If you ever wondered what it would be like if famous people throughout history had Instagram? Well wonder no more! The Instagram account ‘History in Pictures’ is here to give you a taste. This account focuses on re-living the past and teaching us a history lesson along the way. Everything, from pictures of Native Americans, to famous politicians, to Woodstock, famous wedding, and the picture of Fidel Castro drinking Coca-Cola can be found here.
The good thing is that they don’t hold back on the facts and don’t try to hide the negative parts of history, everything is written and shown as it really was, the bright sides and the not so bright.
Scrolling to their page is like traveling via time machine in a period of the past you chose to go. Every single picture tells a different story, a story that is worth reading. Do you know how many car accidents Frida Khalo had in her life time? Or, what were Albert’s Einstein’s last words? Visit the ‘History in Pictures’ Instagram account today and let yourself get lost in the past!
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Pictured above is a small-scale model of Gutzon Borglum’s design of Mt. Rushmore. – During the 1920s, Doane Robinson—who was South Dakota’s state historian—thought a good way to attract tourists to Black Hills National Forest and the surrounding areas would be to make enormous sculptures of western heroes. Initially, he suggested sculpting Red Cloud—who was a Sioux chief—out of “the needles,” which were large granite pillars in the area. – In 1924, Robinson contacted Gutzon Borglum about the possibility of doing the sculpture. Eventually, he agreed, abandoning the General Robert E. Lee sculpture he was working on at the time, and went to South Dakota to decide on the right spot for the sculpture. – Before deciding on Mount Rushmore as the site of the sculptures, Gutzon suggested to Robinson that the sculptures be of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, reasoning that they would probably attract more tourists than Red Cloud. Later, he decided to add Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt to the sculpture. – The project began in 1927, and by the time it ended in 1941, they had removed some 450,000 tons of rock and carved out enormous heads that were 60 feet tall. As can be seen from the model, the sculptures were originally intended to be from the waist up. However, the project ran out of funding, leaving just their faces completed. – Today, roughly 2 million people visit Mt. Rushmore each year, making it one of the most popular tourist attractions in America.
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The above photo was taken of famous painter Frida Kahlo in 1946 by Nickolas Muray. – Frida Kahlo de Rivera—whose original name was Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón—was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico. As a young child, Kahlo was exposed to art by her father who was a photographer. – Although she would later become a famous artist, she initially intended to study medicine. In 1922, she enrolled in the National Preparatory School in Mexico City with that intent in mind. While she was studying there, she met her future husband, Diego Rivera, who was there painting a mural for the school. – Three years later, Kahlo was involved in a serious bus accident that left her seriously injured and caused her to have over 30 surgeries over her lifetime. While recovering from the accident, Kahlo took up painting and quickly became quite good at it. – A couple years later, she ran into Rivera again, and he strongly encouraged her to continue to paint. The two married in 1929 but would later divorce and then remarry. Kahlo went on to paint some of the most iconic art of the 20th century. – After marrying Rivera, Kahlo’s art changed a bit, and she began favoring Mexican folk art, and she would later take to art that has been labeled surrealism. Some of her most famous works include “The Broken Column” (1944), “Self Portrait With Thorn Necklace And Hummingbird” (1940), and “The Two Fridas” (1939).
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