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Rare and crazy historical photos
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ebullientprism
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WW1 Artillery fire. Imagine living under that, hour after hour, day after day. Its like playing non stop Russian Roulette.
Summer Haze
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Love this thread, so I thought I may as well contribute some pics too:
Elvis Presley in the army.
Annette Kellerman promoting a woman’s right to wear a fitted, one-piece bathing suit in 1907. She was later arrested for indecency.
Annie Edison Taylor, who was the first person to survive going over Niagra Falls in a barrel in 1901.
A soldier shares his banana with a goat during the battle of Saipan ca 1944.
This little girl sits with her doll in the ruins of her London home that was bombed in 1940.
A ruined London bookstore that was damaged in an air raid in 1940.
A hotel owner pouring acid in a pool while a black family swam in it in 1964.
Alcohol being poured out on the streets during Prohibition Detroit in 1929.
A police officer on a Harley-Davidson transports a prisoner in a holding cell (1921).
Adolf Hitler rehearsing his speeches in front of a mirror (1925).
The One Wheel Motorcycle, which could reach a top speed of 93 mph (1931).
WWII soldiers get their last kiss before being deployed (1940s).
Afghan women, casually dressed, use a public library before the Taliban rule (1950s).
That one-wheeled motorcycle looks badass. I want one.
Elvis Presley in the army.
Annette Kellerman promoting a woman’s right to wear a fitted, one-piece bathing suit in 1907. She was later arrested for indecency.
Annie Edison Taylor, who was the first person to survive going over Niagra Falls in a barrel in 1901.
A soldier shares his banana with a goat during the battle of Saipan ca 1944.
This little girl sits with her doll in the ruins of her London home that was bombed in 1940.
A ruined London bookstore that was damaged in an air raid in 1940.
A hotel owner pouring acid in a pool while a black family swam in it in 1964.
Alcohol being poured out on the streets during Prohibition Detroit in 1929.
A police officer on a Harley-Davidson transports a prisoner in a holding cell (1921).
Adolf Hitler rehearsing his speeches in front of a mirror (1925).
The One Wheel Motorcycle, which could reach a top speed of 93 mph (1931).
WWII soldiers get their last kiss before being deployed (1940s).
Afghan women, casually dressed, use a public library before the Taliban rule (1950s).
That one-wheeled motorcycle looks badass. I want one.
Mr. Poolman
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Not as cool or old as some of the stuff here, but this image haunted me when I was a kid.
Effect of Costa Rica, Limon's 1991 earthquake on train rails.
Effect of Costa Rica, Limon's 1991 earthquake on train rails.
Shadow_Lord
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The Falling Man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falling_Man
How hard must it have been to jump from the WTC to escape the fires? Impossible decision.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falling_Man
How hard must it have been to jump from the WTC to escape the fires? Impossible decision.
alfredofroylan
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Monterrey, Nuevo León México 1904
Same place 2012
Same place 2012
whitemex88
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I've seen this video. It was just so sudden like he was mid sentence then just put the gun in his mouth and fired. Pretty jarringJanuary 22, 1987:
Pennsylvania Senator R. Budd Dwyer moments before his own suicide at a press conference he called the day before his sentencing amidst a bribery investigation
Mad Season
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cardinalmind
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Here are some pics of Manila during the Spanish occupation. Most of the old city (Intramuros) was destroyed by the Americans to flush out Japanese soldiers hiding there in the Battle of Manila. The old city could have been spared if they didnt do the air bombings but they want to end the war on the city immediately. It levelled the old city to the ground with just a church spared.
EDIT: Video of Manila before WW2 circa 1938
Youtube
Interior of the PRE-WW2 Manila Cathedral with an artist interpretation version at the right.
Aduana building with the pasig river infront
Aduana building with the Magellan monument near it during the earlier part of the 1945 Battle of Manila
Americans starting their attack on the city with both the monument and the building already in ruins.
Before World War 2 Fort Santiago gate
During the World War 2
Present time
EDIT: Video of Manila before WW2 circa 1938
Youtube
TheJollyCorner
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I'm fascinated by seeing historic figures when they were younger. It's an interesting (and occasionally eerie) reminder of youthful innocence.
Serial murderer Ted Bundy as a child excited for Christmas.
A young Yamamoto Isoroku, as a student at Harvard University from 1919-1921.
