17 Fascinating Photos Collected From History
Black and white photos make things look creepy AF. These photos are jarring and weird, because the past was wild.
Black and white photos make things look creepy AF. These photos are jarring and weird, because the past was wild. These jobs and inventions could only exist back in the day when no one cared about safety. Enjoy this set of wild and weird pics from way way way back in the day.
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Bertha Boronda, arrested for cutting off her husband’s p*nis with a razor in 1907
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Car mechanic at work in 1919
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Steve and Charlie Utter at the grave of Wild Bill Hickok. Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Dakota Territory, August 1876
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B-17 bombers encounter heavy flak fire over Merseburg, Germany c.1944
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Grand Canyon photographer suspended on a rope, 1908
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Chester McDuffee and his ADS diving suit, aluminum alloy weighing 485lbs, 1911
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A Red Cross nurse is writing down the last words of a brittish soldier, 1917
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It used to be legal to send kids in the mail. In 1913 it was legal to mail children. With stamps attached to their clothing, children rode trains to their destinations, accompanied by letter carriers
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The Belgium iron “Scolds Bridle mask from the 1550’s was used to punish mainly women, speaking out against authority, nagging, brawling with neighbors or lying.
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Circus strongwoman Katie Sandwina aka the Lady Hercules holding up three men 1900’s
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A patient in a restraint chair at the West Ridding Asylum Wakefield Yorkshire, 1869
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The bust of Tutankhamun being carried from the tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. Photo by Harry Burton.
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Kaw-u-tz, a Caddo Native American, 1906
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In 1877, the Nez Perce tribe was ordered to move to a reservation. The tribe refused to. Chief Joseph led them to Canada, fighting with the U.S. army over the entire 1,100 miles. Forty miles from the border, the tribe was trapped. After 5 days of fighting, the remaining 431 members of the tribe surrendered. This quote is from Chief Joseph’s surrender speech
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An immigrant family at Ellis Island, 1904
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A hunter with a Thylacine, 1869
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The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes,” is ratified, Januray 16, 1919
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