Interesting Black and White pictures ripped from the net

[bobo746]

Rio is on a look back at Berlin


The Olympic torch is carried into the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremonies of the XI Olympic Games in Berlin on Aug. 1, 1936.




Banners of the 49 nations participating in the Games fly in one of the main squares in Berlin



Jesse Owens (far right) competes in one of his track and field events. Much to Hitler's dismay, the 1936 Olympics were Owens' Games — he won four gold medals, and in the space of 45 minutes, broke five world records and tied a sixth. Owens became a hero, even in Germany's Aryan nation.



Medal winners in the women's 100-meter dash. German bronze-medal winner Kathe Krauss gives the Nazi salute in front. American Helen Stephens (center) won the gold



Members of the U.S. rowing team, wearing Native American headdresses, watch their fellow athletes compete. The U.S. rowing team, from the University of Washington, were considered underdogs, but ended up beating out Germany and Italy to win the gold

[Neverna]

^ There are some interesting facts about the people in that photograph at the 1936 Olympics.

The woman on the right, who came in third place, is the Polish athlete Stanisława Walasiewicz. The race winner was American Helen Stephens. It was suggested at the Olympics that both Stephens and Walasiewicz were male so the Olympic Committee performed a physical check on Stephens and Walasiewicz, concluding that they were both women. Many years later, in 1980 in Cleveland, Ohio, Walasiewicz was killed during an armed robbery. An autopsy showed that she possessed the Y chromosome, which is normally present only in male cells.

Also, it seems Adolph Hitler tried it in with the American athlete!

Stephens is quoted by Olympic historian David Wallechinsky about her post-race experience with Adolf Hitler. "He comes in and gives me the Nazi salute. I gave him a good, old-fashioned Missouri handshake," she said. "Once more Hitler goes for the jugular vein. He gets hold of my fanny and begins to squeeze and pinch, and hug me up. And he said: You're a true Aryan type. You should be running for Germany.' So after he gave me the once over and a full massage, he asked me if I'd like to spend the weekend in Berchtesgaden." Stephens, who was closeted, refused.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Stephens

[BaitongBoy]

Closeted?...

[rebbu]

Closeted?...

Probably different context than today's use.

[bobo746]

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[bobo746]

"Wotan's Throne Sunset," Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

[Luigi]

Anyone else see an angry little ape's head at the top right of the, errr..... rocks?

[Latindancer]

That's the skull cave....where The Phantom really lives. Skull Cave (Location) - Comic Vine

[misskit]

^^ Like a Mount Rushmore for King Kong.

[Headworx]

Anyone else see an angry little ape's head at the top right of the, errr..... rocks?

Nope. But there's 3 girls giving blow jobs and another 2 getting boned in that shot.

Hey don't blame me, Bobo's the one posting porn!.

[bobo746]

[rebbu]

[misskit]

Oldest known photo of a Tornado, 20 miles SW of Howard, South Dakota, US. Aug. 28, 1884.

[misskit]

[BaitongBoy]

^ Silken little booties...Heh...


Cheers...

[rebbu]

Awww, that's beautiful misskit. You win the thread today. xxxx

[bobo746]

In May of 1870, Thomas Child was hired by the Imperial Maritime Customs Service to be a gas engineer in Peking (Beijing).

[Cujo]

Interesting photos but funny to see China looked a mess even then.

[bobo746]

The famous "Blue Pond" in Hokkaido Biei-cho, Japan.

[Neverna]

The real Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin. 1927

[Neverna]

[Davis Knowlton]

^My Mom used to threaten to do that......

[Neverna]

Did she say how much for?

[Davis Knowlton]

^Most days an IOU would have done it.....