Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1870s. (lemmy.world)
Excerpt: The Brooklyn Bridge has always been an icon. When its massive stone towers began rising in the early 1870s, photographers and illustrators began documenting what was considered the most daring and astounding engineering feat of the era....
American soldier inspecting a Nazi decoy tank, WW2, France, 1944 (lemmy.world)
Camels at a watering station, Palestinian Campaign, WW1, 1916 (lemmy.world)
MG 08s Cast Aside as Enemy WWI Soldiers Engage in the Christmas Truce of 1914 (lemmy.world)
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US soldiers sharing Christmas gifts from home, WW2, 1944. Merry Christmas, everyone! (media.kbin.social)
Algerian cavalry escorting German prisoners, Belgium, WW1, 1914-1918 (media.kbin.social)
Prisoners in Tsarist Russia being deported to a prison island via steamship, 1903 (media.kbin.social)
During the Berlin Airlift Children of West Berlin Wave to Supply Plane Delivering Aid, 1948 (lemmy.world)
Stand off between American and Soviet tanks in Berlin, 1961. (lemmy.world)
Quick wikipedia summary: Soon after the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961, a stand-off occurred between US and Soviet tanks on either side of Checkpoint Charlie....
'Harlem Hellfighters' Military Band Returning to New York, WW1, 1919 (lemmy.world)
Belgian refugees leaving Brussels with a dog pulling a cart, WW1, 1914 (lemmy.world)
You've heard of cars made to fly - prepare for an airplane made to drive! Light aircraft converted into a car, 1948 (lemmy.world)
Czechoslovakian protesters kneel in front of riot police to show they're nonviolent, Velvet Revolution, 1989 (media.kbin.social)
Two Imperial German sound locators for detecting airplanes, WW1, 1917 (lemmy.world)
British soldiers carrying an inflatable decoy tank, post-WW2 (lemmy.world)
Secret service agents moments after the 1981 assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan. (lemmy.world)
Excerpt: On this day in 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest at the side entrance of the Washington Hilton on Connecticut Avenue by John Hinckley Jr. Reagan was walking to his limousine after a speech to AFL-CIO leaders when Hinckley, 25, who was standing among a group of reporters, fired six shots, hitting Reagan...
The Texas Superconducting Super Collider under construction, 1990s. (lemmy.world)
Excerpt: The Texas Superconducting Super Collider would have dwarfed CERN’s LHC, according to reports. It was designed as an enormous underground ring complex situated close to Waxahachie and had it been allowed to go forward, would have been considered the most energetic particle accelerator in the world. The project’s...
Early color photo of a nomad in Uzbekistan, taken between 1905-1915 (lemmy.world)
A divorced couple divides their Beanie Baby collection in court, 1999 (lemmy.world)
Full caption: Nov 5, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: Attorney Frank Totti looks over papers while his client Frances Mountain sorts out Beanie Babies with her ex-husband Harold Mountain in Judge Gerald Hardcastle’s Family Courtroom in Las Vegas November 5. The couple, who were divorced four months ago, were ordered to divide up...