What's your thought on these historical 1900's color photos from England/United states, Which one is your favorite?

[LaFerrari]

Abandoned boy clutching a stuffed animal in the rubble of London in 1945

Easter Eggs for Hitler 1945

W. H. Murphy and his Associate Demonstrating their Bulletproof Vest in 1923

Newspaper boy sells copies of the evening paper bearing news of Titanic’s sinking 1912

Helen Keller meeting Charlie Chaplin in 1919

Sumi and Sada Tamura, daughters of Mr. Teijiro Tamura in Washington, D. C 1925

Powerhouse mechanic working on a steam pump, 1920

[AmandaYVR]

Wow. Beautiful.
I liked Titanic, Japanese, and mechanic themes.

I chose mechanic. That is a gorgeous photo. My kind of photography composition and lighting, for sure.

[LaFerrari]

The guy that took the photo of the mechanic was the same guy that essentially got child labor laws to be enforced in the US, which is pretty crazy.

[AmandaYVR]

Meaning he helped to ban child labour, right? (not the reverse)
He's a great photographer.
I love that social change can happen through art mixed with the technical.

[Cherry234]

I like the photo of the boy selling the newspaper on the Titanic's sinking the best. That was such a tragic event. Thank God ships rarely sink

[pickedcrisps]

And the mechanic? I tossed up between both. And I am straight but the mechanic is like goals for a man 😐

[DarkCarousel]

Great question! Abandoned boy clutching a stuffed animal in the rubble of London in 1945, this one really tugs on my heartstrings.
The bulletproof vest photo is impressive.
There’s something about the powerhouse mechanic— the coloring of the photo or his stance and expression. Noteworthy, though I’m having trouble putting it into words.

[ChrisMaster69]

That the last photo is staged, there is no way he would be using a spanner like that lol.

[LaFerrari]

A child labor activist took the photo so it would make sense.

[LaFerrari]

Lewis Hine's photographs supported the NCLC's lobbying to end child labor, and in 1912 the Children's Bureau was created. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 eventually brought child labour in the US to an end.

[CrazyGirl2]

Hard to believe the stud in the last photo is either a very old man today… or, he’s dead

[EnglishEuropean]

Yes it's a sobering thought. If he was alive today he'd be the oldest man in the world.

[CrazyGirl2]

@EnglishEuropean Well, close anyway. Aren’t the oldest people in the world always Japanese people who only ate fish their entire life?

[LaFerrari]

Well the oldest man in USA was a ww2 veteran that smoked cigars and drank whiskey every day lol

[pickedcrisps]

Is the mechanic on something or do you think it's legit raw muscle purely earned?

[LaFerrari]

It’s the 1920s what could he have possibly been on? Lol

[pickedcrisps]

🧐... hmmm... you can never know... that said... Impressive or average you feel? 👍

[BCA6010]

I voted for the Easter eggs because I've always liked snarky military photos, but the steam mechanic, or the boy with the stuffed animal in London are probably more "iconic."

[EnglishEuropean]

They're all great but only the last one is on the cover of the Dying Fetus album "Stop at Nothing".

[LaFerrari]

Lewis Hines took the photo

[EnglishEuropean]

Yes, he was instrumental in ending chid labour in the US. Thank you, Wikipedia.

[EnglishEuropean]

*child labour

[TheUniqueOne96]

W. H. Murphy and his Associate Demonstrating their Bulletproof Vest in 1923

[purplepoppy]

I like the bullet proof vest demo. Must take a lot of trust your not going be shot in the head

[EssenceOfLight]

D
It has something artistic in it. Could be good as A0 plott on photo paper

[supercutebutt]

I like the kid holding that stuffed rock with legs and a tail.

[Still-alive]

The two daughters in DC. Just amazing

[Nomina]

They're beautiful

[Anonymous]

These are amazing!!