Rare and crazy historical photos
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MistaPropella
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For sure it's the Reichstag in Berlin.
Here is the same Picture in a better Resolution. Above the Entrance you can clearly read: "Dem deutschen Volke". The same sentence is still displayed today above the Entrance.
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Here is the same Picture in a better Resolution. Above the Entrance you can clearly read: "Dem deutschen Volke". The same sentence is still displayed today above the Entrance.
1945
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JP Morgan caning a photographer in the early 1910s. He hated having his picture taken in public.
Johnny Morgan's nasal organ has a purple hue!
For sure it's the Reichstag in Berlin.
Here is the same Picture in a better Resolution. Above the Entrance you can clearly read: "Dem deutschen Volke". The same sentence is still displayed today above the Entrance.
1945
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It was a Simpsons reference, I wasn't doubting you
Beren the Empty-Handed
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Joseph Merrick, aka the Elephant Man, 1889. Born in Leicester, England.
Summarized from the wiki: Developing abnormalities as he aged, he was unable to find any employment other than as an exhibit. After being robbed by his own manager and abandoned in Brussels, he made his way back to London and was taken to the hospital. Although incurable, he was allowed to stay in the hospital for the rest of his life. He died in 1890 with the official cause of death being asphyxia, although a Dr. Treves believed he died of a dislocated neck. He believed that Merrick - who had to sleep sitting up because of the weight of his head - had been attempting to sleep lying down, to be like other people.
We still don't know what the cause of his deformities was.
The wiki has more pictures with more of his body shown, but it might be too much for some.
paradise_circus
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They try to rebuild it now with the ruined leftovers.
I think Röntgen was one of the most philanthropic scientist ever. His rich father supported him very little because his love was from a more poor family. He discovered the x-ray and didn't applied for patent licences, even though he was still an assistant and his wife had to work as well to run the house. He won the first Nobel prize for physics, but donated the money to the Würzburg University.
Most physists of his time ranted heavily because of this.
LifEndz
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Yeah, it really fucked with with me too. I frequently have to remind myself that not all people view blacks this way, but then I turn on the news. Sigh.
Great thread. Thanks again to all for providing some sort of caption and not simply posting a picture.
The photo is from 1948, though.
This must be the first time in GAF history that a thread consistently has captions with posted pictures.
Which means a picture of this thread would fit the concept of the thread.
NoHeadStark
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Teddy Roosevelt preparing for his grueling expedition down an unexplored tributary of the Amazon River. This was after the man was President; he almost died during the journey
A great book about it
The most badass American president ever.
Also, kudos on a great thread. Some really incredible pictures in here.
mcz117chief
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I went through this whole thread (took me almost 2 hours lol) looking for Mad Jack Churchill, seems I am going to have to fix the fact that he isn't here yet. So, here goes.
It is the guy at the very front with the sword.
They say that he has the last confirmed bow kill (confirmed being the key word here, lads)
It is the guy at the very front with the sword.
They say that he has the last confirmed bow kill (confirmed being the key word here, lads)
My grandfather was in the artillery, and they used to practice by shooting at targets being pulled behind planes flown by women. In order to hit the target, you had to fire when the plane was in the sights.
Summer Haze
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Man, the look of pure fear on that guy's face is haunting.
Nikodemos
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The guy with his leg up is getting a shine from a bootblack. Since the bootblack is working, he appears as a blurry patch next to the guy's leg.
Yes, I thought that too. He clearly thinks that this could be the end. The posture of the allied soldier seems non aggressive and relaxed though. I'd say the German soldier was taken prisoner rather than being shot.
Maninthemirror
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Muslims lived peacefully with Jews in British controlled Palestine in 1943. Please reread history
Maninthemirror
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Afghanistan before Taliban
Before oil was discovered in 1938 in Saudi Arabia , this was the capital
Before oil was discovered in 1938 in Saudi Arabia , this was the capital
PIMPBYBLUD
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Michael and his brother Sean in 1975.
Seconds later they were struck by lightning. Younger Sean died.
Actually they both survived. A different hiker was killed. http://www.nbcnews.com/health/decad...to-still-reminder-lightning-danger-6C10791362
Sickboy007
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Carl Sagan as a young child
Smooth mofo even as a child!
efyu_lemonardo
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I'd like to know too
Screaming Meat
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I went through this whole thread (took me almost 2 hours lol) looking for Mad Jack Churchill, seems I am going to have to fix the fact that he isn't here yet. So, here goes.
