German woman with all her worldly possessions on the side of a street amid ruins of Cologne, Germany, by John Florea, 1945.1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/de
The view of Embankment Tube station taken in 1938, the year before The War. Very moody and atmospheric.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/london
Jack Sparrow's Pistol was no prop, but a real piece from the 17th century.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Moviesinthemaking
After Norway banned Monty Python’s Life of Brian for blasphemy, it was marketed in Sweden as “so funny it was banned in Norway.”1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/CasualUK
Charles Floyd, nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd, was an American bank robber. He operated in the West and Central states in 1930s. He was seen positively by the public because it was believed that during robberies he burned mortgage documents, freeing many people from their debts.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/TrueCrime
A German car with spring-loaded wheels due the rubber shortage caused by The Great War, 19172yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
Tsar Nicholas II letting his daughter, the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov, take a puff from his pipe, 1916.1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
The hacker Kevin Mitnick was kept in solitary confinement for 8 months because law enforcement told the judge that he could somehow dial into the NORAD modem via a payphone from prison and communicate with the modem by whistling to launch nuclear missiles.1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/hacking
Tricycle of 3 year old boy named Shin, who died 1,500 meters from the hypocenter of Hiroshima atomic bombing, 1945. [1280x955]1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
In WWII Ukrainian sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko earned the nom de guerre Lady Death after racking up 309 kills.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Iamactuallyverybadass
Nushu is considered to be the world's only writing system that is created and used exclusively by women.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/BeAmazed
A Soviet pilot feeds bears from his Mi-1 helicopter in Kamchatka, 1962. [700x903]2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/MilitaryPorn
U.S. cavalry soldiers pose in front of a sequoia in Yosemite known as Grizzly Giant, in 1900. This tree still stands today!2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/HumanForScale
In 1970, a teenage stowaway named Keith Sapsford fell to his death from an airplane.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/lastimages
Prohibition-era bootleggers in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1921. (via Minnesota History Center)1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/minnesota
St. Pancratius in Wil, Switzerland was dressed as a Roman soldier in 1672. Artisans added the armor suit in the 18th century. [633x960]2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Deutschland 1922: Ein fahrbares Landhaus fur eine große Familie wird gezeigt. Der Wohnwagen besteht aus Wohnstube, drei Schlafzimmern und der Kuche.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/de
Pakistani Soldier checking genitals of a Bengali civilian to see whether he is circumcised or not (i.e. if he is hindu or muslim). Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. [wra]1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Historycord
Landing craft approach Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. The soldiers are protecting their weapons with Pliofilm covers against the wetness. These US Army infantry men are amongst the first to attack the German defenses. (Colorized)2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/wwiipics
29 May 1931 the execution of Italian-American anarchist Michele Schirru for his plan to assassinate Mussolini took place in Rome. Born in Sardinia, he was naturalised as an American citizen but returned to Italy with the intention of killing Mussolini.1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Anarchism
7 barrels musket of Konstantinos Kanaris, the Greek Revolution hero, National Historical Museum of Athens. [3199x1383]2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Livestock traders drink outside the only pub on Inis Meain, off the west coast of Ireland, 1971.1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/ireland
Ada Lovelace, 19th-century English writer and mathematician most famous for being popularly described as the world’s first computer programmer - and all approximately one full century before the creation of the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computers.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Feminism
Nevsky Avenue near Great Gostiny Dvor, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, 1900s. Gostiny Dvor is not only the city's oldest shopping centre, but also one of the first shopping arcades in the world. Unfortunately the central dome with an attick was dismantled in few weeks when photo was taken.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Enzo Ferrari in his first ever race as a professional driver for C.M.N. (Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali), Parma-Poggio di Berceto hillclimb race, 1919. He finished fourth.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/formula1
U.S. athlete Jesse Owens salutes during the presentation of his gold medal for the long jump, after defeating Nazi Germany’s Lutz Long, during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/BeAmazed
Serbian Army soldiers of the 11th Regiment from Sumadija Division in Thessaloniki Front. Kajmakcalan Sept. 1916. (Colorized)2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/serbia
St. Pancratius in Wil, Switzerland was dressed as a Roman soldier in 1672. Artisans added the armor suit in the 18th century.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/morbidlybeautiful
