945

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    Leslie Cookietown
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And may God bless those who didn't (make it home... and their families). 😔

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    Nova yt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It amazes me how you feed this many soldiers

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

    I assume it was a joyous moment for all, under the circumstances.

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

    The guy in the middle needs to go to the loo....

    Maggie Fanelli
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandpa had his bag of Nazi loot stolen on the ship home lol

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

    How did that boat not capsize!?

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

    I guarantee the Captain is aware of the distribution of the people, and has some plans for action if they should shift in a dangerous fashion. That many people CAN dramatically affect the attitude of a ship-

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    Eleanor Schlosser
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take a lesson Mr. Trump...this is what a huge crowd coming together to make America great really looks like.

    D Wall
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And so many didn’t return, including my Uncle Charles who I never got to meet. He was killed by a kamikaze in the South China Sea on his destroyer three weeks after he turned 20.

    Jack Burton
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just think about going to toilets...

    Sunny Day
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better on the QE passenger ship than on battleships where there was a bench with 4 toilets back to back (total of 8). And one was painted red for the guys who brought something extra back from shore leave.

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    Anon822209
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The ship has multiple heads (bathrooms) across multiple decks (floors). It looks a lot more crowded than it probably was because everyone on onboard is trying to cram into the same space.

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    #15

    A Young Woman Photographed In The 1910s

    A Young Woman Photographed In The 1910s

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

    Natural beauty. Not a boob job or lip filler in sight. Those were the days...

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

    Just torture devices like corsets and bustles

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    Slim 864 GVG
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't get me wrong, I love black and white photography. It is the best way to capture details and textures that are sometimes lost in color photos, but I would love to see a colorized version of this portrait. Her eyes are amazing.

    Joseph Greene
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd love to know how old she is in this photo.

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    #16

    Five-Year-Old Albert Einstein, 1884

    Five-Year-Old Albert Einstein, 1884

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    WFH Forever
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The eyes! He had that look by 5 years old - like he is bored with the world and might as well do complex thought experiments while standing around.

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

    Albert's love of mathematics began when his mother bought him a coat with 327 buttons.

    Dick Fint
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks tired. But I guess it's all relative. (Exit, stage left. With my bad puns.)

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

    I read anything I can get my hands on about his life. It's as entertaining as anything in the best sellers racks; and most other adjectives you can think of, too. Did you know Israel asked him to be its first President? Nobody thought that was a good idea- Albert included, of course - but they asked anyway.

    CD King
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He already looks unimpressed with stupid people.

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

    Omg he’s freaking adorable!!!!

    Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks less than impressed at getting his photograph taken.

    Barbara Baldwin
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't mistake his eyes, even that young

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    Darren R. Reid highlighted that developing an eye for visual storytelling allows us to detect when someone's trying to bend the narrative.

    "The invasion of the Americas was frequently sanctioned and/or driven by governments, but it was the acts of 'ordinary' people that made it possible, and across that continent, a huge body of work was produced to justify, even encourage some really terrible acts," he said.

    "American comic books and movies depicted Native Americans as simple, brutish, and savage. This helped to justify genocide and colonization as it was ongoing — and justify it, long after the most violent part of the process was complete. For a great example, check out the awful depiction of Native Americans in Disney’s Peter Pan. They helped to justify the colonial project to generations of children, right up to the present day."

    #17

    This Is What The Empire State Building Looked Like Against The Background Of Other Buildings, 1941

    This Is What The Empire State Building Looked Like Against The Background Of Other Buildings, 1941

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

    That photo is at a very specific angle, since there was already a mass of skyscrapers in 1941. An Aerial photo of NYC from 1935: https://www.facebook.com/OldNewYorkImages/photos/a.138588546242154/1464181830349479/?type=3

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

    thank you for the clarification and the link

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    Martian Moonman
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    (Clearing my throat) Maybe, just maybe, this is an extreme telephoto image captured looking eastward across the Hudson River from New Jersey. Possible?

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

    No, this is a faked photograph (just look at the proportions), more likely illustrating the difference between, I’d say, 19th century New York and 1930s New York, when the Empire State Building went up, and the age of the skyscraper (in comparison to the other high rise building to the right) got into full swing.

    Ellie Elenniss
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "See that building?" "Which building?" "Are you blind?"

    Dorothea Stovall
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Holy smoke. So huge against the other buildings. It must have been amazing.

    D Wall
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No wonder Godzilla picked it out to climb.

    Chris Landrum
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that is actually kinda of overwhelming

    Sharon Kapon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where have we gone wrong Manhattan

    sharron lynn parsons
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never have been interested in buildings, a concrete jungle, give me nature, peaceful country, birds and wildlife, country air that smells heavenly !!!

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    #18

    Abraham Lincoln In 1861 And 1865. A Noticeable Four-Year Contrast Against The Backdrop Of War

    Abraham Lincoln In 1861 And 1865. A Noticeable Four-Year Contrast Against The Backdrop Of War

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    Smiley MG
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oohhh!!! Looks like he went from age 30-ish to age 70-ish real quick

    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try fighting the Civil War and dealing with his son dying, his wife going insane, half of the country hating his guts *AND* reelection. I bet anyone will look like that...

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    Crystal Spencer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This has been typical of U.S. presidents. Huge differences in 4 years in almost all of them.

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

    Except for the ones that did nothing but play golf, watch TV and tweet.

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

    It's believed that he had Marfan Syndrome.

    Ranger Kanootsen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does he remind me of Cillian Murphy??

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

    1860 not 61, in 1860 during his presidential campaign he grew the iconic beard

    Joe Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He grew it while he was president-elect, but he did have it by 1861 so your point stands.

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

    https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3a52094/?loclr=blogloc . . One of these picture is edited.

    Barbara Baldwin
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Took Mr. Obama eight years to age so prematurely

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

    just about every president ages in office.

    Sessy1978
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is what happens when you're fighting those vampires all day and night. IYKYK 😁

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    #19

    An Old Fisherman Photographed In Bergen, Norway In 1902 By Anders Beer Wilse

    An Old Fisherman Photographed In Bergen, Norway In 1902 By Anders Beer Wilse

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

    The Gorton's Fisherman! 🐟

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

    he;s probably 28 yrs old.

    Amy Tomey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s the Gordon’s Fisherman!

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

    "It's only an old salty Swedish sea dog out there from the salty seas, you know."

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

    Had smart phones been invented yet?

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

    I always wonder about what people's day to day lives were like - who did they love? what made them laugh?

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

    Do not get into a drinking battle with this man!

    Nikolaj Christensen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or arm wrestling, never underestimate farmers, fishermen, or anyone who uses their muscles daily for hard labour

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

    "Ready, Nils? Ok, now, remember, try as hard as you can to look like the stereotype.."

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    #20

    New York, 1958. Dancers In A Nightclub Play Chess. Smartphones Haven't Been Invented Yet

    New York, 1958. Dancers In A Nightclub Play Chess. Smartphones Haven't Been Invented Yet

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    Natasha Arruda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... Thanks for clarifying that smartphones hadn't been invented. I was SO confused. /s

    Delta Dawn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the point being made is that similar people today would be on their phones idly scrolling rather than using their brains.

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    Molly Whuppie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure what smartphones have to do with it. They exist today and millions of people still play chess on chess boards.

