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Jean-Baptiste Oudry, "Cat of Louis XV", 1725 [1200 x 888]

52 upvotes • r/ArtPorn

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Telephone exchange, Walthamstow, England, 1910 [1647 x 1227]

51 upvotes • r/HistoryPorn

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Factory workers in Walthamstow modeling the party hats they manufactured for the king's Silver Jubiliee, 1935

47 upvotes • r/TheWayWeWere

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[WP] Several paintings by a famous 20th Century artist are x-rayed before being restored. The x-rays reveal disturbing clues to a terrible mystery.

44 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Belle Da Costa Greene, 1911. She was the private librarian for J. P. Morgan, later his son, and finally was the inaugural director of the Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum. Backstory in comments.

43 upvotes • r/BlackHistoryPhotos

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"No outsider has ever beheld the ancient forbidden rites that are the source of our powers," said the gnomish old man from within his cowl, as he pulled the cord beside the iron gate.

42 upvotes • r/TwoSentenceHorror

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Anecdote of a drunken ex-slave, taken from testimony before a British commission charged with ending slavery, 1834.

42 upvotes • r/TheGrittyPast

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She had always considered her husband to be the salt of the earth.

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Howard University Women's Rifle Team, 1937. Photo by Addison N. Scurlock.

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[WP] Someone is granted a wish to return to a simpler time, but discovers that "simpler" does not mean "easier".

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Jean-Baptiste Oudry, "Cat of Louis XV", 1725 [1200 x 888]	52	ArtPorn
Telephone exchange, Walthamstow, England, 1910 [1647 x 1227]	51	HistoryPorn
Factory workers in Walthamstow modeling the party hats they manufactured for the king's Silver Jubiliee, 1935	47	TheWayWeWere
[WP] Several paintings by a famous 20th Century artist are x-rayed before being restored. The x-rays reveal disturbing clues to a terrible mystery.	44	WritingPrompts
Belle Da Costa Greene, 1911. She was the private librarian for J. P. Morgan, later his son, and finally was the inaugural director of the Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum. Backstory in comments.	43	BlackHistoryPhotos
"No outsider has ever beheld the ancient forbidden rites that are the source of our powers," said the gnomish old man from within his cowl, as he pulled the cord beside the iron gate.	42	TwoSentenceHorror
Anecdote of a drunken ex-slave, taken from testimony before a British commission charged with ending slavery, 1834.	42	TheGrittyPast
She had always considered her husband to be the salt of the earth.	42	TwoSentenceHorror
Howard University Women's Rifle Team, 1937. Photo by Addison N. Scurlock.	42	BlackHistoryPhotos
[WP] Someone is granted a wish to return to a simpler time, but discovers that "simpler" does not mean "easier".	42	WritingPrompts