50 Rarely-Seen Historical Photos That Might Change Your Perspective On Things

[left-of-center2012]

We may read volumes upon volumes of history books and make our teachers proud. But there’s nothing more all-telling than real pictures that document wonders of the past.

This time, we are taking you on a heartfelt roller coaster that will take us back to the past.

In 1969, When Black Americans Were Still Prevented From Swimming Alongside Whites,
Mr. Rogers Decided To Invite Officer Clemmons To Join Him And Cool His Feet In A Pool,
Breaking A Well-Known Color Barrier.


Margaret Hamilton And The Handwritten Navigation Software
She And Her Mit Team Produced For The Apollo Project, 1969


May 20, 1910: The Nine Kings Of Europe Photographed Together For The First And Only Time

Standing, from left to right:
King Haakon VII of Norway, Tsar Ferdinand of the Bulgarians, King Manuel II of Portugal and the Algarve, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Prussia, King George I of the Hellenes and King Albert I of the Belgians.

Seated, from left to right:
King Alfonso XIII of Spain, King George V of the United Kingdom and King Frederick VIII of Denmark.

Full article/photos:
https://www.boredpanda.com/amazing-rare-historical-photos/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Newsletter

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. These are great! I love historic photos.

Seeing them is like looking into a window on the past.

Thanks for sharing this!

[spicysista]

2. Truly stunning!

They were all so very special. Thanks for posting, left-of-center.

[msongs]

4. site has restricted access oh well nt

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Doesn't have a restriction for ne.

[left-of-center2012]

8. Not restricted for me

I've used it for some years with no problem.

[Warpy]

18. Hit "refresh."

The nag screen goes away.

[UpInArms]

5. Some brought me close to tears

When Nazis Asked Lepa Radic Who Were Her 'Accomplices' Before They Hanged Her She Responded: 'You'll Know Them When They Come To Avenge Me.' Young Serbian Girl Was Hanged At The Age Of 17 Near Gradiska In 1943. During The Battle Of Kozara, She Lost Her Father, Brother (15) And Her Uncle

[Mr. Evil]

24. It briefly made me sad, too.

But, then it made me feel anger in 2 ways.
1) This poor girl was the victim of Nazi filth yet, she had the presence of mind and guts to remind that piece of shit that he and his fellow monsters were going to pay dearly for their actions.

2) 17 years old and had more bravery and dignity than our present-day so-called patriotic manly men that on many occasions were caught whining about having to wear a mask during a pandemic could ever dream of. Or that they were experiencing tyranny because they couldn't go out and get a haircut or go to a bar to get drunk.

There should be a monument honoring that 17 year old girl, Lepa Radic, and her family.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Almost all WWII photos break my heart. So many fought so bravely to

save democracy and now half of America is fighting for fascism.

[Moostache]

9. That picture of the "kings" of Europe in 1910...shoots through me like a knife...

So much suffering, so much pain, so much death flowed from the decisions, egos and desires of those men - the horrors of WWI, the Depression, WWII, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Shoah, Bataan, Midway, Hiroshima, Nagasaki - ALL of that was wrought on the Earth because of those men and what they did and how much the world has evolved from then to now and how much a portion of humanity longs for that authoritarian system and a return the "divine right of kings".

Never forget.
Never again.

[left-of-center2012]

16. "kings" of Europe in 1910 ... ALL of that was wrought on the Earth because of those men

That's a bit of a stretch.

[Hekate]

20. History, right on the knife's edge of calamitous change

Amazing

[hedda_foil]

10. I had a feeling that only another monarch's funeral could bring them all together in one place.

So I looked it up and sure enough, Edward VII of England died on May 6. They were all cousins by birth or marriage to one of the children or grandchildren of Queen Victoria. I wonder why Nicolas of Russia wasn't there. He and George V were buddies and looked like identical twins.

[pansypoo53219]

11. small pox picture shows why people got vaccinated.

[Evolve Dammit]

13. That was very powerful

[Hekate]

19. People today simply do not believe. If I were designing a middle school thru high school curriculum

...the story and photos of epidemics and pandemics would be included in every Science class, every History class, and every English class. With pictures.

How in English classes? Easy: I can think of several novels right off the top of my head that have one or more chapters devoted to devastating diseases we brought under control, and are now in danger of returning. Mark Twain: a beloved child dies of “membranous croup.” Charles Dickens: take your pick, but smallpox shows up in Bleak House. And on it goes.

If our population was not so effing ignorant, if our population had something to fill their imaginations with besides cat videos, maybe we wouldn’t be in this dire situation.

[pansypoo53219]

26. i like cemeteries & i have found a few mini plague mass gravemarkers. more dead kids. lots of kids.

[Hekate]

27. Yeah, and just try to tell that to a bunch of anti-vaxxer mommies on FB...

I got blocked from my own daughter’s group after stepping in that. You would have thought I was recommending cannibalism. Who knew?

Among other things I recommended they read “Mrs Mike,” about a young woman who moves to a Canadian village and marries a local man, maybe a century ago, maybe less. (Iirc, it is based on a true story.) I read it when I was young, and the scene that burned into my heart was of her walking past the graveyard with a slightly older woman with several kids, who gestured to a cluster of small graves and said, “That’s my first family.” Because, you know, effing childhood diseases swept through every couple of years.

Old graveyards are full of children's graves.

[burrowowl]

22. Yes, and it was finally vanquished!

Anti-vaxers are not good people.

[Karadeniz]

12. Those were interesting! If I were teaching history, I'd copy tons of them...

[iluvtennis]

14. Thanks for posting. I'm a museum nerd, so I love seeing these old photographs. nt

[trof]

15. Fascinating

Thanks

[IsItJustMe]

17. Great pics

My favorite was this one:


Soldiers returning from WWII

[AllaN01Bear]

21. the one photo of the police officer scolding a anti masker in the 1918 epidemic

is foretelling and current.

[central scrutinizer]

23. Switching a whole country (Sweden) from driving on the left side

To driving on the right side sounds insane. Every sign would have to be changed too.

[progressoid]

25. And then Margaret Hamilton became the Wicked Witch of the West!

Kidding of course.

Seriously though, that photo depicts a print out of the code she and her team worked on. Not handwritten.

Interview here: https://www.vox.com/2015/5/30/8689481/margaret-hamilton-apollo-software