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#2

Portrait Of A Woman And Baby, Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico In 1914

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Multa Nocte 16 hours ago

Absolutely gorgeous, both of them! Proud mother, happy baby!

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#3

American Soldiers Pay Tribute To The Fallen Animals, 1918

Horses, mules and donkeys were used during WWI to transport ammunition and supplies to the front. They did so through the horrors of shellfire and appalling conditions. Eight million of them died during the war.

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Multa Nocte 16 hours ago

How sad and how bittersweet.

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The invention of photography in 1839 changed the way people lived. All of a sudden, humans had the ability to capture a single moment through a still image and immortalize it for future generations.

As the Modern Museum of Art points out, photographs can help shape our understanding of different cultures, their history, and, most importantly, the people who appear in them.

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Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner And Blanche Osborn, Women Airforce Service Pilots During Wwii, Pictured Here As They Leave Their Airplane,

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Janissary35680 Premium 16 hours ago

"Pistol Packing Mamas" (Says so, right on the tin.)

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#5

Ah-Weh-Eyu (Pretty Flower), From The Seneca Nation, 190

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Disgruntled Pelican 6 hours ago

My goodness this is a stunning picture!

8points

#6

Red Cross Nurse And Rescue Dog, Wwi

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Justin Tyme 3 hours ago

Are you sure it isn't wWI?

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Since we’re on the topic of attention-grabbing vintage photographs, the iconic “Migrant Mother” is a stellar example. Taken in 1936 during the Great Depression, it features an impoverished woman in a pea-pickers camp in California, alongside her children hiding their faces.

It was such a moving photograph that it urged the federal government to send 20,000 pounds of food to the camp.

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Portrait Of Two Women. Zanzibar, Circa 1900

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GlitterPanda 4 hours ago

Gorgeous!

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#8

"Love Came To Me, And I Was Not Afraid To Marry The Man I Loved Because Of His Color." - Helen Pitts Douglass

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JoNo 16 hours ago

And she's still gazing at him adoringly content with her decision.

12points

#9

London, 1899. Photo By Leonard Misonne

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Paul C. 8 hours ago

It's a real pea-souper guvnor!

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“Man on the Moon” is another well-known snapshot that captures one of the most significant human accomplishments in history. It’s a photograph of astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s first steps on the moon’s surface by the great Neil Armstrong.

This 1969 picture shows the lone Aldrin standing with the vast expanse of space as his backdrop. Unfortunately, this photo doesn’t deter today’s skeptics who doubt that the event ever happened.

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Portrait Of A Navajo Native American. Taken By Carl Moon, Circa 1906

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Multa Nocte 16 hours ago

What a handsome lad!

20points

#11

Portrait Of An Inuit Woman And Child, Circa 1912

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Tamra 16 hours ago

That is one warm, cozy baby.

5points

#12

Roger Williams University In Nashville, Tennessee, 1899

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Pyla 2 hours ago

In the face of such an era, such courage.

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The 1945 flag-raising photo on Iwo Jima will always be legendary, especially for military veterans, historians, and loyal Americans. Photographed by Joe Rosenthal, it shows a group of US Marines planting the American flag on top of Mount Suribachi to mark its capture and signify America’s victory in World War II.

Despite doubts about its authenticity, the picture never fails to spark feelings of patriotism, especially among those who served during the war.

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Sergeant Karen Hermiston, Or “Hermie” As People Called Her, Was Courageous And Determined, Earning A Place In Canadian History As The Only Official Female Photographer For The Armed Forces To Work Amidst Combat During World War II

Sergeant Karen Hermiston, Or “Hermie” As People Called Her, Was Courageous And Determined, Earning A Place In Canadian History As The Only Official Female Photographer For The Armed Forces To Work Amidst Combat During World War II

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Pyla 2 hours ago

With her gorgeous Rolleicord!

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#14

O-O-Be, A Kiowa Native American, Circa 1895

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Pyla 2 hours ago

That smile! Wow! So rare in old photos

7points

#15

Before She Became Famous As An Actress In All In The Family, Maude, And Golden Girls, Bea Arthur Worked As A Truck Driver And Typist In The United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve During Wwii

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Helena 16 hours ago

An entire life of kicking your axx and your preconceived notions. I will never be this cool

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We’d also like to hear from you, readers. Which of these photos stood out to you the most? How do they make you feel? Let us know in the comments below!

#16

Portrait Of The Fisk University Class Of 1888

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Multa Nocte 16 hours ago

Incredible for the time and especially incredible for this being in the southern United States.