It is the guy at the very front with the sword.
They say that he has the last confirmed bow kill (confirmed being the key word here, lads)
Good shout. The man is an absolute goddamn legend.
He survived a mortar shelling that killed everyone else in his squad; he played "Will Ye No Come Back Again?" on the bagpipes when captured by the Germans; he escaped two (?) concentration camps; he took out a machine gun nest with just a claymore sword, a bow, and his bagpipes; he moaned about the A-Bomb because "If it wasn't for those damn Yanks, we could have kept the war going another 10 years!"; and spent his later years surfing in Australia.
His motto was apparently:
"Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed."
alfredofroylan
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Of course not, but it was common for parents to sent children away during that period sometimes to relatives, sometimes to forster homes, etc. Orphans had it worse, anyway I'm surprised by this, this picture is pretty well know outside of the USA and at some point it was used in a history textbook here in Mexico (I think 6th grade) anyway the story of the siblings again and more depression era children.
Notice the girl's dresses, they used flour sacks to made them, it was a common practice for many families.
Children's protest
Shanty Towns were sometimes called "Hoover Villes" (Mocking Herbert Hoover)
And a nice story, "Migrant Mother" was another famous photo from the depression era, here we can see Florence Thmpson and her daugthers in 1979, they came back and had normal lives, but Florence got cancer and died soon after the 1979 photo, she ended up living of social security unable to pay her medicines and treatment.
Some more I found, might but shouldn't be any reposts.
edit: I found all these here: http://buzzlamp.com/glimpse-amazing-past-historic-photos/
A mountain of captured German helmets in New York, 1918.
A mountain of seized barrels of alcohol to be burned during prohibition.
Mark Twain visiting Tesla.
General MacArthur and soldiers preparing to sign the treaty ending World War 2 with the Japanese.
General Patton's dog on the day of Patton's death.
A crucifix is all that remains of a church after a bombing in WWI, watching over the dead.
Children look on during a puppet show at the moment when "the dragon is slain," in Paris in 1963.
Death mask of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Terry Sawchuck, NHL Goalie in 1966, before helmets and masks became standard equipment.
A dead Iraqi soldier on the Highway of Death during the Gulf War, 1991.
"The last Jew in Vinnitsa," 1941
December 5th, 1933. The end of prohibition.
Eight year old Samuel Reshevsky defeating several chess masters in France, 1920.
The last Civil War vet in Florida posing with a jet, 1955.
Human hero and general badass Yuri Gagarin on his quest for God.
(Interesting side note, that quote about God is likely misattributed and was never actually said by Gagarin.)
edit: I found all these here: http://buzzlamp.com/glimpse-amazing-past-historic-photos/
efyu_lemonardo
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sorry, don't intend to derail this thread, but I'm interested in reading more about this and Wikipedia seems to either offer incomplete information or present a more complex picture. Could you link to a good source for a layman? Asking sincerely. thank you.
StudioTan
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Some more I found, might but shouldn't be any reposts.
The last Civil War vet in Florida posing with a jet, 1955.
edit: I found all these here: http://buzzlamp.com/glimpse-amazing-past-historic-photos/
This one is just crazy to me. The advance of technology within one man's lifetime. He fought in the freaking civil war and now he's standing next to a jet fighter. Amazing.
shinobi602
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Exactly what I was thinking. Incredible...
C00kie M0nster
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A scene during the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg (US Civil War).
American Zouave ambulance crew demonstrating removal of wounded soldiers from the field, during the American Civil War.
'A sharpshooter's last sleep', believed to be from the Battle of Gettysberg in 1863.
The 2nd Artillery during the Battle on the Chickahominy on June 27, 1862.
Aftermath of a battle in Antietam, Maryland, 1862.
Aftermath of a battle in Fredericksburg, Virgina, 1863.
Aftermath of a battle in Richmond, Virginia, 1865.
This is what I was thinking too. Really impressive. He must have been really old by 1955, at least in his 80s or 90s?
