Two-man high-speed air ambulance,that was a pair of man-pods slung beneath the wings of a Lockheed P-38 F5 recce aircraft, was tested during the Second World War.

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Exint pods, man-carrying pods used to insert or exifiltrate special forces or wounded soldiers were not only tested British Harriers and AH-64 Apache and

A Former Slave Named Gordon Shows His Whipping Scars. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863

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Will Smith stars in the new Apple TV+ film Emancipation, which recounts the story of a man named Peter, who provided visual proof of the brutality of slavery in a widely circulated photograph

A Chinese Lady Whose Feet Were Bound From Childhood. Photo From The Late 1800s

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“Chinese Girl with Bound Feet” Nineteenth-century photograph of a San Francisco child who wears beautifully embroidered three-inch “lotus shoes.” This cruel practice lasted from the …

Trying To Escape To Mexico In 1939

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I want to take you back nearly 80 years, to Mexico City in 1939, when Lázaro Cárdenas, a revolutionary-turned-politician, sat in the president’s seat and made a…

Kangaroo Boxing: Bizarre Vintage Photos Of This Shameful Sideshow

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People have been forcing kangaroos into the ring to fight humans for more than a century.

Fire Watch Episode 5: Meet the Women Changing How the Army Treats Female Soldiers

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A grassroots movement in the Army? An uncommon phenomenon in a top-down organization, yes. But it happened, and women changed the rules on parenthood, hair policy, and much more.

William “Buffalo Bill” Cody, 1871

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The American bison is the new U.S. national mammal, but its slaughter was once seen as a way to starve Native Americans into submission.

Traffic Jam on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, USA. 1927.

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Sheila Kirby posted Rush Hour C1909  Dearborn and Randolph  By  Chicagohistory.com Normally when I look at an old picture of Chicago,…

A French woman pours cider for a British Bren gunner in Lisieux, France, 1944.

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British troops use a Sherman tank for cover as they cautiously advance through a town in Normandy shortly after D-day – June 1944