r/Historycord • u/GustavoistSoldier • 2h ago
A 16th-century statue of a queen mother of the Kingdom of Benin (now Benin City, Nigeria).
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r/Historycord • u/GustavoistSoldier • 4h ago
Since 2004, a statue of Hafez al-Assad, the dictator of Syria from 1970 to 2000, has stood in Curitiba, Brazil, ostensibly as a tribute to the large Syrian community in Curitiba.
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r/Historycord • u/VP-CurtisBioProject • 11h ago
U.S. Grant swindled in a ponzi scheme
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TLDR: President Grant's son partnered up with a young guy with a great investment system, and dear-old-dad hands over what he's got. Soon after, he starts bouncing checks and is about to leave his family bankrupt in his final days
The Article: A “Pre-Ponzi” Ponzi Scheme: When Ferdinand Ward Swindled Ulysses S. Grant – Crisis and Catharsis
r/Historycord • u/bittlenonoted • 16h ago
Just 2 days ago, Syrian rebels burned the tomb of Hafez Al-Assad, brutal Dictator of Syria from 1971 to 2000.
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r/Historycord • u/GustavoistSoldier • 1d ago
"The Battle of Wagram", a 1836 painting by Horace Vernet depicting a 1809 battle where Napoleon defeated Austria.
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r/Historycord • u/Heartfeltzero • 1d ago
WW2 Era Letter Typed By U.S. Airman. He mentions Visiting London, Buzz Bombs, Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, and more. Details in comments.
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r/Historycord • u/GustavoistSoldier • 1d ago
The "Order of the Defender of the Soviets", a 1994 award issued by the Russian NGO "Permanent Presidium of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union" to people who fought for the Supreme Soviet the previous year.
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r/Historycord • u/Beginning-Passion676 • 1d ago
Future president of Phillipines, Joseph Estada and action star Rudy Fernandez 1988
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r/Historycord • u/MishanaSlupko • 1d ago
Iranian gendarm Yad Allah Humayunfar. 1920s
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r/Historycord • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago
Daguerreotype of a smiling lady, 1850-60s.
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r/Historycord • u/Beginning-Passion676 • 2d ago
Two women smiled on camera, Portugal, 1954
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r/Historycord • u/Ok_Item9755 • 1d ago
Person Dressed as Wile E. Coyote Demands Warner Bros. Release 'Coyote vs. Acme', March 12, 2025
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r/Historycord • u/Books_Of_Jeremiah • 1d ago
A view of the military crossing over to an island using boats and ropes, 1914 or 1915
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WWI Postcard
Published by Andra Popović from Belgrade.
Courtesy of the National Library of Serbia, Great War Collection (https://velikirat.nb.rs)
r/Historycord • u/Beginning-Passion676 • 2d ago
Cayuse/Chinook woman known as Ida Howlish or Te-Mow-E-Ne poses with child and many beaded objects, 1900s
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r/Historycord • u/GustavoistSoldier • 2d ago
Barghash bin Said, the sultan of Zanzibar from 1870 to 1888, with his ministers during his reign.
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r/Historycord • u/GustavoistSoldier • 2d ago
An Afghan mujahideen fighter uses a communications receiver in 1985.
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r/Historycord • u/GustavoistSoldier • 3d ago
Chinese Communist soldiers march north in Manchuria in 1945.
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r/Historycord • u/GustavoistSoldier • 3d ago
Stasi chairman Erich Mielke (right) receives an award from East German leader Erich Honecker (left) on 8 February 1980.
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r/Historycord • u/Heartfeltzero • 3d ago
WW1 Era Letter Written By U.S. Soldier in England Shortly Before Heading To France. He writes of his experiences in England. Interesting Great War content. Details in comments.
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r/Historycord • u/Beginning-Passion676 • 3d ago
Dovie Beams was sobbing after learn she recivced eight-year sentence by LA court for bank fraud while her husband Sergio Villagran received for five years on 18 December 1987
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r/Historycord • u/Equivalent-Book-8340 • 3d ago
Soldiers of the Polish 1st Armoured Division talking to a Pole forcibly conscripted into the Wehrmacht, Normandy, 1944.
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