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2024-08-07 18:25:14

A wedding party in Harlem, New York (1983)
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/922/139/905/400/842/original/eecbcab142f17629.jpg

2024-07-31 11:16:06

London, 1948. Photograph by Norman Parkinson
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2024-07-30 20:19:21

Bedouin woman with her child. Saudi Arabia, 1948
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2024-07-30 17:16:00

184 years ago: This is Hannah Stilley. She was born in 1746, 23 years before Napoleon and 10 years before Mozart. This photo is from 1840, when she was 94 years old. She's one of the earliest-born human beings to ever have their picture taken.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/876/569/165/690/551/original/bd15abe628fb8c7f.jpg

2024-07-30 06:10:41

On the Beach, Manhattan, 1977
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2024-07-29 21:57:48

Elvis Presley signing autographs for his fans. 1957.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/872/014/934/773/010/original/f08185d21e6d18ce.jpg

2024-07-29 18:44:15

When I was at school we used to be shown photograph to give us inspiration for creative writing … anyway … today I came across a photograph entitled ’Krystal the waitress, 1964… this would have been a great inspiration for any short story writer.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/871/253/883/668/476/original/3b46073c1e1c1f01.jpg

2024-07-29 16:49:53

Class visit to the dentist. Denmark, 1956
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2024-07-29 16:17:09

A healthy game of tennis back in 1938.
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2024-07-29 07:49:49

Map showing Netherlands’ progress in land reclamation. The first picture is generated based on the historical data. Photo by Earth Magazine.
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2024-07-28 19:38:48

In the late 1930s, Hungary tried to reduce its suicide rate by establishing the “Smile Club"
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2024-07-28 15:57:03

The "Hasanlu lovers" died around 800 B.C. and were discovered in 1972. They died in what seems to be an embrace or kiss, and remained that way for 2800 years.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/864/934/069/603/166/original/664cacc95971a894.jpg

2024-07-28 13:51:34

The Statue of Liberty in Paris before being shipped to the US, mid 1880s.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/864/440/682/814/475/original/84ea67150087b72a.jpg

2024-07-28 09:13:07

Two women grinding an axe, 1918..
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/863/345/750/471/433/original/25708cfc47e386ea.jpg

2024-07-27 23:56:36

Albert Einstein At 5 Years Old. Munich, 1884. [colorized].
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/861/157/419/903/505/original/8b40c73d63c0bdaf.jpg

2024-07-27 11:04:36

Jimmy Carter showing Secret Service how to properly jump over a fence
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2024-07-26 17:59:31

Santa Claus in the early 1900s.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/854/091/035/210/754/original/146d8fca4bd25460.jpg

2024-07-25 17:06:49

An open-air school in the Netherlands in 1957. At the beginning of the 20th century, a movement towards open-air schools took place in Europe with classes taught in nature, so that students would benefit physically and mentally from clean air and sunlight.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/848/221/523/194/554/original/c8e721c124260dc9.jpg

2024-07-25 11:39:55

The Swedish warship Vasa. It sank in 1628 less than a mile into its maiden voyage and was recovered from the sea floor after 333 years almost completely intact. Now housed at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/846/936/093/292/395/original/abad7701d1adf1c5.jpg

2024-07-25 08:48:46

A Selfie Taken By Emperor Nicholas II, C. 1896
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2024-07-25 05:15:45

Marilyn Monroe in line to buy a hot dog, NYC, 1957
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/845/425/475/023/625/original/3e5b26844bb3bac7.jpg

2024-07-24 21:51:21

A man buying cigarettes from his hospital bed, 1950s.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/843/678/034/980/640/original/84301756221b2f37.jpg

2024-07-23 20:44:56

A day at the beach in Iran, before the Islamic Revolution (1970s).
Story: https://allchronology.com/2024/04/30/sun-kissed-days-a-replay-of-a-summer-at-the-caspian-shore-in-1970s-iran/
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2024-07-23 06:52:16

Nadia Comaneci and her perfect 10 at the Montreal Olympic Games, 1976.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/834/480/355/435/740/original/5921c0fc5a5cfeb9.mp4

2024-07-23 05:02:50

Matilda Crawford, Anesthesiologist (1894).
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/834/049/995/600/762/original/a99e84988e8e1214.jpg

2024-07-22 17:14:50

Tehran university students, Iran (1971).
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/831/266/113/294/202/original/f577026631340fc0.jpg

2024-07-22 05:00:41

A French man reacts to trying Coca-Cola for the first time, 1950s
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/828/379/261/683/794/original/e082390ceab2ff99.jpg

2024-07-22 04:39:01

Troops of the U.S. 45th Infantry Division in a transport bound for Sicily in June, 1943.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/828/294/054/841/079/original/829f9b6f6e49d280.jpg

2024-07-21 23:52:10

Human footprints from White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA. 21,000-23,000 years old
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/827/166/133/010/514/original/f61009683eff72cd.jpg

2024-07-21 23:46:41

A very rare image of Neil Armstrong on the moon's surface taken by a camera mounted on the lunar module, 55 years ago today in 1969 (image courtesy of NASA)
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2024-07-21 14:16:02

When Volvo invented the three-point seat belt in 1959, they decided not to patent it and make a profit from it. Instead, Volvo made the technology freely available to everyone, including their competitors. Since then, seat belts have become standard equipment in cars and have saved millions of lives.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/824/900/666/865/184/original/d242b70ad15730c9.jpg

2024-07-20 17:04:18

New parents of quadruplets, late 1880s
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2024-07-19 17:39:38

The last photo of Freddie Mercury, 1991
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/814/376/651/169/474/original/39063d73771e35cc.jpg

2024-07-19 07:13:53

Housewife poses with a weeks’ worth of groceries in 1947. She spent a total of $12.50 a week (not including milk) to buy her groceries. On this budget, she is able to feed herself, her husband, her four-year-old twins and her cat.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/811/916/138/093/461/original/1ad5e96455cd523d.jpg

2024-07-18 15:54:20

Princess Diana introducing herself in sign language to a disabled child in 1989
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/808/300/051/660/892/original/ef6ea68edb7c9a68.mp4

2024-07-17 21:12:45

Human footprints from White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA. 21,000-23,000 years old
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/803/890/049/489/986/original/30b8d5bb99ca1af4.jpg

2024-07-17 19:40:23

Titanic Survivors Charlotte Collyer and her 8-year-old daughter Marjorie after they finally made it back to America - 1912. What they must have seen!
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/803/526/760/522/607/original/e03b44fdc26bd56c.jpg

2024-07-17 16:27:15

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2024-07-17 16:25:41

53 years ago today, the Woodstock music festival opened in Bethel.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/802/761/252/123/836/original/16b3edf246cf18b9.jpg

2024-07-16 08:49:24

Ruth Malcomson, Miss Philadelphia and Miss America 1924.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/795/304/782/135/572/original/23fb65c059bfdc9b.jpg

2024-07-15 12:21:42

Patrick Swayze Photographed by Mary Ellen Mark at his home, California, 1995
Read the story: https://allchronology.com/2024/07/05/patrick-swayze-unveiled-a-glimpse-behind-the-fame-in-mary-ellen-marks-1995-photographs/
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2024-07-14 17:34:10

Black man drinking at white only fountain in 1964.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/786/042/050/143/628/original/bc6f226fb31de82a.jpg

2024-07-14 16:30:01

“One of the most beautiful photos of over 73 years of life together. In 2003, Prince Philip wearing the Queen’s Guard uniform. She walks past him and busts out laughing”…….
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/785/791/399/115/381/original/a7c6f52a73e72859.jpg

2024-07-14 12:16:24

May 1922: 78-year-old Robert T. Lincoln (son of Abraham Lincoln) is helped up the steps at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/784/794/124/490/026/original/8991c9450a566527.jpg

2024-06-07 12:33:25

Robin Williams - In every movie he filmed he asked the production company to hire at least 10 homeless people. During his entire career, he helped approximately 1520 homeless.
What an absolute legend! ❤️
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/575/354/871/276/748/original/3bddc93ecc0002d0.png

2024-06-06 20:31:15

Elvis signing autographs on a boys head, 1959.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/571/572/058/654/004/original/2684db7e0cd4581e.jpg

2024-06-06 10:54:13

1980 & 2016 ❤️
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