My Grandad in 1918, age 15. He ran away from home in the final months of WW1 and joined the Merchant Navy. Six days into his maiden voyage, he was rescuing survivors from a US Navy ship sunk by German submarine U-152. In WW2 he flew bombers over Germany.5yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Aussie mom finds world's second most poisonous snake hiding in her kid's lunch box6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/WTF
With only around 50 left in the wild, these two Orange Bellied babies are super precious5yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/PartyParrot
21 year old Australian, Sara Zelenak waving goodbye to her parents at the airport as she sets off on a working holiday in the UK. Just three months later she lost her life in the London Bridge terrorist attack.6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/lastimages
Iron Age tunic c.300AD - discovered in a glaciated mountain pass, Norway [1024x875]6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Russia's abandoned 1970's space shuttle at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan [858x536]7yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/AbandonedPorn
Last image of the iconic Australian bush ranger Ned Kelly. He was hanged the following day - 1880 [1360x1880]7yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Plaster death mask of highwayman Ned Kelly, made moments after his execution by hanging, November 11, 1880 [1200x1200]7yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
This children's dentist has a trained Labradoodle called Comet to ease the pain and anxiety of dental procedures6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/dogswithjobs
Massive 'babushka' egg laid with a smaller egg inside it - weighed in at 6.2 ounces6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/WTF
Lionheaded ivory figurine; the earliest known zoomorphic/anthropomorphic sculpture c. 30,000 BCE, Germany [200x687]7yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
A plaque outside the Kensington Wine Rooms, London - historic site of the infamous meeting between George Papadopoulos and an Australian diplomat6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/pics
WW1: Morning of August 10, 1918, during the advance towards Lihons. Troops from the Australian 6th Battalion rest in a trench. The Battalion had sustained heavy casualties in the attack upon Crepy Wood. This small group found themselves without officers during the roll-call [2000x1475]6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A century ago, the small french town of La Feuillee lost 10% or 112 of its men to the carnage of WW1. Today, in remembrance, a portrait representing each man adorns the buildings of the village5yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/pics
Raymond J. Bowman, age 21 (left), moments before he was killed by a German sniper. Remembered as the last man to die in the final days of WW2 in Europe5yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/lastimages
These anti-fatigue glasses, which are meant to readjust the body clock and combat jetlag, also make you look like an utter twat7yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/pics
13 year old Omayra Sanchez just hours before her death. She was pinned beneath the debris of her house, where she remained trapped in water for three days. Her plight was documented as she descended from calmness into agony. Her courage and dignity touched those that fought and failed to save her.6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/lastimages
A spiral staircase in the remains of a burned out home from the fire in California's Paradise5yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/pics
French wax-head shop mannequin of a girl by Pierre Imans, Paris ca. 1920 [3093 x 3823]6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Nicole Yarran was just 32 and expecting her third child when a routine scan picked up bowel cancer. If you know your body and you know something's wrong, please get tested. You're never too young for bowel cancer, despite what some doctors may tell you.6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/lastimages
Circular Quay, 1879. Part of a panorama which was re-discovered in 2003. The panorama was photographed from the dome of the nearly completed Garden Palace, built to house the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879. The building was destroyed by fire in 1882.6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/sydney
Robert Simmons Jr and his kitten Survivor are rescued from floodwaters after Hurricane Florence dumped several inches of rain in New Bern, North Carolina.6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/HumansBeingBros
I'm willing to kill and die to keep my fellow Americans armed... You will never. Never. Disarm me.8yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/ShitAmericansSay
Walter Smith - December,1924. Charged with breaking, entering and stealing property and clothing valued at 46 pounds. Sentenced to 6 months hard labour. Australia [1500x1088]7yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
My dad found a really old Ludwig drum kit. Can anyone here tell me anything more about it? Inside the bass drum is written 18×24 787. The bass pedal is a 1909 Ludwig Jr. (xpost r/antiques)8yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/drums
