Test pilot George Aird ejecting from his Lightning F1 aircraft, 1962 (he lived) (lemmy.world)
Aerial view of a beached U-Boat in the UK, WW1, 1919
1995 San Diego tank chase (lemmy.world)
In 1995, Shawn Nelson, a former Army tank commander drove into a National Guard armory and stole an M60A3 tank. He drove the tank out of the armory, and onto residential streets where he began crushing things in his path. He drove the tank onto a highway and was pursued by a number of San Diego Police Department cars....
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...
US anti-armor grenade packed inside a foam football, 1973 (lemmy.world)
“Since a regulation-size football weighs 14 ounces, it was considered feasible to make a shaped charge grenade within this weight limitation. In addition, most US troops are familiar with throwing footballs,” according to the Army’s test report for the weapon....
"My turn next!" Testing bulletproof vests, 1923
RAF pilot getting a haircut, WW2, 1942 (lemmy.world)
Mary Smith, paid weekly for shooting dried peas at workers' windows to wake them for their shifts, Britain, 1930s (lemmy.world)
Photo of a Meiji-era woman in traditional clothing, with a sword, Japan, 1870s (lemmy.world)
Demonstration of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1976 (lemmy.world)
American professor standing beside two massive guards of the personal retinue of the Maharaja of Kashmir, 1903 (lemmy.world)
Testing a prototype football helmet, 1912 (lemmy.world)
Nazis wading through ice-cold water in Russia, WW2, 1942 (lemmy.world)
Audrey Hepburn, at the grocery store with her pet deer, 1958 (lemmy.world)
Source.
King Frederick IX of Denmark, a former naval officer, showing off his tattoos, 1951 (media.kbin.social)
Two explorers looking at their ship, 'Terra Nova', during an Antarctic expedition, 1911 (lemmy.world)
Early color photo of a nomad in Uzbekistan, taken between 1905-1915 (lemmy.world)
Ponies aboard the ship 'Terra Nova' during an Antarctic expedition, 1910 (lemmy.world)
Man making a call with his carphone, New York, 1959 (lemmy.world)
Stockholm on 'H-Day', when Sweden swapped from driving on the left-side of the road to the right, 1967 (lemmy.world)
French tanker wearing a British 'splatter mask' to protect against shrapnel/'spalling' in the tank, WW1, 1918 (lemmy.world)
Beggar (possibly a WW1 veteran?) running beside King George V's carriage, early 1920s (lemmy.world)
Dr. Clark’s Spinal Apparatus, an ineffective scoliosis treatment, 1878 (lemmy.world)
Poor kid.