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65 Rare Photos That Show How Strange And Different The Past Really Was (New Pics)
Did you know that in the 1980s, there was a chimp at the Belgrade Zoo that escaped not once but twice? His name was Sami, and he became famous in 1988 when a photographer snapped a picture of him and the zoo director, Vukosav Bojovic, "conversing" on the roof. Bojovic attempted to coax the animal to come back, resulting in a pretty sweet moment.
This story is still circulating online thanks to the online community r/Historycord. In fact, the members of the subreddit share fascinating historical photographs all the time, making it a real treasure trove for seasoned history buffs. Bored Panda would like to take you on a journey through time with the help of r/Historycord. So, Pandas, scroll down and see what other interesting things you might learn today!
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#1
Princess Alexandrine Irene Of Prussia (1915 – 1980) The Oldest Daughter And Fifth Child Of Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, And Cecilie Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She Was Born With Down Syndrome But Adored And Never Hidden By Her Family As Was The Custom Of Her Time
Dee Hampton 7 hours ago
I was pressurised to have a termination by midwives as there was a high likelihood of Downs. My son is now 22 years old, is sweet, kind, generous, works full-time, owns his flat, runs marathons, looks after his grandmother and is autistic.
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#2
Black Women Serving In World War II
Sarah Suelzle 5 hours ago
There is a 2024 movie called The Six Triple Eight. From IMDB :: "During World War II, 855 women joined the fight to fix the three-year backlog of undelivered mail. Faced with discrimination and a country devastated by war, they managed to sort more than 17 million pieces of mail ahead of time." Its an extraordinary story and a wonderful movie.
Patricia Steward 1 hour ago
Sarah, you beat me to it! Highly recommend this movie.
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Anne Roberts 3 hours ago
Before the current president I would have thought the US was finally headed in the right direction thanks to courageous women like these. It makes me sad and angry to see where we are headed in regards to racism. All people deserve to be celebrated.
dan gerene 50 minutes ago
The racism was still in the country but he basically said, "Don't be afraid to show your racism. Be Anti-woke. There's no shame in it anymore. I fixed that."
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Tintype Of A Gentlemen Posing With His Daughter, Circa 1870s
Speak easy buttercup 6 hours ago
Is it just me or are his fingers on his right hand freakishly long?? Lol
So, what happened to Sami the chimpanzee? During his first escape, Mr. Bojovic took Sami by the hand, put him in his car, and drove him back to the zoo. The chimp had made it to Students' Square. His second attempt at an escape didn't end that peacefully – the zookeepers had to use tranquilizer darts.
Sadly, Sami passed away in 1992, and he lived in Belgrade Zoo for a total of four years from 1988. In 1996, the Zoo erected a sculpture in honor of Sami, which still stands there to this day. Newspapers referred to Sami as a "dissident," as many Yugoslavians found his captures and detention at the Zoo poetically similar to their own lives under communism.
#4
Written In 1918 By An Anonymous Suffragette
Michael None 3 hours ago
Pretty s****y to call most men lazy, selfish, etc. Don't confuse hate with righteousness. Don't stoop to your enemies level.
Lisa Q 1 hour ago
I thought so too - this is a pretty crappy list -a LOT of men are honorable, caring and loving, and if this was reversed there would be hell to pay.
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Brian Droste 5 hours ago
All men are bachelor's until they get married. Who are women supposed to marry? Another married man?
Amy S 1 hour ago
If you're refering ro number 5, it means all bachelors are number 4, and some are worse still.
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Janissary35680 13 hours ago
Yard swiller? Like swilling beer in the yard with his buddies? That can't be right.
Dee Hampton 7 hours ago
Was this tongue-in-cheek? I have questions about the 'beauty men' . . . . .
#5
Ella Fitzgerald Sitting In A Houston Jail Cell After She Was Arrested For Singing To An Integrated Audience, 1955
Corwin 02 13 hours ago
2026 and we are back to this in the US, thanks to a F*****t, Racist, Misogynist, Narcist, Self aggrandizing toddler who is having a hissy fit because he did not get a nobel prize like Obama from the "Norwegian government" who have f**k all to do with the prize.
Earonn - 12 hours ago
And thanks to the people who created a society where it's not impossible to become president even for a ra.pist who says things like "grab them by the pus.sy" and mocks the disabled. A country which never saw a general strike, no matter how many black people were k****d by the police in the most brutal, inhumane ways.
