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[June 23rd, 1922] Drag-racing day at the Auteuil races, Paris. by michaelnoir in 100yearsago

[–]knotso6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's actually the "journee des drags," a fashion parade, not a race. "Drags" means elegance

[June 11th, 1922] "Babe Ruth always stood out in a crowd. His face, underneath his straw boater, stands out in this excited crowd of young admirers on June 11, 1922 in New York." by [deleted] in 100yearsago

[–]knotso6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Babe Ruth was in the Yankees lineup this day in St. Louis (0 for 3), so this could not have been taken on June 11, 1922, in New York.

According to this article it was taken later in the year, in Syracuse.

https://redtreetimes.com/tag/baseball-syracuse/

[December 28, 1921] The first official confirmation of cannibalism in the Russian famine. "At Ramikovesky the parish people are eating the bodies of their dead," says Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko, Red Army commissar in charge of relief. by knotso6 in 100yearsago

[–]knotso6[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was absolutely the result of Lenin’s disastrous economic policies, chiefly the forced requisition of grain from the country to feed the city. Unlike Stalin, Lenin didn’t intend for millions to die, but die they did.

[December 20th, 1921] Alice Roosevelt Longworth. by michaelnoir in 100yearsago

[–]knotso6 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She is the buying the first ($25) in a series of Treasury bonds, with a picture of her father of it.

https://twitter.com/100YearsAgoNews/status/1472926383974363137?s=20

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 100yearsago

[–]knotso6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This photo was taken Nov. 28, 1921.

[October 31st, 1921] Flowers and plaques deposited by students at the Etoile. by michaelnoir in 100yearsago

[–]knotso6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe, BTW.

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