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PugJesus, to historyporn in Hops pickers on stilts, UK, 1928
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Wild what people do without all the modern safety measures and machines we have!

Hope you enjoy it here! Just trying to bring a few historical curiosities to the Fediverse!

PugJesus, to historyporn in Aboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902
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I don't mean to downplay the severity, but there are procedural differences. Slavery was pro forma banned at the time. Effectively, I agree, for all practical purposes of the folk in chains, it was slavery.

PugJesus, to historyporn in Aboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902
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PugJesus, to historyporn in Aboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902
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General Sherman early in life was quite alright with slavery and a casual racist against Black people, and later became an ardent anti-racist (at least, anti-racist with regards to anti-Black racism). He noted, some years after the US CIvil War, when asked by younger folk how so many people could have blithely accepted slavery, that man is more a creature of habit than originality.

PugJesus, to historyporn in Aboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902
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Formally, it wasn't slavery. Effectively, it was.

PugJesus, to historyporn in Aboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902
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Aboriginal Australians were often arrested on spurious charges, such as 'Entering city limits while Aboriginal', and given long prison sentences, after which they were rented out as convict labor, chained to prevent escape. This is just one group of such folk.

PugJesus, to historyporn in Aboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902
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They look pretty distinct to me, but different hairstyles and clothing, neither of which are plentiful here, are often more eye-catching in differentiating people at a glance.

PugJesus, (edited ) to historyporn in Nazi shithead rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1938
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While Madison Square Garden had prepared itself for the German Bund, many around New York City considered the Nazi sect less welcome in their city. About 100,000 anti-Nazi protesters gathered around the arena in protest of the Bund, carrying signs stating "Smash Anti-Semitism" and "Drive the Nazis Out of New York".[6] A total of three attempts were made to break the arm-linking lines of police, the first of these, a group of World War One Veterans, wrapped in Stars and Stripes, were held off by police on mounted horseback, the next, a "burly man carrying an American flag" and finally, a Trotskyist group known as the Socialist Workers Party, who like those before, had their efforts halted by police.[4]

I love that the lone burly man carrying an American flag was disruptive enough in attempting to get through the police line to warrant mention.

PugJesus, to historyporn in Nazi shithead rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1938
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Lots of German immigrants in Argentina; Nazi Germany utilized German communities in other countries to spread their vile ideology, where possible.

After WW2, there were also lots of German 'immigrants' to Argentina... though that later immigration wave has more to do with the fascist-sympathizing dictator in charge at the time.

PugJesus, to historyporn in Newfangled washing machine with family, Ohio, USA, 1911
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Dog's cleaning up too, very modern

PugJesus, to historyporn in 'Motormat' drive-in restaurant, Los Angeles, 1949
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I imagine the rampant car culture is what they meant, even in its nascent form here.

PugJesus, to historyporn in 'Motormat' drive-in restaurant, Los Angeles, 1949
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Any extra money that goes in with the bill is treated as asking for change, one presumes.

PugJesus, to historyporn in 'Motormat' drive-in restaurant, Los Angeles, 1949
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Order and money goes in on the conveyor belt, food comes out on the conveyor belt. Truly a vision of the future!

PugJesus, to historyporn in Woman strikes a Swedish neonazi with her handbag, 1985
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Israeli civilians are not the same as neonazis. Please avoid conflating the actions of the Israeli government with the actions of civilians, or approving of antisemitic mob violence.

PugJesus, to historyporn in Captain Nieves Fernandez, Filipino guerilla leader and former school teacher, demonstrates to a US soldier how she used her long knife to kill Japanese occupying forces, WW2, 1944
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Fernandez would be one of many who fought against the Japanese occupation in the Philippines. Barefoot and wearing mostly a frock, she began recruiting native men that numbered 110.[3] Her group initially only had three American rifles, relying mostly on homemade grenades, explosives, bolo knives, and single-shot pipe shotguns that fired nails.[1] Later on, they acquired Japanese weapons and more American guns.[3] South of Tacloban became the place where Fernandez and her guerrillas conducted their war.

She earned the name “Captain Fernandez” and “The Silent Killer” due to her exploits.[1] She trained her men vigorously in manufacturing weapons and conducting ambushes. She herself was knowledgeable in the use of the bolo during stealth, even demonstrating it to the Americans who had met her.[3] Her actions cost the Japanese, killing 200 of their men, and forcing them to place a bounty of P10,000 for her head.[2] She was wounded three times, bearing a scar on her forehead.

The Philippines was finally liberated from Japanese occupation in 1945. It is unknown what happened to Nieves Fernandez in the years afterwards, although it's said that she lived to her nineties in Tacloban with her sons and grandchildren.[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieves_Fernandez

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