HistoryPhotos

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HistoryPhotos is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!

Rules

  1. Be respectful and inclusive.
  2. No harassment, hate speech, or trolling.
  3. Foster a continuous learning environment.
  4. No genocide or atrocity denialism.
  5. Photos MUST be at LEAST 10 years old, and ideally over 20. We appreciate that we are living through events which will become history, but this is ultimately not a comm for news or current affairs, but events which have occurred some time in the past.

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People on their lunch break in New York, 7th Ave and West 28th, 1936. (lemmy.world)
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Game planning for Southampton Football Club, England, UK, 1949 (media.piefed.social)
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People and dogs in Hämeenlinna, Finland, 1937 (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Type 91 experimental tank going over an obstacle, Japanese Empire, 1930s (upload.wikimedia.org)
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A security guard walking down US Highway 101 where there are towering stacks of hollow iron floats from which the iron antisubmarine nets were suspended to protect the US ports during WWII (lemmy.world)
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Two women carrying a wooden beam during construction of a chalet, Switzerland, 1936 (media.piefed.social)
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Christine Jorgensen, actress, singer, and trans activist, USA, 1963 (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Sami reindeer herder and self-taught artist Nils Nilsson Skum, Sweden, 1937 (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Portrait of some men in Nuku Hiva, Polynesia, 1884 (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Nannies watching over small children in Berlin, Germany, 1913 (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Lithuanian troops (and dog) with an armored car, Lithuania, ~1920 (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Veiled women boarding a train in Tehran, Iran, ~1890 (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (famous for his assassination kicking off WW1) posing as a mummy, Cairo, Egypt, 1896 (media.piefed.social)
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Sorority Sisters at the University of Texas, USA, 1944 (media.piefed.social)
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Mississippi's first legally married interracial couple, Berta and Roger Mills, enjoying their wedding cake. USA, 1970. (media.piefed.social)
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Procession at the royal palace for New Year celebrations, Tehran, Iran, ~1885 AD (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Pizzeria in Naples, Italy, ~1979 (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Stevie Wonder visiting a children's school for the blind, London, UK, 1970 (media.piefed.social)
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Rowboat filled with baskets, Tangier, Morocco, 1935 (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Belgian race car driver Camille Jenatzy with his record-breaking electric car, La Jamais Contente, which exceeded 100 kph, 1899 (media.piefed.social)
submitted 4 days ago by PugJesus@piefed.social to c/historyphotos@piefed.social
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Jamaican men next to racist graffiti (KBW - "Keep Britain White") in London, the UK, 1952 (media.piefed.social)
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Boats on the Nile, Egypt, early 20th century (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Alleyway market stall in Algiers, Algeria, 1913 (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Hand-tinted photo of female musicians in Japan, ~1900? (upload.wikimedia.org)
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German amateur pilot Mathias Rust after flying over air defenses and landing in Red Square, Moscow, the Soviet Union, 1987 (media.piefed.social)
submitted 6 days ago by PugJesus@piefed.social to c/historyphotos@piefed.social
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