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

    Doubtless people play chess on smart phones

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

    Methinks they were sorely underestimated by their patrons.

    Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm interpreting this as 1. Just because these ladies have nightclub dancing as a past time, it doesn't mean they're stupid, and 2. The smartphone comment is a dig at modern society, who'd rather film a Tiktok than do something worth using your brain. 👍

    Obstinate Owl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Smartphones hadn't been invented yet, but *mansplaining* was alive and well.

    Vvee Work
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm also confused on why intelligence is even mentioned just because they know how to play chess?

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

    Because there are no men to tell them what to do.

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

    Really. smart phones had no been inveted yet in 1958? No s**t

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

    No s**t sherlock.

    Brown Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is she about to move the king? Already?

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    Today, 66 percent of the global population and 97 percent of the U.S. population use the internet where they are under a constant barrage of content. Hopefully, places like the subreddit 'Rare Historical Photos' will help them navigate the overwhelming amount of information.

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    #21

    Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau Carries The Country's Future Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Under His Arm. Ottawa, 1973

    Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau Carries The Country's Future Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Under His Arm. Ottawa, 1973

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

    Sir, it's a child, not a briefcase.

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

    Lots of parents carry their kids like this. I don't see a problem here.

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    Geoffrey Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Judging by the facial expressions, there is about to be a "come to Jesus" meeting.

    Patsy Robins
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, the only reason you carry your kid like that is when they don’t want to be carried! And his face says, “Just wait till we get home!”

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

    this, and the pirouette are my favorite of PT. Love him or hate him, the man was photogenic

    Elaine Marten
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    no he was't...up until justin he was the worst prime minister Canada has ever had

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

    Daddy dropping him on his head 30 seconds after the photo was taken would explain what we see in Canada today.

    Gozer LeGozerian
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You'd expect a guy from texas to have a tantrum over all the freedom they have in Canada

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    Bear Hall
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "If you keep acting up you'll never make anything of your life."

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

    The salute was for the kid from a time-traveling soldier.

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

    That's the anti-tantrum carry

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

    If he carries him like that, it has been a rough day so far.

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    #22

    With Her Husband At War, Mom Works On The Car, 1944

    With Her Husband At War, Mom Works On The Car, 1944

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

    That's the kind of woman my daughter turned out to be. She spent hours under a car with me when she was little, strictly out of curiosity. Today she can change her own oil and brakes and changing a flat tire is child's play to her.

    Nicola Mawson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too. Everyone should know how to change a tyre if nothing else

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    Janice Daniels
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My generation was raised by women like her. We were very fortunate to have such role models. We were taught to be resourceful and adaptable. Not bad traits at all

    2WheelTravlr
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sad this is such a staged photo, and badly staged at that. No one is working on a car with a sledgehammer and gardening equipment. So many exceedingly competent women held down the home front during the war, and many did the "dirty" work of car maintenance, lawn care, and many held very physically demanding jobs. I've always felt these staged images were so sexist. Yes, they show women doing "a man's job", but in nice clothing and full makeup.

    Robin DJW
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad taught me how to drive in 1965. Changing a tire was part of the training, as was checking all the dipsticks and adding oil... Made my kids learn to drive on a standard shift... They hated me at the time but were grateful later.

    Richard Rice
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whoopee, my aunt worked in a factory building planes for the war.

    Linda C
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And she learned how without YouTube

    David Brown
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I adore women that aren't afraid to get some grease under their nails.

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

    Staged photograph for a magazine.

    Rick Funk
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep! That hammer can fix anything.

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    #23

    A Lady From High Society. Ottoman Empire, 1900s

    A Lady From High Society. Ottoman Empire, 1900s

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

    https://www.instagram.com/p/spEYvZCv4x/ - it's modern

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

    The makeup looks so modern.

    Matthew Aronson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    she looks so much like Melissa Gilbert from Little House on the Prairie.

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

    She looks just like Sarah Silverman....

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

    How much makeup did they wear back then?? is this just her natural beauty??

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

    A lovely young lady, easy to see, a classy lady !!!

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    #24

    Man With Down’s Syndrome, 1890s

    Man With Down’s Syndrome, 1890s

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

    Being given the dignity he deserves.

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

    I'm surprised and pleased that he was thought worthy of having his photograph taken.

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

    He's almost as handsome as my 9mo grandson who also has DS. They are sweet, happy, lovely people. Our family is over-the-moon-happy to have been chosen to receive such a gift.

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

    Someone obviously really loved this man. Glad that was so

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

    Damn, the guy looks exactly like one of my clients back when I was working with special needs people. He even likes to wear a similar jacket!

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

    He was very lucky. Most kids with Down syndrome ended up in orphanages and died soon after from neglect.

    Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone remember the TV show Life Goes On? It's Corky!

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

    Yes. He recently spoke out about a monologue given on Saturday night live.

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    El Dee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sick of people saying how there weren't people who had Downs, ADHD, Autism when they were young. There were as many if not more but they were sent to large 'homes' and parents were advised this was for the betterment of the child. I remember when this thinking started to end and we actually saw more people living in the community with us and how positive that was for everyone. But there's still the idiots who don't get it..

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    #25

    Young Couple Standing At A Speed Limit Sign. Oklahoma, 1920s

    Young Couple Standing At A Speed Limit Sign. Oklahoma, 1920s

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    Janice Daniels
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it is witty. The town folk had a sense of humor

    Panda'sMom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I grew up in SE Oklahoma Would really like to know where this little town is/was.

    Sharon Kapon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hhhhhaaaa drive fast and see our jail

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

    Ironically, they were struck by a slow-moving tractor that swerved to avoid a speeding car. They survived, but the signs were totaled.

    LizzieBoredom
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    Adrian
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    I guess they didn't have adverbs back then, either...

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bruh, I'm a former English/Creative Writing major with a degree in English/Creative Writing and I can tell you that NO ONE likes a pedant.

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    #26

    Republican Party Supporters And Democratic Party Supporters Fight With Snowballs In Front Of The Capitol. January, 1921, Washington, USA

    Republican Party Supporters And Democratic Party Supporters Fight With Snowballs In Front Of The Capitol. January, 1921, Washington, USA

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    bob12
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is how politics should be done - with a good snowball fight.

    Terri Martin
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot more civilized than January 6th....

    Rachel Pelz
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG...global warming threatens this method of resolving arguments, too. That makes climate change even more horrible.

    Kenneth Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Goes with my philosophy that political disputes should be settled via Mario Kart.

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

    Today one side would build a fort wall. This is far more civilized as Terri says below.

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

    Today one side would have a fort wall. I like it the old fashion way.

    Bindi Adams
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good to see that politicians can get it right...duking it out safely!

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    #27

    Queue For The Premiere Of The Star Wars Film. Vancouver, 1977

    Queue For The Premiere Of The Star Wars Film. Vancouver, 1977

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    Kit Springs
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went to the Denver premier, it was a long line there too. It was awesome.

    Javelina Poppers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Took my kids, 5 & 7 to see it in Woodland Park Colorado, small town back then and almost zero line.

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    Shaunn Munn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wonderful memory! Everyone was rapt. No giggling or bad behavior. We'd never seen anything like this. One of my best teen memories!

    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I only saw this because my 54 year old mother demanded I drive her there. She would watch any movie Alec Guinness was in. (Smart lady.)