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Granny's Thoughts 56 minutes ago
The venue people, not Ella, should have been the one's arrested for letting "mixed" people into the concert. Though this never should have been a problem in the 1st place!!
#6
Negotiations Between The Zoo Director And Escaped Chimpanzee. Belgrade, 1988
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 12 hours ago
Given how strong chimps are, this was really quite brave (although I imagine there were armed people around, just in case)
Laszlo Larthlanc 6 hours ago
"No, man. I just can't go back to that. I just don't want to live in a zoo. People at the zoo laugh at me and throw things at me, and I've never done any of them any harm. Please - can't I go back to my real home?"
The 1948 photo of a man begging his wife not to divorce him is a real piece of history. It started making the rounds on Reddit in 2024, but the historian who uncovered this photo, Jeff Nichols, talked to Business Insider about it. The couple in the photograph is Steve and Anna Strack. Anna was the one who filed for divorce, citing "habitual drunkenness" as the reason.
In those times, spouses had to give the court a considerable reason for going through with the divorce. Yet, in Chicago, divorces were pretty common. According to Nichols's research, the apparently lax divorce laws were a regional joke, prompting people to make jokes such as: "Oh, people in Chicago just get divorced as a problem to have."
Anna Strack also talked with the Chicago Tribune about her divorce at the time, since the photo was printed in the publication. She told them that she would think over her decision. However, the 1950 census showed them as a divorced couple, and Anna lived with her parents and their 4-year-old son and worked as a packer at a gum factory.
#7
Korean War Marine With His Kitten. The Marine Died On January,2018
Multa Nocte 11 hours ago
The kitten was named Miss Hap, she survived the war, and was adopted by another Marine who brought her to the US upon his return.
TotallyNOTAFox 6 hours ago
The war began 5 years after the end of WW2 and lasted till 1953, a lot of equipment was basically still WW2 technology with jet fighters being the newest weapon category first used.
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Japanese-American Family, Saitama, Japan, 1947
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 10 hours ago
I don't like kids at all, but that little boy is adorable!
#9
Arabs And Jews Picking Oranges Together In Jaffa, C. 1910
Laszlo Larthlanc 6 hours ago
A few thousand years ago they were all the same people. Shalom Aleichem or Asalam Alaykum? Both sound almost the same when pronounced, and they both mean "Peace be upon you". I wish Netanyahu and his cronies would all vanish and allow Israel to be governed by decent human beings.
Nizumi 2 hours ago
Sadly Israel has been a racist ethno-state run by mùrdering terror!sts since its inception. Look up the Stern Gang. Yitzak Shamir was a member of this gang that was responsible for more than one assass!nation in the 1940s.
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Lotekguy 2 hours ago (edited)
Christians, Arabs and Jews coexisted harmoniously for centuries in Spain until the Inqúisitión screwed it up.
Did I say that out loud? 1 hour ago (edited)
And nobody expects the Spanish Iñquisítion. Edited because the "I" word was censored. Fúck you BP!
Load More Replies... Granny's Thoughts 52 minutes ago
Governments are what keep prejudices alive. Regular people just want to have a chance to survive and prosper.
Some say that the photograph of Frederick Douglass with his wife, Helen Pitts, at Niagara Falls was taken during their honeymoon. We can't tell exactly, but we know that their marriage was quite controversial back in the day. Helen was the second wife of Frederick Douglass, the first one being Anna Murray Douglass for 40 years.
After her passing, Douglass fell into a deep depression. Helen is said to have helped him regain his good spirits. However, Douglass's kids opposed the marriage, and Helen's family didn't like her marrying a Black man. The public didn't react favorably, either: some accused Douglass of "forgetting his cause" by marrying a white woman; others denounced the 21-year age gap between the spouses.
#10
Circus Worker, Ethel Hart, Showing Off Her Back, Circa 1940s
#11
A British Blacksmith On Hms Sphinx Removing The Leg Irons Off A S***e, 1907
Douglas Gold 6 hours ago
The Royal Navy freed over 150,000 slaves and captured around 1,600 s***e ships from 1808 to 1860. They lost around 16,000 sailors in clashes with s***e traders and to disease.
Christophe Beunens 35 minutes ago
A Br***t***sh B****smith on Hms Sph***, removing the l** ir*** of a s***e, 1907
#12
In November 1990, Life Magazine Published A Photo Of David Kirby Being Comforted By His Father As He Was Dying. The Photo Is Considered To Have Changed The Face Of Aids
JoNo 13 hours ago
I thought it was Princess Diana shaking hands with an AIDS patient in hospital which changed the face of AIDS. The more photos the better, I suppose, to get the public to accept people with HIV and AIDS. This photo is far more powerful than the one of Diana. A father/family's love.