10points

#17

Portrait Of Flora Stewart. She Was Said To Be Vivacious With A “Remarkably Retentive Memory.”

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Willem Andries Oosterhof 3 hours ago

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/06/04/flora-stewart-londonderry-nh

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#18

Portrait Of Selika Lazevski, Believed To Be A Horsewoman Who Rode At Nouveau Cirque In Paris

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C B Jones 15 hours ago

Man she looks fierce.

17points

#19

Portrait Of A Sami Family, Norway, Circa 1890

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Emma London 2 hours ago

And these are their summer outfits.

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#20

Portrait Of Billie Holiday And Her Dog Mister, NYC, Circa 1947

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Estelle 8 hours ago

I have never seen this image before. Such a beautiful photo of Ms. Holiday. Gorgeous pittie too!

7points

#21

Liberated Survivors Of Auschwitz, 1945

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BunnyMommy 8 hours ago

Children

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#22

Portrait Of A Navajo Woman, Circa 1904

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Eastendbird 3 hours ago

What a beautiful smile.

7points

#23

Elizabeth L. Gardner Of Rockford, Illinois, A Wasp (Women's Airforce Service Pilot) Pilot, Circa 1940s

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tee-lena 1 hour ago

Competent and beautiful

4points

#24

Portrait Of A Family. Manzanar Relocation Center, 1943

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Bernd Herbert 16 hours ago

If someone still doesn't know, Manzanar was one of ten concentration camps in the US were Japanese Americans were incarcerated during WWII. What a shame.

28points

#25

Portrait Of Lillian, Cora And Luvenia Ward. Taken In Worcester, Massachusetts, Circa 1900

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Premislaus de Colo 16 hours ago

Lillian - silenty judging your life choices since 1900

24points

#26

An Unidentified Soldier, Australia, Ww1

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Multa Nocte 16 hours ago

Handsome lad.

12points

#27

Iron Thunder, Crow Eagle, Fool Thunder, Slow White Buffalo, All Holding Peace Pipes, Dakota, Circa 1880s

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Multa Nocte 16 hours ago

This is a good looking group of men, but the fellow in the front is extra fine. Just my humble opinion. ;-)

10points

#28

“Jitterbugging On A Saturday Evening,” Mississippi, 1939

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Pyla 2 hours ago

did she ride in? Those look like joddies.

2points

#29

Portrait Of Chaiwa, A Tewa Native American, Circa 1906

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Justin Tyme 2 hours ago

Luke Skywalker's lesser-known half sister.

7points

#30

Edward Bouchet Became The First African American To Earn A Phd In The U.S. When He Completed His Dissertation In Physics At Yale In 1876

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Cee Cee 6 hours ago

Good for him. Hard slog and not just the topic.

6points

#31

A Snapshot Of Life From Nebraska, 1910

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Multa Nocte 16 hours ago

Cute kids!

5points

#32

Paris, 1900

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Ece Cenker 7 hours ago

This is during the World Exhibition. The buildings were pavilions of various countries.

10points

#33

Portrait Of Hattie Tom, An Apache Native American, 1899

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Broadredpanda 20 minutes ago

Stunning!!

2points

#34

Portrait Of Nora Oo-Teen'a, An Inuit Woman. Alaska, 1903

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Multa Nocte 16 hours ago

That hair - gorgeous!

11points

#35

Kaw-U-Tz, A Caddo Native American, 1906

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Mental Liberals 1 hour ago

Gorgeous!!

2points

#36

Portrait Of A Young Girl And Child. Japan, Circa 1908

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#37

Five Year Old Warren Bernard Runs Out Of His Mother's Grasp To His Father, A Soldier From New Westminster, Canada Who Was Going To Fight For Canada In Wwii

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Tamra 16 hours ago

I hope he made it back home to them.

12points

#38

Women Making Fun Of Sign At Beach Requiring Full Bathing Suits. Miami, Florida, 1934

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Helena 16 hours ago

Women hating being regulated since the dawn of time.

17points

#39

A Spinner And Her Spinning Wheel. County Galway, Ireland, Circa 1890

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Willem Andries Oosterhof 3 hours ago

Is this the same woman as above?

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#40

Portrait Of A Woman. Ontario, Canada, Circa 1890

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SnackbarKaat 6 hours ago

Such a beautiful young woman

7points

#41

Portrait Of A Family. Florida, Circa 1900

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Cee Cee 6 hours ago

Nice that the family dog is included.

