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50 Rarely Seen Historical Photos That Might Teach You More Than School Ever Has
It was Confucius who said, “Study the past if you would define the future”. Historical pictures allow us to do just that. They depict some of the most important moments of the days gone by, which we can turn back to and analyze one image at a time. And learn something new with each one of them, whether it’s an old photo from a family album or a snapshot that made it to the history books.
The Facebook page “World Historical Pictures” presents an abundance of such noteworthy images. Their posts range from covering everyday people to events of great historical significance, which allows the roughly 37 thousand followers to get acquainted with different aspects of our past. We have gathered some of the most impressive shots here for you to enjoy. Scroll down for the pictures, and make sure to check here and here for more.
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World War One Memorial
Gémeaux jumeaux 2 years ago
Negative space, defined. True hole in this family's life. *moment of silence*
Brendan (banned for downvotes) 2 years ago (edited)
That's heartbreaking. As a Dad, myself, my biggest fear is leaving my kids fatherless.
The history of photography itself dates back to the 1820s when the French scientist Joseph Nicéphore Niépce captured what is now known as the first picture ever. Titled ‘View from the Window at Le Gras’, it was created using heliography (the process of drawing with sunlight) and a pewter plate.
Nowadays, photography is way more advanced—you can choose from numerous types of cameras, all producing images of exceptional definition. A common choice for those interested in taking pictures is mirrorless or DSLR ones; those who want to capture their active lifestyle might go for an action or a 360-degree camera.
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#2
The Full Tiananmen Square Massacre ‘Tank Man’ Photo, Is More Powerful Than The Cropped Version
scag$y 2 years ago
I really find it hard to think of a more courageous person than this guy. I mean, if the tanks don't kill him, the government will. In a way that would probably have made him wish the tanks had done it. This is the gold standard of bravery to which we must all aspire.
RafCo (he/him/ele) 2 years ago
There are conflicting reports about what happened to him. On the two extremes, he was executed within a fortnight of the incident, or he escaped to Taiwan where he lives today.
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Cuppa tea? 2 years ago
To this day it is unknown real number of people slaughtered there. Estimates are in ten of thousands.
Leslie Cookietown 2 years ago
This man has more bravery than all of the men who could EVER fit inside or out of all of those tanks!
Marno C. 2 years ago
I sincerely hope he escaped safely and lived a long and happy life. His actual identity was never known to the wider public as far as I know.
RavenTheCat 2 years ago
Knowing china he disappeared mysteriously and they probably caused it
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Rizzo 2 years ago (edited)
My private Mandela-Effect picture. I am sure I saw the man got crushed by the tank and was confused to learn that never happened. I was a young man (18) and was shocked that they show a man get crushed by a tank on live television. I remember the tank swivel from left to right on top the man and leaving a bloody trail behind.
August 2 years ago
There’s video of the tank moving back and forth as the man keeps getting in it’s way, but definitely not that.
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Pransett Kessell 2 years ago
Think about it! This is the last picture his family and friends will see of him alive. He knows with certainty in next few seconds he is going to die. And he stands there anyway. Sure he's got an alternative, run and continue to exist in a congenial governed society, possibly. What a choice, they both are despicable. Courage, beyond measure. I couldn't have done it.
#3
The Sioux Nation Of Native Americans Teepees Spread Across The Great Plains In 1800s
Marno C. 2 years ago
Historians are only now realizing just how populous North American was before the sweeping devestation of smallpox and other diseases that came with the Europeans. Some estimates are as high as 90% of pre-contact population being wiped out.
Bryn 2 years ago
I wouldn't say they're only "now" realizing this. They've known this for some time and it's more so the general public not realizing it.
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D Peterson 2 years ago
I don't want to down-play Black Lives Matter (I support BLM) or the horror of slavery in America or the wrongs still present today. Why don't we ever hear about the US genocide of the Indigenous Peoples of North America? We murdered men, women, children, & babies. We forced them off their hereditary lands. We put them on reservations. We forbid them their religion & forced them to accept Christianity. We stole their children so they would 'grow up white' but even after stealing them from their families we still called them 'n****s'. Anyone who wants to see true poverty & suffering in America, they should visit a few Native American reservations. If there is a God, he won't punish us for what our ancestors did, he will punish us for what we did or did not do today & in the future.
Bryn 2 years ago
Not sure where you went to school but all of this was taught in my history classes in K-12 and then in three of my classes in college. And in first through 6th grade I went to a reservation once a year (grew up 45 minutes from one). So we do hear about it. Just apparently you didn't.
Load More Replies... Bryn 2 years ago
Sioux is such a broad term. The word Sioux is an exonym for several different tribes which stretched from Eastern Montana to the Great Lakes and as far south as the Nebraska/South Dakota boarder...
Larry XK 2 years ago
Major tribes are the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota peoples. Each has several distinct tribes within. There are tribes in Canada as well.
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David 2 years ago
Where did they poop? I guess I always pictured them going off into the woods or something but no woods here. And seems unpleasant if they all just pooped in their tepees. So did they just did a hole near their tepee or something?
Mickie Shea 2 years ago
Not understanding those who are different are one of humans biggest errors.
Vicki Perizzolo 2 years ago
very, very wrong what the European settlers did to this country's indigenous peoples...shame on all of our relatives
Digital single-lens reflex—or a DSLR—a camera is a popular option among professionals and amateurs likewise. The principle behind it is based on light entering a single lens and reaching the mirror, which then reflects it to the viewfinder; that allows the photographer to see the same view the lens ‘sees’.
As the name suggests, a mirrorless camera lacks one of the parts a DSLR has. Comparing it to the latter, the mirrorless option is usually more compact, yet it can provide high-quality images, nevertheless. In a camera as such, instead of reflecting on a mirror, the light goes directly to the sensor.
#4
A Picture Of Dr. Religa Monitoring His Patient's Vitals After Completing A 23-Hour-Long Heart Transplant. His Assistant Is Asleep In The Corner. 1987
Paloma Vita 2 years ago
An amazing achievement... and I do have to mention that he spent 23+ hours in a mask and he did not suffocate or die from carbon dioxide poisoning! Wow!
#5
A Photo Of An Engineer Wiring An Early Ibm Computer, 1958. (Photo By Berenice Abbott)
RafCo (he/him/ele) 2 years ago
Hard to know her name, the photographer, Berenice Abbott, didn't record the name of the engineer, only the name of the machine. She took technology photos from the 30s and into the 50s. This particular machine was released by IBM in 1948, and was an accounting tabulator.
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aka Belly Button 2 years ago
I love that they just wrote ‘engineer’ rather than ‘women engineer’. Just because someone is a women does not mean it has to be in their job title. If a man is just called and ‘engineer’ the same should be true for women.
Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
Yes me too, that’s exactly what I was just thinking! If anyone does it in casual conversation, I’m going to start labelling things with “man”. “Yes, what did he do again, that’s right, he was a man chef!”
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Stephen Lyford 2 years ago
LIES. This is just my girlfriend trying to tame the wild nest of wires I've made behind my home entertainment center.
Pandapoo 2 years ago
How many times do I have to tell you, I’m NOT you’re girlfriend!
Load More Replies... Brendan (banned for downvotes) 2 years ago
Imagine having that level of knowledge - understanding the function of every single wire.
Nonesuch 2 years ago
Not to mention her keen eye, deft fingers, and her ability to sit on that low stool with no back support. Physically challenging as well as mentally challenging.
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Stephen Smith 2 years ago
It was women that did all the maths at one time and they were called computers, so when the mechanical devices came along they got called computers. So this is a picture of a computer wiring a computer.
Lavi Berko 2 years ago
I wonder if this woman was a computer ( people who calculated things before technological computers were at thing
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
I've watched "Hidden Figures" several times now. For those that don't know, it's a relatively true account of three of the black women who worked for NASA during the '60's. Mary Jackson became the first female engineer in America. Dorothy Vaughn became the first black supervisor at NASA, leading the team of women who ran the IBMs, and Catherine Johnson, the first black computer. She helped create the math that allowed for the change in orbit for the Mercury astronauts to re-enter Earth's gravity. Amazing woman, all three of them.
Load More Replies...For something even more compact than a mirrorless one, people often go for action cameras that are lightweight and convenient for all kinds of active pursuits. They might also choose a 360-degree camera, which can be mounted on different objects, such as helmets, cars, or drones, to name a few. Both of these options are durable and in most cases waterproof, which makes them the perfect choice for adventure time.
