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Divorce by Combat In medieval Germany, husbands and wives could fight in a marital duel in order to legally settle their disputes. Interestingly, the man had…
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Maces and Clubs used by Austro-Hungarian Army during WW1, 1914-1918 During the grueling battles of World War I, ground troops relied on an array of weapons…
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The world’s first gym machines designed by Dr. Gustav Zander, 1892 The use of mechanical means for the application of exercise in therapeutics was first systematized…
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Migrant Mother, by Dorothea Lange – A 32-year-old mother of 7 children, Nipomo, California. February 1936. Dorothea Lange took this photograph in 1936, while employed by…
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Average American family, Detroit, Michigan, 1954 In 1956, new homes costing as little as $7,000 could still be found. Though the average new build family home…
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Richard Pierce, Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger No 2. 14 years of age. 9 months in service, works from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Smokes and…
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A young soldier and his mother right before he left for WWI in 1917 The young man’s name was Joseph Hafen and he was born in…
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A night soil man who used to take away human waste to be used in fertilizer. Dunston, Lincolnshire, England 1872 The bathroom was not always the…
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Rosemary Kennedy, sister of John F Kennedy, pictured in 1938. In 1941, aged 23, her father forced her to undergo a lobotomy, due to her mood…
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Geronimo’s final band pictured in front of the train car taking them to prison in Florida. Geronimo is in the front row, third from the right.…