    Blue Bunny of Happiness
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting that the majority of people in the queue appear to be male. Males me wonder if it was due to the appeal of the movie, the split between the genders in terms of ability to spend time queuing or other reason?

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

    You had to be a member of FNVC (Future nerds of Vancouver, Canada).

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

    I am old enough to remember this. I was only 8 but wow, I'd never seen anything like it.

    Ronna Black
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We went. Me, my parents and my sister. We weren’t able to all sit together. I sat with my dad, and my mom and sister sat together. It was packed.

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

    I went on my first date to see Star Wars! This is when I found out that I have a strange condition, where I will fall asleep during any movie, no matter how loud or how much I am enjoying it. There was no second date.

    Dorothea Stovall
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG. I do too, even if I'm not tired and am enjoying the movie. It's so embarrassing on a date. I never could explain it.

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    Richard Graham
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw "Star Wars" on its second day of release. At a very old and elegant movie theatre in Ithaca, NY.

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

    What was that like? I can’t imagine. It was so new, so groundbreaking at the time. It must have been mind blowing really.

    Larry Kearney
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hair and clothing just absolutely scream it's the 70's. Ask me how I know.

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

    Not a pair of skinny jeans in sight LOL

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    #28

    Early Use Of A Selfie Stick In The 1940s

    Early Use Of A Selfie Stick In The 1940s

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    Rick Funk
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should have got a Patent on it.

    Bob Brooce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, they probably could have sold at least a couple before the patent ran out. To people too dumb to find something to poke the shutter release with, since it's not actually holding the camera that's on a tripod.

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    Nathan Pallanich
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The girl on the right has a pet Squirrel?

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

    It's not a stick. It's a shutter trigger and it's a string.

    Jo Hardy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does it have to be a selfie? Somebody else could be taking the photo. The 'strap' is moving - a horse?

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

    Stick? Looks more like a kind of rope, but not sure.

    Sessy1978
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does the girl in the back right have a squirrel 🐿️?

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    #29

    American Soldier Returning Home From The Great War, Ca 1918-19

    American Soldier Returning Home From The Great War, Ca 1918-19

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    Javelina Poppers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Billed as "the war to end all wars"................yeah right.

    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was also called "The war to make America safe for democracy". Yeah right to that, too.

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    Apatheist Account2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sad that all those who returned home and started rebuilding the population were just creating the cannon fodder for the next one.

    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wholesome and tragic at the same time. The soldier seems reasonably well and unharmed, at least physically. Wonder what happened to the family. The son is of the right age to fight in WW2.

    Nitka Tsar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my…. You are right! Shoot, that is so sad!

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    Roger9er
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His wife couldn't have a bigger smile.

    Nitka Tsar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was is meant as „good”? I thought it means „big” in this context.

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    Brandi Blessent
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lady in the hat behind looks like Miss Gulch on her way to Kansas 😂 watch out Toto! Always loved they called it the Great War such positive thinkers

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

    I can't imagine the sheer joy and relief they would have experienced after all those years

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    #30

    A Youthful Marine, Da Nang, Vietnam, August 3, 1965

    A Youthful Marine, Da Nang, Vietnam, August 3, 1965

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Old enough to die but too young to vote.

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

    Nor drink alcohol? At least with today's laws? Dunno how it was then?

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

    I wanted to say he looks brave, but then I looked closer at his eyes and all I see is fear. My heart goes out to him.

    Joe Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being brave means doing your job even if you are afraid

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

    He looks to be about 15 😳

    Amanda Rose
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He may have been! Not uncommon for boys under the age limit to fake their ages to go fight.

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

    Poor guy. I hope he made it home and got to experience a good life.

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

    Yes, fortunately he lived! In the original Reddit post, there’s a picture of him nowadays holding this picture, and in that picture, he’s smiling.

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

    In Vietnam, the average age of the combat soldier was nineteen. So Paul Hardcastle informed us in the ‘80s.

    Brian Droste
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After 6 months they are considered veteran soldiers.

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    Paul C.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cousin who I played with as a toddler, moved to America from the UK when his mum married a US soldier. At age 19 he was sent to Vietnam. I was the same age and an immature mummies boy and the thought of being there horrified me. I was still mucking about with mates like a kid.

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

    Poor guys, sent off to war as heroes, but things changed so much that by the time they got back, they were called baby-killers and spat on.

    Leslie Cookietown
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sure hope that he made it back home (and is doin' good to this day).

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

    He did! It’s mentioned in the Reddit post.

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

    Eisenhower warned us about the military industrial complex that would push us to get into wasteful wars. So many lives and $s wasted.

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    #31

    A Cowboy, 1890s

    A Cowboy, 1890s

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

    hmmmmm think I wanna save a horse

    Kelly H. Wilder
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🤠 Greatest comment I've read today! Thanks for the hearty laugh! 🏆 😆

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    Javelina Poppers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Betcha he never got sent home for wearing blue jeans.

    Crystal Spencer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that a banana in his pocket? I think he might have been a bit excited at the photo opportunity.

    Patricia Manteuffel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A very handsome Cowboy, WOW!

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

    Howdy sir, need your saddle oiled?

    Janice Daniels
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He really does look like Paul Newman

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    #32

    Goodyear Illuminated Tires, 1961

    Goodyear Illuminated Tires, 1961

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

    They probably don’t last long, but I would love to have these on our car and on my bicycle!

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

    Yup… “The tires also performed poorly in wet conditions and tended to melt when drivers braked too heavily”

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    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know which to ask first - "How?" or "Why?"

    Richard Graham
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/why-goodyears-bright-idea-for-illuminated-tires-didnt-shine-for-long/

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

    Cute but wouldn't it blind people on the road?

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

    A neighbor of mine has them and they are unbelievable bright. I read that a nearby state has made them illegal and I hope more states do the same.

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    Stephanie Did It
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That looks like the mint green Valient we had in the early 60s.

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    #33

    Pictured Is Paul Overby, One Of Two Drivers Trapped In The Cab Of The Truck. He Is Pulled By A Rope In The Pit River Bridge Over Lake Shasta Near Redding, California, May 3, 1953. Both Overby And His Partner Hank Baum Were Rescued Before The Car Plunged And Caught Fire

    Pictured Is Paul Overby, One Of Two Drivers Trapped In The Cab Of The Truck. He Is Pulled By A Rope In The Pit River Bridge Over Lake Shasta Near Redding, California, May 3, 1953. Both Overby And His Partner Hank Baum Were Rescued Before The Car Plunged And Caught Fire

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

    That would’ve been a terrifying several minutes. I’m not sure I’d make it out of the cab trusting just a rope and a handful of people

    Daniela Lavanza
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me neither but who knows! When a tiny rope is your only hope of survival, it's worth a try.

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    Occam's Chainsaw
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had a very similar situation in Louisville last month: https://apnews.com/article/truck-dangling-bridge-ohio-river-louisville-b9fe7c5e13ba3f7315c83c49384754ca Driver was safely rescued.

    Kelly H. Wilder
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought of that when I saw this picture. Both the driver and the responders were incredibly brave! The woman was able to stay calm until she was safe and then she was able to release her emotions...I think I would have been unable to hold it together the way she did, even to my own detriment. On a side note, I partially grew up in Redding and the surrounding areas and Lake (and Mount) Shasta are absolutely beautiful. Nature in the northernmost part of CA is spectacular and tends to be overshadowed by the hyper-commercialized regions of central and southern California.