13points

#42

An Apache Woman, 1888

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Pammer R 3 hours ago

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#43

Mother & Son, Ireland, Circa 1890

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UKGrandad 3 hours ago

Ye'll have a cup o'tea, Father Jack? Ah go on, go on, go on go on go on.

2points

#44

A Snapshot Of Historical Fashion From Japan, 1910s

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#45

Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston In An 1896 Self-Portrait Of A "New Woman," Taken In Her Washington, Dc Studio

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Tamra 16 hours ago

A shocking display of lower extremities!

9points

#46

Portrait Of Cotton Mill Workers In Georgia, U.S., 1909

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John Dilligaf 5 hours ago (edited)

that woman in the middle looks like she's lost all her f*cks and is about to give someone a beatdown

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#47

Florence Was Thirty-Two Years Old, A Mother Of Seven Children, Living In Nipomo, California With Her Children And Partner, Jim Hill, 1936

"I worked in hospitals. I tended bar. I cooked. I worked in the fields. I done a little bit of everything to make a living for my kids."

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Kelly Scott 3 hours ago

She wasn't actually a dustbowl refugee, though, like everyone thinks.

2points

#48

Warsaw Ghetto, 1943

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Multa Nocte 16 hours ago

Pitiful, puny soldiers in this photo.

7points

#49

Tattoo Artist Maud Wagner, U.S., 1907

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Multa Nocte 16 hours ago

Lydia, oh Lydia, say have you met Lydia, oh Lydia the queen of tattoos!

5points

#50

Wedding Rings Of Concentration Camp Victims. They Were Found Near Buchenwald By U.S. Army Soldiers In 1945

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Multa Nocte 16 hours ago

🥺

8points

#51

Portrait Of Iron White Man, A Sioux Native American, Circa 1900

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#52

Portrait Of A Union Army Soldier From The U.S. Civil War And His Family, Circa 1864

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UKGrandad 3 hours ago

The black regiments very quickly gained a reputation as being among the fiercest fighters in the war. The Confederate soldiers loathed and feared them in equal measure.

3points

#53

Portrait Of A Girl From The Jicarilla Apache Nation, Circa 1905

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#54

Women In Chicago Being Arrested For Wearing One Piece Bathing Suits Without The Required Leg Coverings, 1922

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Multa Nocte 16 hours ago

Oh my Lord, cover your eyes to prevent seeing these brazen hussies! 😂

11points

#55

Chief Bone Necklace Of The Oglala Lakota, 1899

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Pyla 2 hours ago

Is that his real name?

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#56

Portrait Of Martha Perkins, 1901

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#57

Portrait Of John Smith, A Chippewa Native American. He Was Also Known As Gaa-Binagwiiyaas, Amongst Other Names

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Paul C. 8 hours ago

He's seen some sh!t!

3points

#58

Jewish People From Subcarpathian Rus Await Selection At Auschwitz-Birkenau, May 1944

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Bernd Herbert 16 hours ago

F*****g Nazis. And still people here in Germany want to relativize that. And it's getting worse.

22points

#59

Portrait Of An Inupiat Family From Noatak, Alaska. Circa 1929

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#60

A Few Miss Europe Candidates, 1930

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G A 12 hours ago

Girl on the left you could see walking down a street today. She has a bit of a goth look.

4points

#61

Josie, Six Years Old, Bertha, Six Years Old, And Sophie, 10 Years Old. All Shuckers At Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina. Circa 1911

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Lowrider 56 1 hour ago

That must have been a hard life.

2points

#62

Portrait Of Ute Chief Severo And His Family, Circa 1885

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tee-lena 58 minutes ago

I hope their lives were happier than they seem

1point

#63

Photograph Of 1924 Miss America Winner, Ruth Malcolmson

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UKGrandad 3 hours ago

Tan lines just above her knees. She'd have been arrested in Chicago for that!

3points

#64

The World Knew Him As "Blind Tom" Wiggins, A Musical Prodigy, One Of The Best-Known American Performing Pianists Of The 19th Century

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#65

Portrait Of Kikisoblu, Also Known As Princess Angeline. Born Sometime In The 1820s, Kikisoblu Was The Daughter Of Chief Seattle Of The Duwamish Tribe

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Pyla 2 hours ago

The Duwamish river is basically the industrial alleyway of the puget sound, althought it's getting restored a bit

2points

#66

Portrait Of A Family, 1890

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G A 12 hours ago

Unusually whimsical for the time!

6points

#67

A Snapshot Of Life, Circa 1910

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Vivian McBride 1 hour ago

Pre-OSHA.

3points