Ponies aboard the ship 'Terra Nova' during an Antarctic expedition, 1910 (lemmy.world)
Mary Smith, paid weekly for shooting dried peas at workers' windows to wake them for their shifts, Britain, 1930s (lemmy.world)
Allied troops wading out to evacuation ships at Dunkirk, WW2, 1940 (lemmy.world)
The 'Snow Cruiser' for an abortive Antarctic expedition, US, 1939 (lemmy.world)
'Knocker-Upper' in Britain, a method of waking people up for their work shifts before reliable/cheap alarm clocks, 1915 (lemmy.world)
Government artist painting a picture of the destruction in London during the Blitz, WW2, 1940 (lemmy.world)
Jetpack test flight, Virginia, USA, 1969 (lemmy.world)
Day after the Saur Revolution, Afghanistan, 1978 (lemmy.world)
Camel of the Red Crescent, Sinai, WW1, 1916 (lemmy.world)
US soldiers (and dog) in gas masks during exercises in California, WW2, 1943 (lemmy.world)
Sergeant Stubby, a WW1 veteran, receives a medal from US General John Pershing, 1921 (lemmy.world)
Jewish Kurd in Northern Iraq wearing traditional clothing, 1970 (lemmy.world)
Sergeant Stubby, US Army, most decorated dog of WW1, promoted through valor in combat, picture taken 1920 (lemmy.world)
He spent his later years as a university mascot, and died peacefully in his sleep in 1926
French sergeant and dog wearing gas masks, WW1, 1915 (lemmy.world)
British soldiers carrying off wreckage of a downed Nazi plane, WW2, 1940 (lemmy.world)
German spy pigeon with a time-activated camera, WW1, 1914-1918 (lemmy.world)
🎵 Stop that pigeon 🎵 🎵 Stop that pigeon 🎵
A flock of sheep in London, used for keeping the grass in the parks short, 1926 (lemmy.world)
Window baby cage, UK, 1937 (lemmy.world)
Imperial German troops with a captured Maxim gun loaded on a horse, WW1, 1914-1918 (lemmy.world)
US Soldier and dog wearing gas masks during military exercises, West Germany, 1955 (lemmy.world)
Air raid damage in London, WW2, 1940 (lemmy.world)
POWER MOWER OF THE FUTURE, USA, 1957 (lemmy.world)
British warden Mary Couchman shielding children during a Nazi bombing raid, 1940 (lemmy.world)
"Stalin For World Peace", Communist Party of Great Britain march, 1936 (lemmy.world)
Newfangled portable bridge, the Netherlands, 1926 (lemmy.world)
