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[More_Badass]

Building the Brooklyn Bridge

I've been reading McCullough's The Great Bridge, it really was a monumental accomplishment

Aftermath of the Boston Molasses Flood

Destruction caused by the Johnstown Flood. Over 2000 people were killed

 

[VaultBoy101]

Robert Cornelius. The first self-portrait photograph. 176 years ago.

I guess it's appropriate that the first selfie-taker was kind of a hottie.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Really great thread so far, the World War I/II pictures are particularly amazing.

Here is my contribution -

Picture of a man from the Italian Calvary School in 1906, demonstrating just how much control they had over their horses

 

[Fritz]

Several commentators have argued that a school photograph of Hitler may show Wittgenstein in the lower left corner,[70] but Hamann says the photograph stems from 1900 or 1901, before Wittgenstein's time.[wiki

Wittgenstein said he never remembered meeting Hitler at school. I also never understood how they attended the same school since Wittgenstein belonged to one of the if not the richest family of Austria while Hitler had a very humble background.

 

[Enduin]

Really great thread so far, the World War I/II pictures are particularly amazing.

Here is my contribution -

Picture of a man from the Italian Calvary School in 1906, demonstrating just how much control they had over their horses

This is like the original "Zero Fucks Given" image.

Dude looks like he's just out for an evening jaunt.

 

[jett]

My family's land was taken by Pancho Villa and they fled Mexico to America in the early part of the 20th century. They came penniless. Through a couple of business connections and hard work, by the mid-20s they were rich again. Then, lost it all again in the big crash at the end of the decade. My grandfather was never able to afford retirement and died working as an accountant.

So basically fuck this guy. Though, living in America is pretty nice.

You literally wouldn't exist if it weren't for Pancho Villa. Think about it.

 

[SmugFox]

Lincoln at Gettysburg, about 3 hours before delivering the famous Gettysburg Address.

While I'm not related to this cool dude, I am related to his insane wife Mary Todd Lincoln. Then again, I guess anyone would go crazy losing your husband and kids.

 

[More_Badass]

This is like the original "Zero Fucks Given" image.

Dude looks like he's just out for an evening jaunt.

Runner up goes to the guy testing out a bulletproof vest

Just look at his calm demeanor

 

[uncelestial]

You literally wouldn't exist if it weren't for Pancho Villa. Think about it.

I mean, my Papa probably would've grown up to meet a nice Mexican lady instead of Nona and "I" would've been born a to a wealthy estate owner. Which I woulda been cool with because being Mexican rich is awesome!

But, it's also awesome living in San Francisco, working at Google, and having earned everything I've got.

 

[uncelestial]

While I'm not related to this cool dude, I am related to his insane wife Mary Todd Lincoln. Then again, I guess anyone would go crazy losing your husband and kids.

Woah that's cool! Sad fact: The Lincolns have no direct descendants, because all of their children and grandchildren died before creating the next generation.

 

[Kinyou]

A young Adolf Hitler cheering the start of World War One, 1914.

Is that one real? Seems like a crazy coincidence to find that picture

 

[alfredofroylan]

Is that one real? Seems like a crazy coincidence to find that picture

There's a discussion about that picture
http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty...er/articles/HitlerWW1outbreakPhotoForgery.htm

 

[Frankenstrat]

Auto Polo: A Sport for men

WITNESS ME

 

[NyMartin90]

There's a discussion about that picture
http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty...er/articles/HitlerWW1outbreakPhotoForgery.htm

The Munich Feldherrenhalle image debate is great, also if you want more info on the debate Peter Fritzsche goes into great length about it in his book "Germans into Nazis."

 

[Maldrien]

Construction of the Jacques Cartier bridge in Montreal, Qc, 1929

 

[Mad Season]

Really great thread so far, the World War I/II pictures are particularly amazing.

Here is my contribution -

Picture of a man from the Italian Calvary School in 1906, demonstrating just how much control they had over their horses

that's just Roach from Witcher 3

 

[Daniel Jackson]

Robert Cornelius. The first self-portrait photograph. 176 years ago.

He applied filters before it was cool

 

[StayDead]

Really great thread so far, the World War I/II pictures are particularly amazing.

Here is my contribution -

Picture of a man from the Italian Calvary School in 1906, demonstrating just how much control they had over their horses

So Skyrim did have realistic horse physics.

