HistoryPorn
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HistoryPorn is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!
Rules
- Be respectful and inclusive.
- No harassment, hate speech, or trolling.
- Foster a continuous learning environment.
- No genocide or atrocity denialism.
Pictures of old artifacts and museum pieces should go to History Artifacts
Illustrations and paintings should go to History Illustrations
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Neil Munro 'Bunny' Roger, gay man, fashion icon, and WW2 combat veteran, UK, photo taken 1954
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Leonard Olive Keith and Joseph Austin Coates, gay men in rural New Brunswick, Canada, 1910s or 1920s
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Or is this an artifact because it's a photo of a physical item...
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Using Samuel Archer King's hot air balloon to get the shot.
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Robert operated some of the earliest photography studios in the US.
Here he is in 1876, in non-selfie form 17 years before his death.
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This was a very busy street, but due to the slow speed of the photograph meant everyone else moved too fast to be recorded except for the relatively stationary shoeshiner and shoeshinee in the bottom left corner.
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