Back In The Good Old Days

British corporal taking the surrender of a 7'6 (228 cm) tall german soldier, 1944

Farmers take down the sheriff who is trying to evict a widow from her farm after the insurance company failed to do so. Near Lap

Inflating cow skins to use as boats in the Indian Himalayas (1903)

The house that Donald Trump couldn’t buy. circa 1991.

The world’s last commercial sailing ship, The Pamir, rounding Cape Horn for the last time in 1949

The junction of Steep Street and Trenchard Street, Bristol, England 1866

Happy French Girl And Her Cat, 1959

Hitler reacts to kiss from excited American woman at the Berlin Olympics, 1936



Shortly before the finish of the men’s 1500 meters free-style swimming, a woman in a red hat, whom Black Guards repeatedly prevented from photographing Hitler at close range, broke the cordon during the excitement of the finish of the race, shook Hitler by the hand and then kissed him, while the crowd of 20,000 rocked with laughter. Hitler, who was in high spirits, joined in the fun, clapping his hands as the woman returned triumphantly to her seat. Here’s a short video:

High School principal R. Wiley Brownlee was tarred and feathered by the KKK after he left a board meeting where he proposed the school district honor Martin Luther King, Jr. A student took this photo of Brownlee when he returned to the school for help. April 3, 1971. Michigan.

Nepali men carrying the 1938 Mercedes Benz that Adolf Hitler gifted to King Truibhuvan of Nepal (1940).

Rare Mongolian Beard Cat - Sailor Traded Her for Ship

Winners of a beauty pageant, back when beauty standards were a bit different (1922).

Edmonton Swastikas. Girls hockey team from 1916. Nothing to do with nazis.

Parking elevator, 1937.

Nikola Tesla Sitting In His Laboratory With His “Magnifying Transmitter”.

Mafia Boss Joe Masseria Lays Dead On A Brooklyn Restaurant Floor Holding The Ace Of Spades, 1931.

Lesbian Couple At Le Monocle, Paris, 1932.

The Remains Of The Astronaut Vladimir Komarov, A Man Who Fell From Space, 1967.

Wounded Combat Dog During Action On The Orote Peninsula, 1944.

About 100 People Participate In A Lottery To Divide A 12 Acre Plot Of Sand Dunes, That Would Later Become The City Of Tel Aviv, 1909.

The Last Public Execution By Guillotine, 1939.

Eduard Bloch, The Jewish Physician Of The Hitler Family In His Office C. 1938. Bloch Was Later Called A ‘Noble Jew’ By Hitler And Stood Under His Personal Protection.

Chicago police arrest bathers for indecency… 1920s.

Hitler inspecting the massive 800mm “Schwerer Gustav” railway gun from afar. It was the largest-calibre rifled weapon ever used in combat, and fired the heaviest shells of any artillery piece.

French women after the WWII who were accused of excessive proximity with the German occupation.