 

[Dart]

Really great thread so far, the World War I/II pictures are particularly amazing.

Here is my contribution -

Picture of a man from the Italian Calvary School in 1906, demonstrating just how much control they had over their horses

By jumping off a cliff? ....

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

Hitler inspecting a big ass gun.

This and some of those WWI pictures make me want to replay The Darkness game.

 

[thuGG_pl]

Warsaw after 1944 uprising:

 

[Kallor]

A KKK child and a black State Trooper meet each other, 1992:

Feeding polar bears from a tank, 1950:

"The soldiers would feed the polar bears with condensed milk tins. People would open such a tin with a tin-opener and then gave the can to the bear who licked all the milk from tin and then feed her little bears with it. Those blue and white tins of condensed milk were the winter dessert staple of every Soviet kid. The condensed milk (called in Russian: sgushchennoye moloko) had indeterminately long shelf life and there was always plenty of it. It was a common dessert in the army too. It isn’t surprised to see it given away to bears, because unlike some stuff that was rationed the condensed milk in USSR was available in unlimited amounts."


Smart, beautiful and deadly, 19 year old Russian sniper Roza Shanina had 54 confirmed kills:

"Shanina volunteered for the military after the death of her brother in 1941 and chose to be a marksman on the front line. Praised for her shooting accuracy, Shanina was capable of precisely hitting moving enemy personnel and making doublets (two target hits by two rounds fired in quick succession).

Allied newspapers described Shanina as “the unseen terror of East Prussia”. She became the first Soviet female sniper to be awarded the Order of Glory and was the first servicewoman of the 3rd Belorussian Front to receive it. Shanina was killed in action during the East Prussian Offensive while shielding the severely wounded commander of an artillery unit. Shanina’s bravery received praise already during her lifetime, but came at odds with the Soviet policy of sparing snipers from heavy fights. Her combat diary was first published in 1965

The Soviets found that sniper duties fit women well, since good snipers are patient, deliberate, have a high level of aerobic conditioning, and normally avoid hand-to-hand combat. They found the same with women as bomber crews, very fine adjustments and intense technical expertise actually gave them a better reputation than most all male bomber squadrons. "



Federal ironclad USS Galena showing some battle damage, 1862:

Easter eggs for Hitler, 1945:

 

[massoluk]

that's just Roach from Witcher 3

You and I both know this is a grand bold-faced lie. =|

 

[GustyGardens]

“Jackie” the Lion, recoring the MGM roar 1928

Slats & Jackie were raised in my hometown of El Monte, CA! Back in the 20's & 30's there used to be a Lion farm where they were raised and bred. Among the lions that were bred were the original MGM lions, and the lion from the Charlie Chaplin movie The Circus.

 

[geomon]

Great thread. I'll be contributing later.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Nuclear test Starfish Prime as seen from Honolulu.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/b...starfish-prime-the-nuke-that-shook-the-world/

 

[clockworkinyou]

Kent State University shootings -

My girlfriend's dad is the one lying on the ground after being shot by the Ohio National Guard. He wasn't protesting, just simply walking across campus to class. He still has the watch in that photo and it's simply haunting -

 

[DiipuSurotu]

First thought:

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Nuclear cannon test

http://youtu.be/46GBjlUOROY

 

[ZackieChan]

Wow, these photos are giving me feels that I can't quite explain. Like the amazingness of history and some of these events is flooding into me. You read about them a lot, but actually seeing some of these things captured in photographs (like the D-Day and Nazi gathering pics in the OP) are giving me an emotional response that I wasn't expecting. Thanks so much for this thread.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Cetshwayo kaMpande the last king of the independent Zulu nation.

He's got an Idris Elba vibe.

 

[Agremont]

This thread is amazing. Thanks for all the great posts.

 

[shinobi602]

Addictive thread.

 

[FStop7]

I live quite near that place.

I remember sitting there next to one of the lions with a girl at night, having a romantic time, kissing, watching the rain falling on Ludwigstraße.

I knew of the historical background of Feldherrenhalle, but seeing this photo makes the place a lot more scary somehow..

That girl was Adolf Hiter.

 

[UnluckyKate]

If I remember correctly, it was used during the siege of Sebastapol. It was used to shoot the weapons arsenal, built UNDER the bay. And it succeed. It blew up a fortified arsenal built under the water.

