Posted on 06/28/2022 6:43:48 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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John Quincy Adams, the first president to have his picture taken, 1843 In this photo Adams was 75 years old and serving in the House of Representatives representing Massachusetts, a position he held until he passed away in 1848.
He was president from March 4, 1825 to March 3 1829. This daguerreotype of Adams was taken at his home in Massachusetts.
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8-year-old Różyczka Goździewska, the youngest nurse in the Warsaw Uprising. She helped as an assistant in the field hospital, bringing water to the injured, chasing away flies and serving as a source of happiness. She didn't have any training but she did what she could.
She survived the war and went on to graduate from the Silesian University of Technology.
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Photo of Joseph Stalin taken at 4:31 am on June 22, 1941. He was just told that Germany had attacked the USSR, starting a war against the Soviet Union. The photographer was told to destroy the photo but he saved it.
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British veteran of the Napoleonic wars posing with his wife
Taken in 1850, 35 years following the battle of Waterloo Notice the medal pinned to the man's jacket showing he served in the Spanish campaign
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Nicholas II, the last Tzar of Russia, informal photo (unknown date)
He was crowned Tzar of Russia in 1896.
On July 17, 1918, the Bolsheviks murdered Nicholas and his family.
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US Soldier with pictures of his girlfriend, Chu Chi base camp, Vietnam 1968
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Queen Elizabeth, at Buckingham Palace, in 1942
Selfie taken by Edvard Munch after admitting himself to a psychiatric clinic in 1908
Munch is best known for "The Scream," one of the most iconic pieces of art ever created,
Ann Elizabeth Hodges, the only person recorded to have been hit by a meteorite, in 1954. She survived 🌠
Ann Hodges was just napping on her couch at her home in Alabama on November 30, 1954, when an 8.5 pound meteorite crashed through her roof, bounced off her radio console and then hit her torso.
The meteorite that hit Hodges was a piece of a much larger rock that broke in two as it hurdled towards the Earth. The piece that didn't hit Hodges landed a few miles away and now it can be seen in the National Museum of National History
German prisoners of war in an American camp, photographed as they’re forced to watch a film about the German concentration camps, 1945.
Bruce Lee with producer Fred Weintraub, on the set of 'Enter the Dragon', in 1973
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British Army soldier handles a homing pigeon at an Air Ministry Pigeon Section loft in England
during World War II in April 1941
I was completely mesmerized.
Thanks so much for the post.
The more things change, the more they remain the same.
The old British veteran and his wife look like something straight out of a Dickens’ novel.
Looks like his cousin King George of england
The last pic of the BA soldier holding the bird...well, he couldn’t look more British if he tried.
Nice! Thanks for sharing!
Really excellent work.
The one that grabbed me was the the German POWs.
Watching a film. Recognizing the treachery of the government they were fighting for. I think we all understand from personal experience how treacherous governments can be but what went on in Germany was beyond inhumane. It’s pretty clear from the photo that the German soldiers agreed.
Great photo of the Vietnam vet with photos on his helmet.
Lots more picture at the link
Thanks for posting.
Simply amazing! Thanks for sharing.
Great post. Good stuff here!
Fascinating photos!!
I know there were several POW camps but part of me can’t help but wonder if the photo included here was taken at Camp Forrest. A lot of the POWs chose to stay here after they were released rather than go back to Germany. They were appalled by what they’d seen in the films they were shown of the concentration camps.
That was an interesting read 👍🏻
Great Photos.
Ancestry.com now has the ability to add color to the pictures of our ancestors!
Ancestry’s New Image Colorization Feature Brings Your Black and White Photos to Life
Ancestry Team | JUN 02, 2022
I tested the ancestry.com colorization software... my results weren’t great... didn’t save it. Might have been the condition of the photo though.
These were also great photos in black and white. Adding color enhanced the Warsaw ghetto pic the most in bringing out the red cross and freshness of the way young girl nurse.
Joan Crawford looks like the inspiration behind the hot/crazy matrix.
WOW - great post.
Does anybody know anything about the thing on the table beside Adams? It looks like a lamp, but I don’t see a oil reservoir or anything that looks like it would feed gas to it.
Not just one, TWO pix of people wearing mandatory masks during the 1918 flu pandemic, in case you hayseeds didn’t get the message the first time.
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