TapeDispenser1000
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Stanley Ketchel dropping Jack Johnson
shinobi602
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The picture isn't old in itself (news story is just today), but this is truly fascinating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-HDFiC2boQ
Likely the oldest fragments to date of the Quran found in Birmingham's University, said via carbon-dating to date back to the Prophet Muhammad himself (570-632 A.D.), likely written down by someone who personally knew him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-HDFiC2boQ
Likely the oldest fragments to date of the Quran found in Birmingham's University, said via carbon-dating to date back to the Prophet Muhammad himself (570-632 A.D.), likely written down by someone who personally knew him.
More historical photos:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney's_Nine_Old_Men
http://www.wbur.org/npr/200700811/video-rare-clip-reveals-roosevelts-use-of-wheelchair
https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/ROBERT-FORD-ASSASSINATES-JESSE-JAMES-Jesse-James
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_(chimpanzee)
http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/digitizers-blog/klondike-gold-rush/
http://io9.com/photos-of-everyday-life-in-pripyat-before-the-chernobyl-1618107860
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This one, I really like. Very touching.
Presumably the last photo of all members of Disney's Nine Old Men. Probably taken some time before February 1976, when John Lounsbery died. Responsible for many of the most famous Disney cartoons from Snow White until the death of John Lounsbery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney's_Nine_Old_Men
A rare photo of FDR in a wheelchair. The press and the president's aides kept Franklin D. Roosevelt's use of a wheelchair hidden from most of the public during his more than 12 years as the nation's leader. In this image from 1941 he's with his dog Fala and Ruthie Bie, the granddaughter of a gardener who worked for the Roosevelt family.
http://www.wbur.org/npr/200700811/video-rare-clip-reveals-roosevelts-use-of-wheelchair
A dead Jesse James in the coffin, some time before being buried in his ancestral home near Kearney, Missouri.
https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/ROBERT-FORD-ASSASSINATES-JESSE-JAMES-Jesse-James
Ambrosia Burnside, an Union General in the American Civil War. His distinctive facial hair gave name to what is today known as "sideburns".
German cavalry firing from the standing saddle position, 1935.
Ham the chimp posing to the camera after a successful mission to (and return from) space, 1961.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_(chimpanzee)
Photographs from the Klondyke Souvenir published by H.J. Goetzman in 1901 depicting pioneer life and the Klondike gold rush.
http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/digitizers-blog/klondike-gold-rush/
Photos of Pripyat, before the Chernobyl disaster. Many more at the link below.
http://io9.com/photos-of-everyday-life-in-pripyat-before-the-chernobyl-1618107860
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This one, I really like. Very touching.
StudioTan
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A dead Jesse James in the coffin, some time before being buried in his ancestral home near Kearney, Missouri.
You forget to mention that this photo is 3D. If you use the crossed eyes method to combine the two images you can see it in 3D. Very cool!
Kenzodielocke
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Great thread, subbed.
Bill Gates' mug shot for driving without a license 1977
Che Guevara and Fidel Castro
Robin Williams dressed like a cheerleader - 1980
Bill Gates' mug shot for driving without a license 1977
Che Guevara and Fidel Castro
Robin Williams dressed like a cheerleader - 1980
Summer Haze
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Some of these are so fascinating.
Right, yea, I actually meant to mention that. I forgot it somewhere along the line, when I was reading about Jesse James. I was trying to find out whether he was actually on display so people could pay to see, as is the case in the magnificent movie from 2007. Couldn't find out any sources for it, though.
Sickboy007
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Badass Space Age picture of the "Traitorous Eight", the men who created Silicon Valley. They went on to found dozens of companies, including Intel and AMD. Seated at the center, the "Mayor of Silicon Valley" Robert Noyce.
Shuggananas
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I really don't think so
I ain't an expert in facial hair but it really depends on countries, time periods, etc.
edit : well, see above me lol
Oppo
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of course. And there are many areas of the world were men simply don't grow beards. But I'm surprised at how common it was.
Mad Season
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Shark that had never seen the light of day until 1938
color image of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5 fighters, of Fighter Squadron JG54, during flight, 1943.
Arnie's first visit in New York City
color image of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5 fighters, of Fighter Squadron JG54, during flight, 1943.
Arnie's first visit in New York City
DiipuSurotu
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Also women shaving armpit and leg hair in the West didn't become the norm until after WWI.
Sir Walter Taffy
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Subscribing to this. Some really great photos in here.
Blue Ninja
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