Lee Gilliland 3 hours ago
I'd say this one was more widespread in the states and the Princess Diana was more prevalent in Europe. There were a lot of people trying to get others to see those that got the disease were patients and victims, not frightful monsters with a contagious disease.
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Caroline Nagel 2 hours ago
In the late 1980's and early 1990's United Colors of Benetton had an ad campagne with for the time controversial and provocative photographs. This one was one of them; a black woman breastfeeding a white baby, a nun and priest kissing; a baby just out of the womb, a mafia k*****g were others but there are more. The photographs are confronting and timeless.
Norfolk and good 12 hours ago
Watch a British TV drama called It's A Sin if you want to have an idea of how people with HIV/AIDS were treated in the 80s and 90s.
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 11 hours ago
And these movies: ''The Normal Heart'', ''And The Band Played On'', and ''Philadelphia''. Fictional but accurate (especially the second one) and heartbreaking.
Load More Replies...A piece of history that people deserve to know is about the Black women who served in the U.S. military during WWII. We might think that most of them were nurses, but there was an all-Black female unit stationed overseas. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was created to deal with the postal worker shortage. They sorted millions of letters and packages that families sent to their loved ones on the war front. In 2022, the former members of the battalion received Congressional Gold Medals.
#13
Life In Little Italy, New York, Early 1900s
Janissary35680 13 hours ago
My earliest memories are of a 4th floor walkup cold water railroad apartment a couple of blocks north of here.
Multa Nocte 12 hours ago
There is a great song called "Little Italy" from the 70s by Stephen Bishop with a wonderful assist from Chaka Khan.
#14
The Most Decorated Unit Of World War II…the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Made Up Of Japanese Americans Fought In The Naples-Foggia Campaign, Rome-Arno Campaign, Rhineland - 21 Medals Of Honor - 52 Distinguished Service Cross - 560 Silver Stars - Over 4000 Bronze Stars - Over 4000 Purple Hearts
Janissary35680 12 hours ago
And meanwhile some of their friends, neighbors, and relatives in the US were being kept in detention camps.
R Dennis 9 hours ago
Fighting for freedom when America was "great(?)"... for straight white males...
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 3 hours ago (edited)
How would you think? My husband's family had come to the US from Germany and Poland in the late 1800s and because of his last name he was still getting shit in the early 1960s because of the war.
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Victims Of Stalin's Famine. Holodomor, Kharkiv 1933
Zig Zag Wanderer 13 hours ago (edited)
And my comment gets downvoted and hidden. Because I just pointed out that my grandfather took it. Seriously? It actually belongs to me 😂 you're welcome BTW.
Booker 10 hours ago
FYI, I don't know if it's the same glitch, but one of my comments was hidden as I was writing it. I didn't have any unusual punctuation and it was completely unoffensive. A glitch sounds like a good description to me. I've seen several others mention glitches.
Unicorn 8 hours ago
It's happened to me too. Probably explains the duplicate comments one sees sometimes.
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We all should be so lucky to live until 100 years old. Jeanne Calment was even luckier: she lived until 122. She was born in 1875 in France and passed away in 1997. A Russian mathematician, Nikolay Zak, suggested that Calment actually met her maker earlier and that her age record is actually fake.
#16
Couple During War Time Taking A Photo, Circa 1940s
PenguinEmp 3 minutes ago (edited)
Yup usa. You can serve but you need to sit somewhere else for non whites.
#17
Mexican Federal Soldier Says Goodbye To His Daughter At The Train Station Before Going To War, During The Mexican Revolution, 1915
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 5 hours ago
He is wearing the uniform of the Carrancistas, one of the factions of the Civil War. Bloodiest part of the Mexican Revolution.
According to Zak, Calment passed away in 1934, and the woman everyone thought was Jeanne was actually her daughter, Yvonne. That's why he posited that her grandson called her "maman" and lived with her supposed son-in-law. Zak argued that Yvonne chose to pretend to be her mother to avoid paying inheritance taxes and to have a roof over her head permanently.
