Funky History 🇩🇰🌻
LightNews LightNews
banner
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Funky History 🇩🇰🌻
@funkyhistory.bsky.social
190 followers 57 following 270 posts
I post about history, anthropology, archeology and other science related stuff 🇩🇰🌻

Follow for daily historical photo (when i dont forget)
Posts Replies Media Videos
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 192/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
The oldest photo I could find taken in Zimbabwe is this photo of ancient ruins taken between 1890-1925
#photography #Zimbabwe #africa #photo #history #photohistory #picture #pic #camera #zw
https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3b43923/
June 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 191/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Zambia🇿🇲
One of the oldest photos I could find taken in Zambia is this one from 1906 taken by Louis Jalla
#photography #zambia #africa #history #photohistory #zm #historical #photograph #camera #photo #pic
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:20th-century_photographs_of_Zambia#/media/File:Zamb%C3%A8ze-Village_Mosubia_(cropped).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:20th-century_photographs_of_Zambia
June 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 190/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Yemen 🇾🇪
The oldest photo I could find taken in Yemen is this photo from the 1870s-1880s(Also, check comment section)
#photography #yemen #photo #history #photohistory #middleeast #picture #pic #camera #ye
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=500742930070854&set=a.498383053640175 https://www.maxrambod.com/pages/books/14691/arabian-peninsula-aden-yemen/set-of-2-large-photos-depicting-desert-life-in-aden-in-the-arabian-peninsula-circa-1870
June 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 189/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Vietnam🇻🇳
The oldest photo I could find taken in Vietnam is this photo from 1845 of Non-Nay Fort from 1845 by Jules Itier
#vietnam #asia #photography #photo #history #photothistory #picture #pic #camera #v
https://theclassicphotomag.com/early-photography-in-vietnam/
June 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 188/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Venezuela 🇻🇪
The oldest photo I could find from Venezuela is this photo taken of the church of San Mateo 1857 by Pál Rosty
#photography #Venezuela #history #photohistory #latinamerica #ve #camera #photo
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Venezuela_en_1857 https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1l_Rosty https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Mateo_%28Aragua%29#/media/Archivo:Church_of_San_Mateo,_Venezuela.jpg
June 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 187/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Vatican City🇻🇦
The oldest photo I could find taken in Vatican city is this photo of St Peter's Basilica in 1842 taken by J. P. de Prangey
#photography #vatican #VaticanCity #history #photohistory #va
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Peter%E2%80%99s_Basilica-_1842.jpg
June 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 186/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Vanuatu 🇻🇺
The oldest photo I could find from Vanuatu is this one from 1906 taken by John Watt Beattie of people at a missionary house
#photography #vanuatu #history #photohistory #picture #pic #photo #vu
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Oc-A59-14?utm
June 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 185/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Uzbekistan🇺🇿
The oldest photo I could find from modern day Uzbekistan is this portrait of an Uzbek Kalandar from 1860s-1870s
#Uzbekistan #photohistory #photography #history #photo #picture #pic #camera #uz
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:19th-century_photographs_of_Uzbekistan#/media/File:Uzbek_Kalandar_(Dervish)_Turkestan_1.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:19th-century_photographs_of_Uzbekistan#/media/File:Uzbek_Kalandar_(Dervish)_Turkestan_2.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:19th-century_photographs_of_Uzbekistan#/media/File:Uzbek_Kalandar_(Dervish)_Turkestan_1.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:19th-century_photographs_of_Uzbekistan#/media/File:Uzbek_Kalandar_(Dervish)_Turkestan_2.png
June 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 184/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Uruguay🇺🇾
The oldest photo I could find taken in Uruguay is this portrait of María Sánchez de Mendeville taken in 1854 by Antonio Pozzo
#Uruguay #photography #history #photohistory #uy #latinamerica #photo
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mariquita_Sanchez_de_Thompson.jpg https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotograf%C3%ADa_en_Uruguay#/media/Archivo:Mariquita_Sanchez_de_Thompson.jpg
June 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 183/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's the USA🇺🇸
The oldest photo I could find taken in the US is this photo of Philadelphia's Central High School taken by Joseph Saxton in 1839
#photography #history #photohistory #usa #us #america #pic #camera
https://www.pennlive.com/life/2023/11/the-uss-oldest-photo-was-taken-in-pennsylvania.html https://billypenn.com/2023/10/30/oldest-photograph-united-states-philadelphia-joseph-saxton/#:~:text=Joseph%20Saxton's%20grainy%20image%20of,device%20to%20register%20an%20earthquake. https://whyy.org/articles/the-oldest-photo-in-america-is-of-philadelphias-central-high-school/
June 19, 2025 at 7:46 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 182/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's the UK. Next up is Northern Ireland
The oldest photo I could find taken in Northern Ireland is this "selfie" taken by Henry Craigie Brewster in 1843
#northernireland #photohistory #photography #history
https://timeline.photomuseumireland.ie/timeline/is-this-irelands-first-selfie/
June 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 182/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's the UK. Next up is Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
The oldest photo I could find taken in Scotland is this photo of Edinburgh taken in 1843
#scotland #photo #history #photohistory #photography #uk #edinburgh #camera #pic #scot
