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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

A Victorian device for trying on shoes.

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A Victorian device for trying on shoes.

The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 5 days ago

The capital city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 1930

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The capital city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 1930

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 5 days ago

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 8 days ago

Child posing for the mandatory Easter photograph, Norway, 1916?

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Child posing for the mandatory Easter photograph, Norway, 1916?

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 8 days ago

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 7 days ago

Women in a pie-eating contest at Tidal Basin Bathing Beach, Washington DC, USA, 1921

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Women in a pie-eating contest at Tidal Basin Bathing Beach, Washington DC, USA, 1921

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 7 days ago

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 9 days ago

Women being arrested for 'indecent' bathing suits, Chicago, USA, 1922

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Women being arrested for 'indecent' bathing suits, Chicago, USA, 1922

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 9 days ago

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 9 days ago

Bedouin man drinking coffee, Syria, ~1930s

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Bedouin man drinking coffee, Syria, ~1930s

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 9 days ago

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 10 days ago

Finnish-occupied Nurmoila, USSR, Continuation War, WW2, 1944?

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Finnish-occupied Nurmoila, USSR, Continuation War, WW2, 1944?

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 10 days ago

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 11 days ago

Fidel Castro laying a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial, USA, 1959

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Fidel Castro laying a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial, USA, 1959

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 11 days ago

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 12 days ago

Explorer on the First Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

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Explorer on the First Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 12 days ago

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 13 days ago

Female Soviet snipers, WW2, ~1943

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Female Soviet snipers, WW2, ~1943

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 13 days ago

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 14 days ago

Nazi forces invading the Soviet Union, colorized, WW2, 1942

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Nazi forces invading the Soviet Union, colorized, WW2, 1942

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 14 days ago

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 15 days ago

British commandos leaving a power plant they destroyed, Italy, WW2, 1945

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British commandos leaving a power plant they destroyed, Italy, WW2, 1945

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 15 days ago

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 16 days ago

Dog sled team on the First Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

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Dog sled team on the First Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 16 days ago

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 17 days ago

Soviet female snipers, WW2, 1943?

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Soviet female snipers, WW2, 1943?

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 17 days ago

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 18 days ago

British surfers, the UK, ~1920s

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British surfers, the UK, ~1920s

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 18 days ago

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 18 days ago

ARL-44 Tanks on parade, France, 1951

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ARL-44 Tanks on parade, France, 1951

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 18 days ago

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 19 days ago

British soldier with captured Nazi bicycle-mounted anti-tank troops, Germany, WW2, 1945

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British soldier with captured Nazi bicycle-mounted anti-tank troops, Germany, WW2, 1945

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 19 days ago

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 20 days ago

Nazi and Soviet troops meeting after their joint invasion of Poland, WW2, 1939

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Nazi and Soviet troops meeting after their joint invasion of Poland, WW2, 1939

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 20 days ago

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 21 days ago

Antarctic explorer leaning into a 100 mph wind as he carves up ice, between 1911-1914

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Antarctic explorer leaning into a 100 mph wind as he carves up ice, between 1911-1914

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 21 days ago

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 22 days ago

Palestinian couple, 1918

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Palestinian couple, 1918

PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 22 days ago

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