The term candidatus itself was derived from the Latin word candidus, meaning white. It was used in the context of elections because those seeking political positions would often wear this special white toga to distinguish themselves from the general public.11mo ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/etymology
Ironworker with balls of iron during construction of the Columbia Tower, Seattle, WA in 1984.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/SweatyPalms
A tram sails through the foggy London night outside Embankment tube station in 1938. [citylife]2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Historycord
16 year-old Princess Elizabeth introduced to officers of her regiment, 1942.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/monarchism
A captured German Taube (Pigeon) monoplane, on display in the courtyard of Les Invalides in Paris. The Taube was a pre-World War I aircraft, and was briefly used on the front lines, 1915.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Nushu is a syllabic script used exclusively by women in Jiangyong, Hunan Province, China. The women were forbidden formal education for centuries and developed the script in order to communicate. It's considered to be world's only writing system that is created and used exclusively by women. [lng]2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Historycord
U.S. athlete Jesse Owens salutes during the presentation of his gold medal for the long jump, after defeating Nazi Germany’s Lutz Long, during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Axolotl or Mexican salamander. They're only found in some heavily damaged and polluted lakes near Mexico city and they're almost extinct there. Axolotls are listed as critically endangered by the IUCN, with estimates of 50-1000 individuals alive in the wild.1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/MexicoCity
German soldiers taking a white flag from surrendering French soldiers, somewhere on the maginol line, c. June 1940. (Colorized)2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/wwiipics
Stau am Brandenburger Tor: Als die Grenze zwischen Ost- und Westberlin geoffnet wurde, 1989.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/de
Swiss Cinema: In Swiss cinemas, monitors were installed in the toilets so that visitors did not miss a movie when they left the hall for the restroom.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Switzerland
Bradford City FC stadium fire in 1985... This started because of a cigarette.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/DestructionPorn
Found in a 1995 book of useless Japanese inventions: the selfie stick. When it was originally released in the early 80s, the stick was sold under the product name “Extender” as part as a kit that also included a remote shutter button. [tec]2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Historycord
The Octogon complex of the Egypt's new Ministry of Defense from air. [768x1024]2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/MilitaryPorn
Nicknamed Fighting Jack Churchill and Mad Jack, he was known for the motto: Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/WorldWar2
Housed in a former blacksmith's cottage dating from 1502: The Bridge Tea Rooms in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. [1280x886]2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/ArchitecturePorn
The Columbia Center, formerly named the Bank of America Tower and Columbia Seafirst Center, is a skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. The 76-story structure is the tallest building in Seattle and the state of Washington, reaching a height of 933 ft (284 m).2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/SeattleWA
Wrestling in the remains of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine at the 1960 Summer Olympics Games. Rome, Italy, 1960.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/olympics
The words nu shu literally means Woman's Writing in Chinese. As the name implies, Nushu is a writing system created and used exclusively by women in a remote part of China.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/etymology
On the set of the film The Irishman, De Niro's character had to be tall, and therefore the artist wore such shoes on the platforms.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Moviesinthemaking
Churchill takes a bow and arrow. Traditionalist Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, or ‘Mad Jack’ as he was known, fought in World War II using a longbow and sword.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
Barricades on rue Saint-Maur, Paris, June Days Uprising (1848), the first known instance of photojournalism.11mo ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/paris
2-3-2 Super-speed steam locomotive produced by Voroshilovograd steam locomotive plant. Moscow, USSR, 1939.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/TrainPorn
John F. Kennedy's last breakfast hosted by Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, Texas before leaving for Dallas on November 22, 1963.1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/FortWorth
A photographer uses his own backdrop to mask Poland's World War II ruins while shooting a portrait in Warsaw, November 1946.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/warsaw
Tornadoes have threatened lives on the Great Plains for centuries, but until the late 1800s most Americans had never actually seen one. That changed when unique circumstances allowed a farmer in Anderson County, Kansas, to capture the first known photograph of a tornado.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/tornado
U.S. airman Dewey Wayne Waddell, held prisoner in Hanoi, Vietnam, 1967. [1600x1588]2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/MilitaryPorn
After Norway banned Monty Python’s Life of Brian for blasphemy, it was marketed in Sweden as “so funny it was banned in Norway.” (1980)1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/BritishTV
The term Nostalgia was coined by the Swiss physician Johannes Hofer (1688) to capture the adverse symptoms displayed by Swiss mercenaries in the service of European monarchs. The literal meaning of nostalgia, then, is the suffering evoked by the desire to return to ones place of origin.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Switzerland
Troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900. Left to right: Britain, United States, Australia,India, Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Japan.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
Oil magnate J. Paul Getty, one of the richest men of all time, was so miserly that he laundered his own shirts by hand, reused envelopes and paper, made all the phones in his home coin-operated, and stood in line for hours for show tickets to save 50 cents.1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Frugal
This is the oldest wine of the world – and it is still liquid at its core. The Historical Museum of Pfalz in Speyer guards one of the biggest treasures of viticulture in all of Germany - wine from around the year 325 AD.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/wine
Wrestling in the remains of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine at the 1960 Summer Olympics Games. Rome, Italy, 1960.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/wrestling
In 1984, 6 death row inmates escaped from a Virginia prison by disguising themselves as Correctional Officers who needed to remove a fake bomb they constructed.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/TrueCrime
Tornadoes have threatened lives on the Great Plains for centuries, but until the late 1800s most Americans had never actually seen one. That changed when unique circumstances allowed a farmer in Anderson County, Kansas, to capture the first known photograph of a tornado.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/kansas
In 1970, a teenage stowaway named Keith Sapsford fell to his death from an airplane.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/oldschoolcreepy
Oil magnate J. Paul Getty, one of the richest men of all time, was so miserly that he laundered his own shirts by hand, reused envelopes and paper, made all the phones in his home coin-operated, and stood in line for hours for show tickets to save 50 cents.1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Frugal_Jerk
Russian soldiers and a civilian struggle to move a large bronze Nazi Party eagle that once loomed over a doorway of the Reich Chancellery, Berlin. Dated 1945.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/WorldWar2
The hacker Kevin Mitnick was kept in solitary confinement for 8 months because law enforcement told the judge that he could somehow dial into the NORAD modem via a payphone from prison and communicate with the modem by whistling to launch nuclear missiles. [crm]1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Historycord
Tsar Nicholas II letting his daughter, the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov, take a puff from his pipe, 1916.1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/monarchism
The fifth Marquess of Anglesey: The Elton John of Edwardian high society.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/CasualUK
George Washington grew cannabis at his plantation house at Mount Vernon, Virginia.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Virginia
Tricycle of 3 year old boy named Shin, who died 1,500 meters from the hypocenter of Hiroshima atomic bombing, 1945. [atc]1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Historycord
U.S. Air Force lieutenant held captive by a young girl soldier from North Vietnam, 1967.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/VietNam
The Torre Velasca is a skyscraper built in the 1950s by the BBPR architectural partnership, in Milan, Italy. The tower is part of the first generation of Italian modern architecture, while still being part of the Milanese context in which it was born.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/architecture
Jan Zizka - the blind General: The forgotten 15th-century Czech hero and military tactician who led an army of Czech peasants to victories over the much stronger armies of the Holy Roman Empire by single-handedly revolutionizing European warfare.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/czech
Yet another forgotten or little known page from the reign of Emperor Nicholas II, is his nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, in recognition for his efforts to limit armaments and promote peace among the great powers.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/monarchism
XIX century photoshop: Queen of Spain Isabella II (1830-1904) in the painting and in the photo.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/monarchism
Interestingly, Bratislava is the only capital in the world located on the border of three sovereign states – Slovakia, Austria and Hungary.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/geography
Did you know that Italy Has a Bank That Stores Cheese? When it comes to innovation, you have to give credit to Credito Emiliano, a bank in northern Italy that accepts cheese as collateral for a loan. It has done so since 1953.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/funfacts
The Vasco da Gama Bridge, Portugal. A cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts that spans the Tagus River in Parque das Nacoes in Lisbon. It is the second longest bridge in Europe, after the Crimean Bridge, and the longest one in the European Union.1yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/lisboa
The Ancient City of Petra, Jordan. By A.D. 700, only a few people lived in and around Petra. Over time, the city was lost to the outside world. More than 500 years would pass before the ancient city was rediscovered by Western explorers.2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/Archaeology
May 30, 1431. Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English tribunal. The conviction was posthumously reversed in 1456 and she was declared a Catholic saint in 1920. Illustration: Joan of Arc's Death at the Stake, by Hermann Stilke. (1843)2yr ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/MedievalHistory
The word candidate comes from the Latin term Toga Candida - a ceremonial robe that had been rubbed with chalk until it reached a dazzling white hue and was worn by adult Roman men seeking public office.11mo ⋅ Tigrannes ⋅ r/ancientrome
