History

This Gecko has been trapped in amber for 54 million years



A British postman keeping calm and carrying on - London 1940.
Victorian sewing kit in shape of miniature piano, ca. 1890

Warrior's gloves from medieval Persia

Annie Oakley, 1902.

This is Margaret Ann Neve at age 110 in 1902.⁣ She was born in 1792 and died in 1903, making her the first proven person in recorded history to have lived in 3 different centuries.

Roman galley discovered during the construction of county Hall in 1910. London - England.

The he Dauphin's Armor of Henry , the future King Henry II of France , made by Negroli Francesco in Milan in the 1540s .
Now on display at the Army museum in Paris France

Member of the polish national army carrying a orphaned donkey during WWII;
Because they dont want donkeys to step on a Landmine...

Thomas C. Poulter, designer of the "Antarctic Snow Cruiser", standing next to one of its tires, 1938.

Amazing Photo Of Russia Dismantling An Outdated Nuclear victor class Submarine

This cross-section gives an idea of how cramped life beneath the waves really is.

William S. Harley & Arthur Davidson
 
Abandoned 1930s Hearse

May 14, 1939: Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother in history at the age of five years 7 months.


The centaur of tymfi...


Butterfly eggs “Nymphalis Antiopa"๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹

Credit.. IG/shannu_pixels


Green petrified wood.
National forest in Arizona.


Roman Gallic War
Spear stuck in bone ๐Ÿ˜ฎ



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