Fake History Porn

Reality: One of the inflatable decoy tanks of WW2.

Reality: Some first world war soldiers goofing around during a photoshoot at a military base.

Reality: Bobby Fischer casually playing 50 people at once.

Reality: A wealthy lady being carried up mount Vesuvius by a pair of guides (1910)

bonus from 1945:

Reality: A British sergeant training members of the ‘mum’s army’ Women’s Home Defence Corps during the Battle of Britain, 1940.

Reality: This is Jane Goodall meeting or playing with a cute lil chimp. She passed away this week, you can read about her cool life here:

Reality: This is how they used to test football helmets?!?

Reality: This is Felicitte, the first cat to enter and safely return from space!

Reality: A picture of the Swedish telephone exchange, with some 5,500 incoming lines.

[Actual Reason] https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-apollo-11-astronauts-return-from-around-the-world-goodwill-tour/

Real history that is fake ;)

Reality: On 4 February 1938 a wave of strikes began by dock workers in Hawaii demanding equal pay with dockers on the West Coast of the United States, and a union shop. The strike ended with police shooting 50 unarmed workers in the Hilo massacre. This is a history of the events: https://libcom.org/history/hilo-massacre-1938

Terryology

This is her posing for a recreation of her swearing in.

board game night at an ASU residence hall

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/16710833