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Everythingispenguins, in Michael Dukakis tanks his presidential campaign, 1988

Seeing I clearly remember the Dukakis administration this must have worked wonders.

JJROKCZ, in Experimental WW2 Japanese fighter plane, the Kyushu J7W Shinden

A little know fact is that the one that was “scrapped” was actually lost fighting giant sea creatures!

setsneedtofeed, (edited )
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It’s just crazy that the plane in the movie was not just a drawing board design taken from history, but the real thing had actually flown and actually impressed the Japanese military with its capability. Usually weird WW2 designs in movies either never existed outside of blueprints, or didn’t work in real life.

IndiBrony, in French Soldiers in Tunnel, WW1 (1910s)
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Merde, Pierre! You didn’t have to use the flash!

someguy3, in Pro-segregation rally in Arkansas, USA, 1960s

The guy on the right always gets me how he holds the flag. (I think this photo is cropped, I think there’s a larger one.)

sagrotan, in "My turn next!" Testing bulletproof vests, 1923
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We should go back to the times when people were forced to test their own products to get exposure.

DaCookeyMonsta,

Explains why there was so much cocaine.

PugJesus, in French Soldiers in Tunnel, WW1 (1910s)
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Positively medieval!

(might suggest HistoryDrawings for this kind of thing in the future though)

bigbluealien,
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Follow the title link for the photo, I don't know why but kbin often doesn't show images. And thanks for the new community to follow

someguy3, in Camels at a watering station, Palestinian Campaign, WW1, 1916

All these long neck creatures.

theodewere, in 'Radio hat' for listening on the go, USA, 1949?
@theodewere@kbin.social avatar

it's an air raid helmet, perfect for listening to emergency broadcasts on your way to the shelter

Tier1BuildABear, in Color photo of a man and woman in Dagestan, 1904
@Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world avatar

One of his eyes ain’t lookin at me

hemko,

And she has the eyes of George W. Bush

PugJesus, in A divorced couple divides their Beanie Baby collection in court, 1999
@PugJesus@kbin.social avatar

Ah! The 90s.

14th_cylon, in A divorced couple divides their Beanie Baby collection in court, 1999

i read the headline and i thought this was /c/fakehistoryporn…

echodot, (edited ) in Secret service agents moments after the 1981 assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan.

If it was a TV show set in the 1980s and it depicted a scene that look like that you’d say it was unrealistic. That is the most 80s photo I’ve ever seen everything about it is so stereotypical of action movies of the time.

I just love the fact that the US secret service used Uzi’s, a weapon that has always been about form over function I know it works, but there are much better options.

setsneedtofeed,
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Given that overall length was a major factor, there was a short list of comparable arms that are 18.5 inches or less to choose from.

b0gl, in Two Imperial German sound locators for detecting airplanes, WW1, 1917

Lmao

HubertManne, in US Navy Blimp after being downed during a nuclear test, 1957
@HubertManne@kbin.social avatar

can someone give context. this seems like bs.

Catoblepas,

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NTS_-_Plumbob_-_Stokes_test_with_Goodyear_ZSG-3_blimp.jpg It was an unmanned blimp flown near a test site to see what would happen, basically.

Linkerbaan,
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Who approves the budget for these crazy ideas instead of just testing them on a small scale?

“Hey what would happen if we nuked a high speed train? Only one way to find out!”

MoreOrLess, in Lounge of the R-100 airship, made for luxury passenger transport, 1929

My God the helium!

nocteb, (edited )

The old ones used hydrogen.

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