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    People lie carbs dont
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow!!!!! Scary doesn’t even begin to describe what that would’ve been like to experience! But they were certainly relieved once it was over and they were safe ! Wow.

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

    where is Spidey when you need it?

    Douglas K Kurtz
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Before the car plunged? You mean the tractor/cab?,,, good Lord

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    #34

    A Typical American Family In 1950s, Detroit, Michigan

    A Typical American Family In 1950s, Detroit, Michigan

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

    I was born in Detroit and lived for a few years in a house that was almost exactly like the one pictured. Detroit is still full of them.

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

    Aren't they mostly empty and derelict nowadays though?

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    Smiley MG
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's always that one person who ruins the family pics with their antics.....hehehheheh lol

    Paul Brown
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a time when one person could work, get married, have children, buy a house and a car! All on one salary!! Sadly, I think those days are gone. Forever.

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

    Don't kill me, but... I usually find these photos a little creepy. I don't know how to explain it. They are too perfect: a perfect family in front of their perfect house, with their perfect kids... as if they are trying to hide something. Perhaps I've watched too many crime shows.

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

    Don't know why you got downvoted. I think it's because they were usually very good at showing their "perfect" image and no one would know what was really going on. If they were unhappy, ill, abusive... it all used to be swept under the rug.

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    Kelly Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is what's wrong with housing today. You can raise a family in 1000 sq ft but people think they have to have 3000 sq ft or their house is "too small".

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

    What's wrong with housing today is that it's not affordable and there's not enough of it, not that it's too small

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    Upstaged75
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love that house AND the car! :)

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

    When a typical American family could actually own a home

    Michael Wlodarczyk
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What used to be The American Dream. Not anymore.

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    #35

    Airmail Pilot, William “Wild Bill” Hopson Of The U.S. Mail Service In Omaha, Nebraska, 1926

    Airmail Pilot, William “Wild Bill” Hopson Of The U.S. Mail Service In Omaha, Nebraska, 1926

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    Pedantic Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    FYI. "Hopson died instantly on October 18, 1928, at the age of 41, near Polk, Pennsylvania, in a plane crash while flying on his contract airmail route between New York City and Chicago. Hopson's plane was carrying about US$100,000 in diamonds. Only about US$65,000 of the diamonds were recovered."- Wikipedia

    Mama Penguin
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here is an October 19, 1928 newspaper article detailing the accident and its aftermath: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-herald-news-herald-19-oct-1928/25384258/

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    Sheila who?
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a Omaha nebraska,winter flying, postal airmail pilot. He and many others performed a huge over and above especially when it came to ferrying meds,etc across country in the worst weather imaginable. Look them up.

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

    Shall we try to steal the mail from the........Whoa, have you seen him? Maybe not.

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

    Guess you're not known as "Wild Bill" for nothing?

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

    Looks like he's just finished an aerial dogfight with the Red Baron

    David Brown
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks like the kind of dude that could tell a hell of a joke.

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    #36

    A Mexican Baker, 1880-90s

    A Mexican Baker, 1880-90s

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    K C
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks magical.

    The Original Bruno
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He f*****g looks like Gandalf! But I'm not sure if Gandalf's hat isn't going to assign you to Hufflepuff.

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

    Juandalf. The Mexican wizard/baker.

    The Original Bruno
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    +1. Chef's kiss. Sorry I didn't see yours, when I made my comment, but you nailed it.

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    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mexican here. The caption reads "Cake maker from Tacubaya". Tacubaya was a village (now a neighborhood) Southwest of Mexico City. It has always been famous for its bakers and pastry makers, some of them of Italian or French origin. In 1839, during some of the Mexican riots and rebellions of that time, a French baker of Tacubaya had his shop destroyed, and when the government refused to pay him, he complained to the French Emperor, starting a war that was known as the Pastry War.

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

    Looks like Sam Elliott's great great great grandfather.

    Nuku Nyara
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mexican food wizard 🧙🪄🥐🥖🍞

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

    That's no baker, that's Gandalf

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

    Pandora and Roger9er jointly win the internet today

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    #37

    A Victorian Home Being Moved Via Horse Power. San Francisco, California, USA. 1908

    A Victorian Home Being Moved Via Horse Power. San Francisco, California, USA. 1908

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

    The big Victorian villa I flatted in as a student was moved like that. It used to be next to the local university and was moved by horse and dray to a suburb about 4 km away in 1902. Apparently it operated as a brothel for a while (a decade before I moved in!). It had a ghost in the living room and another one on the front porch. I met my partner when we both rented separate flats on the lower floor; after a year we moved into the very large flat upstairs with other flatmates and 37 years later we are still together (in our own home)

    The Original Bruno
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And your partner still teases you by claiming to have met in a brothel, right?

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    Angela C
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our house, in the middle of the street

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

    I think I'd rather have a job like that in Kansas. Hills are not a house mover's friend.

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

    If seems like they need more horses to me!

    Richard Rice
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was a time when the house had more value than the land it sat on. It could probably do well in an earthquake if it would withstand this.

    Nancy Adams
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Amazing how it was accomplished, without the knowledge, tools and technology of today! Surely there was a team of other horses not in the picture! I can’t imagine only two for the job!

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    #38

    Service At The Track Restaurant In Los Angeles, 1950s. Food Was Delivered Via Conveyor Belt Directly To Cars

    Service At The Track Restaurant In Los Angeles, 1950s. Food Was Delivered Via Conveyor Belt Directly To Cars

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    Richard Graham
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bottom to top (right to left): 1951 Buick, 1951 Chrysler, 1950 Dodge, 1940 or 1941 Chrysler, 1948 DeSoto Sedan, 1948 Ford Convertible, 1935 Chevrolet.

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

    Oh, you're one of those! lol. I have a son who can do this. Me? True story- when my mechanic wanted to know the make and model of the pickup I needed him to work on- my answer was... "Jeff. You know me. It's... brown."

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

    I love the little awnings.

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

    We could’ve used something like this during the pandemic

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

    The past lived in the future, much more than the future did. It amazes me every time.

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

    Could have been useful during the pandemic. Heck, now.

    Kitty1019
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Social distancing at its finest.

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

    We had a similar one in 70's. A train brought orders out via round track. It was called Loves drive in.

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

    Less enjoyable than carhops on roller skates.

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

    Die amis können halt nicht gehen, aber fat-werden….

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    #39

    A Lady Walks Around Renting Out Books As A “Walking Library.”

    A Lady Walks Around Renting Out Books As A “Walking Library.”

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

    The first "bookmobile."

    Upstaged75
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I loved the Bookmobile when I was a kid! Except it was in a bus, not on someone's back. :)

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

    Any medical textbooks on back ailments?

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

    I think she would draw the line at lugging the complete Encyclopedia Britannica

    People lie carbs dont
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awe !!! That’s cool !!! I was in the hospital for 2 months not too long ago and I genuinely appreciated one service that was being provided by some volunteers at The Hospital, where they’d daily come around to each patient and bring a good bit of reading material , along with hot chocolate, Hershey kisses to drop in the hot chocolate & little hand made get well cards. They’d talk with patients , just brought me a great deal of cheer and comfort! I imagine that lady brought people the same kind of joy! I also appreciated that at the hospital, we were able to keep whatever books we picked out, as they don’t wanna subject patients to spread of germs, but yeah, I just greatly appreciated having that to look forward to & pass the time. Between that & having my precious daughter visit, it helped alot. She’s 22 & works hard & is finishing college , so I of course was thankful anytime she was able to visit ! I just felt so blessed & thankful in such a scary / painful time. Made my heart smile

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

    That must have seemed so novel at the time.