#6
An American Mother And Daughter Hold The American Flag In The Early 1900’s
Loverboy 2 years ago
Baby looks like she wants to kill whoever is behind the camera. Very cute though, I love this
Rizzo 2 years ago
To me it looks like the girl was promised some kind of sweet if she holds still and she is totally fixated on the sweet.
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Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
There’s something sad about this one. What did that flag do for anybody of color back then?
Maisey Myles 2 years ago
I wanted to say pretty much the same thing but I couldn't figure out how to word it. Thanks
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Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
Truly amazing as the Mother's Grandmother would most likely have been a slave. Sadly things really haven't moved on have they.
nooneimportant 2 years ago
the mother in the picture more than likely was born a slave
Load More Replies... Brendan (banned for downvotes) 2 years ago
That flag ain't doing nothing to support that family.
Viki Banaszak 2 years ago
I'm gonna say it looks like a little boy. Yes boys wore dresses as babies back then. Easier to change diapers that way.
#7
Ladder 118 Fire Truck Crossing The Brooklyn Bridge To The World Trade Center On September 11, 2001. Every Firefighter On The Truck Died Shortly After
Leslie Cookietown 2 years ago
Instinct for most is to flee from terror...The most special few think about the needs of others before their own! "No greater love has any man(OR woman) than to lay down their life for others." GOD BLESS 'EM. 🇺🇸
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Marno C. 2 years ago
Firefighters: Running into the danger that everyone else runs away from. So much bravery and so much heartbreaking loss.
Luna Crow 2 years ago
I believe firefighters are one of the most heroic professions there are
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Allison B 2 years ago (edited)
Agreed. I was in middle school when it happened and I remember coming into my second class and the teacher had the TV on and everyone was just staring. I didn't understand what was going on at first. I thought it was a strange action movie and was confused as to why we were watching it in class. Then the teacher told us all it was real. That class ended up being just all of us watching the news. Then classes went on like normal except all the teachers looked very worried and radios were on quietly the listen to information being said just in case.
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Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago (edited)
I remember seeing a picture of firefighters walking into the dust around the area. They slowly disappeared. One of the buildings hadn’t fallen yet. It was heart wrenching to think that they knew they may very well be walking into their deaths. And they kept walking. 🥺💔 I’ve always wanted to know if they made it. And the pictures of the people walking down the stairs and the firefighters walking upstairs. Having seen the buildings from the outside. They must have had some realization. And they kept climbing. Some of the bravest people I have ever seen.
L hill 2 years ago
Since this happened, when ever i look at the clock, its at 9:11. Not all the time but most of the time. At first i freaked me out, but now im used to it. Been 20 years since i had to live through that experience. Maybe its a reminder of how lucky i was.
New Everywhere 2 years ago
I just watched a story about a guy who was in the building when it collapsed and he survived. I can't even imagine. Glad you were lucky L hill.
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D Peterson 2 years ago
A young woman with whom I worked with that morning, cried in fear for her 18 year old brother who had just joined the military because she feared for his life. I attending his funeral the following year. Exactly how many American lives were saved because we invaded Iraq based on misinformation (also called lies.)
In addition to different kinds of cameras, there are also different types of photography itself. Some examples include photojournalism as well as editorial, wedding, portrait, still life, architecture, sports, and fashion photography, among others. Each of them usually requires a specific skill set in addition to the basic know-how of photography; it helps the professionals to deal with the different challenges each environment presents.
#8
David Isom, 19, Broke The Color Line In A Segregated Pool In Florida On June 8, 1958, Which Resulted In Officials Closing The Facility
ScarletRos 2 years ago
Most of the kids look upset, but I like how the kid closest to the left looks kind of in awe.
Nonesuch 2 years ago (edited)
I don't know if the children are upset. They may be only looking to the adults at this pool to gauge their reaction. Children seeking information on how they should react..
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Sometimes it boggles my mind how close I was to stuff like this in terms of timeline. I was a young boy in the 60s. Where I lived was mostly white but I grew up largely 'colorblind' due to parents who treated people as people. I never heard any racist BS from them. My best friend was "Russian" (probably a satellite country) back when anyone sounding Russian was the big bad wolf. Another close friend was crippled. Polio I think, can't remember. Another was Mexican. They were all just 'kids I knew and played with'. It wasn't until I got older that I realized how horribly some people in my country treat others over race. And how I lived so close in history to stuff like Jim Crow laws that just seem absurd today. I know there are still problems today, but many times I've remembered to be thankful I was not brought up being taught to hate.
Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
We should sell Florida, cheap, to Cuba and call it good! DeSantis can be king!
Load More Replies... Binny Tutera 2 years ago
Classic. So determined to deny blacks anything pleasant, they made it so no one gets to use the pool. Talk about cutting your nose off to spite your face!
Maureen Sullivan 2 years ago
Someone will be saying the same thing 50 yrs from now and so on. Rightfully so.
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SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
It's truly sad that we have not come very far as a society since even this was taken. This happened in my dad's lifetime, and it blows my mind how f****d up things were and still are.
Full of Giggles 2 years ago
It most likely was the thought. My hometown only had one public pool from the late 1930s to 60s. Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Jews were only permitted to swim on the last Sunday of the month. The pool would be drained and scrubbed the next day.
Load More Replies... Wang Zhuang 2 years ago
I expected that this incident would have resulted in violence, but interestingly enough, David said he didn't have any problems while swimming with the white patrons.
#9
Unknown Soldier In 1965
Loverboy 2 years ago
I hope he made it, war really is hell. Even if he made it, the affects last a life time
AW 2 years ago
"It features Private Larry Wayne Chaffin of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Battalion who was defending the Phouc Vinh airstrip in south Vietnam. ... Upon his return to America, Private Chaffin, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, had great difficulty readjusting to civilian life. He died in 1985 at the age of 39, due to an illness that was linked to his exposure to Agent Orange - an herbicide and toxic weapon used extensively during the Vietnam War."
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D Peterson 2 years ago
Anyone responsible for starting a war should be required to fight in that war as a private on the front line. If they can not 'go to war' for health reasons, then their oldest son & eldest daughter should fight in their parents place.
Leslie Cookietown 2 years ago
Youth and innocence was forever lost from those young faces... What a miserable shame. GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY SOUL!
Even though all types of photography allow us to immortalize certain moments, photojournalism specializes in capturing real life and the significant events of our timeline. It usually entails taking candid shots depicting reality as it is instead of trying to adorn it before taking the picture. Often published in various news outlets, photojournalists aim to be as objective as possible.
#10
This Young Boy Was Born In 1924 And He Is 2 Years Old In This Photo. He Died In 1944 In France On A Us Tanker. His Name Is Lonzo Hudgins And He Received A Purple Heart In Ww2. He Was My Mom's 1st Cousin. I Love This Vintage Photo Of My Cousin
Geoffrey Osterfield 2 years ago
Sorry but I googled purple heart recipients from ww2 and this persons name is not on it.
Ma Fra 2 years ago (edited)
It was written in a newspaper https://it.findagrave.com/memorial/9269988/lonzo-hudgins
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Brooke Weber 2 years ago
Pretty sure Purple Hearts are only for service members not civilians...
#11
Over 3,000 Workers Who Build The Chase Manhattan Bank In New York City Pose For A Photo Near The End Of Constructional Work, August, 1964
Meredith Parker 2 years ago
That's about the same number that got killed on 9/11. Imagine all of these people gone.
An excellent example of unadorned reality captured on film, titled “Lunch Atop A Skyscraper”, is now arguably one of the most famous historical pictures there are. The image of construction workers side by side, hanging high above the city, is number two on Inkifi’s list of the most recognizable pictures in history. The list has been compiled by analyzing data from using reverse image search: “To assess the importance of each photo, we used a reverse image search to show the significance and reach, by looking at how often each photo appeared on the internet,” they explained.
#12
Silent Film Actress, Delores Costello, Drew Barrymore's Grandmother, 1928
Gémeaux jumeaux 2 years ago
Drew Barrymore is a fascinating listen if you can catch her interviewed about her family. No resentments, grew up in many adult contexts at an extremely young age. Glad she is sober today!
