" Daily Dose of Nostalgic History" Historical errors can be made and corrections are always welcome
Historical Pictures, was created to take every one in a journey to see the magnificence of the World in the past and learn what was it like to live in those days.
12/07/2023
A family poses in front of a 1,341 year old Sequoia tree nicknamed "Mark Twain" that was felled in 1892 after a team of two men spent 13 days sawing it in the Pacific Northwest. The giant tree was 331 feet tall (100 meters).
09/07/2023
After 12 years of torture in a Hawaiian Circus, Tyke the Elephant finally managed to escape during a live performance in August of 1994. Injuring staff on her way out, police shot her 86 times in the street, which eventually killed her. The look in her eye tells a thousand stories.
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08/09/2022
Queen Elizabeth II in 1945.
08/09/2022
Queen Elizabeth II -- the longest-serving monarch in British history -- has died.
13/10/2021
"Happiest Man in China", taken in 1901 by British anthropologists after deciding to document the Chinese. The Chinese didn't know photos were a "serious matter" and decided to be goofy, hence the pose and smile.
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03/08/2020
This is Jonathan. This week he celebrated his 188th Birthday. (Born circa 1832). He has lived through both the World Wars, the Russian Revolution, and changing of 39 US presidents as well as seven British monarchs... Happy Birthday! 🐢
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12/07/2020
Today is the birthday of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the anti-fascist Soviet sniper who was credited with single-handedly killing 309 N**i soldiers, making her the most successful female sniper in history.
“How many men have you killed?"
"Not a man... fascists. 309."
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11/07/2020
“Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned, and the last fish has been caught will we finally realize we cannot eat money.” ~ Cree Proverb
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10/07/2020
Simone Segouin, mostly known by her codename, Nicole Minet, was only 18 when the Germans invaded. Her first act of rebellion was to steal a bicycle from a German military administration, slicing the tires of all of the other bikes and motorcycles so they couldn't pursue her. She found a pocket of the Resistance and joined the fight, using the stolen bike to deliver messages between Resistance groups.
She was an extremely fast learner and quickly became an expert at tactics and explosives. She led teams of Resistance fighters to capture German troops, set traps, and sabotage German equipment. As the war dragged on, her deeds escalated to derailing German trains, blocking roads, and blowing up bridges, helping to create a German-free path to help the Allied forces retake France from the inside. She was never caught.
Segouin was present at the liberation of Chartres on August 23, 1944, and then the liberation of Paris two days later. She was promoted to lieutenant and awarded several medals, including the Croix de Guerre.
After the war, she studied medicine and became a pediatric nurse. She is still going strong, and this October (2020) will turn 95.
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01/07/2020
The face of a soldier after four years of war.
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29/06/2020
You don’t know how lucky you are..
Imagine you were born in 1900.
When you're 14, World War I begins and ends when you're 18 with 22 million dead.
Soon after a global pandemic, the Spanish Flu, appears, killing 50 million people. And you're alive and 20 years old.
When you're 29 you survive the global economic crisis that started with the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange, causing inflation, unemployment and famine.
When you're 33 years old the n***s come to power.
When you're 39, World War II begins and ends when you're 45 years old with a 60 million dead. In the Holocaust 6 million Jews die.
When you're 52, the Korean War begins.
When you're 64, the Vietnam War begins and ends when you're 75.
A child born in 1985 thinks his grandparents have no idea how difficult life is, but they have survived several wars and catastrophes.
Today we have all the comforts in a new world, amid a new pandemic. But we complain because we need to wear masks. We complain because we must stay confined to our homes where we have food, electricity, running water, wifi, even Netflix! None of that existed back in the day. But humanity survived those circumstances and never lost their joy of living.
A small change in our perspective can generate miracles. We should be thankful that we are alive. We should do everything we need to do to protect and help each other.
This message should reach everyone. Please help me spread it.
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