A Uncommon Smile Captured in a nineteenth Century {Photograph}

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Simply take a look at this pho­to. Simply take a look at this younger lady’s smile. We all know her title: O‑o-be’, accord­ing to the Smith­son­ian. And we all know that she was a mem­ber of the Kiowa tribe within the Okla­homa Ter­ri­to­ry. And we all know that the pho­to was tak­en in 1894. However…

The Closing Days of Leo Tolstoy Captured in Uncommon Footage from 1910

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114 years in the past immediately (Novem­ber 20, 1910), Leo Tol­stoy—the creator who gave us two main Russ­ian clas­sics Anna Karen­i­na and Struggle & Peace—died at Astapo­vo, a small, distant prepare sta­tion within the coronary heart of Rus­sia. Pneu­mo­nia was the offi­cial trigger. His loss of life got here simply weeks after Tol­stoy, then 82 years…