This photo has been shared online claiming to show a wedding in 1940 where everybody is wearing a gas mask because of the war, or as a photo showing a wedding on the volcanic island of Miyake-jima where people have to wear a gas mask all the time because of the sulphur dioxide gas coming … More NOT a volcano or WW2 gas mask wedding
This picture is being shared with the suggestion that it is a genuine Victorian photograph showing a man, sometimes identified as “Hugh Hefner’s grandpa”, standing with several young ladies who are all wearing rabbit ears. That is not the case. The only mention of a ‘Jack Rabbit club’ is in regards to a veteran’s sports … More NOT Grandpa Hefner’s Jack Rabbit Club
This photo is being shared online claiming to have been made by photographer Carl Van Sauer and showing Kim Novak entertaining American Troops in Vietnam, 1962. It does not. Twitter user BobbyDress saw it and felt something wasn’t quite right so he asked me to look into it.And although the 1960s are a bit recent … More NOT Kim Novak in Vietnam, 1962
This photo is being shared online supposedly showing the execution of a German soldier for desertion by his own comrades. It does not. When I saw it I immediately knew something wasn’t quite right but couldn’t put my finger on it.The scene just looked too staged, too posed.Eventually I realised that the firing squad was … More NOT a German soldier being shot during WW2
This wonderful photo is being shared online with the claim that it is a genuine old photo from the 1900s of a dandy with a bit hat. It is not. Well, half of it is true, it is indeed a photo of a dandy with a big hat.But it wasn’t taken in the early 1900s, … More NOT an early 1900s dandy with a big hat
This photo has been shared online many times claiming to show a Hittite carved crystal hedgehog, from Anatolia, ca. 1500 B.C.E. Although the Hittites did indeed make rock sculptures, this one stood out as being extraordinary and I wanted to check if it was real. I am no expert on the matter but it just … More Probably NOT a Hittite carved hedgehog
This photo has been shared online with the claim that it shows a German soldier and a Russien soldier kissing during the joined invasion of Poland in September 1939. It does not. To me it was obvious that the photo wasn’t authentic, the uniform details weren’t right for 1939 but the people in the background … More NOT a WW2 photo of future enemies kissing
This picture is shared online as being an example of a girl dressed in an androgynous manner, a butch girl, a Teddy girl or as two lesbians in the 1940s. That is not the case. First lets agree on the definition of androgyny; “Not clearly male or female”“The quality or state of being neither specifically … More NOT an example of 1940s androgyny
This picture has been shared online claiming to show a pre child labour laws chimney sweep. It does not. I analyse and study historical photos for a living, when I saw this one I immediately knew it was not a Victorian image. Child chimney sweeps became a thing of the past in Britain around 1875 … More NOT a pre child labour law chimney sweep
For decades it has been generally accepted that the term ‘Serial killer’ was first coined by FBI agent Robert K. Ressler in the late 1970s. It wasn’t. According to my dictionary coining a term or phrase means; “to invent a new word or expression, or to use one in a particular way for the first … More ‘Serial killer’ NOT coined by FBI in 1970s
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