A pigeon about to be thrown from a tank during World War I
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 01, 2022 -
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Category: Animals, Military, War, 1910s
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 26, 2022 -
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Category: Toys, War, Weapons, 1950s
Charlotte News - Sep 11, 1961
Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 22, 2022 -
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Category: Food, War, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1960s
The portrait of Confucius is expressing his opinion with his fingers of the occupying Japanese army.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 16, 2022 -
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Category: Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Money, War, 1930s, Asia
Posted By: Alex - Thu Dec 16, 2021 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, War
Wisconsin State Journal - Mar 29, 1938
Los Angeles Times - Apr 27, 1938
Owensboro Messenger - Apr 2, 1938
San Bernardino County Sun - Apr 30, 1938
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 14, 2021 -
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Category: War, 1930s, Women, Hair and Hairstyling
After some time spent at Monterey and Saltillo, He was then ordered to join Gen. Scott in the attack on Vera Cruz. In the evening of 22 Mar 1847, he had just returned to his post when a large shell, hit the top of a parapet, glanced and struck his head, fracturing his skull, and killing him instantly. The shell did not burst, and it is supposedly that very cannon ball, that now adorns his grave.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 05, 2021 -
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Category: Death, Regionalism, War, Cemeteries, Graveyards, Crypts, Mortuaries and Other Funereal Pursuits, Nineteenth Century
image source: StanWagon.com
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 21, 2021 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, War, Weapons, Patents, 1950s
Honolulu Advertiser - Nov 13, 1938
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 07, 2021 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, War, 1930s
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 17, 2021 -
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Category: Death, Inventions, War, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1950s
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