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

    I guess that’s one way to do it. They had wagons then, right? Just saying.

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    #40

    Cab Drivers In Madison Square Garden, New York, 1900

    Cab Drivers In Madison Square Garden, New York, 1900

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

    Hansom cabs, named after Joseph Hansom who promoted them though they were designed by John Chapman. The drivers sit behind the cab.

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

    Riders can't jump out, unseen, without paying the meter, this way

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    Samson Berentzen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting. A close up of the same women was posted here as "Two Ladies of Paris around the 1900s".

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

    Watching all the girls walk by, trying to get a glimpse of ankle.

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

    Re the comment about modern day obesity: Their waists were probably cinched with massive corsets. That's why ladies would faint if they got excited... they simply couldn't breathe!

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

    those corsets look so uncomfortable

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

    Look at those tiny waists. It's a miracle they could breathe.

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

    I'm hardly looking at the cabs. The ladies on the left don't even look real. Hard to imagine people walking around dressed up like that anymore.

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

    The ladies look regal and lovely, but they must have been SO uncomfortable!

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

    One brazen lass trying to show a bit of ankle

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

    This picture is colorized somewhere and when you look at it and see the dappling of the leaves on the sidewalk, you can just feel the cool morning air.

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    #41

    Drexel Institute Girls’ Rifle Team. Philadelphia, USA

    Drexel Institute Girls’ Rifle Team. Philadelphia, USA

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

    Better not mess with them especially if they have a goose with them 😳

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

    The one on the far right.

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

    Maybe she's just shy, but she looks like she's trying to look extra mean!

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

    Ready to shoot holes in any glass ceiling in range.

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

    It is probably historically accurate. We have come a long way and have a long way to go, Using what we now know is the appropriate name would not highlight how far we have come . Ignoring our past could be detrimental to moving forward.

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    Bob Brooce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All of them except possibly the 3rd from the right look like they're just itching to shoot something.

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

    Second from the left looks like Phoebe Waller Bridge!

    L. Murphy
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    1 year ago

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    Jossh Nine
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was the cover photo for their album "Locked And Loaded".

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    #42

    Crossing Over The Thames. Photo By René Groebli, 1949

    Crossing Over The Thames. Photo By René Groebli, 1949

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

    Looks like the final shot in a movie.

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

    Before the Clean Air Act in the 1960's

    Jeffrey Diehl
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    Premium
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good, thick English industrial fog. (Cough, cough, wheeze)

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

    Where I grew up we had this smog (ie pollution) most days of the week..

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    #43

    People Sit On A Curb Amid Confetti And Papers After Celebrating The End Of World War II In New York City On August 14, 1945

    People Sit On A Curb Amid Confetti And Papers After Celebrating The End Of World War II In New York City On August 14, 1945

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

    Oh man, it took me a while to remember you're literally a cat for me to figure out what you meant by that.

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    Upstaged75
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine being the people who have to clean all that stuff up!

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

    I've thought exact thing on certain occasions! Glad you posted this! 💗

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    Bill Swallow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The famous New York Tickertape Parades were created by Grover Whelan, while he was working for Wanamaker's Department Store, as publicity stunts. He went on to serve a term as New York Police Commissioner, where he was largely despised by his men, though he did create the 'Police College' to provide thorough, detailed training for would-be detectives. He is most famous for spearheading the 1939 New York World's Fair and serving as it's President. He is mentioned in Groucho Marx's song 'Lydia the Tattooed Lady'.

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

    Basking in the aftermath....that's what I would do, savor the moment

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

    Comforting to know that even back then new yorkers threw their trash in the streets.

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

    People are so strange. A horrible war ends so let's celebrate by MAKING A HUGE MESS!

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

    Wonder how they got that mess cleaned up?

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

    If only it had stayed the end....

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    #44

    Downtown Boston, 1910

    Downtown Boston, 1910

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn that's cool. I wonder if I can get a high res version because I'd love that as my desktop background.

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

    That's not downtown Boston--it's a former Boston & Maine depot in Salem, MA.

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

    Does anybody know what is going on in this picture. Looks like some kind of explosion.

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

    What's with all the smoke, steam?

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

    love the train, wonder if Cheers bar is nearby??

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

    This is a wonderful photo!! love it!!

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

    Evidently this is actually Salem MA

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

    Looks a bit like Birmingham(Peaky Blinders)

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

    Image was not shot in 1910, or has been manipulated. No color like this in 1910

    Tina Harnish
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most old photos are colorized now. People complain if they aren't. They also coloured pictures with hand tinting back then.

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    #45

    A Fashionable Young Woman Exiting A NYC Streetcar In 1912

    A Fashionable Young Woman Exiting A NYC Streetcar In 1912

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    Bob Brooce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anybody else notice that that's Jed Clampett still in the streetcar?

    Lynn Hixson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks a little like Sally Field.

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    #46

    A Gentleman Tips His Hat To A Group Of Ladies, 1920s

    A Gentleman Tips His Hat To A Group Of Ladies, 1920s

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

    I love 1920s and 1930s fashion. There are so many outfits that I want to be brought back.

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

    Only genuine Cowboys do that when meeting a lady or ladies, here in the South. I'm so glad they've kept that gesture alive. Most use "Ma'am" and "Sir" when speaking too.

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

    I used to work for an oil company when I left school, there was a southerner who addressed me as ma'am, I swear I just melted

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    Red PANda (she/they)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate how this gesture has been claimed by the incels 😔 I think it’s charming and romantic

    Upstaged75
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    M'lady. Early version of the fedora. ;)

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

    Aaaand - they just ignore him...LOL

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

    A time when people had good manners, sadly that no longer the case!

    Uncle Schmickle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Quite the dandy, and good manners too.

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    #47

    Photo Of Marilyn Monroe First Wedding, She Was 16 Years Old, 1942

    Photo Of Marilyn Monroe First Wedding, She Was 16 Years Old, 1942

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

    She had been through several foster homes, where she was sexually abused. She married the neighbor's son to avoid being sent back to the orphanage. The photos of Norma Jean when she was discovered at a wartime factory show a young woman with thick, curly reddish brown hair.

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

    She also had several miscarriages, and suffered from endometriosis. She really had a tough life. It's no wonder she used d***s to cope in the days before effective mental health treatment and therapy.

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    Leslie Cookietown
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just hours before that photo, she was Miss Norma Jean Mortenson. She was very smart and extremely beautiful.

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

    I wonder what that young man's life was like after their brief marriage. They didn't even bother with his name.

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

    His name was James Dougherty. He was a career Los Angeles police officer and was the very first Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT). He married two more times and by most accounts was a stable, "average Joe" kind of guy, who was generally well regarded.

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    WFH Forever
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents wedding photos from later in the 40s look very similar(my mother's hairstyle was almost identical).

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

    I'm in my mid-early-thirties. I can't imagine allowing a marriage at 16. In America, child marriages are still allowed in 43 states. You can follow this petition to help end it: https://chng.it/jDq9CSrhKd .

    realenancy170
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My oldest brother was married at 16. He got his girlfriend pregnant. There were only a couple of choices back then. We need to never go back, keep women in control of their bodies.

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    Anya Foxx
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That poor woman had such a tragic life :(

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

    The brickwork around that fireplace is awesome.

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

    I truly see a 1996 Ginger Spice in her face.

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    #48

    Passengers Onboard The Staten Island Ferry. New York, USA. 1895

    Passengers Onboard The Staten Island Ferry. New York, USA. 1895

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

    No cell phones. I wonder if distant folks lamented the advent of newspapers.

    The Original Bruno
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. The father at the breakfast table with his nose in a newspaper was almost archetypical; the father who peers past the newspaper to be a part of a family is a symbol of warmth or connectedness. Rockwelll was always so good at communicating emotion. What does this wife say to you? https://imgc.artprin...u-l-pc71900.jpg

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    Emma S
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sometimes wish we all still wore such fabulous hats on a daily basis.

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

    As long as we don't have to squeeze into the corsets too!

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

    Newspapers go back to the 1700s

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

    Now everyone is on the ferry with their cell phones in their hands.

    People lie carbs dont
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    See, this is a pic I enjoy ! Has that Edwardian look going on, not too many years before the titanic took its first & final voyage & reminds me of what people would’ve been wearing then. Cool pic

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

    Pete Davidson and Colin Jost along with his wife Scarlett Johansson own the Staten Island Ferry, which they purchased in 2022 for $280,000. The two Saturday Night Live co-stars are Staten Island natives,

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

    They own a decommissioned ferry, not the enterprising itself. Also, Davidson’s father was one of the firefighters who were killed on 9/11.

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

    Amazing how beautifully detailed things were built then.

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

    Not a bare head in sight. Amazing how hats for style went completely out in the 1960's. Except, of course, for Jackie Kennedy.

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

    To my modern eyes, those are some statement hats!

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    #49

    John D. Rockefeller Gifting A 5-Cent Coin To A Child, 1929

    John D. Rockefeller Gifting A 5-Cent Coin To A Child, 1929

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

    I think he could have dug a bit deeper into his pockets...

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

    Average wage at the time was around $1 per hour. That's a toddler. He, much like everyone else in the world, is not required to give anyone, any of his money. Yet he just happens to be one of the most accomplished philanthropists in history, having given away $550 million in his lifetime, which is the modern equivalent of 10's of billions. Still not good enough for you though, is it?

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

    Actually looks like he’s got his hand out for the kid to give him the nickel. BTW, Rockefeller was notorious for his dime tips, which he continued to give LONG after everyone else was giving 10 or more times that amount to service people.

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

    That's about.90 in today's money. That was probably a lot to them at that time. Every penny counted

    Hugh Cookson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not to Rockerfeller, him and his family plundered as much as they possibly could out of every enterprise they went into and never paid a penny in tax. Not just him but many, many other wealthy robber baron families of that time, such as the VanderBilts, Roosevelts, Kennedys, Carnegies etc etc .... Those families are still extremely rich today due to the parsimony of their forebears.

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    Analyn Lahr
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The kid's like "Is this real?"

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

    I was thinking the kid's face looks like, "but I wanted a cookie."

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

    Wow. Such generosity. Eat the rich.

    Bob Gorski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like he's waiting for a 'fist-bump'

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

    It was probably a family member of his.

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

    Reminds me to the Banker in Mary Poppins

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    #50

    Little Leonardo Dicaprio And His Parents George And Irmelin, 1976

    Little Leonardo Dicaprio And His Parents George And Irmelin, 1976

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

    He kicked her repeatedly in utero at an art museum while she was viewing a DaVinci piece, thats how he was named Leo

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

    Dad was living dangerously, holding an unprotected cloth diaper like that!

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

    look closer, you can see the tape on the disposable

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

    Looking at his parents faces, both can not deny he is theirs. Sometimes kids look more like one parent then the other but I think you can see him in both their faces.

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

    He looks nothing like his dad

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

    You see a little bit of his facial structure is like his dad. And anyway not everyone has to look like their dad. He just happened to take more after his mom.

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

    No comment about the hairy armpits hmmm. Very mature group here

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

    Those two produced Leo? Now that's interesting genetics

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

    Someday you will be king of the world.

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

    He should have won an Oscar for "What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”.

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

    You can recognize the future adult in his baby face

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    #51

    The Last Photo Of Nikola Tesla. 1942

    The Last Photo Of Nikola Tesla. 1942

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

    An unappreciated genius in his time.

    Norm Gilmore
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An absolute stonking genius. From The Oatmeal (a favourite cartoonist) comparing Tesla to Edison (who doesn't come out of it so well). https://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla

    PeepPeep the duck
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He didn’t look after himself throughout his life too well, he struggled with a lot of mental illness, hallucinations and with all his science-ing, he probably barely ate, slept or did anything for his health in a routine fashion, then at old age he just looks ragged

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

    Poor man,m was never give nnearly enough credit for anythiung he did

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

    His face looks like the logo for Tesla cars

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

    Unless you count that one that will show up in about 14 years...

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    #52

    A Photo Before Going Off To War Of Three Friends - 1943

    A Photo Before Going Off To War Of Three Friends - 1943

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

    I hope they all made it home again.

    PeepPeep the duck
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to make an Italian war joke but I shouldn’t 😂 too out of date (I worked for some dark humored old veterans for a bit from this era)

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    Molly Whuppie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you click through to the original post (name under photo) the OP says in a comment that his grandfather is in the middle and made it home, as did the guy on the right, but the guy on the left did not. According to OP he died in 1945 fighting to liberate the Phillipines.

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

    I have a similar photo of my grandfather and his friends, he was the only one who came back home.

    The Original Bruno
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does this remind me of Inglourious Basterds (sic)?

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

    I so hope they all made it back

    #53

    Pope John Paul II Talks With The Turkish Terrorist Who Shot Him (Wounded In The Arm And Stomach), Mehmet Ali Agca, 1983

    Pope John Paul II Talks With The Turkish Terrorist Who Shot Him (Wounded In The Arm And Stomach), Mehmet Ali Agca, 1983

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

    Very sad that all the other comments are either negative or snarky. I’m not a religious individual, but certainly support this as a powerful image about forgiveness and trying to come to a peaceful resolution with one’s enemies

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

    So why did you shoot me young man?

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

    They told the Brezhnev that Pope John Paul aimed to see an end to communism. Brezhnev responded, "how many divisions does the Pope have?" But Brezhnev got a little worried, anyway. We may never know for certain that Agca was a KGB. His Grey Wolves ultra-nationalist connections make for a good cover for the KGB, but doesn't explain his motives, nor the assistance he received from low-level Bulgarian bureaucrats. Unfortunately, his confession of being KGB has been recanted (after KGB Putin came to power), but there's moderately strong evidence elsewhere.

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    Tammilee Truitt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Talk about wanting to be a fly on the wall. Whoa!

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

    There was a CRAZY terrorist attack planned for the 90s that involved assassination of the Pope. It's called the Bojinka Plot and involved simultaneously blowing up planes all over the world at the same time and flying hijacked planes into many buildings. Luckily it got discovered and stopped but basically 9/11 was part of the original plot and the only part that happened.

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had forgotten about the name Mehmet. We had a boy in my class through primary school, but I've never met one since.

