Ce reddit réunit plus de 3 millions de personnes. Il s’agit d’une incroyable page historique qui entend revenir sur certains des événements de l’histoire les plus iconiques à travers des photographies saisissantes, accompagnées par des commentaires d’historiens de renom. Ces photos explorent toutes le passé à travers des photographies historiques. Les images rarement vues et la façon détaillée dont la communauté les partage permettent non seulement de jeter un coup d’œil sur notre passé, mais aussi de susciter des discussions intéressantes dans la section des commentaires.

« Lesbian couple in semi-drag wedding attire; Kingdom of Hungary – Budapest, 1920

A policeman stops traffic in New York so that a mother cat holding a kitten can cross safely. C.1925

Rail travellers wearing white protective masks, one with the additional message « Wear a mask or go to jail », during the 1918 flu pandemic in California.

Women in the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, 1972.

It is no longer possible to have this extraordinary view, as the buildings outside block the sun. Grand Central, NYC, 1929 Photo by Louis Faurer.

A beach in Iran a few months before the Islamic revolution, 1979

A man searches for books in the old Cincinnati Public Library. The building was demolished in 1955.

Remember the photo of the workers having lunch on the unfinished Empire State Building? This is the photographer Charles Ebbets who took that picture. 1932