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It can often feel very hard to approach the past, with all its twists and turns, dates, names, locations and nonexistent nations. This is no reason to not learn more about history, since there are a lot of good lessons, interesting facts and important events. So one way to dip your toes is the recent past, as there are actually pictures and not just a handful of paintings if you’re lucky.

The “Very Old Pics” X Page is dedicated to interesting pictures from the past. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own thoughts in the comments section below.

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Karina
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ZOOMING in, spending the day contemplaiting all their expressions. Mind f**k, still worth it. Nothing of value contibuted. Still necessary.

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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The dog who led his team the farthest was Togo, who did 420 km over the worst terrain. Balto got the publicity because he was on the last team, who ran 89 km. There were 20 human drivers (mostly native Athabaskans) and over 150 sled dogs altogether. At least 15 dogs died en route. Those doggos gave their lives for the people of Nome. Humanity does not deserve dogs.

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Karina
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The strength white people see in "one" black person confronted with their group hate, fuels some white peoples fear, and then more hate. Imagine if we could all be allies. As a white person, I dont like my group very much, too often.

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In the grand scheme of things, photos are still “modern” since they’ve “only” been around since the 19th century. Even a hundred years after cameras, as we know them today, became mass produced, it was still a rather niche tool, as they were expensive, skill-intensive and one had to develop the film themselves.

Only in the 90s, did digital cameras democratize photography since there was no longer any risk of ruining or wasting costly film. Now, of course, we all have excellent cameras in our pockets and it’s not at all unusual to take literally hundreds of pictures in a day, if one is so inclined.

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Karina
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone should watch "call the midwife". Its set in the East End of London, from 1956 or so. Its just wholesome and humanity faith restoring ❤️ the director knows how to show love, so even if its from time bygone, someone can still see love, and show us how it looks like. Magic

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Mäandertal
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fact that 5 years after WW2 society already had capacity for nonsense and vanity again leaves me feeling... strange. Might just be me, but this sort of thing represents the banality of suffering in a world that could be prosperous.

Brandi VanSteenwyk
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So many different adjectives come to mind as I try to imagine what her face is saying.

Michael None
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1 week ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That big hat was the first thing I noticed, I swear! Then I noticed how beautiful she was. I mean I would find her beautiful without the hat too.

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1 week ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can just say Native American btw, tacking on Indian is not welcome. It's left over from when Columbus thought this place was India. Just use Native American or First-Nations. The US still uses Indian cause it's the US, but we've banished the offensive term here in Canada

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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Amazing in its technicals for the photography technology of the era... but I cannot look at it without realizing that there are a bunch of people dying in that same moment.

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Debby Keir
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My father (who faught throughout the war) attended the first few weeks of the Nurenburg trial to 'see how it was done' and then helped set up the Italian war crimes tribunal. He had PTSD afterwards.

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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believe Dreamsworks has never actually confirmed whether this man was the inspiration for Shrek’s appearance, though the similarities are striking enough to be convincing for most people. But either way, I think he had a very sweet face, rather charming.

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Note: this post originally had 56 images. It’s been shortened to the top 35 images based on user votes.

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