#19
Young Couple At The Beach. 1931
#20
Masks Showing Different Stages In The Work Done By Mrs. Anna Coleman Ladd Of The American Red Cross For Soldiers Whose Faces Have Been Mutilated In World War I. August 1918, Paris, France. [812x575]
Earonn - 12 hours ago
Take a good look, USA. That's what's coming for your sons and daughters in the military when Trump sends them into a war in order to escape responsibility for ra.ping children.
Multa Nocte 11 hours ago
While he's trying to steal Greenland, Canada, Cuba, and Venezuela using your children when he wouldn't even do service for his own county because he had "bone spurs."
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Informal Photo Queen Elizabeth IL Shortly After Giving Birth To Prince Edward, 1964
Robert T 5 hours ago
So much for the progress of managing to put two Roman numerals together in capitals in a heading!
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However, many experts shut down ideas about Calment's falsified age. Although they admit that a person living until 122 is extremely unlikely from a biological standpoint, they note that perhaps too much had to be faked in Jeanne's case. "Any deception on Madame Calment's part would have required extraordinary prescience and the connivance of surviving relatives and we should banish such thoughts from our minds," gerontologist Tom Kirkwood wrote in his 1991 book, "Could she be a fraud?"
#22
Japanese Woman In Her Traditional Clothes, And In Western Fashion, 1930s
#23
When Dad Tried Doing Mom’s Work For A Weekend: A 1956 Life Photo Essay
Earonn - 12 hours ago
I hope he learned how hard it is but had not big issue and even enjoyed the weekend.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 12 hours ago
I look after my 1 year old granddaughter alone sometimes, and honestly, it's exhausting!
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 11 hours ago
"As the pictures show, Joe had to face the usual mayhem of parenting—crying children, diaper changes, early wake-ups, a sink full of dishes, and the inexplicable random crisis (why is Spencer playing with nails in the hallway?) The photos feel like they could be stills from a 1950s sitcom. And at the end of this episode Joe learned the valuable lesson about domestic labor. He told LIFE after his weekend with the kids, “I feel like I’ve been on a 25-mile hike with a full pack…I wouldn’t change jobs on a bet.”"
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 5 hours ago
Hope he learned that taking care of one's children is not a man's or woman's job. It is a human job.
RomanceRadish 5 hours ago (edited)
Even harder when the kids, and parent(s), are sick. Even harder during pregnancy. And caring for other family members such as aging parents.
Vinnie 5 hours ago (edited)
"Next time the c****m breaks, it won't be twins, it'll be triple trouble!"
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Family Portrait Taken 118 Years Ago. February 13, 1905
Bi.Felicia 3 hours ago (edited)
I wonder if all these people are descendants of 2 parents, seen here with their children and significant others, with their children? Also wondering how they got everyone to fit in the room like this?
dan gerene 3 minutes ago
That's my brother-in-law flirting with my sister.
Load More Replies...Have you learned anything new about history today, Pandas? Let us know which stories and photographs captured your attention and interest the most. And if you're in the mood for more photos from r/Historycord, check out our previous listicle right here or see these captivating photographs from "Undiscovered History"!
#25
Frederick Douglass And Wife Helen Pitts At Niagara Falls, 1884
#26
Life On The Greek Islands In The 1960s
#27
Man Looking For A Job During The Great Depression. 1934
Multa Nocte 11 hours ago
As I noted in an earlier post, advertising that you speak 3 languages in the US these days just puts you on ICE's radar.
#28
The Peoples Of The Russian Empire In Photographs By Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky, One Of The Pioneers Of Color Photography
pelemele 10 hours ago
In this specific case, I would have liked to know which people we are talking about.
Multa Nocte 3 hours ago (edited)
She is listed as being a "Russian girl with a plate of strawberries," but the other photographs were of "a group of Russian kids in Belozersk," a "Ukrainian girl", a "Bashkir guy working as a switchman on the railroad," a "Greek women picking tea in Abkhazia," a "Chinese agronomist in Abkhazia," a "Turkmen officer and his yurt," a "Turkmen family," an "Armenian woman," a "Georgian woman," a "Lezgin warrior from Dagestan," "an old Uzbek man," a "Jewish rabbi surrounded by children in Samarkand," "an 84-year-old Jew who worked as a canal keeper and ferryman for 66 years, Northern Russia," and "a group of Russian boys working as timber rafters."
Load More Replies... Lee Gilliland 2 hours ago
Strawberries, until recently they were very small and sweet.
