#21 Masks Showing Different Stages In The Work Done By Mrs. Anna Coleman Ladd Of The American Red Cross For Soldiers Whose Faces Have Been Mutilated In World War I. August 1918, Paris, France. [812x575]
However, many experts shut down ideas about Calment's falsified age. Although they admit that a person living until 122 is extremely unlikely from a biological standpoint, they note that perhaps too much had to be faked in Jeanne's case. "Any deception on Madame Calment's part would have required extraordinary prescience and the connivance of surviving relatives and we should banish such thoughts from our minds," gerontologist Tom Kirkwood wrote in his 1991 book, "Could she be a fraud?"
#22 Frederick Douglass And Wife Helen Pitts At Niagara Falls, 1884
#23 Mexican Federal Soldier Says Goodbye To His Daughter At The Train Station Before Going To War, During The Mexican Revolution, 1915
#24 Chinese American With A Note That Says He Is Chinese, Not Japanese, To Avoid Harrasment At Work, 1940s
Have you learned anything new about history today, Pandas? Let us know which stories and photographs captured your attention and interest the most. And if you're in the mood for more photos from r/Historycord, check out our previous listicle right here or see these captivating photographs from "Undiscovered History"!
#25 Japanese Woman In Her Traditional Clothes, And In Western Fashion, 1930s
#27 When Dad Tried Doing Mom’s Work For A Weekend: A 1956 Life Photo Essay
#28 The Peoples Of The Russian Empire In Photographs By Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky, One Of The Pioneers Of Color Photography
#29 Young Iranian Woman Handing Out Anti-Shah Regime Manifesto In Tehran, 1979
#32 Ho Chi Minh, Then Known As Nguyen AI Quoc, In France In 1919 To Advocate For The Independence Of Vietnam
#33 Us Soldiers Having Some Fun In The Dance Flor Of A Pub In London, England, 1940s
#35 Promotional Photo Of Marilyn Monroe For The Film The Prince And The Showgirl, 1957
#36 Photo Of A German Mother Crying After Finding Out Her Captured Son Didn’t Survive In Soviet Union Pow Camps. (1955)
#38 Jeanne Calment, The Longest-Living Confirmed Person In History, At Age 20, 1895
#39 A Man Begs His Wife's Forgiveness Inside A Divorce Court. Chicago, 1948
#40 Adolf Eichmann Walks Around The Yard Of His Cell, Ramla Prison, Isreal, 1961
