There is so much “fake history” going around about the Medieval Era that I decided to write this article and create this; There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about “The” Middle ages.This era lasted roughly 1000 years and life was very different at certain times and in different places, so it is a … More Medieval Myths Bingo
The picture in the centre has been shared all over the internet countless times with the suggestion that it shows books floating in the streets of Paris after the 1910 flood. It doesn’t. Although this photo has been debunked a long time ago, it keeps popping up as people keep sharing it, so I thought … More NOT floating books after Paris 1910 flood
The idea that Hugo Boss designed the Nazi uniforms is old, these claims are online often accompanied by by pictures like these: The images are fake photoshop creations and Hugo Boss didn’t design ANY Nazi uniforms.If you prefer to watch a youtube video in stead of reading this article, you can do that here; For … More NOT genuine Hugo Boss Nazi adverts
The picture in the centre has been shared all over the internet countless times with the suggestion that it is an 1939 ad for amphetamine. It isn’t. It is a photoshop creation, a fake advert that seems to have been made by a user called NeoplasmSix who uploaded it to the b3ta forum as part … More NOT a vintage ad for amphetamine
The photo in the centre has been shared all over the internet countless times with the suggestion that it is a wartime picture of a Jewish girl. Analysing historical images is what I do as a job, I’ve seen a huge amount of WW2 photos and I knew that this was not one of them. … More NOT a WW2 photo of a Jewish girl
In 1872, Ms. Charlotte E. Ray (later Mrs. Fraim) (January 13, 1850 – January 4, 1911) became the first black woman in the USA to practice law.She was 27 at the time.Unfortunately there is no known photograph of her, only a drawing.For some peculiar reason people have started sharing pictures of other women claiming them … More NOT Charlotte E. Ray
Another picture that is shared online with the claims that this is a genuine WW1 photo showing a real soldier in a terrible situation. Often with titles such as “This photo of an unknown soldier captures the horrors of WWI perfectly” or “Australian soldier sitting in the Mud with his head in his hand on … More NOT a real WW1 soldier in the mud
This photo has gone around on social media for a long time, claiming to be a genuine WW1 era photo of soldier suffering from shell shock in the trenches. As someone who analyses old photos for a living I immediately felt that something was off, it just didn’t look right. This time it didn’t take … More NOT a real WW1 soldier with shell shock
NOT a Congo hanging in 1908 This horrible picture has been shared countless times all over the internet for over a decade. A group of men, partially uniformed, surround a little black boy who is standing on a wooden block. He appears to have a noose around his neck and is about to be hanged. … More NOT a Congo hanging in 1908
The black and white picture of “Madam Moll” an 1920s bank robber with her machine-gun has been going around the internet for almost a decade and is clearly a modern fake but now and then someone still seems to think it is real.Every time it is shared online there are usually a few people in … More NOT Madam Moll an 1920s Bank robber
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