Like history? Here's some good "porn."

[Behind the Aegis]

http://historicporn.tumblr.com/

Despite the name, there is no actual pornography. There are a few "nudie" shots, but they are in historical context. There are also a few death pictures, but nothing too graphic. Mostly, it has pictures from the 1870's until the 1980's. Many of the pictures are not readily seen, meaning, they aren't the same photos we have all seen a hundred times.

Here are a few samples:


Market Street after the San Francisco earthquake.


Earliest known photo of men drinking beer. 1844.


The first photo of Earth taken from space, taken via V-2 rocket. 1946.


America’s first integrated classroom. Griffen Elementary, Monticello, KY. 1955.


French mugshot of a cold-hearted criminal, Francois Bertillon, 23 months. Crime: Nibbling through all the pears in a basket at a market. 1893.


Anita Bryant gets pied by gay rights activist. 1977.

Enjoy!

[LadyHawkAZ]

1. Ooooh, baby! Give it to me!

I loves me some history porn!

Thanks!

[Behind the Aegis]

22. Check out the 1940's...you'll know it when you see it.

[LadyHawkAZ]

23. After seeing all the war news "from the front"

it's always good to see a little from the rear.

[kestrel91316]

2. I want to know which side did this:

http://historicporn.tumblr.com/post/50172211888/american-civil-war-pow-c-1865

Andersonville, GA: Where the Confederacy starved over 10,000 Union POWs to death. No wonder we hate the Confederacy to this day.

http://www.fold3.com/page/93955045_andersonville_the_largest_and_the/

ETA: Henry Wirz, commandant of Camp Sumter at Andersonville, was tried for war crimes and executed in the aftermath of the Civil War.

If anybody ever tries to proclaim the glories of the Confederacy, you can throw this back at them (along with that whole slavery kerfuffle).

[Link Speed]

6. Yeah, and Sherman was a saint.

War is Hell, it's just that simple.

I also recall some occupying force (US Cavalry) and the attempt to exterminate a Native population.

I was part of an invading force that wiped out a generation of males in some forgotten, podunk SE Asian backwater.

It's all a matter of perspective.

[kestrel91316]

7. I do believe you're trying to change the subject. My post had to do with the

war crimes your beloved Confederacy committed against Union soldiers as evidenced by that photo and many other legitimate historical sources. I had never heard of this before.

The evil inherent in that is not "a matter of perspective". And war crimes are not a part of war. They are criminal acts done under cover of war.

[Link Speed]

20. My "beloved Confederacy"?

I don't have a dog in that hunt, never did.

I just believe 'hate' should be applied equally where it is due.

There was no intent on my part to address you personally, just to comment and clarify.

War is really Hell. Shit happens to fly off in all directions when it hits the fan. Otherwise sane men can turn into monsters. I know I certainly did, and I suffer from that to this day.

[Behind the Aegis]

8. Apparently this is a union soldier held on Belle Isle.

That's what I was able to find.

This is where I found it....http://www.executedtoday.com/category/where/usa/virginia/

Scroll to:

The body of this late Col. Dahlgren, on whose authority our misfortunate guide was put to death, was found by the Confederates to bear some startling papers* … indicating that the intent of his ill-starred expedition was not merely to liberate starving northern prisoners, but that “once in the City it must be destroyed & Jeff. Davis and Cabinet killed.”

When you mouse over "starving" it gives you the details of the photo.

[oneshooter]

14. Don't forget the Union camps.

Camp Douglas ring a bell?

http://reocities.com/BourbonStreet/2757/issues/camp.htm

Just as bad, if not worse than Andersonville.

[kestrel91316]

17. Shameful. Did they starve prisoners to death on purpose there, too?

[oneshooter]

19. Read the reports.

"The high mortality rate can be attributed to several factors: overcrowding, unhealthy living conditions, ineffective medical treatment, inadequate food supply, and brutality."

"Civilian doctors, who inspected Camp Douglas on April 5, 1863, called it an extermination camp. They drew an unrelenting picture of Awretched inmates without change of clothing, covered, with vermin, in wards reeking with filth and foul air, and blankets in rags . . . it will be seen that 260 out of 3,800 prisoners had died in twenty-one days, a rate of mortality which, if continued would secure their total extermination in about 320 days.@"

"Prisoners were deprived of clothing to discourage escapes. Many wore sacks with head and arm holes cut out; few had underwear. Blankets to offset the bitter northern winter were confiscated from the few that had them. The weakest froze to death. The Chicago winter of 1864 was devastating. The loss of 1,091 lives in only four months was heavies for any like period in the camp=s history, and equaled the deaths at the highest rate of Andersonville from February to May, 1864 (OR Ser-II-Vol. 8, 986-1003). Yet, it is the name of Andersonville that burns in infamy, while there exists a northern counterpart of little shame."

[zappaman]

3. Kick and REC!

[Hoyt]

4. Excellent site.

[surrealAmerican]

5. Interesting.

k & r. .. lots of great images, and stories:

I wound up reading the story about the children whose mother sold them - such unimaginably harsh lives.

[petronius]

9. I LOL'd at "football helmet testing"

This is great - I've seen very few of these before now. Thanks for posting!

[Behind the Aegis]

10. Yeah, that was pretty funny.

That's what I liked about this site, there were so many in which I'd never seen. I wish they would add more. I have been following for a month or so now.

[Scuba]

11. Once a dirty cheat, always a dirty cheat ...

"George Bush illegally elbows fellow rugby player.

Yale University, 1966."

[kentuck]

12. My HS used to play Monticello in basketball...

and I did not know that fact.

[rurallib]

13. WOW! Thanks!

will share!

[Sissyk]

15. Awesome site!

Thanks for sharing that, Behind the Aegis!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

16. As someone who set up a network room...

[HappyMe]

18. Excellent.

Thanks for that.

[starroute]

21. That was certainly not "America's first integrated classroom," though

It may have been the first one de-segregated by court order after Brown vs. Board of Education or something of that sort. But classrooms in the north were always integrated, at least to the extent that residence patterns allowed.

[TheMightyFavog]

24. The Selfie, circa 1910.