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Case Report Of Brooklyn Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Children 1903-04
Bryn 4 hours ago
More than likely, if there was no other family, they stayed in an orphanage until they were old enough to either work and/or 18
Load More Replies... Dee Hampton 7 hours ago
The lad on the left looks like he is not long for this world. No wonder he is holding onto his brother's hand.
Scott Turner 2 hours ago
Not to make light of this awful case, but is that Bill Murray behind the two boys?
#30
Amanda America Dickson, Born To A 13-Year-Old Enslaved Girl And Her 40-Year-Old S***e Master. She Would Become One Of The Wealthiest Women In Georgia After Her Father Left Her His Entire Estate At His Death
#31
Chinese American With A Note That Says He Is Chinese, Not Japanese, To Avoid Harrasment At Work, 1940s
Corwin 02 13 hours ago
Americans.... who attack Sikhs because they wear a turban so they are muslim, nothing ever changes
Coupon Holder 8 hours ago (edited)
You would be surprised if you lived in the US to learn most of us get along just fine. My neighbors are Jordanian, and the kindest and most generous people we've ever known. Patrons at my gym are probably half black, half white, and everyone gets along great, lots of fist bumping and friendly faces. The community next to ours is largely Indian (meaning India, not Native American). We walk our dog there and look forward to chatting it up with the people we see there regularly. They are super nice and love to talk. And this is in a state that leans conservative, in a fairly small town. I know, boring, right? That's why you never hear about it. Media thrives on negative stuff, literally that's how they make money, and some people lap it up and apply it across the board to 350 million people spread across nearly 3000 miles. Cue the down arrows and snarky comments, whatever, but I hope you have a great day!
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Young Iranian Woman Handing Out Anti-Shah Regime Manifesto In Tehran, 1979
Janissary35680 12 hours ago
A great example of "Be careful of what you wish for" if ever there was one. (And now according to some reports Reza Pahlevi is chomping at the bit to return. 🎵🎶When will they ever learn?🎶🎵)
Debby Keir 5 hours ago
I'd almost comment that 'nobody expects the Spanish i*********n'. Really don't think that any of those protestors could forsee that a religious zealot patriarchy could take over.....
Load More Replies... Corwin 02 12 hours ago
I bet ya she is regretting that one, walking around in a black tent these days.
Kelly Scott 3 hours ago
About a week ago, I was criticized by an Iranian here in the US for not supporting Trump's support of Iranian protestors. I had to tell him that US interference put the Shah in charge and caused the revolution in the first place and now look what it led to. Who wants to go down that road again? I support the protestors, but they need to put their own people in charge to have a stable government.
TotallyNOTAFox 6 hours ago (edited)
We in Germany have a saying: "The most stupid calves choose their butchers themself". Still a very prominent thing in politics nowadays, too - on both sides of the political spectrum
Scott Rackley 6 minutes ago (edited)
How's that work out for you, hope you bought some head coverings
#33
Us Soldiers Having Some Fun In The Dance Flor Of A Pub In London, England, 1940s
Zig Zag Wanderer 13 hours ago
Because the British allowed black people to enter the pubs. That caused some problems with the white US soldiers...
Loudawg76 13 hours ago
Yes. There was an incident here in New Zealand where white American soldiers tried to stop coloured NZers from entering the RSA! The NZ soldiers booted them out after a bit of a scrap
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#34
Ho Chi Minh, Then Known As Nguyen AI Quoc, In France In 1919 To Advocate For The Independence Of Vietnam
Corwin 02 13 hours ago
Born as Nguyễn Sinh Cung, how many times do Vietnamese change their names ??
Norfolk and good 12 hours ago
A lot if you're this guy. He used many different names to avoid detection by the French authorities. He went on to become president of North Vietnam.
Load More Replies... Jeanbore Dilford 8 hours ago
A great man, a great leader and he was victorious over the American invaders leading to a prosperous and independent Vietnam.
#35
Princess Anastasia Taking A Selfie(1910)
Dee Hampton 7 hours ago
I find any pic of the Romanov girls deeply disturbing. Collateral damage in a game they never asked to join.
Bryn 4 hours ago
To an extent the whole family. Nicholas wasn't a bad guy for the most part and neither was Alix. I highly recommend reading Robert K. Massie's book, Nicholas and Alexandra.
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Eyes Of Hate Of Joseph Goebbels
NetworkMan 13 hours ago
I believe the story behind this is that he was told at the moment of the photo that the photographer was Jewish. That's not a resting evil face; that's his reaction to another human who has a religion.
