this post was submitted on 27 May 2025
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Illustrations of history

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This magazine is for sharing artwork of historical events, places, personages, etc. Scale models and the like also welcome!

Generally speaking, actual photos of a historical item should go to !historyartifacts@lemmy.world

Photos of ruins should go to !historyruins@lemmy.world

Photos of the past should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world

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[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

We need to hold a seance to summon u/fuckswithducks from reddit. They can provide some more historical context.

[–] saltnotsugar@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

Airlines HATE him.

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Your guess is as good as mine

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Then yes, he tied it to his dick.

"Why did the pervert cross the road?"

[–] Lupo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Homies got duckcentipeded

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

OK ive seen like 5 of these now i need an explanation

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Should only be 3 unless someone else has added some which would be cool.

Baron Munchausen was a fictional character from the 1780s. A bit of a parody a baron from the time who liked to exaggerate his stories but it evolved into its own little universe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Munchausen

[–] uservoid1@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's from a series of postcards with illustrations by Oscar Herrfurth.