not really a "picture," but i find epidemiological history interesting-john snow's map of the 1854 london cholera outbreak. snow was among the first researchers to trace cholera to drinking water. the predominant theory of the day was that cholera was a miasmatic disease. waste was of course dumped into the same rivers cities like london depended upon for their drinking water, but while this created a foul stench that could at times be unbearable for residents, the development of germ theory would not occur for some time later. the 1854 london outbreak was particularly virulent and effectively shut down a substantial section of the city. John Snow, a london physician, was able to trace the outbreak to its source, a well located on broad street, and his meticulously documented research was instrumental in advancing more scientifically valid solutions for limiting the spread of cholera ironically, the advancement of germ theory in france was stunted by the effectiveness of parisian treatment of cholera. city officials had correctly identified pollutants within the seine as correlating to cholera outbreaks. however, it was the foul odors given off by the disposed waste that they believed to be the root problem. so while alternative waste disposal methods were implemented and the river was cleaned up, the associated drop in incidents of cholera was incorrectly linked to miasmatic theory
He was paid $15k for it in 1985. https://hypebeast.com/2018/2/nike-michael-jordan-jumpman-logo-lawsuit
Just so it's clear, there are no French troops in this pic. That is all Prussians coming at the camera. Interesting to see an actual combat photo from this time, since most of the American Civil War photos were staged or recreated.
I mean, would it have been that difficult to spell out "MacArthur" instead of "M' Arthur"? So the 'M' would be backed up to where the 'J' is, big deal.
Unrelated, but MacArthur is probably the most overrated, arrogant, buffoon of a General the U.S has ever had outside McClellan.
It'd be nice to have a history thread to talk about things that happened before the invention of the camera.
Cpl. Wojtek "The Soldier Bear" , 22nd Artillery Company, Polish 2nd Corps. A bunch of liberated Polish soldiers from the Soviet gulags picked him up in Tehran, and took him with them to Italy. He had his own rank, serial number, and loved to drink beer. He is reported to have moved multiple 100 lb crates of 5 lb artillery shells to forward gun positions during the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944. He has multiple statues in Poland and Scotland. Here he is driving a truck. After the war, he mustered out of the Polish army and retired to the Edinburgh Zoo. What a legend. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)
I say history talk without pics is welcome here but not sure how others feel. I'm reading the book "Sapiens" right now which is kinda sorta a history book and man, that book is fire. Highly recommend if you like stuff like "Guns Germs and Steel" etc
In "Sapiens" I was reading about Tasmania and it was blowing my mind thinking about an island cut off from any contact with the outside world for 12,000 years I want to hear some of their legends and myths and stuff. They had to think that the entire world was just as big as the island of Tasmania. Here is a pic of the last pure blooded Tasmanian aborigines to keep with the spirit of the thread:
Kinda odd that in 12000 years no one ever successfully traveled the 300 miles to Aussie. Well... and returned.
They didn’t really need to I guess. Kinda similar to Madagascar: only 150 miles from East African mainland but the first people to discover it came from thousands of miles away across the Indian Ocean. They were from advanced seafaring cultures whereas East Africans were not
A bunch of people in the book thread have read it and everyone liked it. They rated it like an 8 or 9 though; I have it at a 10. It’s flawless for me halfway through. But this type of thing is one of my absolute favs to read about. Already pumped to read the follow up book he did about humanity’s future, “Homo Deus”
Underworld kingpin Joe "The Boss" Masseria lies on the floor clutching an ace of spades, after he was murdered while playing cards at a restaurant in Coney Island, April 15, 1931
Sapiens and Homo Deus are both great reads. I liked Sapiens better, and especially the first half. The latter half and Homo Deus gets a little too speculative and indulgent, but glad I read it.