18 Old-Timey Photos You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped

[Ghost in the Machine]

"We've worked long and hard here at Cracked to make it clear that the past was badass. All you have to do is sift through old-timey photos, and you quickly realize that people back then possessed neither sanity nor a sense of self-preservation. Trust us, the explanation behind these seemingly inexplicable photos tends to make them even more baffling."



Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_19065_18-old-timey-photos-you-wont-believe-arent-photoshopped.html

[Lucinda]

1. I looove old photography

That was a lot of wackiness there!

[denem]

2. EXPLICIT warning Please.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. What was so explicit?

I was pretty offended by the horse knowing what was going to happen to it. Is that what you meant?

[prairierose]

9. Have you never heard of the "diving horses"?...

When I was a kid I was so disappointed that they were no longer working but I read several books about them because I thought it was so crazy. And, I was still horse crazy then. The horse was not hurt. It dove into a steel tank of water at the steel pier. This was in or around Atlantic City. Google the diving horses.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. I'd never heard of it before

It still seems extremely cruel to me. The animal had to be terrified. :(

[Hissyspit]

14. There's a movie about it:

"Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken."
Yes, the behavior was abusive.

[Lucinda]

6. ?

[denem]

8. #18. "Gentlemen, We Can Rebuild Him.' or

am I a miksop.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. Oh, that one! It's just a Disney robot

I can see how at a glance it may look real though. :)

[tkmorris]

13. It's a disney robot

Not seeing why a warning is needed there.

[Lucinda]

15. It's not my thread - was wondering why you asked me for an explicit warning

[HughBeaumont]

4. K & R for later!

[Generic Other]

5. OMG

The Klan on the Ferris Wheel was disturbing.

[Hissyspit]

10. That's the one that I've actually seen before from being posted here on DU multiple times. nt

[FSogol]

7. Hard to believe Huntington Beach in 1928. n/t

[emulatorloo]

16. Thanks for the article, quite interesting n/t

[Initech]

17. Scroll down to the bottom of the comments section - I left a good one.

I go by the username Truthiness on that site.

[Ghost in the Machine]

18. Wow, thanks for all the recs!

Here's a bedtime :kick:


Peace,

Ghost