https://www.vintag.es/2018/06/edinburgh-1840s.html https://flashbak.com/some-of-the-earliest-photographic-views-of-edinburgh-1843-44-408187/
June 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 182/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's the UK. Next up is Wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
The oldest photo I could find taken in Wales is this Daguerreotype taken by Calvert Richard Jones in 1841 of Margam Castle
#photography #history #wales #uk #camera #photohistory
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daguerreotype_of_Margam_Castle.jpg http://www.margamcountrypark.co.uk/1386
June 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 182/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's the UK starting with England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
The oldest photo I could find taken in England is this photo taken in 1835 by William Henry Fox Talbot
#uk #england #photohistory #history #photography #camera #photo #pic
https://www.reddit.com/r/OldPhotosInRealLife/comments/xegazy/the_oldest_surviving_camera_negative_lacock_abbey/#lightbox
June 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 181/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world 🇦🇪
Today it's United Arab Emirates
The oldest photo I could find from UAE is this one taken in the 1870s
#unitedarabemirates #UAE #photography #photograph #photo #history #photohistory #camera #picture #castle #ae
https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/heritage/2024/03/08/could-this-be-the-oldest-known-photograph-of-the-uae/
June 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 180/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Ukraine 🇺🇦
The oldest photo I could find taken in Ukraine is this one from around 1849-1850
#ukraine #photography #europe #history #photohistory #kiev #ua #photo #picture #photograph #historical #camera #u
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=456976495686192&set=a.101460184571160 https://www.facebook.com/retrokyiv/posts/290473872336456.
June 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 179/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Uganda 🇺🇬
The oldest photo I could find taken in Uganda is this one of Muteesa I taken in 1875
#photography #africa #Uganda #photohistory #history #historical #photograph #photo #picture #pic #camera #ug
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/a-history-of-the-buganda-kingdom
June 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 178/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Tuvalu🇹🇻
The oldest photo I could find from Tuvalu is this one, taken in Funafuti. It was taken in 1886 by Thomas Andrew.
#tuvalu #tv #history #photohistory #photography #photo #picture #camera #tv #island
https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2017/10/09/through-the-lens-daily-life-in-tuvalu-1886/
June 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 177/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Turkmenistan 🇹🇲
The oldest photo I could find from Turkmenistan is this one from 1905-1915.
#turkmenistan #asia #photography #photo #picture #pic #history #photohistory #photograph #camera #old #tm #pics
https://www.loc.gov/resource/prokc.20082/
June 12, 2025 at 6:54 AM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 176/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Türkiye🇹🇷
The oldest photo I can find taken in Türkiye is this one from 1843 taken by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
#turkey #Türkiye #photography #photo #history #photohistory #asiaminor #istanbul
https://maviboncuk.blogspot.com/2016/09/joseph-philibert-girault-de-prangey.html https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/757588
June 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 175/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Tunisia🇹🇳
The oldest photo I could find from Tunisia is this one from ~1850 and was taken by Pierre Trémaux
#photography #tunisia #history #photohistory #photo #picture #camera #tn #africa #pic #historic
https://www.artnet.com/artists/pierre-tremaux/%C3%A9gypte-et-tunisie-7-works-YQk7Tykfg3gYKYGBvV9r3g2 https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/open-the-album-of-the-world-photographs-1842-1896-louvre-abu-dhabi-bb/ https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2020/09/23/parallele-des-edifices-anciens-et-modernes-du-continent-africain/
June 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 174/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹
The oldest photo I could find from Trinidad and Tobago is this photo from 1903
#trinidadandtobago #caribbean #history #photography #photohistory #photo #picture #camera #pic #tt #old
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/water-struggles-from-the-riots-to-life-with-no-water-6.2.1296091.35bd175add https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/8271284883
June 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 173/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Tonga🇹🇴
The oldest photo I could find taken in Tonga was this portrait of the first king of modern Tonga Siaosi Tupou I
Taken in the 1880s
#tonga #photography #picture #history #photo #photohistory #to
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Tupou_I,_c._1880s.jpg
June 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 172/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Togo🇹🇬
The oldest photo I could find from Togo
I found these two photos taken between 1884-1914
#togo #africa #photohistory #germany #photohistory #history #photography #photograph #photo #camera #tg #pic
https://face2faceafrica.com/article/the-story-of-togo-the-german-colony-gifted-to-britain-and-france https://face2faceafrica.com/article/the-story-of-togo-the-german-colony-gifted-to-britain-and-france
June 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
funkyhistory.bsky.social
Day 171/195 of posting the oldest photo I could find from every country in the world
Today it's Thailand🇹🇭
The oldest photo I could find taken in Thailand is this portrait of King Mongkut (Rama IV) The portrait was taken in ~1865
#photography #photograph #thailand #asia #photohistory #history #camera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongkut#/media/File:Thomson,_King_Mongkut_of_Siam_(crop).jpg
June 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM