French knife grinders who worked on their stomachs to save their backs from being hunched all day.2wk ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/pics
The iconic San Francisco Cliff House before it was destroyed in a 1907 fire.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/ArchitecturePorn
Staircase of the medieval castle of Sperlinga, in Sicily, Italy.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/ArchitecturePorn
Witold Pilecki, a member of the Secret Polish Army, intentionally let himself be caught by German policemen during a roundup in Warsaw to get arrested & be sent to Auschwitz to set up a resistance network there. The mission was a success.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/Iamactuallyverybadass
Skull of a crowned athlete with a gold wreath from Agios Nikolaos, Crete. The flesh disintegrated with time, but the wreath stuck and remained on the skull.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
2000-year-old preserved loaf of bread found in the ruins of Pompeii.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Annie Edison Taylor, the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, 19012yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/Iamactuallyverybadass
A death squad mercenary takes a lunch break in El Salvador. The photographer said he bought the man a beer and “took three shots before he went ballistic”, 1980s.1mo ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/HistoryAnecdotes
A boy selling lemonade with a portable lemonade dispenser. Berlin, 1931.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/interesting
Massive Roman aqueduct built in Segovia, Spain by emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE).2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/ancientrome
A protestant husband and his catholic wife were not allowed to be buried together. Here are their headstones reaching across the two cemeteries in 1888.1mo ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/HistoryAnecdotes
Jean Bugatti standing with a Bugatti Royale in which only 7 were built, 1932.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/Autos
A young woman playing a harp to a large crowd, Rock of Cashel, Ireland, ca. 1910 - photographer unknown.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/ireland
The Xoloitzcuintle, an Aztec dog breed indigenous to Mexico, is among the oldest known canine breeds5d ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/pics
The Lion of Gripsholm Castle, a poorly taxidermied lion from 18th century Sweden.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/funny
A long-buried corpse, preserved by one of Earth's driest climates, Chile's Atacama Desert, where it has retained centuries-old skin, hair and clothing. Dated around 5020 BC.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/interesting
The world’s largest log cabin in Portland, Oregon, USA 1938. Built In 1905 burned down In 19642yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/oregon
One of the greatest discoveries of archaeology: Oseberg Viking Ship, Tønsberg, Norway, c. 834 AD.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/Norway
The U.S. Pacific fleet getting ready for battle during the Marshall Islands Campaign, 1944.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/WorldWar2
Monteriggioni is one of the best preserved walled Medieval towns in Tuscany, Italy.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/HistoryDefined
People at Daytona Beach in Florida, United States in 1904. Color: @sebcolorisation2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/florida
A US Marine gives a cigarette to a Japanese soldier buried in the sand. Iwo Jima, 1945.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
Trinity College is home to one of the world's most beautiful libraries. Inside is The Long Room, which contains 200,000 historic volumes. Photo by Failte Ireland2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/architecture
The helmet of Sultan Mehmet Fatih, who conquered Constantinople at the age of 21, ending the Byzantine Empire. Topkapi Museum [491x768]2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Photo of a Soviet war veteran near the Eternal Flame on the anniversary of Victory Day, 1966.1wk ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/pics
This death staircases in Machu Picchu; Peru, is 500 years old and was built by the Incas to reach the Temple of the Moon.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/architecture
Tea gown, France, ~1897. Owned by the Countess Greffulhe, who often chose clothing of a brilliant green color because it complemented her auburn hair.1yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/fashionhistory
Cleopatra's Needle at its original site in Alexandria, Egypt, before it was relocated to England, 1870s.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/ancientegypt
The remains of the city of Reims in France photographed shortly after the First World War on the 20 May 1919.1yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/DestructionPorn
Abraham Lincoln with his son, Thomas Tad Lincoln, the fourth and youngest son of the 16th President of the United and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln. Thomas died at the age of 18.3wk ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/USHistory
Longmen Grottoes in Henan Province, China. Over 2,300 caves filled with over 100,000 statues of all sizes, 4th-10th-centuries AD.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/China
Fidel Castro laughing at a newspaper headline while visiting New York in 19592yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/socialism
Jewish-Nazi collaborator Ans van Dijk stands trial for treason. During the war, she baited fellow Jews out of hiding and got them arrested by the Gestapo. Dijk, who was paid for every Jew she caught, sold out at least 145 people, including her own brother, Amsterdam, 194710mo ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
One of the greatest discoveries of archaeology: Oseberg Viking Ship, Tønsberg, Norway, c. 834 AD.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/HistoryDefined
This death staircases in Machu Picchu; Peru, is 500 years old and was built by the Incas to reach the Temple of the Moon.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/ArchitecturePorn
A victorious Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returns from Germany and declares peace for our time after Hitler agrees not to invade any more territories in Europe, 1938.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/WorldWar2
After Beethoven went deaf, he found he could affix a metal rod to his piano and bite down on it while he played, enabling him to hear perfectly through vibrations in his jawbone. The process is called bone conduction.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/HistoryAnecdotes
German soldiers march triumphantly past the French WWI victory monument in Verdun during the Fall of France, 19402yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
2000-year-old preserved loaf of bread found in the ruins of Pompeii.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
It took just over a year to build the Empire State Building, utilizing as many as 3,400 men each day.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Soviet basketball player Arvydas Sabonis at the world cup final in Spain, 1986.3wk ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Indigenous children forced to pray to god in a residential school ran by the Canadian government and Catholic Church.10mo ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Boarding a fishing schooner, 1903. Asbury Park, New Jersey. Color by Marina Amaral2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/newjersey
A victorious Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returns from Germany and declares peace for our time after Hitler agrees not to invade any more territories in Europe, 1938.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/wwiipics
10 cent beer night. June 4th 1974 Cleveland Ohio. Beers being sold for 10 cents turned a baseball game into chaos.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/sports
People at Daytona Beach in Florida, United States in 1904. Color: @sebcolorisation2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Jean Bugatti standing with a Bugatti Royale in which only 7 were built, 1932.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
A young lady selling flowers on the side of the road in Oklahoma, 1973.10mo ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