 

[Mecha]

An image from the 1904 "Savage Olympics Exhibition"

European human zoos

 

[UnluckyKate]

This one is actually highly out of context, and the photographer greatly regretted taking it, as it ruined the career of the man with the gun (the man he is pointing it at is a criminal).

Pointing at ? He shot him half a second after the picture was taken.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

An image from the 1904 "Savage Olympics Exhibition"


European human zoos

Ah yes, I've heard of these but never seen pictures. Pretty gross.

 

[dluu13]

Some other,more recent, pics
Homs, Syria

I remember watching an episode of top gear where they did the middle east special and they drove through Damascus. This episode was before the war there, and it was sort of a chilling feeling.

 

[shinobi602]

Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War:

"No Man's Land" in the trenches in WWI

Siege artillery, US Civil War.

German soldiers in gas masks and body armor man an anti-aircraft gun (circa 1918).

Mahatma Gandhi as a young attorney (1893)

Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after exile (1979)

Japanese samurai (circa 1870).

Nagasaki, 20 minutes after the dropping of the atomic bomb.

A Native American surveys the newly completed transcontinental railroad, 1868.

New York’s Times Square in 1911.

The Titanic sets sail on her maiden voyage in 1912.

 

[Mostmanlyman]

Hitler meeting an alien

For real this thread is amazing.

 

[Dai101]

Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels was cheerful and without a care when he first met photographer Alfed Eisenstaedt.

In a close-up image the Third Reich politician was caught off guard smiling at the League of Nations meeting in Geneva in September 1933.

Mr Eisenstaedt said: 'I found him sitting alone at a folding table on the lawn of the hotel. I photographed him from a distance without him being aware of it.

But when Goebbels found out LIFE magazine photographer Mr Eisenstaedt was Jewish his expression was quite different.

'I walked up close and photographed Goebbels. It was horrible.

'He looked up at me with an expression full of hate.

'The result, however, was a much stronger photograph.

'There is no substitute for close personal contact and involvement with a subject, no matter how unpleasant it may be.

'He looked at me with hateful eyes and waited for me to wither. But I didn’t wither.

'If I have a camera in my hand, I don’t know fear.'

 

[GRW810]

I have nothing to contribute other than to say I love these types of threads.

I've always wondered, are there any good photos of hand-to-hand combat, from WW2 for example? Seems like a fascinating moment to capture but I've never seen such a photo.

 

[dekline]

I can't look away. Fascinating thread.

 

[UnforgivenTwin]

Thats right. And Kaiser Wilhelm II is in this too.

Yup. I've always been interested in WW1,but just recently starting learning about it in depth. I don't mean for this to sound insensitive,but I'll try to say it in the best way that I can. I know all wars are absolutely horrible because of the loss of life and destruction,but something just seems so particularly brutal about the first world war. Maybe it's because that it really was the first war on that scale and nobody could possibly fathom it at the time. Does that make sense? Again,I don't mean any disrespect by this.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

St Pauls Cathedral during the german bombing campaign of Britain.

This picture is so cool.

 

[dvdjamm]

Barack Obama posing with a group of friends that called themselves the Choom Gang, Hawaii, c. 1979. Choom was slang for smoking marijuana.

Elvis Presley joins the Army, 1958

Motorcycle chariots from the 1920s

 

[KingGondo]

Yup. I've always been interested in WW1,but just recently starting learning about it in depth. I don't mean for this to sound insensitive,but I'll try to say it in the best way that I can. I know all wars are absolutely horrible because of the loss of life and destruction,but something just seems so particularly brutal about the first world war. Maybe it's because that it really was the first war on that scale and nobody could possibly fathom it at the time. Does that make sense? Again,I don't mean any disrespect by this.

Listen to the most recent series of the podcast Hardcore History. It's a good place to start learning about WWI.

 

[alfredofroylan]

Pioneers in Nebraska, 1886

Las Vegas, 1900

A horse waits at the side of his rider, a WW 1 soldier that died. Notice the blood on the horse's mane.

 

[UnforgivenTwin]

Listen to the most recent series of the podcast Hardcore History. It's a good place to start learning about WWI.

Thanks man I'll check it out Have you ever seen apocalypse WW1?