40 weird historical photos

[buggi]

some of you might find these interesting.

http://luxemodo.com/40-bizarre-historical-photos/

 

[classic33]

Like the picture of Ham with the paper. The baby hangers only lasted a year.

 

[welsh dragon]

The photo of the child on rhe, bomb site was good. Bomb sites still existed in the 1960s. Lots of kids played on them

 

[Beebo]

Great photos, thanks for posting.

 

[numbnuts]

The photo of the child on rhe, bomb site was good. Bomb sites still existed in the 1960s. Lots of kids played on them

I remember seeing them in Southampton in the late 50s

 

[welsh dragon]

I remember seeing them in Southampton in the late 50s

MR WD told me he and his friends used to play on them. They would often find bullets, gas masks, helmets lying around and they would form teams, fighting while wearing gas masks and helmets. They also used to try and make the bullets go bang. Smashing them with rocks and all sorts of things. It a miracle he lived to grow into adult hood.

 

[Arch]

Good pictures, but why did they have to be titled "wierd"? They are photos of things that happened. Nothing there is inexplicable. Why a photo of Elvis in the army, or Charlie Chaplin is 'wierd' I don't know. Did the person posting them (not you Buggi, the person who compiled them) think Charlie Chaplin was born with a moustache and bowler hat?

 

[Cheddar George]

Good pictures, but why did they have to be titled "wierd"? They are photos of things that happened. Nothing there is inexplicable. Why a photo of Elvis in the army, or Charlie Chaplin is 'wierd' I don't know. Did the person posting them (not you Buggi, the person who compiled them) think Charlie Chaplin was born with a moustache and bowler hat?

Annoying isn't it ?

Everything seems to be "click bait" these days. "5 weird facts", "1 weird tip", "most bizarre photo ever" etc.
At least the "bizarre" photos linked above were interesting.

Still it could be worse, before this it was "search engine optimisation". I was reading about a journalist who had to write the headline for Michael Jacksons death for a news paper website, the brief was that it had to include the key words"Michael Jackson", "dies" and "dead".

Headline "Michael Jackson dies: star found dead at home"

Rubbish headline but what else could you do.

 

[Beebo]

Did the person posting them think Charlie Chaplin was born with a moustache and bowler hat?

Now that's a weird photo I would like to see.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Crikey - those snowballs must have been rock hard

 

[Lullabelle]

Good pictures, but why did they have to be titled "wierd"? They are photos of things that happened. Nothing there is inexplicable. Why a photo of Elvis in the army, or Charlie Chaplin is 'wierd' I don't know. Did the person posting them (not you Buggi, the person who compiled them) think Charlie Chaplin was born with a moustache and bowler hat?

The term 'weird' is used because the person compiling the list isn't clever enough to come up with an appropriate word.

 

[marknotgeorge]

The term 'weird' is used because the person compiling the list isn't clever enough to come up with an appropriate word.

After a few seconds thought (and English is not my strongpoint): Curious? Intriguing?

 

[accountantpete]

here's Sheldon

 

[SteCenturion]

Of all of those images, the 'acid attack' on the presumably African Americans & the 'baby cages' I found most barbaric & repulsive.

Most of the others show the standard of education or lack of awareness that prevailed of the era.

Some, Vietnam soldier, Elvis, Charlie Chaplin are merely anecdotal.

A good post though.