History in Photos (warning: some disturbing content)
 

I thought I'd make a thread that documented important, cool, significant or insignificant, interesting times in our history. Feel free to post something if you think it would fit.

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lol @ the last one.Didnt know they had driven on the other side-seems mad to change it.
Also i wonder what the people of paris thought of the eiffel tower

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I've heard that Parisians initially thought the Eiffel Tower was hideous and ruined their cities skyline.

I heard that too. On QI there was a story about one of the top intellectuals in Paris at the time can't remember who it was nows favourite restaurant in Paris was the one inside the Eiffel Tower because it was the only place where he wouldn't have to see it haha.

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haha,yea i can actually imagine that! its pretty massive and when it used to be a completely open space i can see people not liking it.

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Great idea for a thread TUS

Werner Bischof, An employee of the Tata Steel and Iron Company, Jamshedpur, India, 1851.

http://i.imgur.com/52eWlv2.jpg

Brutal dude

http://i.imgur.com/QXZp4Wj.jpg

Tbilisi circa 1910

https://twistedsifter.files.wordpres...pg?w=800&h=695

Nilova Monastery in 1910

https://twistedsifter.files.wordpres...pg?w=800&h=705

Japanese students in the 30's.

http://i.imgur.com/83QLFsq.jpg

Joseph Goebbels in 1933. The legend has it, this was the very moment Goebbels found out the photographer is a Jew.

https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.c...ality=85&w=381

L'Exposition Internationale de 1937 à Paris

http://i.imgur.com/CbZ8rDJ.jpg

The last Jew in Vinnitsa

http://i.wp.pl/a/f/jpeg/29484/lastjew.jpeg

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Good stuff Minio! :up:

http://garak.wimp.com/images/sthumbs...5cf80284_2.jpg

The seal on Tutankhamen’s Tomb is seen here in 1922. It was untouched for 3,245 years.

https://heavyeditorial.files.wordpre...trip=all&w=780

Defiant until the very end, a German Communist being executed in Munich, 1919

http://boredomtherapy.com/wp-content...-Mitchell1.jpg

The only female in history to strike out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. You go Jackie Mitchell! (1931)

Wasn't this photo said to be staged?

I dont know, I think I found that one from Heavy.com

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http://www.arbark.no/bildeserier/ghb/09.jpg

Gro Harlem Brundtland was the first female prime minister in Norway from 1981-1996
in 1986 she caused quite a sensation when 8 out of 18 cabinet members were women.

(Gro was also Breiviks main target during the utøya shooting)

http://viralrelief.com/wp-content/up...eatured-21.jpg

1943 Col. Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle was a hand-to-hand combat expert. He ordered trainee Marines to attempt to kill him with bayonets. No one ever succeeded as he disarmed them all.

http://viralrelief.com/wp-content/up...16/04/4-60.jpg

1976 Bob Marley playing with a soccer ball

http://viralrelief.com/wp-content/up...16/04/9-55.jpg

1913 Veterans of the Union and Confederate army shake hands at the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

http://viralrelief.com/wp-content/up...6/04/14-50.jpg

1937 Golden Gate bridge being constructed

True.

Ironically, (since it was featured in the first set of photos) many New Yorkers felt the same way about the WTC towers when they were erected - some felt their design was too static and rigid, and did not reflect the dynamic feel of the skyline. People got used to them and were sad to see them go (which is an understatement considering how they went).

Things my grandparents faced:

http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walt...ationorder.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walt...ment/hate1.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walt...ment/hate2.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walt...nment/camp.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walt...ent/poston.jpg

^ Thats just scary Vicky.

http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfa...-1860-1880.jpg

Real samurai taken between 1860 and 1880.

http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfa...history_01.jpg

A boxing match on board the USS Oregon in 1897.

http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfa...-diploma_0.jpg

Albert Einsteins report card.

http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfa...history_09.jpg

A shell shocked reindeer looks on as World War II planes drop bombs on Russia in 1941.

http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfa...history_06.jpg

Nagasaki, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945.

http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfa...history_05.jpg

A Japanese plane is shot down during the Battle of Saipan in 1944.

http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfa...ginal-1963.jpg

The original Ronald McDonald -- played by Willard Scott! :eek: Damn now thats even scarier than Freddy!

http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfa...cf048ae93e.jpg

Marilyn Monroe performing for thousands of troops in Korea.

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YJx6ljK_9...25281%2529.jpg

Supposedly she changed her choice of song because the original was "too provocative" and officials feared for a riot.

Fidel Castro at the Lincoln Memorial (1959)

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j6OUnStQb...n_memorial.jpg

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Check this one out:

King George V stands next to his cousin, Tsar Nicholas II, in Germany, 1913 -

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pZquQxqyPN...52C%2B1913.JPG

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I love this thread - I vow to try and remember to bump it up on occasion :)

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BBYNf2sywEA/hqdefault.jpg