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Welcome to /c/fakehistoryporn@lemmy.world , where fake history is made. Find a historically significant photo, come up with a fake history title, post it, laugh.

The name is a reference to the fact that the pictures should be worth marveling at. This is NOT a place for hardcore pornography. Tasteful nudity is fine as long as it fits within the context of the post (please mark it as NSFW).

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Paris's Answer to the Golden Gate Bridge; the Kitchen Chair Bridge - 1924 (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Lauchs@lemmy.world to c/fakehistoryporn@lemmy.world

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[–] athos77@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Henri Manuel

The Maison Laffitte hippodrome, west of Paris, is flooded by the flood of the Seine. Jockeys and others find the typical french chairs under the trees, a safe haven. Paris, 1924.

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Oh cool, thanks for the actual context!

(Sorry, I wish I was better at that. I'm more okay at jokes than finding historical context and feel a bit bad about that for this community.)

[–] athos77@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

That's cool - my sense of humor is a bit too wry for most people, so I appreciate those with a better reach!

[–] athos77@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's interesting, apparently the photographer

Henri Manuel (24 April 1874 – 11 September 1947) was a French photographer who served as the official photographer of the French government from 1914 to 1944.

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I didn't even know countries had national photographers, let alone one who covered both world wars. Wild!

Also, thanks, I started looking through his photography and have a few ideas for more fakehistoryporn!

[–] athos77@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

You're welcome :) One of the things I really like about historyporn / fakehistoryporn photos is that, when I look into their background a bit, there's often fascinating little bits of trivia that I learn!