March 5th, 2014: History is weird

[Coign]

Click the link below for a strange collection of weird moments in history.







See the full set here. http://www.viralnova.com/weird-photos-from-history/

[DanaC]

Wow, they're amazing.

Followed the link and some of them are quite startling.

A few things that caught my attention:

4.) Fuzzy ducklings being used as therapy animals for children.

That's really something. I always thought that sort of thing was a very modern concept.

9.) Annette Kellerman promoting a woman’s right to wear a fitted, one-piece bathing suit in 1907. She was later arrested for indecency.

Amazing. She's showing no flesh to speak of, but the very idea of a woman allowing her body shape to be visible was considered indecent.

13.) A picture of the original Ronald McDonald from 1963.

Fuck me, that's terrifying.

23.) Beach patrols measuring the length of women’s bathing suits in the 1920s.

So, progress but...

26.) What lifeguards used to look like in the 1920s.

Aha, Because it's fun to stay at the YMCA right?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Amazing. She's showing no flesh to speak of, but the very idea of a woman allowing her body shape to be visible was considered indecent.

But it made men so angry hundreds of them gathered around her.

[Gravdigr]

13.) A picture of the original Ronald McDonald from 1963.

Originally Posted by DanaC

Fuck me, that's terrifying.

That's not terrifying, that's Willard Scott!!

[SPUCK]

Walking their barbecued ribs in a bad neighborhood. Amazing.