This is what hanging out in a college dorm room looked like in 1910. (University of Illinois)2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Average American family, Detroit, Michigan, 1954. All this on a Ford factory worker’s wages!2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve”- The U.S. Pacific fleet getting ready for battle during the Marshall Islands Campaign, 1944. [960x769]2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The 101st Airborne Division’s “Filthy Thirteen”volunteer pathfinders preparing to parachute into France just after midnight on June 6, 1944. They were among the first allied troops to set foot on French soil on D-Day; their mission was to mark drop zones for the airborne assault. [960x720]2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Who remembers making textbook covers from grocery bags in the late 1970s and 80s?1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/nostalgia
Imagine killing someone because they put too much mayo on your sandwich1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/NoahGetTheBoat
In the days before fast-food, roadside picnics were the highlight of every road trip (pic from 1958 family vacation)2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Propaganda pamphlet from the Korean War trying to convince American soldiers to defect, early 1950s2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/PropagandaPosters
The crew of B-29 Superfortress 42-24598 Waddy's Wagon (20th Air Force, 73rd Bomb Wing, 497th Bomb Group, 869th Bomb Squadron) posing to duplicate the nose art. All were KIA when the bomber was shot down over Japan in January, 1945.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Captain Lewis Nixon of the 101st Airborne wakes up after a night of celebrating courtesy of Goerings private Liquor, Wine and Champagne collection, Austria May 4th 1945.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Allied troops pass a sign on a road prompting them to kill the Japanese occupiers in retribution for Japanese war crimes against wounded American soldiers during the Guadalcanal Campaign, Sept 27, 1943.1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/wwiipics
26-inch thick armor from a Japanese Yamato class battleship, pierced by a US Navy 16-inch gun. The armor is on display at the US Navy Museum.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A U.S. Marine, killed by Japanese sniper fire, still holds his weapon as he lies in the black volcanic sand of Iwo Jima, on February 19, 1945, during the initial invasion on the island. In the background are the battleships of the U.S. fleet that made up the invasion task force.1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Russian prisoners of war lifting up an American soldier after the US 9th Army liberated them from their camp at Eselheide, Germany (1945)1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Two US Army MPs are slightly amused interrogating two German grade school children pressed into military service as the war was winding down. In general, any German soldier under 17 was briefly interrogated and then allowed to return home.1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Newly built F4U Corsair and F6F Hellcats being prepared to be shipped to the Pacific theatre, USA, 19441yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/wwiipics
USS Augusta, USS Midway, USS Enterprise, USS Missouri, USS New York, USS Helena, and USS Macon steaming up the Hudson River on their return home after World War II, October 27, 1945. [960x1160]1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/wwiipics
The Day My Kid Went Punk... What do you do when your bright, loveable, talented kid turns into a punker overnight? - ABC Afterschool Special, Oct. 23, 19872yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/vintageads
R.I.P. Jack Kehler. Jack played Marty, the Dude's landlord. He was one of us. Goodnight sweet prince.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/lebowski
U.S. Army Infantrymen approaching Omaha beach, Normandy, France on June 6th 1944. Photo: Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Pvt John L. Drugan and “Pal”, his faithful war dog. Recognized for his heroic actions, Pal saved an entire platoon of Marines from an ambush when he discovered a well-hidden Japanese machine-gun nest during the Battle of Okinawa. John and Pal both survived the war. May, 1945.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/wwiipics
80 Years ago today! A British soldier takes advantage of the opportunity to have a bath in Tobruk, Libya, 17th February 19422yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Newly built F4U Corsair and F6F Hellcats being prepared to be shipped to the Pacific theatre, USA, 19441yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
German NCO and grenadier with MP40 sub-machine guns and newly won Iron Cross 2nd Class medals, Crimea, 1942. [640x953]1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/ww2
Phoebe Cates and Robert Romanus BTS of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 19821yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCelebs
Marilyn Monroe sitting at the fountain at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, ca 1957. Photo taken by Sam Shaw.1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCelebs