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    #54

    A Family Of A Migratory Fruit Worker From Tennessee Camped In A Field Near The Packinghouse At Winter Haven, Florida, 1937

    A Family Of A Migratory Fruit Worker From Tennessee Camped In A Field Near The Packinghouse At Winter Haven, Florida, 1937

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

    The mom and child outside the car look soooo much alike!

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

    What a cute little kid in front. Hope she had a good life.

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

    MIGRANTS! Build that wall!

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

    I'm sure you're being sarcastic. Migratory workers were not illegal aliens in the states...it means they traveled from state to state, wherever there was work to be had.

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    #55

    Times Square, NYC, Dec. 27, 1947

    Times Square, NYC, Dec. 27, 1947

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

    Green Dolphin Street... my mom has that book. She said it's not that memorable (read: she doesn't remember what it's about).

    #56

    Jackie Kennedy At Her Husband's Funeral, 1963

    Jackie Kennedy At Her Husband's Funeral, 1963

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

    After the shooting, she refused to change out of her bloody clothing. "I want them to see what they have done to Jack." She wore the suit at Johnson's swearing in.

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

    And the prick didn't want to wait before he was sworn in; they did it during the plane ride, right after JFK died. He and his wife are both smirking too.

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

    Heard the assasination live on the radio during HS art class. That was so traumatic to me I got sent home and I cried for days. What Jackie went through is almost unimaginable.

    #57

    Abraham Lincoln With His Son, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, The Fourth And Youngest Son Of The 16th President Of The United And His Wife Mary Todd Lincoln. Thomas Died At The Age Of 18

    Abraham Lincoln With His Son, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, The Fourth And Youngest Son Of The 16th President Of The United And His Wife Mary Todd Lincoln. Thomas Died At The Age Of 18

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    Anne Jones
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How sad..What did he die of?

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

    Unclear - either pneumonia, pleurisy, congestive heart failure or tuberculosis.

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    #58

    Christmas In Marion, Indiana, USA, 1958

    Christmas In Marion, Indiana, USA, 1958

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    #59

    Soviet Basketball Player Arvydas Sabonis At The World Cup Final In Spain, 1986

    Soviet Basketball Player Arvydas Sabonis At The World Cup Final In Spain, 1986

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

    7 foot 3 inch , in case anyone is wondering

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

    It's not Spud Webb in the foreground, it's Muggsy Bogues, who was 5'3".

    Ryan Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bogues was the shortest player in NBA history; for a while, his teammate was Manute Bol, the tallest player in NBA history (7'7", or 231 cm).

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

    Lithuanian, and went on to win medals in two more Olympics for the newly-liberated country following the fall of the USSR.

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

    That's Muggsy Bogues in front of him. He's 5'3". The USA won 87-85.

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

    He’s not my Vydas. He’s not your Vydas. He’s Arvydas. - ESPN in the 90s while he played for the Portland Trailblazers

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

    Just looked him up. 7’3” and listed weight 292 lbs

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

    Is that Kevin Hart standing in front of him?

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

    One of my favorite Trail Blazers, of course after Clyde Drexler. I still love Dame...but I'm still hurting

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

    And that's Muggsy Bogues, iirc he was all of 5ft 5in.

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    #60

    Driver Of Combine Threshing Oats, 1940

    Driver Of Combine Threshing Oats, 1940

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ahh he's driving a cute little Farmall. I've driven that exact same model tractor.

    unfilteredCigarette73
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "cute" Farmall...sorry nothing cute about it my best friends grandpa had a couple, you have actually tried to hold the clutch on one of those leviathans before it sucks, are you Ray(Paul Bunyan)Ceeya by chance 🤔

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    Multa Nocte
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a handsome man.

    Kalikima
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    Premium
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks just like Michael Jordan..

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    #61

    Workers Stand Atop Ladders Working On The Frame Of The Uss Macon Airship. May 1932. Goodyear Airdock, USA. It Launched In April 1933 And Crashed In 1935

    Workers Stand Atop Ladders Working On The Frame Of The Uss Macon Airship. May 1932. Goodyear Airdock, USA. It Launched In April 1933 And Crashed In 1935

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Akron and Macon. The USA's two largest rigid airships. They're gone but those hangers are still around. They held the record for largest open indoor space for years.

    #62

    A Rare Photo Of North Korean Leader Kim Il Sung, Showing A Tumor On His Neck. Photographers Were Prohibited From Photographing The Right Side Of His Face. Late 1980s

    A Rare Photo Of North Korean Leader Kim Il Sung, Showing A Tumor On His Neck. Photographers Were Prohibited From Photographing The Right Side Of His Face. Late 1980s

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

    Guess Emperor God-Kings in N. Korea are just human after all.

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

    I wouldn't go so far as to call that family human

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    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cue Arnold Schwarzenegger "Kindergarten Cop" line here.

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

    A few years later the tumor popped and there stood Jong Un.

    #63

    A Unique Photo From 1938 - A House Made Of Redwood. Well, Who Could Build Such A Miracle? Of Course, He Was A Genius Or A Giant!

    A Unique Photo From 1938 - A House Made Of Redwood. Well, Who Could Build Such A Miracle? Of Course, He Was A Genius Or A Giant!

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

    "Miracle"? I'd say travesty. All those ancient trees...

    Tyranamar Seuss
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We killed those beautiful old trees to build this stupid house.

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    Daniela Lavanza
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More pics of this building: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/world-largest-log-cabin-portland/

    Jay Scales
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The inside is like a cathedral made of wood!

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    Charlotte A.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe the kids are just very very small. Like Thumbelina :)

    Midoribird Aoi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...JFC; have you ever seen a Redwood from the NW coastal states or Canada?

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    Brian Droste
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thst is one huge house/building.

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    #64

    Flatiron Building, New York, 1902

    Flatiron Building, New York, 1902

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

    The lavish Continental, a safe haven for assassins...

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

    It looks really unstable! I’m sure it isn’t, but it looks like it needs buttressing.

    #65

    Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, 1972

    Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, 1972

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

    Yeah, those are 70s mustaches

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

    Kind of looks like Ringo Starr on the right.

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

    Ah, the 70's. When the men looked like they were either homeless or street pimps.

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

    Love the 70's era outfits!!!! Groovy baby... yeah!

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

    The person on the left looks like they're wearing a disguise

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

    La mujer parece elegante

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

    Is that Ringo Starr in the hat? Sure looks like him.

    #66

    People Gathered In Front Of Stores In A Small Town. Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 1880

    People Gathered In Front Of Stores In A Small Town. Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 1880

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

    Streets? Who needs streets?

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

    What an awful place to stick a town. Rain would make the low side of the street miserable.

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

    OMG I was just there two days ago! The streets are paved now and there's rainbows everywhere, but other than that... 🤣 No, it did remind me of old gold rush era towns I've seen in the Sierra.

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

    LOVE LOVE LOVE this small town!! Worth visiting!! The Basin Hotel, all the little hotel/motels are worth staying at. Good food!! Just stay away from the Jesus statue!! creepy as heck!!

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

    I see a lot of grocery stores and no women, not making a point just pointing out what I see 😂 there’s like 80 people in the town, why 4 grocery stores?

    #67

    New York At Night, 1933

    New York At Night, 1933

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    StPaul9
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All the street corners are full of people gathered round like this making quick plans, see?