Zig Zag Wanderer 11 hours ago (edited)
It wasn't the religion they hated, it was the race.
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Keith Evans 13 hours ago
ooh its Stephen Miller .. be good if he gets the same treatment one day
Multa Nocte 11 hours ago (edited)
This, the face of evil incarnate, is MUCH better looking than that of Nosferatu Miller.
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Francesca Annoni 8 hours ago
Goebbels Scowling at Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt After Finding Out He's Jewish, 1933
Zig Zag Wanderer 13 hours ago
Well, poor old goebbels apparently didn't have any at all (according to the famous ditty!)
Corvus 10 hours ago
Disagree. The eyes have an intensity that cannot be concealed. The malevolence is almost leaking out of the picture.
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A Man Begs His Wife's Forgiveness Inside A Divorce Court. Chicago, 1948
Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 14 hours ago
This picture is in every single historical picture post and every single one of them claims there's new pictures
highwaycrossingfrog 1 hour ago
Well, I read BP a lot and I don't recall seeing it before, though I have seen plenty of the others. I always interpreted (new pics) to mean an article's been updated to add some new pics anyway
Load More Replies... Lee Gilliland 2 hours ago
He finally figured out he's going to be doing his own cooking and housework.
Stephen Wild 6 hours ago
He has just been told by his attorney exactly how much money this divorce will cost him
#38
A Polish Woman Holding A Photo Of Her K****d Husband At The Opening Of A Katyn M******e Memorial In London, 1976
Corwin 02 12 hours ago
Yeah the Poles have quite a potato to peel with the Russians, just like the Finns, one wonders why Putler is not moving to any other country besides Ukraine
Multa Nocte 11 hours ago (edited)
I believe he is waiting for Trump to start a bunch of stupid wars with trying to annex (i.e., steal) Greenland, Cuba, and possibly Canada, and while all the outrage is focused on his butt-buddy Trump, Putin will slide in and do his dirty work. He is using Trump like a ventriloquist's dummy, although Trump isn't quite as smart as a ventriloquist's dummy. But from his face when the two of them interact, you can tell Trump really LIKES having Putin's hand up his back side.
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The First Years After The War. Life In Italy In The Late 40s - Early 50s
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Jeanne Calment, The Longest-Living Confirmed Person In History, At Age 20, 1895
Lotekguy 1 hour ago
Yeah. Back then, a handful of rich and powerful businessmen were functionally running the country and oppressing labor. Religious beliefs were interfering with the advance of science and medicine. Racial prejudice and xenophobia were rampant. How lucky we are to live in an age when none of that is still in existence! How pleasantly delusional it must be for anyone to believe the preceding sentence.
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Photo Of A German Mother Crying After Finding Out Her Captured Son Didn’t Survive In Soviet Union Pow Camps. (1955)
Zig Zag Wanderer 13 hours ago
Russia was brutal before, during and after the war. It's never really changed since their wonderful revolution.
Janissary35680 13 hours ago
TBF it wasn't exactly a Great Place To Live before the revolution. Some cultural norms never change even when those at the top do.
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Adolf Eichmann Walks Around The Yard Of His Cell, Ramla Prison, Isreal, 1961
Laszlo Larthlanc 5 hours ago
One of the major architects of the H*******t. It's worth reading about him on Wikipedia if you feel the need to know more.
#43
Teens Protest The Arrival Of The Horace Baker Family, The First African American Family In All White Delmar Village Folcroft, Pennsylvania, 30 Of August 1963
Zig Zag Wanderer 11 hours ago (edited)
Any kind of hatred of a particular group, for any reason (religion, race, gender, sexuality, wealth) causes division and conflict and eventually violence. I keep trying to spread this message on BP, but I believe I'm wasting my time.
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Multa Nocte 10 hours ago
🎶 You've got to be taught before it's too late - before you are six or seven or eight - to hate all the people your relatives hate - you've got to be carefully taught 🎶
Kelly Scott 3 hours ago
I wish I could find those boys today and find out if they still feel the same or if they've changed.
#44
Maid Makes The Braids For The Daughter Of Her Employers, February Of 1956
Rebecca O’Donnell 8 hours ago
My cousins’ nanny, who looked just like Aunt Jemima to a 5 year old me, used to put my braids in so tight my eyes would slant. :) She made the best blueberry pancakes and I just thought she was wonderful.
Lauren Wilder 2 hours ago
These women were woefully overworked and underpaid, while neglecting their own families.