A German Messerschmitt Me 262 flashes through the frame of an American P-51 Mustang gun camera, 19452yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
The high water mark of western civilization was when dinner at Pizza Hut looked like that. (1970s- early ‘80s)1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/80s
A “Trench Raider” during WW1. Both sides had them and they were sent in small groups where they snuck into forward enemy trenches and killed everyone. Armed with a revolver, several knives, and brass knuckles. It was a fully volunteer position.1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
A column of German POWs passes a US Sherman tank on the autobahn near Giesen, Germany, 1945. [1188x670]1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
Captain Edward F. Wilson of the 853rd Bomb Squadron was renowned for taking shots from his B-24 pilot's seat during his time serving with the 491st Bomb Group at RAF North Pickenham. These photographs were amongst the earliest 8th Air Force color shots taken in the UK, 1944.1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/WWIIplanes
Marine Lance Corporal Ernest Delgado at Khe Sahn, Vietnam, 1968. Note his blood type and Tour of Duty countdown calendar on his cover, with “California”across front. (photo by David Duncan Douglas) [754x943]2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
Robert Plant signing the first Led Zeppelin album for a policeman in the early 80's1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/ledzeppelin
One of the last photos taken of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., who died of a heart attack on this date in 1944. Suffering arthritis and having chest pains since D-Day, he kept his condition secret from superiors for fear that he would be taken away from his men in the 4th Infantry Division. [2048x1610]1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
“Crown Roast of Frankfurters” - Weight Watchers recipe, 1974.1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/OldSchoolRidiculous
The “Michelin Band” performs at the inauguration of the Michelin Hour radio show, April 17, 1928.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/OldSchoolRidiculous
There’s a whole handful of reasons to try new Tame. (1970s)2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/OldSchoolRidiculous
Ms. Lee Merlin, the winner of the “Miss Atomic Bomb” pageant in Las Vegas, 1950s.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/OldSchoolRidiculous
Swift’s Premium Canned Hamburgers: “all-beef, ready-cooked, ‘party-style’ - Quick browning in the skillet and... “Ah-h-h!”...you never tasted anything like ’em – with all their goodness captured and held right in the can. (1950)1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/OldSchoolRidiculous
Wehrmacht machine gunner following heavy street fighting to recapture the city of Zhytomyr, Ukraine, on December 14, 1943.1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
I didn’t blame anyone for the loss of my legs. Some chinaman took them from me in Korea.1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/lebowski
Confederate POWs pose for photographer Mathew Brady in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg, the three-day battle that stopped Confederate momentum in the north, killed any chance of European intervention, and gave the Union a badly needed victory and morale boost, July 1863. [920x537]2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
Civil War Medal of Honor recipient Jefferson Coates of the 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in 1870. Coates received the Medal for his “Unsurpassed courage in battle, where he had both eyes shot out and was also bayonetted in the side” at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1863.1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/CIVILWAR
Lt. James B. Washington, a Confederate prisoner, with Capt. George A. Custer of the 5th US Cavalry, Fair Oaks Va, 1862. Custer found his former West Point classmate wounded during the battle, arranged for medical treatment, and then insisted on having a photo taken with his old friend.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/CIVILWAR
A “Trench Raider” during WW1. Both sides had them and they were sent in small groups where they snuck into forward enemy trenches and killed everyone. Armed with a revolver, several knives, and brass knuckles. It was a fully volunteer position.1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/wwi
Prussian Landwehrmann tanning rat skins in a dugout during WWI. c. 1914-19162yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
The high water mark of western civilization was when dinner at Pizza Hut looked like that. (1970s- early ‘80s)1yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/70s
Hanna-Barbera cartoons, Saturday mornings, and Frosted Flakes- I wish I had a time machine to 1977.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/70s
A very well equipped Union cavalryman poses with his Hall Breechloader and 1851 Navy Colt open-top revolver, ca 1864.2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/CIVILWAR
Alright, alright, alright- you know this guy pulled plenty of hot chicks with this look (1970s)2yr ⋅ DiosMioMan63 ⋅ r/70s