Leslie Cookietown 2 years ago
That looks very much like Ms. Barrymore herself if you enlarge the photo! Amazing genetics!!
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
Lionel, John, Drew--they were all actors of the "golden age" and some of the most famous of their day--except for her parents.
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Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, Is Greeted By His Family, Returning Home After More Than Five Years As A Prisoner Of War In North Vietnam
Loverboy 2 years ago
He was an Air Force fighter pilot who was shot down over Hanoi in 1967, and was held as a pow for nearly 6 years. I love the joy in this photo, lovely.
Friday Van-Defoe 2 years ago
A famous moron once quipped “ I like soldiers who didn’t get captured”
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Snigget 2 years ago
From Wiki: Despite outward appearances, the reunion was an unhappy one for Stirm. Three days before he arrived in the United States, the same day he was released from captivity, Stirm received a Dear John letter from his wife Loretta informing him that their marriage was over. Stirm later learned that Loretta had been with other men throughout his captivity and had received marriage proposals from three of them. In 1974, the Stirms divorced and Loretta remarried, but Lieutenant Colonel Stirm was still ordered by the courts to provide her with 43% of his military retirement pay once he retired from the Air Force.
Llama_flower93 2 years ago
I read the the excited daughter and him are still close though.
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thepinkrobot 2 years ago
The story behind this photo is sad. I believe that Lt Col Stirm got a "dear John" letter from his wife three days before he came home and learned that she had been with other men while he was a POW. (Granted she didn't know he was alive but still... sad for him). They got divorced shortly after this was taken.
X X 2 years ago
The bi*ch could’ve waited a couple weeks & requested a divorce AFTER he got home!!
Load More Replies... D Peterson 2 years ago
Read about Former US Senator John McCain, who was shot down over Hanoi in 1967 & was a POW until 1973. He was injured & tortured, as were many others, perhaps this returning fighter pilot, too. On July 18, 2015, then-candidate Donald Trump said this about John McCain: “He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” On March 19, 2019, President Donald Trump offered this assessment of the late war hero and senator: “I was never a fan of John McCain and I never will be.” (After his death in 2018.)
AnonymousApple 2 years ago
Trump is such an absolute POS. His criticism of war heroes is especially hypocritical given he dodged the draft over some stupid made up b.s. becuase his family was rich.
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Sue Mullen Andersen 2 years ago
I love how excited she is...both her feet are off the ground. <3
The lunch scene was surpassed only by NASA's “Man on a moon”, depicting Neil Armstrong taking his first steps on the moon in 1968. Third on the list was the “Flag Raising On Iwo Jima”, showing United States Marines raising their flag on Mount Suribachi in 1945.
Inkifi also turned to social media to see which of the images the future generations might consider historical. Research revealed that it’s likely going to be a picture of an egg. Yes, you read it right. Based on the number of Instagram likes, the most popular photograph on the platform is an image of a solitary egg against a white backdrop. It was uploaded with the sole purpose of becoming the most liked picture on Instagram-a title it holds to this day.
With over 56 million likes, the image conquered Ronaldo’s announcement about an upcoming addition to the family (nearly 33 million likes) and a picture uploaded by the artist XXXTentacion (nearly 30 million likes).
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Remember That Photo Of The Construction Workers Having Lunch On An Unfinished New York Skyscraper? Well Here's The Photographer Charles Ebbets. 9/20/1932
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
Wearing a belt and suspenders because he doesn’t like to take risks. Wingtip shoes for added protection in case of fall.
Illustrious G 2 years ago
Ok, now the shoes make sense. I thought they were a ridiculous choice, but now I realize they have a purpose!
Load More Replies... Leslie Cookietown 2 years ago
I wish folks today would dress with class like they did in America at that time.
Androgyny Lunacy 2 years ago
Oh hell no. Risking your life to take a picture. Hey! That's how it goes with people today, too..
helmut hair 2 years ago
im scared of heights an i'll jus faint after standing uphere for 0.05 seconds
#15
The Huffy Radio Bicycle From The 1950s
David 2 years ago
Very cool for its time but I bet that sucker ate batteries with three headlights and a radio. I'm guessing that square brick on the back is where all the batteries go. (??)
Sergio Bicerra 2 years ago
It was a rechargable battery and could last to 12 hours, and yes, that brick on the back is where batteries went.
Load More Replies... Mrs Forbidden Ocean 2 years ago (edited)
So...... Basically the first electric bike (in one way or another another) 😂
Diolla 2 years ago
Probably has a kickback brake? Don't know the proper English word for it...
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Al Padilla 1 year ago
Those bikes were MASSIVE! And if you look closely, front gear is big and rear gear (one only) is small. So it was like perpetually riding in a high gear; to make it up a hill, you had to zigzag back & forth across the street. And the power pack full of "D" batteries didn't last long. And of course made it impossible to use the rear carrier for anything else. The absurdly high gear was marketed as making the bike "faster." - true, especially if you lived at the top of a mountain and had no need to get back. Fond memories.
When it comes to renowned photographers, the list can be a rather long one. There are lots of people, whose pictures are now treasured as some of the most impressive or historically significant works of photography.
For instance, Dorothea Lange and her portrait of the “Migrant Mother”, or Steve McCurry, who captured the striking gaze of the “Afghan Girl”. Jeff Widener and Malcolm Browne, photographers of “Tank Man” and “Burning Monk” should also likely be on the list, together with many others.
If you’re interested in viewing the works of some of the most famous photographers in history, don’t miss the chance to browse them on Bored Panda’s previous piece here.
#16
American Athlete Jesse Owens Fills Up A Car At A Petrol Station In His A Uniform Of Cap, Shirt And Bow Tie. Owens Worked As A Petrol Pump Attendant To Help Finance His Studies At Ohio State University. (United States, 1935)
Wang Zhuang 2 years ago
This is the year before he went to the Munich Olympic Games and embarrassed the Nazis by winning four gold medals
Hume 2 years ago
And sadly, according to himself, Hitler actually acknowledged him, and Roosevelt did not. (I am guessing at the moment or time frame that he actually won the medals.) And he had to enter at a back door of the white house for his own celebration. That comes from himself. I am not trying to stir up unneeded drama or anything. It's just information regarding those times.
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Brett Layton 2 years ago
The real history lesson here is that you used to be able to work in a gas station and afford to pay for college.
David 2 years ago
From the photo it appears gas was about 19 cents a gallon (w/ the 5 cent tax). I can remember in the mid 60s when it was 40 cents a gallon. Me and friends turning in glass pop bottles to scrape up 10 cents which would fill the 1 quart gas tank on one kid's mini-bike and then we would all take turns riding around an empty lot close to the corner store/gas station.
#17
Kids These Days Don't Know The Struggle (1990s)
Wang Zhuang 2 years ago
It was for this reason that I refused to get a portable CD player while I was in high school. I stayed with cassettes for a long time! lol
Androgyny Lunacy 2 years ago
Lol and mine for the longest time was refusing to get an MP3 player and only wanting a portable CD player...
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Luna Crow 2 years ago
Yeah, I thought this was supposed to be historical pictures.. other than these particular items becoming obsolete, I'm not sure how this picture fits on this list any better
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Jrog 2 years ago (edited)
I had this exact model as my second portable CD-player. It had a 15 seconds anti-skip memory (the CD read forward and stored the music in a volatile memory). That was LIFE CHANGING. I used to hear music while riding a bike on mountain trails, my first player skipped at any small bump. Battery life was still s*it, though, so every time I went out for a ride I needed to take with me a dozen rechargeable AA batteries...
Brendan (banned for downvotes) 2 years ago
Man, that IS life changing. I would have loved your CD player. My songs would skip with every damn step I took. I had to tip toe around college lol.
Load More Replies... Blyss Blyssylb 2 years ago
I'm older than that...I'm "8 track" old. Who else remembers 8 tracks?
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
My first time hearing Queen was on my aunt's 8-track player. I was eight, she was thirteen.
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It might be difficult to find out the exact number of photographers out there, but according to Ibis, now in 2023, there are roughly 255 thousand photography businesses in the US. The data also revealed that the industry has been steadily growing for the last five years, which means there shouldn’t be a shortage of people who can document our world for future generations to see.
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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) And His Long-Time Friend John T. Lewis (Probably Twain's Inspiration For The Character "Jim" In "Huckleberry Finn"), Standing Together At Quarry Farm, Elmira, New York - 1903
Skara Brae 2 years ago
I wish we had someone like him today. His humor in general, and in particular, his ability to skewer bad politicians.
Wintermute 2 years ago
I think we do. People like John Stewart, Stephen Colbert and John Oliver are this generation's Twain. They just do TV shows instead of write fiction. Unfortunately, the establishment side is just loud enough to drown them out more now. Twain was fortunate to not have to compete with the 24 hour "news" cycle.
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paco diablo 2 years ago
we have them but if you're a republican or a thrump supporter you won't hear them
April Pickett 2 years ago
Between Mark Twain and Will Rogers, we had two of the wittiest people on Earth. Their quotes and observations are still true today.
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Blackfoot Native Americans On The Roof Of The Mcalpin Hotel, Refusing To Sleep In Their Rooms, New York City
Gémeaux jumeaux 2 years ago
Apparently traveled to NYC in 1913 at the behest of the owner of the Great Northern Railroad as part of publicity for the rail line and Glacier National Park... slept in their rooms, but pitched tipis on the roof to attract the curious. (Read full article plus corrections here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-blackfoot-indians-in_b_847936 )
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
The first time I went to visit my “aunt’s” family on the rez, the family had pooled their money and built a nice modern house. Her mother had never walked up a long flight of stairs before. She had never lived in a building that wasn’t on the ground. The actual ground. Her house had a dirt floor., her mother had never seen an electric lightbulb. What shock and confusion when they flipped a switch up and lights came on in the ceiling. It had indoor plumbing. She never used it the entire time they lived there. You don’t do that in the house. She always used the outhouse. The entire rez was an interesting place to be.
Lady of the Mountains 2 years ago
The Blackfoot tribe us from the rockies, I think....they are a long way from home
Rich Black 2 years ago
How do we know they were "refusing to sleep in their rooms?" That part seems made up.
If you would like to see more of such historical pictures or get better acquainted with the history of photography itself, open Bored Panda’s article about 50 must-see historical images that may make you want to open a history book once again here.
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An Immigrant Family At New York's Ellis Island Is About To Embark On The Chase Of Their Dreams. The 1900s
Patricia Smith 2 years ago
What bravery and hope it took to cross an ocean into the unknown. Then landing on the shores of a country where you can't speak the language or know where to go. There's very little money in your pocket, you've got a family and no job. I always marvel at our ancestors and their fortitude. I often wonder if today we're living up to their extraordinary memories.
Bryn 2 years ago
Not necessarily. This is actually a German family (though, they could be German-Russian (IE: Germans living in what is today Ukraine/Moldova but then Russia were called German-Russians).) If they're German-Russians, they could be escaping military service (My mother's family did this. They refused to serve the Tsar).
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Thirteen Sisters In The Brooks Family View Their Only Brother Leslie Benjamin, Following His Birth At Home In Pittsfield, Massachusetts (1954)
Loverboy 2 years ago (edited)
Poor brother, having to grow up with 13 sisters. Not to mention the mother, who had to birth them all.
David 2 years ago (edited)
This should be heart warming but it is from back when it was quite important to many men to have a boy. Makes me wonder if she wanted to have that many children.
Gozer LeGozerian 2 years ago
I don't think any woman would enjoy wrecking her nether regions continously to satisfy a man
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TwirlyGirly 2 years ago
According to this Portland, ME newspaper the Brooks family lived in Pittsfield Maine, not Pittsfield Massachusetts: https://www.pressherald.com/media/gallery/october-8-images-day-history/
Sarah Turney 2 years ago
My dad is the youngest of 5 and is the only boy. He has had 2 wives and has 3 daughters. He is spoilet rotten xx
D Peterson 2 years ago
Poor woman! I wonder how many daughters she would have given birth to if she had never conceived a son.
Al Padilla 1 year ago
Practice makes perfect! (JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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Marilyn Monroe Photographed By Sam Shaw In Amagansett, New York, 1957
Leslie Cookietown 2 years ago
She was a VERY SMART, elegantly feminine, natural beauty! She gave so much joy but received much less than she deserved. We're very blessed to have her on film for many years of enjoyment for future eyes. She created the character of Marilyn to stand out among hundreds of eager actresses and very much succeeded! (How lucky are we?!)
#23
New York. 1957
unfilteredCigarette73 2 years ago
I'm sorry but it looks like she is hitting a b0ng and I can't unsee it😆
Androgyny Lunacy 2 years ago
Yea I am wondering wtf she is doing. Smoking something?
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Nasren Jak 2 years ago
Isn't this the exact place in When Harry Met Sally where they become friends again?
Leesa DeAndrea 2 years ago
"Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette! Puff, puff, puff and if you puff yourself to death tell St. Peter at the Golden Gate, lord you hate to make him wait. You gotta have another cigarette!"
#24
Mount St. Helens Eruption, 1980. (Photo By R. Lasher)
Jrog 2 years ago (edited)
Photo by Richard Lasher, a Boeing employee with a passion for photography. He overslept the day he planned to go seeing the smoking volcano and maybe have a bike ride around Spirit Lake. Luckily for him, it exploded while he was some distance away. He run out of the car and took some photos, but the cloud was overtaking him. He jumped on the bike and tried to get away, reaching the town of Randle before the cloud hit. The next day he rode back to recover his car, took some photos but was found by security officers and airlifted out of the striken area, spending the night in jail.
Rikki G 2 years ago
I lived in Northern Nevada at the time and we had ash falling there from the eruption.
Winston Churchill 2 years ago
I lived in New Hampshire at the time, on the opposite side of the USA, and I remember a couple of days later a thin layer of ash settled on everything overnight for a few nights. I'd say about 1/32 nd of an inch, which actually isn't thin considering the distance it traveled. It was very noticable.
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It is. They didn't always catch fire by themselves, sometimes you have to give them a little help...
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ACE PIRATES 4 THE WIN 2 years ago
My great grandmother lived in Oregon at the time and she said there was ash covering everything
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Telephone Tower, Before They Figured Out Bundling Lines Into Cables. There Are 5000 Lines In This Tower (1890)
Victoria Brändin 2 years ago
This is the telephone tower from Stockholm, Sweden. Built in 1887. Already in the 1890s they started putting the cables together and laying them underground instead. And 1913 the tower had lost its purpose. The tower stud for many years as the base of a clock but was damaged in a fire in 1952 and was ultimately taken down in 1953..
John Dilligaf 2 years ago
not the "idea of bundling lines into cables" . The telephone multiplexer (which makes it possible to send multiple signals over one line) wasn't invented till 1910. Before that each telephone needed its own individual cable from it's location to the central switchboard
Strahd Ivarius 2 years ago (edited)
Sweden, if I am not mistaken. And it was like that till someone got the idea of the switchboard.
#26
Madison Square, New York City Ca.1900
Cathryn Cade 2 years ago
And incredibly uncomfortable! They were laced into strangling corsets to achieve those tiny waists, and their dresses were heavy, hot, scratchy... etc
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Nonesuch 2 years ago
How did these prestigious ladies feel about all the incoming immigrants we've seen on previous posts during the same era?
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
It’s about the size of their waists and how tight those corsets had to have been pulled.
Marie G. 2 years ago
No, it's mostly about padding and optical illusions ;) They were really good in that era with making their waist appear smaller without ruining their bodies, Bernadette Banner made a really good video about that a few days ago
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I don't know how those women are breathing. That must have been so painful.
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Homecoming Prisoner Of War - 1946
debor ahn 2 years ago
it wasn't all fun and games back home, either. war doesn't just affect the soldiers.
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Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
Everyone should see a movie called " The Best Years of Our Lives." Released in 1946, it portrays the real and heartbreaking experiences of soldiers returning from fighting in World War 2.
#28
This Is George W. Mclaurin In 1948 Being Segregated From The Rest Of His University Class
DarcyRose 2 years ago
Cannot comprehend racism. I just hope some of those students internally questioned it
Elle Roque 2 years ago
He sued and won. https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=MC034
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Fish Fingers 2 years ago
Ray Charles went to a segregated school for the blind. He was like 'We were blind. Most of us has no idea what they were talking about!'
gerard julien 2 years ago
" The school opened in December, 1885 as The School for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb. Although the school had both black and white children in its early years, social opposition to racial integration was rampant, and the Florida Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb, Colored Department was created in 1895. The school was racially integrated in 1967 with the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. The school is now the largest school of its type in the United States with 47 buildings on 82 acres of land."
