Some Old Photographs *warning* pic heavy

[Tuesday Afternoon]

Helen Keller Meeting Charlie Chaplin



Filming the MGM Logo



Cyclists ride in the first running of the Tour de France, in 1903.



A Confederate and Union soldier shake hands during a celebration at Gettysburg in 1913.



Black physicians treating in the ER a member of the Ku Kux Klan



Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the South Pole.



This is one of five known X-rays of Hitler's head, part of his medical records compiled by American military intelligence after the German's surrendered and declassified in 1958. The records also include doctor's reports, diagrams of his teeth and nose and electrocardiograms. He had bad teeth, lots of fillings and crowns.

[Turbineguy]

1. The picture of the two soldiers shaking hands.

We could use a little of that these days.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. yes, we could - use - a lot of that of these days

[LeftofObama]

2. Interesting!

Thanks for posting these.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

21. my pleasure and, you're welcome!

[bluesbassman]

3. Awesome shots! Love the irony of the all black med team attending the KKK goon.

And I thought Hitler looked evil in full skin, but man that is one creepy x-ray!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

22. rather eclectic collection, isn't it -

[UTUSN]

4. *THAT* was Helen KELLER?!1 Wow, she was HOT!1 So was the MGM lion!1 n/t

[Neoma]

18. Helen Keller was a damned socialist!

Seriously.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

25. for reals!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

23. so hot! they both make me wanna :roar:

[Kali]

5. VERY cool!

Thanks!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

24. yw!

[pengillian101]

6. Very awesome pics.

Thanks for posting!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

26. you are very welcome

[petronius]

7. These are great, thanks! Most of them I've never seen...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

27. me either - thanks ...

[Locut0s]

8. Awesome thanks for these!...

The shocked look on that woman's face in the ER shot And I love how sharp the Confederate/Union soldier shot its!

[TrogL]

14. She looks more concerned to me

Gearing up to yell out the laundry list of stuff they're going to need to stitch this guy up. Given where the wound is and the amount of blood, this may not go well.

[RebelOne]

15. I am curious to know if he survived. n/t

[Tuesday Afternoon]

28. I love the Tour de France shot! capture of motion - wow!

[BarenakedLady]

9. Those are cool pics!

Thanks.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

29. Hey You! Longe time No See -

yw

[Raffi Ella]

10. I love these type of posts.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

30. me too.

[Angelonthesidelines]

11. BTW

Helen Keller was a rabid anti-abortion activist.

[lolly]

17. Really? Any background on that?

Abortion wasn't so much an issue in Helen Keller's day. Margaret Sanger's campaign was for birth control,and I believe Keller supported Sanger.

It's apparently become a meme of sorts on the right to use Helen Keller as an example of the evils of abortion. I came across several examples on the web of people appropriating Keller's reputation for their own purposes, making the argument that if parents could terminate the pregnancy of a severely disabled fetus, then Helen Keller would have been aborted:

http://blogs.roanoke.com/politics/2013/01/17/virginia-senate-panel-rejects-abortion-measure/

Keller, of course, was not born deaf and blind. She lost those senses after a childhood illness. But facts are so inconvenient!

I believe she was also a Socialist. A real one, not the TeaBagger bogeyman version of one.

[rwsanders]

19. Found this out in the book "Lies My Teacher Told Me"

The author said it is ironic that she is held up as a right-wing model of "pulling yourself up" when she stated herself that she had realized if she had been born in a poor family, she never would have found her way in the world.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

31. welcome to DU

[Auggie]

12. Thanks for posting. Where did you find these?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

32. a friend sent them to me via email - remember that ole dinosaur?

[burrowowl]

13. K&R!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

33. thanks!

[RiffRandell]

16. Great photos.

Thanks for sharing!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

35. glad you enjoyed them!

[allan01]

34. re:Some Old Photographs *warning* pic heavy

i too was imedeatly drawen to the confederate and the union solders shaking hands as i was to the filming of the mgm signature lion

[Tuesday Afternoon]

36. the history behind both of those photos -

[mainer]

37. Whoa, the lion! Would've been nervous doing THAT photo-shoot

Thanks.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

38. yw