For those unaware, he'd later go on to become one of the greatest Naval officers in Japanese history. Due to his time studying/living in the US, he was personally opposed to unprovoked war with the country.
Although there is no documented confirmation, he's reputed to have made this classic statement after the bombing of Pearl Harbor: "I fear all we have done today is to awaken a great, sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
Young, hipster Joseph Stalin
Serial murderer Ted Bundy as a child excited for Christmas.
A young Yamamoto Isoroku, as a student at Harvard University from 1919-1921.
For those unaware, he'd later go on to become one of the greatest Naval officers in Japanese history. Due to his time studying/living in the US, he was personally opposed to unprovoked war with the country.
Although there is no documented confirmation, he's reputed to have made this classic statement after the bombing of Pearl Harbor: "I fear all we have done today is to awaken a great, sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
Young, hipster Joseph Stalin
Hachiko a loyal Japanese dog who patiently waited years for the return of his owner. After his death.
Tutankhamun's grave untouched for 3000 years.
One guy refuse to do the Hitler Nazi salute
Protestant woman and Catholic mans final rest in a Dutch graveyard late 19th century.
The successful sinking of SS Donau by Norwegian resistance fighter Max Manus and Roy Nielsen. It was originally used to transport German soldiers and bring Norwegian Jews to death camps.
Here is Max Manus acting stern as a body guard for Norway's Crown Prince Olav during Victory Day.
British commandos during a raid on the Norwegian Island Vågsøy. 1941
Norwegian peasants. 1890
Norwegian Saami family. Around 1900
A Norwegian Stave Church built 13th century.
keltickennedy
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January 22, 1987:
Pennsylvania Senator R. Budd Dwyer moments before his own suicide at a press conference he called the day before his sentencing amidst a bribery investigation
Wasn't this televised? I remember my dad telling me about it. He was watching it on TV while my brother and I were playing in the living room. We were little kids at the time. I guess my dad yelled out, "Holy shit!!" then took us out of the room.
Live footage of your suicide is a pretty shitty legacy to leave to your children to watch.
Yeah, his speech is haunting.
If I recall correctly, I believe the charges against him was false and being made up by someone just to screw him over.
There's been a bunch of pictures of dead people already posted so I guess that's ok at least.. Though I'm not sure if you mean something of a sexual nature or what.
I'm not sure if it was televised live. It may have intended to be, but I can't confirm. It was definitely video recorded and photographed. A video can be found on YouTube, but as you can imagine it is HIGHLY GRAPHIC and disturbing.
In the short video recording, he gives a short written speech before handing out a series of envelopes to his advisors before pulling out a thick manila envelope that contained the revolver seen in the photo. He says immediately, "Please, please leave this room if this will... if this will affect you." Gasps and pleas of "Budd no..." can be heard. As some of the press mean and women move around, either to exit or to move toward Budd with continued pleas, he says "Don't, don't, don't... this will hurt someone... please don't..." In one quick movement he puts the barrel in his mouth and pulls the trigger.
Arguably one of the most profound and shocking public suicides in history caught on film.
Marinetti art project (an urban druid) 1909
It's actually a photo taken some time in the 1960's by the Dutch photographer Cor Jaring (http://translate.google.co.uk/trans.../nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cor_Jaring&prev=search).
Photo was taken as part of a protest/political movement in Amsterdam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provo_(movement)#The_White_Plans
Info on the people involved: http://showcase.thebluebus.nl/soundtrack-of-my-life/april-2008/magies-sentrum
Full uncropped image:
I'm actually stunned that's not a photo of a Bedouin clan
Young, hipster Joseph Stalin
Mother of god, this is a crazy historical photo for a very different kind of reason compared to most in this thread!
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Look up Victorian death portraits, there's an ocean of very strange photos like these, they're exactly what you think they are.
JordanN
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The Falling Man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falling_Man
How hard must it have been to jump from the WTC to escape the fires? Impossible decision.
There exist some actual pictures of what the insides of the WTC looked like during the attack
Very scary.
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
Philippe Petit walking a high-wire between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. There is a documentary covering it called Man On Wire that is definitely worth the watch.
Glad to see a fellow regio in here!Monterrey, Nuevo León México 1904
Same place 2012
ISWThunder
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Philippe Petit walking a high-wire between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. There is a documentary covering it called Man On Wire that is definitely worth the watch.