Load More Replies... Swoo 2 years ago
Funny (not at all, I'm being ironic), the same situation was forced upon afghan women when they still could attend university. I heard they are not allowed to attend anymore...
Pheonixvatoreii 2 years ago
Don't get me started. This topic infuriates me. I can't imagine feeling robbed of my dreams and my future, and I cannot comprehend the pain those girls must feel to be unable to follow their dreams.
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Heather Vandegrift 2 years ago
The perseverance of African Americans to better themselves when the entire legal, educational, and social system is specifically set up to prevent their success is awe inspiring. Even to this day, people of color, especially BIPOC, have to fight inequity and systemic racism, made more difficult by the fact that the system of oppression is now masked by the illusion of equity created by overt racist laws being overturned while the practices that inforced them still exist
Wang Zhuang 2 years ago
This was at the University of Oklahoma, where he was the first ever black student
Peppy 2 years ago
His desk looks a lot more comfortable to work at. He looks so dignified and proud.
SlightlyTarnished 2 years ago
Meanwhile, in Florida, Texas, Iowa, and other backward states, teaching of the black experience within the confines of US History is being banned. The continued effort to rewrite US history is exhausting.
#29
Federal Reserve Bank, New York, 1959. Photo Ormond Gigli
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago (edited)
Protection: one standard gold bar weighs 4.2 kg., or ~27.4 pounds. Drop that on your foot :) edit: 12.4 Kilograms, not 4.2
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censorshipsucks 2 years ago
In my city they have a theme park called Gold Reef City. When I was a kid they cast a bar in front of you (it was a decommissioned mine) and offered you the bar if you could pick it up with one hand. Obviously no kid ever managed, because it's 12 kg or so.
Spannermonkey 2 years ago
Safety. Gold is twice as heavy as lead (by size,) and shiny, so VERY easy to drop.
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Blyss Blyssylb 2 years ago (edited)
Nice shoes! Could Literally kick rocks, er, Bricks! Should be brought back for Construction workers/Miners, etc...
#30
Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Photographed In New York City By Richard Avedon, 1963
Heather Vandegrift 2 years ago
It looks like a softball looks in my hand! 😳
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#31
1984 New York City Subway Ride
David 2 years ago
"Ghetto Blasters" were a mood. But they were battery hungry. IIRC the one I had required 10 D cell batteries. It also had an AC cord and I mostly used that because I couldn't afford to keep buying the batteries. I think most younger folks don't appreciate how novel / cool it was to be able to carry a home stereo around with you (this one looks mono but some were stereo). Now days of course you could do the same with a cell phone and blutooth speaker, play it on blast for hours and then recharge it for basically free.
Brendan (banned for downvotes) 2 years ago
He looks cool 'n all, but how f*****g annoying! Imagine listening to that at 8am on your way to work.
#32
In 1938 1800 Veterans Of The Civil War Attended An 75th Anniversary Reunion At Gettysburg, Pa. The Youngest Was 88 Years Old, And The Oldest Claimed To Be 112 Years Old
CP 2 years ago
The last time I was in Gettysburg, just pre-Covid, I saw a confederate flag waving off the back of a pick-up truck. Disgusting!
Svelk929 2 years ago
waving the flag of a country that doesn't exist anymore at a battle site where they lost to the country they currently live in... to show their patriotism to the country that won that war
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Janet Graham 2 years ago
I would have loved to have listened to the stories those Veterans told!
Tanya Robinson 2 years ago
It was at this reunion that an actual "rebel yell" was recorded. (You can watch it on YouTube.) But be forewarned, it's not as impressive as one would hope.
Patricia Smith 2 years ago
I'm to understand that current confederate flag waving does not necessarily endorse slavery but stands for state's rights of the south against "the war of northern aggression". Deluded, yes, because they refuse to acknowledge that state's rights were ALL about slavery. Don't say that out loud, though.
#33
The Teenage Daughter Of A An Impoverished Arkansas Farmer Cooking On An Old Stove While Her Mother Was In A Tuberculosis Sanitarium During The Great Depression. Red Cross Photo From Ca. 1930
Loverboy 2 years ago
I hate to imagine everything her and her family is going through, truly strong.
Marno C. 2 years ago
Tuberculosis is one of the reasons why fashions changed from long skirts to something shorter. People thought the long skirts were catching all sorts of "ill-health" (germ theory was in its infancy) from the street and dragging it into the house. They weren't entirely wrong as poor sanitation -- often tied to poverty (as above) and inadequate public services -- did a lot to spread illnesses like TB and polio.
Jennifer Gilmore 2 years ago
My grandfather was in a tuberculosis sanatorium from age 20-27. Seven years in quarantine! Although, he said that he probably would have otherwise been drafted into war and perished.
Nonesuch 2 years ago
My grandfather was also placed in sanitarium as a young adult in Texas. He died at age 71 with emphysema. I always thought the tb set him up for future lung disease
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The_tattered_hippie 2 years ago
Literally looking at this while standing the exact same way (one hand on my hip) at my stove stirring soup lol Good to know some things never change lol
D Peterson 2 years ago
Unlikely her mother ever returned home. Tuberculosis was often fatal. And as with most things in life the poor seldom fare are well as the rich.
Janet Graham 2 years ago
That stove does not have an oven box, which most did back then. She also does not look as boney as most people did then, even the farmers. The drought that accompanied the Depression lasted over 10 years.
#34
An Italian Child Arriving At Ellis Island, Early 1900s. (Us)
Robert D 2 years ago (edited)
Some of my family came through on Ellis Island at one time. Bless their Republican hearts, it only took two generations for them to have absolutely no sympathy for immigrants (or anyone really). #blessed. Bleeeehhhh.
Rachel Reynolds 2 years ago
My great great grandpa sailed from the Netherlands to Canada and illegally crossed the border into the US. But was he an honest, hard working, immigrant you ask? No! he is the reason it's illegal to paint sparrows and sell them as parakeets in Harper Woods, MI. But we're white, so it's okay! /s
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Cathy Jo Baker 2 years ago
My maternal grandfather was the first child born in the USA of Sicilian parents, May 1908!
#35
Men In Suspenders Posing On The Brooklyn Bridge
Ren Karlej 2 years ago
As a Brit I was expecting something slightly different from the headline...
Melissa Rosler 2 years ago
Men in suspenders? First, you can't even see them. Second why do we care if they're in suspenders? What does that have to do with anything?
#36
May 1922: 78-Year-Old Robert T. Lincoln (Son Of Abraham Lincoln) Is Helped Up The Steps At The Dedication Of The Lincoln Memorial In Washington D.c
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
Lincoln was assisted by a young Marine. The soldier in the dress whites was assisted by a photographer with a retouching pen.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
As Secretary of War under two presidents, Robert Lincoln took extraordinary steps to modernize the US Army. Part of America's military prominence in the Twentieth Century is due to him. (He was also at, or nearby, three presidential assassinations - his father's, Garfield's, and McKinley's. After the last one, he refused to be in the presence of any American president.)
Justin Thyme 2 years ago
Marines are always Presidential (and family) escorts to official events
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
I think this comment may have been for a different post. It didn't deserve the down vote.
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#37
A Dangerous Playground From The 1970s
VonBlade 2 years ago
Why dangerous? Sure the metal was always red hot in the summer, and the sides were always low, and there wasn't eight foot of padding below you, but we survived just the same. It gave you an extra incentive to not fall off.
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
Not all survived. And permanent injuries were commonplace.
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CD King 2 years ago
Ahhhh...those were the days. The freedom to knock yourself unconscious, dust yourself off and do it again while never telling you parents until you are in your 30's.
Ren Karlej 2 years ago
Not sure mine ever knew... though I grew up on a farm and fell off a number of very tall haystacks. One I don't even remember how - just waking up at the bottom with a lot of our curious cows staring down at me!
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Lauren S 2 years ago
Amateur! We’d take carpet floor mats and spray the fuzzy side with WD-40. The wax paper kids would beg to use our carpets! Lol! 😁 Apparently, 25-30 years later I still feel cocky about how much faster we went! Lol!
