Heather Price Papayoti moments before she would jump to her death off the Hoover Dam, taken by an unsuspecting tourist, 2014
On the day of his execution for the murder of his employer, Dennis Dilda was allowed to sit for this portrait with his family. 1886
Am i not a man and a brother? Anti-slavery propaganda. 1800s
A group of 6th graders, their teachers, and two National Geographic employees just before boarding Flight 77 on September 11, 2001.
Young boy performing the “doll test”, 1947. When asked to pick the “nice/good doll” the vast majority of both black and white kids chose a white one. When asked to pick the bad doll they chose the one with brown skin. This was especially the case in children in segregated schools
The doll tests results were replicated many times. It helped to prove the harm of the “separate but equal” policies accross the south and was thus instrumental evidence in trial of Brown V. Board of Education
Japanese troops using Indian Pow’s for target practice
Last Instagram post of photographer Anthony Causi who passed away from Covid 19
Yoko Moriwaki, a Japanese girl who lived in Hiroshima during World War II. She kept a diary starting in April 1945. Her last entry was on August 5, 1945, the day before she was killed in the atomic bombing of the city. She was thirteen. Her diary has since been published in many languages
It ends with her heart-breaking final entry: ‘Tomorrow I am going to clear away some houses that have been demolished. I will work hard and do my best.’
Nicole Carol Miller, boarding Flight 93 on 9/11/2001. She would be dead just a few hours later
Five teens charged for murder after throwing rocks off an overpass
The Utica Crib, as shown in this illustration, was a crib like structure used in mental asylums and institutes from the 19th to 20th centuries, it was used to restrain patients from lashing out
Post-mortem pic of a whole family sharing a single coffin. On Jan. 25, 1894, Mary Keller (29) shot and killed her husband Emil (30), her baby Anna (9 months) and finally herself. It’s suspected she had suffered a relapse of what we now call post-partum depression
An interview with a heroin addict living on Skid Row. This whole channel is extremely depressing and fascinating and gives you insight into why people are drug addicts
Theodore Lee is the editor of Caveman Circus. He strives for self-improvement in all areas of his life, except his candy consumption, where he remains a champion gummy worm enthusiast. When not writing about mindfulness or living in integrity, you can find him hiding giant bags of sour patch kids under the bed.