22 Interesting Photos From Our Fascinating History
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The USS Maine after it exploded in Havana Harbor, Cuba in 1898. Of the 355 men on board, 260 died. Only 16 men total escaped uninjured. The ship was in the harbor to protect US interest during the Cuban War of Independence, and after an investigation, was said to be sunk by a Spanish mine. However, further evidence would show the explosion was almost certainly an accident within the ship. Regardless, US authorities used the incident to declare war on Spain, with the firm intention of conquering Spanish territory around the globe.
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Dwight Eisenhower was the first U.S. President to use a teleprompter during the 1952 presidential campaign.
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U.S. Army prototype anti-armor hand grenade from 1973 – a shaped charge, packed in a hollowed-out NERF football.
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Hermann Göring with his pet lion at his home in Germany in 1936. Göring and his wife actually had a few lions as well as other exotic animals that they raised themselves, and spent a fortune feeding them at his home in their own small little zoo. He even helped protect endangered wild life during the war. He spent tons of money ensuring certain animals survival during WWII like the Polish Bison, something he never did for any people including his own.
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The Kimberley Diamond mine in South Africa in 1872. After a massive 83.5 carat diamond was found here, fortune hunters flocked to the area, with 800 land claims made near the mine. Similar to American gold rush towns, the mines would be heavily worked, and the claims would be bought up by bigger businesses, cutting the workers out of the fortunes of any diamond discoveries. The conditions were poor at times, and workers sometimes died. In reality, if all the diamonds mined in the last 150 years were on the market, even the top quality ones would cost no more than a nice pair of shoes.
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Marilyn Monroe and Joe Dimaggio at the Fairmont Banff Hotel in Banff, Canada, five months before their wedding. August 19, 1953.
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A special photo shoot showing 3 women playing Strip Poker in Detroit in 1941. This is what you might consider the porn of its time period, as nudity and other mainstream sexual exposure in the US was years away. This is the kind of thing put in a magazine to tease the reader into believing nudity was coming, which of course it was not.
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A Gypsy family from Eastern Europe (possibly Romania or Hungary) pose for a picture in the 1930s.
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Amphawa Floating Market near Bangkok, Thailand in 1970. The famous market is centuries old, and operates exactly the same as it has since its beginning. Small boats move up and down the market, helping traders move goods. Today it is a popular tourist destination for unique items and terrific food. Most of the buildings designs in this picture are not far off from their original looks hundreds of years ago, outside of normal modern amenities and necessary upgrades.
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Belle Moore, Jennie Fletcher, Annie Speirs, and Irene Steer pose for a picture during the Stockholm Olympics in Sweden in 1912. The British swimming squad took home gold in the 4x100 Relay.
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Gangster Mickey Cohen standing amongst the front pages of newspapers that helped make him the city’s’ most infamous citizen – 1960.
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2 Officers help an injured woman after an explosion at a department store in Windsor, Ontario, Canada in 1960. The explosion was caused by a gas leak in the basement, and it blew out the first floor, causing the 2 upper floors to collapse. This disaster killed 10 people, and wounded another 100. The installing company was at fault, and as with most disasters of their time, this could have easily been prevented with either routine maintenance and inspection or proper installation to begin with.
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3 Models show off specially made Brassieres before Fashion Week in NYC, US in 1930. As magazines and movies took off, so did fashion, and undergarments were no different. Despite the US overall still decades away from open sexual content, many designers pushed the limits with their models for the first half century. Most of their images would not be commercially shared, but artistic and sexy images did exist well before the US adopted a more open policy towards sexually suggestive garments.
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