I saw the 3D trailer for the Joseph Gordon Levitt movie about this. It is stomach churning and a bit creepy to see the towers up close again.
Knit Your Own Porridge
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Look up Victorian death portraits, there's an ocean of very strange photos like these, they're exactly what you think they are.
The attitude to death was so different then - in a large part due to much higher rates of infant mortality. Parents would often pose a dead child for one last picture with its siblings, as though it were still alive.
Adults would be propped up - either by relatives (as here) or by wooden frames. You can often see the bottom of the frame in pictures.
So creepy to modern eyes.
Mighty Chin
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January 22, 1987:
Pennsylvania Senator R. Budd Dwyer moments before his own suicide at a press conference he called the day before his sentencing amidst a bribery investigation
I have no memory of that. I would have been in Grade 10.
JetBlackPanda
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Last photo of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (Elder brother of John F. Kennedy) He was killed during Operation Aphrodite, that made use of unmanned, explosive-laden Army Air Forces Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator bombers, that were deliberately crashed into their targets under radio control. These aircraft could not take off safely on their own, so a crew of two would take off and fly to 2,000 feet (610 m) before activating the remote control system, arming the detonators and parachuting from the aircraft. As planned, Kennedy and Willy remained aboard as the BQ-8 completed its first remote-controlled turn at 2,000 feet near the North Sea coast. Kennedy and Willy removed the safety pin, arming the explosive package, and Kennedy radioed the agreed code Spade Flush, his last known words. Two minutes later (and well before the planned crew bailout, near RAF Manston), the Torpex explosive detonated prematurely and destroyed the Liberator, killing Kennedy and Willy instantly. Wreckage landed near the village of Blythburgh in Suffolk, England, causing widespread damage and small fires, but no injuries on the ground. According to one report, a total of 59 buildings were damaged in a nearby coastal town.
Daniel Jackson
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This one had a pretty big impact here. MH17 victims returning home and being transported to a military base for identifcation
EdwardTivrusky
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It's actually Rudolf Hoess the commandant of Auschwitz, hanged in 1947 next to the camp.
Rudolf Hoess - Commandant executed.
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Soviet Union Summer Camp. Pre WWII
I believe that's actually Miyake-jima, a volcanic Japanese island.
Photograph of Mariya Oktyabrskaya
Why is it awesome? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Oktyabrskaya
On the tank: "боевая Подруга" - Fighting Girlfriend.
There's a thread on UrbanToronto devoted to 'Then and Now' photos. Not many are 'crazy' for people unfamiliar with the city, but if you live here, it's pretty fascinating.
And via National Geographic August 75, the construction of the CN Tower from an.. interesting.. angle. A couple other photos as well during its construction.
And via National Geographic August 75, the construction of the CN Tower from an.. interesting.. angle. A couple other photos as well during its construction.
The Elite
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Soon we will have to call it "Then and Condo"
It's staged, but was later edited to remove the two watches from the official (looting is not good propaganda).
Shadow_Lord
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Omar Al Mukhtar, a Libyan national hero, moments after his execution by Fascist Italy after they caught him, after years of battle against their oppression. Libyan history is very interesting. Shame that the country is fucked up now.
Not necessarily rare ones:
Driving in the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway:
The Dionne Quintuplets:
Winston Chruchill scowling over lost cigar
Topping the CN Tower
Driving in the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway:
The Dionne Quintuplets:
Winston Chruchill scowling over lost cigar
Topping the CN Tower
TheJollyCorner
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Protestant woman and Catholic mans final rest in a Dutch graveyard late 19th century.
This one is very touching (no pun intended).
Great ones there, Gorger.
The guy on her left is her coach, Arnie. The guy behind her is Jock Semple, race manager of the Boston Marathon, who was losing his mind and trying to strip her of her numbers. The guy on the far right is her boyfriend, and he's about to tackle Jock Semple.
I remember learning about this in some history class back in my middle/high school day though
Happy couple Bonnie & Clyde.
Real-life Shrek, strongman Maurice Tillet.
Baby Adolf Hitler.
Thomas Edison produced Frankenstein movie in 1910 (It's on YouTube!)
Frankenstein movie
The original rollerskates.
Harry Houdini, the legendary escape artist.
Arjen
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Man these still hit me like truck.
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