History Cool Kids

Sharing fantastic photos of famous and ordinary people from the past.

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Louis Armstrong gives his autograph to a French punk, 1961.

#ElonMusk

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A drawing of Elvis Presley done by a 12-year-old Jimi Hendrix after seeing him in concert.

#Trump

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Russian-proposed railway from New York to Paris. Thoughts?

#paris
#nyc
#Russia

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This is a 1925 photo of possibly the last Barbary lion in the wild before its extinction. It was taken by French photographer Marcelin Flandrin while he was onboard a flight on the Casablanca-Dakar air route. #history #Lions

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Albert #Einstein and Marie Skłodowska #Curie reminiscing by a lake in 1929. #science #history

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A Scottish piper wearing a kilt enters the battlefield during World War 1.⁣ #history #ww1 #VeteransDay2021

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There was a time when #Sears sold entire houses in #DIY kits through their catalogues. The kits were delivered by train and contained 30,000 parts, weighing over 25 tons. There were over 370 designs to choose from and each kit came with a 75-page instruction manual. #realestate

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This is a photo taken in 1974 when the first #Terracotta warriors were discovered in Xi'an, #China. The photo reveals the original colors that were painted onto these life-size clay warriors more than 2,000 years ago before rapid deterioration. #history #artifacts

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This is the right forearm of Michelangelo's Moses (c. 1513–1515) statue.

The arrow points to a small muscle called the extensor digiti minimi, which only contracts when the pinky is lifted, otherwise it is invisible. #History #art #Italy

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College #dorm at the University of Illinois in 1910. #history

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#history

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Just posted a photo @ Saskatchewan, Canada https://t.co/oE0EOTGL4r

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This is a photo of #Indigenous students at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, c. 1900.

The school was established in order to forcibly assimilate them into western society by stripping them of their native language, culture, traditions, and clothing. #history

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"A Peruvian elongated skull with metal surgically implanted after returning from battle, estimated to be from about 2,000 years ago."
—Museum of Osteology in Oklahoma City #history #surgery #peru

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In the 1600s, medieval monks in Germany only drank beer and water during their 46-day fast for #lent. The #beer was packed with carbohydrates and nutrients. #history

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2,300 year old crystal cup from the Warring States period in #Ancient #China

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Medical orderlies tend to the wounded in a trench during the Somme Offensive in September 1916. If you look at the bottom left corner, you'll notice a shell-shocked soldier staring directly at the camera. #history #ww1 #worldwar1

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Medieval toilet #History

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Top if the #EmpireStateBuilding was originally designed to be a docking station for airships. #history #nyc

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This is a 32,000-year-old #plant that was revived from the Siberian permafrost. #history