    #68

    Future Leader Of The Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro In Central Park In New York, USA, 1955

    Future Leader Of The Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro In Central Park In New York, USA, 1955

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

    Poor Cuba... forever to be punished by the capitalists for having the guts to stand up to them... tithe Cuban Missle Crisis is ancient history. They pose ZERO threat to the US. Lift the embargo NOW! 🇨🇺❤️🇺🇸

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    1 year ago

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    2DB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Should I grow a beard?"

    Carl Roberts
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    1 year ago

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    You mean future Communist Dictator

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

    No, they mean the future leader of the Cuban revolution - the communist part was the only side he could pick to keep the gangsters out of Cuba

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    #69

    Farmers In Front Of The Post Office On Saturday Afternoon. Linwood, July, 1940

    Farmers In Front Of The Post Office On Saturday Afternoon. Linwood, July, 1940

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    Mike F
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The guy seated 3rd from left is texting his wife that he'll be home soon. 😂

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

    Lol, yup. I grew up in ranch country. So many "hard working" farmers always finding a way to p**s away the day when it's not planting/harvesting/calving season

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

    Swappin' lies and swattin' flies. LOL

    #70

    Evicted Sharecropper Family In Temporary Camp. Butler County, Missouri, 1939

    Evicted Sharecropper Family In Temporary Camp. Butler County, Missouri, 1939

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

    The wife is in the head scarf, second from the left..

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    S. E. in Indiana
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    1 year ago

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    And people today complain about having it tough.

    Fred L.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are always people having it tough.

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    #71

    Migrant Farm Worker With His Wife And Ten Children, 1936

    Migrant Farm Worker With His Wife And Ten Children, 1936

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

    That poor mother - she looks worn out.

    Ephemera Image
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looks more like her husband's mother, not his wife. Sad how women were used up like that.

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

    And that will be just the survivors

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

    Maybe do your plowing in the fields from now on.

    S. E. in Indiana
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well at least he knew how to plant one thing with success.

    XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This would have been standard in those days and before. More children meant more hands to work farms, plow fields, tend to livestock, hunt, make food, make clothes, etc. And sadly those would be the 10 that were still alive at the time the photo was taken.

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

    Number one reducer of family size, the electric light bulb!

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

    When you use the rhythm method as contraception.

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

    You can tell the little ones listen really well. Look at their arms straight down by their sides.

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

    Guess we know what he did in his spare time.

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

    They still did not understand what caused all those kids.

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    #72

    Orson Welles As Macbeth, 1947

    Orson Welles As Macbeth, 1947

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We do not say the name of the Scottish Play!

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

    Hot potatoes, orchestra stalls, puck will make amends!!

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    Placebo Domingo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does he carry an upside down camping kitchen on his head?

    Cammy Mack
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    MacBeth. MacBeth. MacBeth. MacBeth. Superstitions can go pound sand.

    #73

    Variant Of The Uniform For Flight Attendants On Scandinavian Airlines, Copenhagen, 1960s

    Variant Of The Uniform For Flight Attendants On Scandinavian Airlines, Copenhagen, 1960s

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

    I love how the lady in the left’s face just screams “i’m not wearing this” 😂

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

    "Hell is a place where you have to smile and wear high heels."

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

    Only according to Reddit, not according to history.

    Multa Nocte
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was a proposal - never passed.

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

    That's practically a swimsuit, simply for putting a female form on titillating display for lascivious male gratification. In no way is it a 'uniform' meant to carry on work and make all workers look identical and efficient. How insulting and degrading, however you entitle it.

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    #74

    Robert F. Kennedy Playing Football, December 1967

    Robert F. Kennedy Playing Football, December 1967

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know they are known for their youthful looks but even Robert F Kennedy didn't look that young in 1967. I think they mean Robert F Kennedy Jr

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

    Robert F Kennedy Jr. I bet his father is absolutely seething and ready to jump up out of his grave and slap the s**t out of his son.

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    Michael Wlodarczyk
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    1 year ago

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    The Kennedy's were all crooks, thieves and murderers.

    #75

    Polygamous Prisoners In Utah's Sugar House Prison, 1889

    Polygamous Prisoners In Utah's Sugar House Prison, 1889

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

    The word should be *polygamist.* From the University of Utah archives: Photograph of a group of Polygamist prisoners including George Q. Cannon, Sylvester Jones, Simon Topham, Joseph Barney, Lorenzo Watson, William Buttler, Francis Lyman, and Francis Webster; The Utah Territorial Prison (Sugar House Park ), taken about 1886.

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

    Polygamous is the adjective form of polygamy and describes the condition of being married to more than one person at the same time. The men in the photo are polygamists which by definition makes them polygamous.

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    A H
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 3rd great-grandfather is in this picture - second row from the top, on the far left.

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

    Did you recognized him or you already knew?

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

    I read this as they're a big group of gay men. Happy to know that assumption would make those child bride taking monsters furious

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

    This is why grammar and spelling is important.

    madison quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    im sorry but could i get an explanation on the polyamorous description?

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

    What polyamorous description? It says 'polygamous', a very different thing.

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

    Lol. Polygamous? Somebody missed English class...

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

    Why? Polygamous means having more than one wife.

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    #76

    Powerful Baseball Player Weighing 204 Kg. Citizen Team Player. City Of Emporium, Pennsylvania, 1910s

    Powerful Baseball Player Weighing 204 Kg. Citizen Team Player. City Of Emporium, Pennsylvania, 1910s

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

    No but calling him powerful is a bit beside the reality, isn't it?

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

    He was objectified, no mention of his name. Much like a bearded lady, siamese twins or other human being turned into entertainment and mockery.

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

    I just want to know if he can run the bases.

    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not much less than what I weigh, and I can barely move.

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

    You're three cats, I bet you move very gracefully :)

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    #77

    Russia's First President, Yeltsin, Leaves The Kremlin And Hands It Over To Putin. Russian Federation, December 31, 1999

    Russia's First President, Yeltsin, Leaves The Kremlin And Hands It Over To Putin. Russian Federation, December 31, 1999

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

    This is where the trouble started...

    Bartlet for World Domination
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hard to say when the trouble started but it was way before Putin.

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    StPaul9
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Don't worry, it'll be secure hands. I intend to never leave.'

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

    Putler doesn't represent russians and never did.

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

    Sadly, yes he does. They voted for him and ignored all the signs, and a huge percentage are behind him today. Even those living in the West. This I know from the Russians I have worked with in the past. Many agree with him, while enjoying the perks of living in Canada.

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    Fred L.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A black day, first of all for Russia and the Russians. While neither Yeltsin nor his Russia were perfect the next head honcho is straight marching back towards the Soviet days ... a sad tradition.

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

    "Yeah, yeah, yeah...just get the "f^^^ out" --Putin's face

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

    If that day could be changed....but what other ripples would that cause

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    #78

    Fans At A Stadium In Chicago Await A Hockey Game. USA, 1930s

    Fans At A Stadium In Chicago Await A Hockey Game. USA, 1930s

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    Ryan Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The old Chicago Stadium was the loudest arena I ever visited! It had the largest organ in the world -- the pipes were built into the walls of the stadium, so the sound was incredible. Legend has it that the sound of the organ could shatter the windows and light bulbs if turned to full volume.

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

    So many obstructed views because of all those hats

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

    without all the flash- i love it