#45
The Excess Of 1980s England - As Seen Through The Eyes Of Society Photographer Dafydd Jones
Norfolk and good 12 hours ago (edited)
That looks quite tame. We can get a lot messier than that in Blighty. Judging by the tuxedos and evening dresses, this looks like some poshos party at either Oxford or Cambridge.
Did I say that out loud? 11 hours ago
Anyone who thinks this is excess really needs to get out more.
highwaycrossingfrog 1 hour ago
If you go to the original Reddit post and scroll through (there are 20 pictures) you'll see Hugh Grant in a leopard print dress with a cornucopia on his head
#46
Agfachrome Shot Of A Blonde Lady In Norway, 1943
Did I say that out loud? 1 hour ago
But are they real pockets though,or just for show?
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Promotional Photo Of Marilyn Monroe For The Film The Prince And The Showgirl, 1957
#48
A German Student Taking Part In A Racial Education Class, N**i Germany, 1943
#49
Photos Of Children Who Didn't Pass The "One Drop" Rule And Were Slaves, Eventually Emancipated In New Orleans, From Harper’s Weekly, 30 Of January Of 1864
#50
A Meccan Merchant And His Circassian S***e. Picture Taken In Mecca Between 1887 And 1888
Zig Zag Wanderer 13 hours ago
But everyone loves to blame the British, who were one of the first to outlaw slavery.
Douglas Gold 6 hours ago
People talk more about slavery in the past than slavery happening right now.
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Marie Azelie Haydel, The Last Owner Of Whitney Plantation, And One Of Her Enslaved House Girls
Speak easy buttercup 5 hours ago
This CHILD looks like an old lady!! Her eyes which should light up from a child like innocence only show pain and suffering and it's really heartbreaking! 💔
Granny's Thoughts 20 minutes ago
Too few poor kids even today ever "light up with innocence". Sl-ve or not.
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Soviet Officials Nestor Lakoba, Nikita Khrushchev, Lavrentiy Beria And Aghasi Khanjian During The Opening Of The Moscow Metro In 1936. That Same Year, Beria K****d Lakoba And Khanjian
#53
Iranian Reza Shah Pahlavi At His Coronation, 1925
Kelly H. Wilder 2 hours ago
I think he is much better looking in the picture above. Age was good for him.
#54
1955.”the One I Marry” Teenagers Are Asked Their Preferences About A Future Spouse
Alexia 10 hours ago
"Intelligent but not overly smart, because she would try to get a job" - really, Mr. Callahan? 😄
Michael Largey 3 hours ago
Well, no woman who agreed to marry him could be called smart, overly or otherwise.
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Bored Jellyfish 5 hours ago
"Likes to play comic in black-face minstrels." Nobody caught that?
M M 13 hours ago
And I was shocked why still religion matters so much for Americans nowadays whenever I watch their reality shows...
Savannah greenleaf 12 hours ago
I think it is more the idea of appearing religious. Seeing actual piety is rare.
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#55
The Platt Family Case :white Family Labeled As Black By White Sheriff In 1955
Multa Nocte 10 hours ago
70 years ago and yet it could still be true today in Governor DeSantis' Floriduh.
NightOwlPanda 10 hours ago
Racism is our original and lasting sin, baked into the Constitution.
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Flight Deck And Controls Of A B-29 Superfortress. Note The Security Blanket Over The B**b Sight
Lee Gilliland 2 hours ago
Where did you think the set designers got the idea?
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Nikki Bastian 40 minutes ago
I spent longer than I'm happy to admit trying to figure out what a 'B**b Sight's could be.
#57
Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi And His Wife Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi With Their Four Children, 1973
Laszlo Larthlanc 5 hours ago
He was no more a humane leader than the current ones, and now his son wants to rule Iran. An awful lot of Iranians would love to return to the days where they were Persians living in Persia.
Granny's Thoughts 15 minutes ago
Will we on Earth ever have a fair and just civilization? I think not.
#58
He Washington Naval Treaty Signed In February 6, 1922, Forced Countries To Limit Their Battleships But Ended Up Creating Super Aircraft Carriers Instead Such As The Uss Lexington
Major Harris 2 hours ago
my name sake served on her when she was sunk in the battle of the coral sea. he was my dad's best friend and was a pilot. he survived this battle but was lost later on in the war.
