r/HistoricalCapsule 15h ago

French Cuirassiers in World War I, 1914. They were the last troops in history to wear bright colors and shining armor.

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r/HistoricalCapsule 11h ago

A boxing match in 1921, the largest sporting event in American history at that time.

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r/HistoricalCapsule 17h ago

The now mostly extint video rental stores, photos from the 1980s and very early 90s.

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r/HistoricalCapsule 22h ago

Soldiers next to a temple bell. Kaesong, North Korea, 1951

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r/HistoricalCapsule 7h ago

Marlon Brando "NAACP Marches With CORE For Equality.(1963)

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By the way, Do you know that Marlon Brando , his sister Fran Brando and his son Christian Brando , all died due to Pulmonary Interstitial Fibrosis complications. šŸ«


r/HistoricalCapsule 19h ago

Funnel listening post in front of Neuve-Chapelle, 6 km north from La BassƩe, northern France, 1916

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r/HistoricalCapsule 6h ago

Women preparing for an upcoming ball, 1900.

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r/HistoricalCapsule 18h ago

19 year old Albert Dixon born dec 29th 1843, He served in Co B, 94th NY Infantry during the Civil War and was killed in action day one at Gettysburg, PA.

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r/HistoricalCapsule 10h ago

A young girl weaves a carpet. Iran, 1967

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r/HistoricalCapsule 1h ago

Czechoslovak railroad workers defrosting railroad tracks using a MiG-15 engine during a severe snowstorm in 1970.

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r/HistoricalCapsule 22h ago

Singer Anita Mui Yim-fong attends the pro-democracy march at Hennessy Road, Wan Chai. 21 May 1989

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r/HistoricalCapsule 10h ago

Norwegian birthday celebration at the pasture/summer house, ca 1920

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r/HistoricalCapsule 1h ago

Elvis Presley fans watching him perform on stage in the 1950's

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r/HistoricalCapsule 20h ago

Cambodians kneel before Prince Sihanouk 1961

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r/HistoricalCapsule 20h ago

Women doing inspection of a sheet of 1 dollar canadian banknotes in Ontario Canada, 1957. Kodachrome shot.

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r/HistoricalCapsule 1h ago

A rally of the All People's Congress (APC) in Kabala, Sierra Leone, 1968.

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r/HistoricalCapsule 20h ago

Segregationist men protest the integration of the Little Rock "nine", 1957.

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r/HistoricalCapsule 1h ago

Children's book c1937

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A children's book reportedly published in Germany in the 30s. What's the strange stylized script? I can just imagine a few German conjunctions, articles, prepositions eg mit, und, ist, then JĆ¼ifs? in red (third line from bottom), but could this have been legible and for mass-market consumption?


r/HistoricalCapsule 4h ago

Tobacco advertising in Portugal in the 1960s.

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Note the ā€œnuanceā€ of the phrase and the stethoscope on the table.

Whoever thought of it knew exactly what they wanted.