Fake History Porn

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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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[–] 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!