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PugJesus, to historyporn in Early color photo of a nomad in Uzbekistan, taken between 1905-1915
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Looks like a thatched roof to me.

PugJesus, to historyporn in 1969 demonstrative photos of a NASA study on cats to help develop techniques for astronauts to re-orient in zero-G
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"I work at NASA!"

"Oh, man, that's so cool! What do you do?"

[sweats, thinking of all the hours spent dropping cats and taking photos of them in mid-air] "B-biostudies..."

PugJesus, to historyporn in British engineer J. A. Purves in his 'Dynasphere' vehicle, 1932
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Exciting things, I would presume.

PugJesus, to historyporn in Mary Smith, paid weekly for shooting dried peas at workers' windows to wake them for their shifts, Britain, 1930s
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Just show up one day, start doing it, and demand money.

PugJesus, to historyporn in The 'Snow Cruiser' for an abortive Antarctic expedition, US, 1939
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I bet this one could take a sledgehammer, though.

PugJesus, to historyporn in Imperial German cavalryman with lance and gas mask, WW1, 1918
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There are definitely WW1 horse gas masks out there, I'll see if I can dig a good one up.

PugJesus, to historyporn in Timber train bridge over Crooked River Gorge, Oregon, USA, late 19th century?
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It's a shame they probably demolished it in some lame, practical way when it was replaced, because seeing that going down by dynamite would have been cinematic as fuck.

PugJesus, (edited ) to historyporn in Pipe for two, 1949
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This gimmick is both gross and impractical.

Those are the best kinds of gimmicks, though

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 British engineer J. A. Purves in his 'Dynasphere' vehicle, 1932
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Pros:

  • Cool way to die

Cons:

  • Literally none

More seriously, I believe they're very fuel/energy efficient, but generally have stability problems.

PugJesus, to historyporn in The Monowheel, Italy, 1933
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I don't see any. Removed by admins?

PugJesus, to historyporn in A group of samurai visiting the Sphinx, 1864
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That's cool as fuck

PugJesus, to historyporn in Zhen Zhenhua, arrested (sentenced to death?) for 'sodomy hooliganism', People's Republic of China, 1970s?
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PugJesus, to historyporn in Geronimo driving a brand new Locomobile Model C, 1905
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was rented out by the office of Indian affairs

Didn't know this. Words escape me.

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!

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