This is my battlestation. There are many like it, but this one is mine.5yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/pcmasterrace
These Converse high-tops look remarkably like today's, but are from 19177yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/Sneakers
The Lewis Chessmen; c.1100 walrus ivory chess pieces; Norway/UK [1389x454]7yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
A lush oasis in the Australian desert, sustained by underground aquifers, and home for hundreds of cattle6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Newtown Station in the 1890's. I'll never understand why they ditched trams...6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/sydney
An original 18th Century cut-steel folding knife (top) with a hand-forged modern replica (bottom)[1024x768]6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
This is Mezzo, an Italian sheepdog puppy. He's also the newest member of the penguin protection team on a small Australian island6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/aww
The junction of Belmore Road and Avoca Street, Randwick c.1890 - The Cookhouse pub seen in its earliest state6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/sydney
🔥 Four cloud waves known as Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities, or fluctus, break across the skies of Missouri5yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
Bronze amulet of the demon Pazuzu - Mesopotamia - start of the 1st millennium BCE [414x599]7yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
China's 'flaunt your wealth challenge' with people falling out of cars with luxury goods5yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/trashy
Manly beach c.1870's - Shows the old wharf, in the location of the present Manly Wharf. Visible on the wharf are a Manly Beach Steamer timetable and rail tracks for goods. Signs in the background read “The Pier Family Hotel” and “Ivanhoe Park Hotel and picnic grounds.”6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/sydney
Heinz Meixner defects from East Germany by driving through Checkpoint Charlie after removing his windshield and slipping under the boom gate, 19635yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
A Bavarian Breaking Wheel from the 1700s. Used for public executions, the blocks would be placed under the four limbs. The executioner would then smash the limbs of the criminal with the wheel, weave them through the spokes, and truss the criminal up for display. [4752x3862]6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
1970's John Deere 6030 tractor with a 16-cylinder, 71-cubic-inch Detroit diesel6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/pics
Tattooed Japanese Samurai - Hand coloured albumen print (c.1885) [727 x 936)8yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Finnish sniper Simo The White Death Hayha, who is credited with killing 505 enemy troops within 100 days during the Winter War against the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1940. Pictured here in his winter camouflage and weapon of choice, a Mosin-Nagant with iron sights.5yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/pics
Corporal G.H. Swift,18th Massachusetts, was injured at the battle of Chancellorsville, on May 3, 1863, when a musket ball fractured his skull. Surgeons attempted to trephine the wound but halted the procedure upon discovering that the inner surface of the skull was not fractured. He died on May 17.9yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/WTF
Despite this prominent sign at the polling station, a brothel-owning, evangelical Christian-backed Republican candidate who died last month has been elected to the Nevada state legislature with 68% of the vote5yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/pics
🔥 Golden snub-nosed monkeys in the forest of China's Qinling Mountains 🔥6yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
Sicko handing out 'skin whitening' drugs to trick-or-treaters5yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/iamatotalpieceofshit
Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, Maxime Dethomas and unknown model c.1896. Can anyone identify her? Would be grateful for the assistance!8yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Early 17th century illustration of a Leucrocotta - a mythical creature with the body of a stag, the neck of a lion, cloven hooves, and a wide mouth with a sharp, bony ridge in place of teeth. It had the ability to imitate the voices of men, which it used to lure them to their deaths.5yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Albarello, Workshop of Maestro della farmacia Mastroieni, Gerace, Italy, c.1650 [1440 x 1800]8yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
US soldier giving CPR to fallen comrade. Vietnam - November, 1967. Photographer: Kyoichi Sawada (1936 - 1970)8yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
This koala has been released back into the wild after enduring a 16km nightmare clinging onto the axle of a four-wheel drive in Australia7yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/aww
Does it appear both of these images were by the same hand? Would love to hear your honest opinion.8yr ⋅ kitehkiteh ⋅ r/ArtHistory