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Mark Howell 2 years ago
We had a slide near us when I was growing up (early 70's). Built onto a hillside, it was 38 feet top to bottom, but only 8 inches off the floor. Removed in the 80's, elf and safety too high. Happy memories
Lauren S 2 years ago
In Mammoth Park (I think) somewhere in Pennsylvania there was quite a giant slide like this but built into a hill (at least in the 90s when I was a child). Kids use to sit on wax paper to go down faster. Well my dad would bring carpet floor mats and spray the fuzzy side with WD-40. It was so fast that he 100% had to be at the bottom to catch us when the slide ended after 8-10 feet of flat slide. Then all the kids would beg to use our carpets. It was so fun!
martymcmatrix 2 years ago (edited)
These were fun especially when you had to try to dodge snowballs thrown at you by your surrounding playmates.
#38
A Man Recording A Cassette Tape At A Music Festival In The 1980s
scag$y 2 years ago
He looks as though he's taping it because somebody has his wife and child and the only way he can get them back is by recording the festival. 'I have a very specific set of skil..', 'Shut up John. Go tape the festival', 'Ok, but I want you to know that I'm not happy about it'.
You Should Do Nothing with the Fence 2 years ago
Was he recording the cassette tape or the music?
#39
An Immigrant Family On The Dock At Ellis Island After Having Just Passed The Rigid Examination For Entry Into The Country, Looking Hopefully At New York's Skyline While Awaiting The Government Ferry On August 13, 1925
Christof Irran 2 years ago
Or maybe not. I stood there just like that as an immigrant in 1985, only I didn't come into Ellis Island but JFK, and my thought at the time was "I need a cigarette" before flying on to Seattle.
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Vanesa Priest 2 years ago
They must of felt very scared, but yet so happy to have made it here
Larry XK 2 years ago
Yes, I came to this country in 1983 on a plane with $200 and an extremely limited English vocabulary. I had to take another plane to Cleveland where my "sponsor" waited with a promise of a job and a place to stay. So it was different but very overwhelming and scary still. I think I even cried at JFK while waiting to board the second plane.
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Jean Thompson 2 years ago
Incredibly brave people. Leaving all they knew, into a strange land that didn't speak their language - and knowing they would never again see their families or friends.
Ryan Parker 2 years ago
And now ANYONE can just walk right in through our southern border. Seems fair.
#40
A Well-Dressed Young Lady In The 1930s. Almost Looks Like It Could Have Been Taken Yesterday
Bryn 2 years ago
Can we please stop not naming people? This is Edith Bouvier Beale (yes that Bouvier family, Jackie O's cousin) whom Gray Gardens is about
Jenna 2 years ago
13 buttons for the 13 original American Colonies. This is an homage to traditional US Sailor uniforms.
Birgit S. 2 years ago
Are the buttons retouched? Somehow, the pattern doesn't follow the folds of the fabric, and something with the perspective and the distances of the buttons seems odd to me...
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David 2 years ago
The hair style dates her earlier but the extra wide flare on the pants legs was a thing in the 70s. The button pattern appears to be inspired by a sailor's "Cracker Jack" (dress) uniform. I used to wear those and the button pattern on the pants is an upside down "C".
Antablack 2 years ago
It’s clearly the 1930s. Fashions in the early 70s revived the styles of that era. The Great Gatsby movie was an influence.
Load More Replies... Bryn 2 years ago
More like Pattie LuPone's costume ;) But yes this costume which is based on early sailor uniforms) is what Reno's outfit in that number is based on.
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Leontien Plate 1 year ago
This is Edith Bouvier Beale, family of Jackie Kennedy. There is a documentary movie about her and her mother called Grey Gardens.
#41
A Victorian Home Being Moved On Steiner Street Via Horse Power, 1908, San Francisco
Marian Chiara 2 years ago
Cable car base on tracks. The horse circled and the home rode up the hill.
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That house would've also survived the earthquake of 1906 which leveled a good part of the city from the quake itself and subsequent fire.
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One Of The First Traffic Signals In New York City, 1922
Ralph Kretschmer 2 years ago
In Berlin there was a similar one at Potsdamer Platz. A replica of it has been erected some 20 years ago.
#43
Somewhere Along The Pacific Coast Highway Between Malibu And Palisades, Ca. 1910
Ryan Parker 2 years ago
Yep, the entire state of California has been ruined!!
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Mary Rogers 2 years ago (edited)
Probably the trail that eventually turned into the highway.
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Sophia Loren Gives Jayne Mansfield The Side-Eye. 1957
Torza 2 years ago
I think Sophia Loren was in the act of noticing Jayne Mansfield supporting the 'free the nipple' movement ;)
Jennifer Barninger 2 years ago
I saw an interview where she was asked about this photo and she said she was wondering when the girls would fall out LOL
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Anouk T 2 years ago
The look is not envy like most claim. I think it’s more of a ‘ooops girl, your nipple is about to make its appearance!’
Vanesa Priest 2 years ago
Marisa Hargitays mom Jane. Sad how she died in that car accident beheading her when Marisa was so young. Marisa is an amazing actress playing longtime role of Detective Olivia Benson. These classic film actresses always seem more glamorous in these older pics.
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
If you look on Olivia’s desk, there is a picture of Mariska’s mom.
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Just me, myself, and I 2 years ago
Sophia said she understands why Jayne dressed that way, needing to get ahead in Hollywood. Sophia had to put up with same cr@p.
Vanesa Priest 2 years ago
Marrisa Hargitays mom. Jane. Such a sad way she died leaving her young daughter who would follow her footsteps of acting and become Detective Olivia Benson on Law N Orders SVU
Michael Largey 2 years ago
On his show, Jack Paar introduced his next guest this way: "And here they are - Jane Mansfield!"
#45
Kitchen Retro. Combo Sink/Stove/Fridge
Vasha 2 years ago
it's descendant is alive and well on-line: https://www.amazon.com/Summit-C30EL-Inch-Wide-Kitchen/dp/B07PNDVM4K/ref=asc_df_B07PNDVM4K?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80882941549698&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584482472190103&psc=1 Screen-Sho...a6-png.jpg 
Ren Karlej 2 years ago
Wonder how many countries that would be illegal in! 30cm between a sink and an electric 'accessory' let alone an electric ring in the UK I think.
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Blyss Blyssylb 2 years ago
Husband and I found one in an old University dorm house turned cafeteria/cafe/coffee house. Husband was told to clean out everything, asked if we could keep a few items and would you believe This was one of those items?! Took it home, plugged it in and...still Worked?!! Nothing wrong or missing!
Marion 2 years ago
Why? Sounds compact. But i do wunder, how fridge/oven so close worked…
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Traveling Knife Sharpener With A Customer. United States, Early 1910s
Loverboy 2 years ago (edited)
Travelling knife sharpener, now that's something I never thought I'd see.
Fabian Bernard 2 years ago
We still have them in France. Not everywhere, but I know at least one in my city, pulling his little trailer and ringing a bell, screaming ''rémouleur''. His service is not really needed, but every butcher around has always an old knife given for sharpening in order to help that guy, as it is known that people doing this are often very poor
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You Should Do Nothing with the Fence 2 years ago
I love how she's casually holding the knife (correctly!), and smiling.
PandaGoPanda 2 years ago
We call these knife grinders in the UK. Used to have peddlers come house to house selling lace, clothes pegs, dishcloths etc too.
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
Many of us Chefs still use professional knife sharpeners to get an edge back on to our knives every month or so - usually done from the back of a van nowadays though.
Vanesa Priest 2 years ago
West area off 122nd in Hialeah Florida. I older gentleman drives down each street in a small pick up with the bed of the pick up, converted to a knife sharpening business. He plays loud music so you know he's coming and also hangs key limes and other fruits off the sides to sell.
#47
A 16-Year-Old Arnold Schwarzenegger At His First Body-Building Competition
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
16 yr old boy who's right bicep is significantly bigger than his left? 🤔
Gergely Pászti 2 years ago
If I remember correctly, he actually was leaving his soldier duties behind, snuck out of the camp to attend this competition... and won it. Lucky for him, he was recognized for it as well, otherwise who knows what would have happened. Also, the look on that musician's face is priceless. :)
#48
The Arrival Of The Statue Of Liberty On June 17th 1885. The Statue Of Liberty Was A Gift Of Friendship From The People Of France To The People Of America
The_tattered_hippie 2 years ago
Fun fact: she wasn't green when gifted from France. She was copper. I know it's kinda a "duh" that copper is patinated over time, but a surprising amount of people (including me until I learned my "fun" fact in school) think the Statue of Liberty has always been green.
Vanesa Priest 2 years ago
7 tips on her crown. One for each continent. Amazing piece of history and craftsmanship.
Nathan Bein 2 years ago
It was brought over by Captain John T Corliss my great great grandfather he owned the largest barge in all of Europe
NotTodaySatan!! 2 years ago
Historical articles State it was brought in several pieces by the French Navy??
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Robert Trebor 2 years ago
The set the arm and the head up in different places to aid in the fund-raising for the pedestal. The arm was in Madison Square in New York City. According to Wikipedia the picture above was taken at the Paris World's Fair.
David 2 years ago
"Arrival"? The head looks permanently mounted on cement surrounded by a flower garden with a small fence. It hardly looks like "day of arrival". That said, I didn't know we ever had just the head mounted some place.
Maureen Sullivan 2 years ago
I’m not trying to be rude, are you an American?
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AussieTolkein 1 year ago
I read once that New York said they didn't want it, so France offered it to another city, maybe Boston. When New York heard about this, they asked for the offer back.
#49
“People Decorating A Saguaro Like A Christmas Tree In Southern Arizona, Circa 1930s.” Arizona Historical Society
David 2 years ago
It's not that difficult when the horse is standing still. I've done it bareback on my horse and this woman has a saddle. Not a flex. I'm saying I could do it even though I'm no trick rider or anything special. More impressive to me is the horse appears to be doing well at being "ground tied" which is when you drop the reins on the ground and the horse knows they are supposed to stand there even though the reins are not tied to anything. Or in this case based on the shadows, the reins might not even be on the ground.
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rodger coghlan 2 years ago
That saguaro is probably about 250 years old - the first arm does not grow until it is 70 yo
Na Schi 2 years ago
Wow, honestly thought it was taken in the 1960/70s, judging by the clothes the woman on the horseback wears. Fashion in Arizona seemed to be much more progressiv than I thought...
Peppy 2 years ago
A lot of late 60’s early 70’s fashion was a reworking of the 30’ s/ 40’s
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deanna woods 2 years ago
Off topic, but a Saguaro cactus arm fell on a guy and killed him. He had been shooting at it and shot off a giant piece.
Janet Graham 2 years ago
I am guessing is illegal now, even if it does identify as a Christmas Tree.
#50
Christmas Early 1900's
Corrie Smith 2 years ago
Whoa, we have garland. Kinda like wearing a ring on every finger, lol. Like the train set !!!
#51
Michael Jordan's Iconic 'Free Throw Line' Dunk, 1988
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Believe it or not, folks, when I played basketball (1960s), dunking was made illegal. It was called "offensive goal-tending". (They were trying to stop UCLA and its Kareem Abdul Jabar.)
#52
Stop When Pedestrians Are In The Crosswalk!
#53
The Right Day To Hang Laundry In New York City (Lower Manhattan). 1902
#54
In March 1888, A Massive Blizzard Hit The East Coast Of The United States, Stretching From Chesapeake Bay To Canada
The photograph shows an unidentified young man standing in a shoveled area on Madison Avenue and 40th Street in New York City.
Lightning and Thunder 2 years ago
That looks like how much we got this year. Flagstaff az has gotten 12 feet since October
#55
In The Victorian Era, A Woman’s Hair Was Often Thought To Be One Of Her Most Valuable Assets. Hair Was Long In The Victorian Age. Haircuts Weren’t Exactly A Thing Yet For Women
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I know of a girl wo got recurring headaches and the first doctor she went to see couldn't work out why. Next doctor they saw immediately said "cut her hair". It was down to her knees, then cut at shoulder-length. Her headaches disappeared almost immediately.
Ada Hunter 2 years ago
i have long hair but it’s thin af so it doesn’t hurt or anything
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Firstname Lastname 2 years ago
Hopefully her hair doesn't tangle easily. That'd be torture to brush.
#56
United Airlines Stewardess In 1970
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Partly because you had to be glamorous to get the job - and stay glamorous to keep it.
Load More Replies... Jed 2 years ago
Bad ergonomics by whoever designed that console next to the seat like that.
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#57
A Woman Stands In Her Summer Undergarments In The 1940’s
Bryn 2 years ago
Yah this isn't undergarments. It's a full on summer outfit.
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BlueEyesWhiteDragon 2 years ago
I doubt it's any more effortless than today. This is a Life magazine shoot.
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#58
Kids Playing Lower East Side, NYC 1963. Photo By William Carter
JoNo 2 years ago
You nailed it - most likely she didn't watch it, too busy at home or work to supervise children.
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#59
21,000 Us Soldiers In The Shape Of Then-President Woodrow Wilson, September 1918
#60
New York City, Easter 1956
RedMarbles 2 years ago
Sorry you're bothered by companies wishing not to alienate a percentage of their customers, but maybe you can look at it as simple capitalism (don't mean to assume that would help you, but most people who have a beef with what they see as woke are also very big fans of capitalism).
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Coca-Cola Delivery. Note The Three And Four Digit Phone Numbers On The Side
#62
New York Subway, 1984
Jrog 2 years ago (edited)
In the 1970s NYC had a financial crisis that led to budget cuts. Abraham Beame, the democratic mayor of the city, had inherited an astounding 10 billion dollar debt from the previous administration by Republican/Liberal/later-turned-Democrat John Lindsay (a peculiar character). Beame asked for federal aid to avoid bankruptcy, but his request was promptly refused by (republican) president Ford based on political opposition. Lacking resources, the infrastructures were rundown, services were not guaranteed, blackout were common and people lost faith in the city management. The NYPD protested the budget cuts by refusing services and directly engaging in a fear-mongering campaign that scared the people -the intended effect- but at the same time effectively emboldened criminals, lured by the "promise" of impunity.
Jrog 2 years ago (edited)
This was compounded by the crack epidemic of the early '80s, that pushed gang violence levels to a new height: gangs had to fight for a lucrative market and violence was the easy recourse. Racial unrests were sweeping through the nation and did not spare NYC, deepening the social divide. At the same time begun the "gentrification" trend of Manhattan, with people not being able to afford living in their neighborhoods anymore. Protests were widespread and the willfully ineffective action of the police (who often turned violent without real reason) created an explosive mix. Things slowly improved in the following years, given the general economic upturn of the early '90 and a return to some level of police effectiveness along with accountability.
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Elvis Plays Catch In 1959
#64
Jeanne Bauer Walks With A Dynatac Mobile Phone On 6th Avenue In New York, Accompanied By John Mitchell, The Motorola Engineer Behind The Phone. (1983)
The Starsong Princess 2 years ago
My dad had a separate briefcase for his.
Load More Replies... Mat Hall 2 years ago
Back then the phones were little more than a commercial version of military field communicators - basically a walkie talkie that relays via a base station. Add a dial pad to the device, plug the base station into the phone lines, and you're pretty much good to go; the only real "innovation" was the ability to hand off to other base stations.
#65
Boys With Boom Box, 14th Street, New York, 1983
Jrog 2 years ago
That style of sunglasses, called "cyclops" or "robot visor" were made popular initially by pop band Devo. This exact model was popularized by the movie Sixteen Candles, so I tend to think this photo is taken after 1984.
Karmageddon 2 years ago
Devo was formed in 1973, and their biggest hit Whip It, came out in 1980, but definitely argue with the people who posted the photo.
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#66
The FBI Finger Print Files, 1944
Jennifer Gilmore 2 years ago
Imagine trying to match fingerprints to an individual. I'm genuinely curious how they could accomplish that.
Tim Douglass 2 years ago
It was actually a relatively quick process. Prints were categorized and sub-categorized by characteristics (arches, whorls, etc) and you could narrow it down pretty fast, especially if you had several fingers worth to look at. It meant a lot of creation of index cards to cross-reference all the characteristics up front, but finding one meant going to the section that matched a primary characteristic, then the sub-characteristics under that, maybe looking up more than one finger and finally taking a selection of cards and doing an actual comparison. It was something that could be accomplished in minutes of at worst a couple hours rather than taking days like it would seem. I recall a journalist writing about it in the 60s being amazed that they found his prints from his WWII enlistment in less than 15 minutes.
