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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Dec 5

Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor Feeding An Orphaned Kitten. He Adopted The Kitten After The Mother Cat Died During The War. 1952

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Dec 4

Australian soldiers after being liberated from a Japanese concentration camp, 1945.

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Dec 4

Rollerskating to work in 1940s

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Oct 29

The Prague astronomical clock, installed in 1410. It is the world's oldest astronomical clock still in operation

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Nov 19

A boy selling lemonade with a portable lemonade dispenser. Berlin, 1931.

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Nov 5

Brooklyn Supreme, one of the biggest horses in history, circa 1930. He was 6 ft 6 in (201 cm) and 3200 lbs (1451 kg).

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Nov 5

Brooklyn Supreme, one of the biggest horses in history, circa 1930. He was 6 ft 6 in (201 cm) and 3200 lbs (1451 kg).

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Oct 21

Soldiers returning home from WWII 1945

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Oct 28

Tippi Hedren having her cigarette lit by a crow on the set of "The Birds", 1963.

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Nov 3

A mother helping her son with a loose tooth, 1897.

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Nov 1

13-year-old Dolly Parton just hours before she made her Grand Ole Opry debut singing George Jones' "You Gotta be My Baby."

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Oct 29

The Prague astronomical clock, installed in 1410. It is the world's oldest astronomical clock still in operation

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Oct 28

The Smoky Sky Lift in Gatlinburg, Tennessee in 1963

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Oct 28

Tippi Hedren having her cigarette lit by a crow on the set of "The Birds", 1963.

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Oct 27

Cathay Williams, a ‘Buffalo Soldier’, enlisted in the US Army under the pseudonym William Cathay. She was the first female to enlist and is the only documented woman to serve.

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Oct 26

A peanut vendor wearing a suit made of peanuts. 1890

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Oct 25

A girl posing with her cat more than 100 years ago.

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Historical Pics @historicalpics.bsky.social · Oct 27

Cathay Williams, a ‘Buffalo Soldier’, enlisted in the US Army under the pseudonym William Cathay. She was the first female to enlist and is the only documented woman to serve.