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jet · Aug 23, 2025

winter warfare training Hartz mountains 1965,im second from left

Pink Biz · Aug 23, 2025

RadishRose · Friday at 4:48 PM

Paul Gauguin playing Mucha's harmonium in his studio, Rue de la Grande Chaumière, Paris

MoBeans · Friday at 7:22 PM

Wyatt Earp 1848-1929 (colorized)

1869

1920's

MoBeans · Saturday at 1:15 PM

Did you know that before becoming a famous painter, Bob Ross was a drill instructor in the US Air Force?

RadishRose · Sunday at 9:47 AM

RadishRose · Sunday at 9:52 AM

Venice Italy

hollydolly · Monday at 1:58 PM

The late Queen Elizabeth with the first love of her life

Pink Biz · Monday at 3:02 PM

MarkinPhx · Monday at 3:12 PM

RadishRose said:

At first glance I thought the dolls were also her kids

RadishRose · 2025-09-10T17:03:12-0600

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U.S. troops discovered rings, watches, precious stones, eyeglasses, and gold fillings after liberating prisoners from the Buchenwald concentration camp in April 1945. Pictured are just a few of the thousands of wedding rings the Nazis had seized from prisoners to melt down for gold.

RadishRose · 2025-09-10T17:08:40-0600

Twain In The Lab Of Nikola Tesla

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This 1894 image was first published in April 1895 by the Century Magazine as part of T.C Martin’s article titled, “Tesla’s Oscillator and other Inventions”.Twain frequently visited and volunteered in Nikola Tesla's laboratory in the 1890s, where he famously tested Tesla's mechanical oscillator.

MoBeans · 2025-09-11T08:24:03-0600

Covered wagon from the great migration. Go west young man.

hollydolly · 2025-09-11T08:35:22-0600

A last cigarette for the fallen

hollydolly · 2025-09-11T08:40:43-0600

Once upon a tiime you could buy potatoes from a vending machine

hollydolly · 2025-09-11T08:41:16-0600

..and beer

hollydolly · 2025-09-11T08:47:48-0600

Pappy said:
Me, running my produce department that won best display for Apple week. Notice: Courtland apples 5 lbs. for 43 cents. Mac’s were 3 lbs. for 29cents.
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swoon !

hollydolly · 2025-09-11T08:48:46-0600

In the early 1900s, one way to transport tons of materials and train parts was to suspend it hundreds of feet in the air and tow it across a canyon:

hollydolly · 2025-09-11T08:51:14-0600

Fiat once had a car factory with a working test track on the roof:

The building and the track are still there; you just can't perform the incredibly safe act of driving cars on a roof anymore. Bummer.

Flarbalard · 2025-09-11T09:28:42-0600

hollydolly said:
..and beer

Now! You're talkin' !

hollydolly · 2025-09-11T09:31:47-0600

This is what New York City's Central Park looked like during the Great Depression:

This picture, captured in 1933, showcases a range of "Hoovervilles," makeshift settlements created by the unemployed and named after President Herbert Hoover.

hollydolly · 2025-09-11T09:33:14-0600

This is Stephan Bibrowski, otherwise known as Lionel the Lion-faced Man. Stephan had a condition known as hypertrichosis that caused hair to grow up to eight inches long all over his body

hollydolly · 2025-09-11T09:37:00-0600

The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 was the deadliest earthquake in US history, resulting in the deaths of over 3,000 people. In the aftermath of the disaster, you could literally see where the Earth split along the San Andreas Fault:

hollydolly · 2025-09-11T09:38:07-0600

This 17th-century painting by Giovanni Stanchi shows what the inside of a watermelon looked like in the 1600s, before selective breeding:

hollydolly · 2025-09-11T09:38:38-0600

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In the early 1900s, one way to transport tons of materials and train parts was to suspend it hundreds of feet in the air and tow it across a canyon:​

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Fiat once had a car factory with a working test track on the roof:​

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This is what New York City's Central Park looked like during the Great Depression:​

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This is Stephan Bibrowski, otherwise known as Lionel the Lion-faced Man. Stephan had a condition known as hypertrichosis that caused hair to grow up to eight inches long all over his body​

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The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 was the deadliest earthquake in US history, resulting in the deaths of over 3,000 people. In the aftermath of the disaster, you could literally see where the Earth split along the San Andreas Fault:​

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This 17th-century painting by Giovanni Stanchi shows what the inside of a watermelon looked like in the 1600s, before selective breeding:​

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This is one of the only pictures of President Andrew Jackson, taken shortly before his death in 1845:​

Paul Gauguin playing Mucha's harmonium in his studio, Rue de la Grande Chaumière, Paris

In the early 1900s, one way to transport tons of materials and train parts was to suspend it hundreds of feet in the air and tow it across a canyon:

Fiat once had a car factory with a working test track on the roof:

This is what New York City's Central Park looked like during the Great Depression:

This is Stephan Bibrowski, otherwise known as Lionel the Lion-faced Man. Stephan had a condition known as hypertrichosis that caused hair to grow up to eight inches long all over his body

The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 was the deadliest earthquake in US history, resulting in the deaths of over 3,000 people. In the aftermath of the disaster, you could literally see where the Earth split along the San Andreas Fault:

This 17th-century painting by Giovanni Stanchi shows what the inside of a watermelon looked like in the 1600s, before selective breeding:

This is one of the only pictures of President Andrew Jackson, taken shortly before his death in 1845: