Lets give this tumblr thing a shot, shall we? For the next week or so you can expect a lot of historical photos. Consider yourself warned.Tumblr (3.0; @missillu)http://missillu.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt70ugMuSn1qf1lyjo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://psyche-yourself.tumblr.com/post/11561134531/just-for-laughs">psyche-yourself</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Just for laughs</em></p> </blockquote>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13338666494http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13338666494Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:01:05 +1100freudblack and whitelolfunnypsychologyjokebad joke<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv8hkiaaAz1qcdh4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nikola Tesla in his lab.</p>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13311964767http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13311964767Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:43:30 +1100black and whitehistoryvintagesciencemad scienceTeslaNikola Teslabadasslablaboratoryvictorianvictorian eraelectricityexperimentreadingbook<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls3hk4U5MD1qepdlio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://astoldbyjoey.tumblr.com/post/13078632434/the-soviet-flag-raised-over-the-reichstag-after">astoldbyjoey</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Soviet Flag raised over the Reichstag after the fall of Berlin in 1945</p> </blockquote>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13263433231http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13263433231Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:25:05 +1100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luznvgMmPw1qcdh4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Unknown American soldier with the inscription ‘War is Hell’ on his helmet, 1965.</p>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13244735976http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13244735976Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:01:00 +1100VietnamVietnam Warblack and whitehistoryportraitsoldierwarhell<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luynjqIdjw1qcdh4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Scars of a whipped slave in Baton Rouge, Lousiana, April 2, 1863.</p>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13232645678http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13232645678Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:56:05 +1100slavesslaveryhistoryAmericaLouisianaAfrican Americanswhipsscarsregrethorrible<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luynfeSOJU1qcdh4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The exact time Hiroshima went atomic. It’s a wristwatch; the leather got vaporised, and by extension, the wrist it was attached to.</p>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13214219983http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13214219983Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:21:06 +1100watchHiroshimabombhistorywar<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luyl0aH4l71qcdh4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>An Iranian soldier wearing a gas mask in the Iran-Iraq war, ca. 1980-88</p>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13196378996http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13196378996Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:05:05 +1100warsoldiermiddle easthistoryIran-Iraq Wargas maskchemical weaponchemical<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luykrdtXwR1qcdh4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Spanish Civil War: ‘The Falling Soldier’, September 5, 1936. Rumor says the photo was staged, but the truth remains unknown.</p>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13184484582http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13184484582Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:56:05 +1100warvintagecivil warSpanish civil warsoldierhoaxfakeSpanishSpain<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luxkucWHxU1r554lco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hilaryshistoryarchive.tumblr.com/post/13033026456/migrant-ranch-workers-1937">hilaryshistoryarchive</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Migrant ranch workers, 1937</p> </blockquote>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13166106909http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13166106909Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:21:05 +1100vintagehistory<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ludeshMasV1qa080do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://elspethrose.tumblr.com/post/12538894595/the-landscape-still-shows-the-pockmarks-and">elspethrose</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><em class="MsoNormal">The landscape still shows the pockmarks and craters made in the Great War almost 100 years ago. Photographed by Michael St Maur Sheil.</em></span></p> </blockquote>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13150264211http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13150264211Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:00:06 +1100warvintagehistory<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luyk64BAaF1qcdh4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Canada Dock in Liverpool, 1909. </span><span>The gentleman in uniform is “Mauretania’s” first Chief Engineer, John Currie.</span></p>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13138578100http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13138578100Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:55:05 +1100vintagehistoryEnglandzepplinshipocean linerJohn Currie<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luyjxwHNbv1qcdh4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>WWI, English Cavalry in action on the Western Front in France, 1916.</p>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13119491898http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13119491898Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:20:00 +1100EnglishFranceWWIcavalryhistoryvintagewarwar horsehorsehorsesbattle<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luyjrswaWr1qcdh4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>USA WWI, American army dog ‘Stubby’. Died at the rank of Sergeant, 1926.</p>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13103927169http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13103927169Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:03:00 +1100USAWWIanimalarmy dogdoghistorysergeantvintagewarboxerWW1<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luyjmaUDE91qcdh4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Russian soldiers teaching German Prisoners of War the cossack dance. Eastern Front, Russia, 1915.</p>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13091080487http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13091080487Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:38:00 +1100GermanPOWPrisoner of WarRussiaRussianWWIhistoryvintagewarWW1black and white<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luyjgn74Y31qcdh4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>German WWII Prisoner released by the Soviet Union reunited with his daughter, 1956.</p>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13079187399http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13079187399Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:43:00 +1100GermanPOWPrisoner of WarWWIIhistorytouchingvintagewarWW2black and white<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luykkkECap1qcdh4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A wounded US paratrooper grimaces in pain while waiting for medical evacuation at base camp in the A Shau Valley near the Laos border in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Photo taken by then AP photographer Hugh Van Es on May 19, 1969.</p>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13057581052http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13057581052Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:12:00 +1100AmericaUSUSAVietnam WarairbournehistoryparatrooperparatrooperssoldiervintagewarVietnamblack and white<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luyg7sWdP71qcdh4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A woman of the French Resistance. Paris, France. August 29, 1944. This movement was part<span> of a patrol to rout out the Germans snipers still left in the area. She had killed two Germans in the Paris fighting two days previously.</span><span> </span></p>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13055943208http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13055943208Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:38:00 +1100French ResistanceWW2WWIIfeminstfrancefreedomfrenchheroinehistoryvintagewarwomenfeminismblack and white<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luxsg8CTIN1qcdh4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dingo eating a shark. Welcome to Australia.</p>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13040173399http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13040173399Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:04:56 +1100dingosharkaustralia<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lujrwkE6bN1r36uq7o1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Unidentified soldier of the First Australian Imperial Force, taken around 1915-1918.</p> </blockquote>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13039172411http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13039172411Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:41:00 +1100ArmyAustraliaPortraitSoldierWWIvintagewarhistoryblack and white<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luw0inQ0ka1qc1s7po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13038047797http://missillu.tumblr.com/post/13038047797Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:16:00 +1100WWIhorsepost-apocolypticsoldiervintagewarWW1black and white