#59
Members Of The Austro-Hungarian Upper Class, Including Emperor Franz Joseph I, At A Ball In Vienna In 1900 To Celebrate The Beginning Of A New Century
Janissary35680 42 minutes ago
"Duchess of Duke Street" reference by any chance?
Load More Replies... Granny's Thoughts 13 minutes ago
Change the dresses and there are still gatherings just like this for the wealthy few.
#60
60 Yr Old And His Family Of 3. 1946, Kentucky
Multa Nocte 10 hours ago
I didn't think so either, but I went to the original article: "Checking the dates on him and his family... Six children born between 1939 and 1946. William was 53 years old and his wife Ottie was 22 when their twins were born, though neither survived even a month. The children pictured were born in 1940, 1943, and 1944 and the photo is from 1946 when William was, in fact, 60 years old."
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Nationalist Chinese Leader Chiang Kai-Shek With His Secret Police Chief Dai Li, 1940s
Corvus 10 hours ago
Dai Li - sounds so familiar. Who else has watched Avatar: The Last Airbender?
Fire Singer 1 hour ago
OMG thank goodness someone else got this. I had no clue that's why they were named the Dai Li in the show!
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U.S. Army Nurses Sunbathing Next To A Twin Bofors 40 Mm Gun On A Coast Guard Troop Ship Returning Back To The United States From Europe, 1945
Eugene the Jeep 3 hours ago
Those poor sailors, how can they work with those darned females cluttering up the deck?
Kenny Kulbiski 2 hours ago
You know every sailor on board was finding some excuse to be on that deck.
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#63
Us Paratroopers Train Outside Of Panama City During The Us Invasion Of Panama, 1990
#64
Brigitte Bardot During A Trip To Brazil, 1964
#65
Joseph Smith, The Founder Of Mormonism, Preaches To Native Americans On 12 August 1841
Multa Nocte 10 hours ago (edited)
If there were truly appropriately disgusted they would have killed him. He was responsible for a lot of misery for the local tribes.
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 10 hours ago
If you have a chance, catch the episode of South Park called "All About Mormons" or catch their hysterical Broadway play called "The Book of Mormon." We weren't Mormons. My family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah when I was 10, and I wasn't allowed to transfer to the local Girl Scout troop ("Sorry we are all full"), couldn't make purchases in certain stores, had several apartments lined up to rent until they asked which ward (Mormon church) I was a member of (“Sorry, I just remembered we have someone else we said we would rent it to”), wasn't allowed to be part of several school clubs (yet all the Mormon girls got in, and I had one of the highest grade averages in the school), and several Mormon girls told everyone I was pregnant (sorry - virgin). I dealt with thousands of Mormons in that 15 years and there were in fact some nice ones, but overall I wouldn’t recommend moving there. As for Joseph Smith - if there's a hell, he's there.
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Tea Drinker 9 hours ago
I hope all the places and institutions being wiped of non-white, non-male history by our orange f**kwit have kept their photos and displays for a kinder, more open time to come.
R Dennis 8 hours ago
Before that kinder, more open time, there must be a reckoning... without it, it will happen again, but worse.
Load More Replies... Tams21 8 hours ago
It's sad and more than a little disheartening to see that many of the photos that show dark moments in history or either likely to repeat themselves in the near future or are already in the process of doing so. Then there's also those things that never seem to ever changed.
TotallyNOTAFox 5 hours ago
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" - George Santayana. Despite having the ability to easily look up nearly all aspects of history back to ancient rome and beyond a lot of people rarely do that and so we end up with rising facism and socialism (the real deal) in the first half of a century once again. Given how the world looks, the 21st century will pretty much copy the 20th
Load More Replies... Tea Drinker 9 hours ago
I hope all the places and institutions being wiped of non-white, non-male history by our orange f**kwit have kept their photos and displays for a kinder, more open time to come.
R Dennis 8 hours ago
Before that kinder, more open time, there must be a reckoning... without it, it will happen again, but worse.
Load More Replies... Tams21 8 hours ago
It's sad and more than a little disheartening to see that many of the photos that show dark moments in history or either likely to repeat themselves in the near future or are already in the process of doing so. Then there's also those things that never seem to ever changed.
TotallyNOTAFox 5 hours ago
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" - George Santayana. Despite having the ability to easily look up nearly all aspects of history back to ancient rome and beyond a lot of people rarely do that and so we end up with rising facism and socialism (the real deal) in the first half of a century once again. Given how the world looks, the 21st century will pretty much copy the 20th
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