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41 Important Historical Photographs And Pictures That Might Change How You View Humanity, As Shared On This Online Page
Interview With OwnerOne of the key thoughts about history as an educational discipline is the idea that humans, a species that puts so much focus on progress and improvement, could learn from the people and events of the past.
But the fact that we still have wars, plagues, and everything else that’s wrong with the world, reinforcing the another popular idea that history is cyclical, means we have learned very little. At least to an extent that it would be considered significant progress.
Still, the fact that these lessons land on deaf ears doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t continue to try. Incidentally, there is a subreddit called r/DragonUtopia that’s all about showing the interesting parts of history. I use 'interesting' loosely as the content that’s featured there lands somewhere on the spectrum between uneasy, raw, and uncut.
So, while you’re scrolling through our carefully curated list of the best posts the subreddit has to offer, give the various submissions an upvote, encourage discussion, and check out our exclusive interview with the person behind the subreddit, u/myrmekochoria.
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#1
Ron Cobb, Thanksgiving In America, 1975
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#2
The Most Dangerous Animal In The World. Exhibition In The Bronx Zoo, 1960s
#3
Senegalese Soldier Who Lost Both His Arms Writes A Letter With His New Prosthetic Limbs. At Vocational Rehabilitation School For Amputees, Paris 1918
SaneMinotaur (she/her) 3 years ago
I'm glad to see that his prosthetics match his skin tone! That's awesome!
#4
Nurse From The "Red Cross" Writing Down Last Words Of Mortally Wounded Soldier, 1917
wifeofweasley 3 years ago
This must've been a heartbreaking job! Not to take away how horrible the soldiers were treated and how terrible war is in general ofc
#5
Activists Picketing Outside Of A Segregated Swimming Pool, Ohio 1960s
#6
Viktor Yushchenko Before And After His Poisoning By Vladimir Putin In 2004. He And His Family Believe The Assassination Attempt Was Ordered By Moscow When He Attempted To Steer Ukraine To Closer Integration With Europe
#7
Theodore Roosevelt's Diary The Day His Wife And Mother Died, 1884
#8
American World War I Veterans At A Reunion In 1978
#9
Queen Genepil The Last Queen Consort Of Mongolia. Killed During Stalinist Purges In 1938
#10
An East German Guard Throws A Ball Back To A Child Playing On The West German Side Of The Berlin Wall. 1962
Basic White B1tch 3 years ago
this would look like he was throwing a cartoon bomb or something if it wasnt for the caption
#11
Man In A Bar (Saturday Night) In Craigville, Minnesota 1937
#12
Japanese Nurse Dressed In Black During The Russo-Japanese War, 1905
#13
Earliest Known Photo Of A Surfer, Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1890
Paul Brown 3 years ago
Surfing was once called the sport of Kings and only royalty were allowed to surf.
#14
President George W. Bush Is Interrupted By Chief Of Staff Andrew Card While Reading To Schoolchildren In Sarasota, Florida, On September 11th, 2001
#15
Salvador Dalí Poster For Us Army In Campaign Against Venereal Diseases, 1942
#16
End Of Prohibition, 1933
#17
Paris Air Show, September 1909
#19
Belgium Coal Miners Coming Up After A Day Of Work, 1900
#20
Collapse Of Deepwater Horizon Rig, 2010
Amy Stone-Chandler 3 years ago
I have always believed oil drilling, rigging and transportation of oil should be 100% BANNED in any water. Total nonsense we are taking it when we have other options
#21
Robert E. Peary, An Inuit Man Warms Up His Wife’s Feet In Greenland, 1890s
Headless Roach 3 years ago
I am starting to suspect BP team is trying some subconscious techniques on me. Is it the 4th or 5th time I've seen this very image over the last 3 or 4 weeks? Anyway, I hereby confirm that it has been deep-etched in my mind, thank you.
#22
Abandoned Presidents' Heads In A Rural Virginia Field
wifeofweasley 3 years ago
This looks like a fever dream. Imagine gtting lost in this rual area and stumbling over a few huge heads of dead presidents.
#23
Star Wars Poster In Tokyo, 1978
#24
A Worker Paints The Golden Gate Bridge, 1956
3 Owls In A Coat 3 years ago
I was going to ask why the Golden Gate Bridge is red but then I googled it: “The Golden Gate Bridge has always been painted orange vermilion, deemed "International Orange." Rejecting carbon black and steel gray, Consulting Architect Irving Morrow selected the distinctive orange color because it blends well with the span's natural setting as it is a warm color consistent with the warm colors of the land masses in the setting as distinct from the cool colors of the sky and sea. It also provides enhanced visibility for passing ships. If the U.S. Navy had its way, the Bridge might have been painted black and yellow stripes to assure even greater visibility for passing ships.“
#25
The Charred Remains Of The Apollo 1 Cabin Interior. Three Astronauts Died In It: Gus Grissom, Ed White And Roger Chaffee
#26
Greaser Takes A Break From Working On His Car, Brooklyn 1950s
#27
Stock Exchange Trader At The End Of The Day On Black Monday, Toronto 1987
#28
Men Outside The Bar Called “The Squirrel”, Sweden, Stockholm, 1895
#29
Joaquin Phoenix In 1996
arcane_gamer (they/them) 3 years ago
is the picture black-and-white for the vibes? not a 90s kid, but i think that color photography was commonplace in the 90s
#30
The Effects Of A Daisy Cutter Bomb, The Bomb Was Designed To Clear An Area For The Helicopter To Land
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
Huh, so that's why that character in Avatar exclaimed "f*****g daisycutters!" when she found out they were going to blast the giant tree.
#31
An Orthodox Priest In A Deerskin Gizhiga, Russia, 1901
#32
Bobby Kennedy Taking A Lunch Break At The Bluefield Drive-In, 1960
#33
Each Day At The End Of The Shift, The Miners Would Have To Go Through The X-Ray Machine For Inspection. Some Miners Would Swallow Diamonds, Even Hide Them In Self-Inflicted Incisions In Their Legs, South Africa 1954
#34
A Freshly Painted M4 Sherman Tank In An Infrared Lamp Tunnel ,which Is Designed To Cut The Drying Time Of The Paint From 24 Hours To 4 Minutes
#35
Men Constructing Chicago Sewers, 1912
#36
Kim Il-Sung, Founder Of North Korea, With The Hungarian Communist Leader János Kádár, 1984. Tumor On His Neck Clearly Visible
#37
British Soldier Takes A Bath In The Port City Of Tobruk, Libya, 17 February 1942
Headless Roach 3 years ago
I am surprised you can get running water in these challenging conditions.
#38
Martha Cooper, Man Smoking Cigarette And Reading Comics While Being Tattooed, Tokyo, Japan, 1970
#39
Tourists Atop The Great Pyramid, 1938
#40
Swedish Pilots Tanking Saab 105 On The Gas Station, 1980
#41
A Commuter Reads The New York Post’s Rundown Of Black Monday Stock Market Crash, 1987
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Dillon Brown 3 years ago
Off I go to find some articles about black Monday after seeing some of these photos...
Dillon Brown 3 years ago
Off I go to find some articles about black Monday after seeing some of these photos...
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