Load More Replies... David Green 2 years ago
Things are far from perfect now, but crikey, the levels of sexism in the recent past were quite something. I assume the managers sitting in the offices were all blokes.
Bryn 2 years ago
well yes sexism was a thing but look at the date... Men were off to war
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Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcomson, Ms. Philadelphia
Doodilydoo 2 years ago
That is how most curly hair looks when brushed! She probably didn't have hair spray.....
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#68
Rita Hayworth, 1941. This Was One Of The Most Popular Pinup Photos Among American Soldiers And Sailors During World War II
imsouravmitra 2 years ago
With a big hole behind her... No pun intended..
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Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Apparently this photo was a fortuitous mistake; the flash was too bright
#69
Fixing The Antenna On The World Trade Center, New York City, 1979. Photo By Peter B. Kaplan
Barry Patterson 2 years ago
You do not need a safety harness to do this, you need a safety harness to do this twice.
C L 2 years ago
Can't believe none of these sky workers are wearing safety harnesses even in 1979!
David Green 2 years ago
A bit of a light weight, as he's holding on with his right hand. Though it might be windy, so fair enough.
#70
Broadway And Fifth Ave, New York City 1905
#71
A Construction Worker Making Preparations For The Removal Of The Original Statue Of Liberty Torch In 1985
Eric G 2 years ago
I don't see a safety harness. I also don't see a dark spot in the back of his pants. How do people like this exist?
Lauren S 2 years ago
And that scaffolding he’s standing on is literally boards tied with rope.
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#72
A Taxi In New York City In 1901
Michael Largey 2 years ago
That's New York for you. They'll steal the whole front of your cab just to get a battery to sell.
#73
A Santa Monica Beach In 1898
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
I think the ladies are standing on the boardwalk and the perspective makes him look small.
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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Imagine it's hot enough to wear swimsuits at the beach, and you're stuck in 85 layers of crinoline and a floor-length, long-sleeved dress.
Marie G. 2 years ago
Okay but two things: 1) multiple layers of crinoline isn't possible, the goal of those things is that you don't have to wear a lot of layers (of petticoats). It's a structure in metal or bones or things like that. You only put one on. 2) she isn't wearing a crinoline at all. There's not enough volume in her dress. You can look up pictures of dresses with crinolines, it looks way wider. And that's a smaller detail, but in the 1890s, they didn't wear crinolines anymore. There were bustles in the 1880s (similar but put volume only at the back) and if I'm right people were still wearing them, but not crinolines. Those are from a few decades prior. (I'm really just a history-obsessed geek who takes every opportunity to share facts I learned, I'm not attacking you for not knowing)
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AussieTolkein 1 year ago
The way the lady's dressed, so beautiful. We're wasting away down here...
#74
Beautiful Abandoned Church In Us
Thomas Bentley 2 years ago
Why do they have mega churches, when these are just waiting for people to turn up.
JalaPeno 2 years ago
As a Christian who abhors mega churches, I've always wondered the same thing. This is beautiful!
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Jodie Foster And Robert Deniro At The Cannes Film Festival In France In 1976, Likely Promoting Taxi Driver
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
So,E of the films she did with Disney when she was a teenager are brilliant. Her version of Freaky Friday is the original and best.
#76
A Stewardess From 1972 (Southwest Airlines Of Texas)
#77
A Woman Lights The Candles On Her Christmas Tree In The 1920’s In Us
Little L 2 years ago
We used to have live candles until like twenty years ago. But someone always watched them. That's why you also put 'angel cotton' on its base, it's made of none flammable material.
Load More Replies... Chewie Baron 2 years ago
Christmas trees were up in houses from the mid 1800s, obviously there were no electric lights for them. So everyone had candles. But as Little L said above, one person would watch them, they were placed on the very ends of branches, and they’d try and make sure that there was nothing near by to catch fire.
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Fifth Avenue And Central Park At Fifty-Ninth Street, New York City Ca.1910
Skara Brae 2 years ago
Nearly empty streets makes it looks like an idyllic, uncrowded place to live, when it really just shows how few could afford cars.
David H 2 years ago
back then there was a massive santiation crisis from all the horse dung in NYC. They would collect it several times a day and put them in dumpsites in the slums
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Spring Break In California, 1947
Michael Largey 2 years ago
I was once a teen. And believe me, it did not last.
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Superman In The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. New York City, November 21, 1940
#81
Participants In The Beautiful Leg Contest Wear Pillow Cases Over Their Heads So That The Judges Can See Only Their Legs. New Jersey, Us, 1951
scag$y 2 years ago
The sponsor that year was the KKK. Or the paranormal society. Speaking of which, I thought I saw a baby ghost the other day. Turned out to be a handkerchief caught in the wind.
AussieTolkein 1 year ago
This comment just made my day in the weirdest way possible
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Pinball Machines Being Destroyed During The Pinball Prohibition. They Were Banned In NYC As Well As Other Major Us Cities Like Chicago And Los Angeles Between The 1940s And 1970s
Bill McDowall 2 years ago
People were snorting them, injecting them and even selling them to school kids! Evil times!
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Aidan Campbell 2 years ago
ChatGPT - "Pinball prohibition was a period in American history during which the game of pinball was banned in many cities across the country. The ban on pinball was based on the belief that the game was a form of gambling and was therefore illegal. The first city to ban pinball was Los Angeles, in 1939. This ban was quickly followed by similar bans in other cities such as Chicago, New York City, and Detroit. The bans were enforced by local police departments and led to widespread confiscation of pinball machines. One of the main reasons for the ban was the perception that pinball was associated with organized crime. The game was often found in bars and clubs, and some operators would pay out cash prizes to winners, leading to concerns that the game was being used for illegal gambling activities. In addition, some lawmakers believed that the flashing lights and loud noises of pinball machines were overstimulating and could lead to juvenile delinquency."
M O'Connell 2 years ago
I really don't understand how they came to that conclusion. Pinball machines do not differ from other coin-operated entertainment in any significant way.
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#83
The Washington Monument
nooneimportant 2 years ago
Was this way for 20 years +/- from lack of funds after the Civil War
#85
The Flatiron Under Construction, New York City Ca.1902
#86
The New York Theater, Time Square, New York City 1908
AussieTolkein 1 year ago
Better question, why you downvoting Rachel? She said nothing wrong, it was a fair question.
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Elvis And His Entourage Arrive In Las Vegas, Date Unknown. Look How Dashing He Looks!
Unknown 2 years ago
Drugs aside he still looks good! He lived through hell, and then became so famous he was never to escape it again. I can definitely see why someone would need to retreat into there own heads to find some peace.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
There once was a time when celebrities automatically smiled for the camera, folks.
#88
Mike Tyson Before His Professional Boxing Debut In 1985. Behind Him: Coach Cus D’amato Who Saw The Troubled Young Heavyweight As His Greatest Prospect
#90
New York City 1917
#91
Marilyn Monroe Approximately Four Months Pregnant In July 1960
Molly Whuppie 2 years ago (edited)
She wasn't actually pregnant apparently. She had endometriosis which can cause a bloated stomach like that. She had previously had several miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy however.
Disgruntled Pelican 2 years ago
As someone with endometriosis which is currently flaring up beyond belief: I can confirm the Endo belly.
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Thumeka Sebaeng 2 years ago
there has got to be a way for people to let this woman rest. Imagine your image and the tragedy of your life story being obsessed over for decades on end.
Historyharlot93 2 years ago
I wonder how her life would have turned out if her babies had lived. Happily, I hope.
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
She's literally suffering pain and bloating from endometriosis.
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Broadway And Hotel Victoria, New York City Ca.1905
Madame Beajou 2 years ago
Every one of these photos looks like air pollution was there even in 1905. Scary
AussieTolkein 1 year ago
Could be camera quality or, in some photos, fog.
Load More Replies... Janet Bird 2 years ago
Vacation time for Wicked Witch from the West! I would love to go to New York. I would also like to go back in time. Fat chance of either. :)
#93
A Knife Grinder In New York City, 1896
#94
Christmas On The Beach!
Matt Campbell 2 years ago
I grew up in South Florida, saw that stuff every Christmas.
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More like historical photos of NYC with a couple others thrown in lol
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