פיטר פרי, סטודנט לצילום ממדינת מסצ'וסטס שבארה"ב, שילב שתיים מהנאותיו הגדולות, צילום ותיירות, לתמונה אחת. בעמוד האינסטגרם שלו פרי ממקם תמונות ישנות ומחזיק אותן על רקע המיקום העכשווי. בין השאר, הוא מציג למשל תמונה מההתקוממות בצ'כיה בשנת 1968 אל מול אותו בניין כיום, כך גם את מלך בלגיה ואת צ'ארלס פונזי, עליו נטבע המונח "הונאת פונזי".

התמונות האחרות שפרסם לרוב מלוות בהסבר היסטורי המתאר את הרגע שנלכד בעדשות המצלמה, אך לתמונה הוויראלית הבאה פרי לא נזקק ליותר ממשפט אחד: "במרחק שמונים שנה כמעט":

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Almost 80 years apart #morelovelesshate

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בתמונה ניתן לראות את אדולף היטלר ולידו חמישה גברים מצמרת המפלגה הנאצית עומדים על מרפסת בית העירייה ההיסטורי של העיר פרנקפורט ברובע העתיק, מעל לכיכר המקושטת דגלים נאצים לכבוד סיפוח אוסטריה במרץ 1938. למזלנו, 80 שנה אחרי, את אותם דגלים נאצים מחליף היום דגל בצבעי הקשת, המוכר לכל כדגל הגאווה.

התמונה שותפה עשרות אלפי פעמים ברשתות החברתיות מאז שצולמה לפני כשנתיים, וכעת שמונים שנה אחרי בדיוק אנו מאמינים שדברים יכולים להשתנות.

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King Albert I of Belgium visiting Boston in 1919. During WWI, ending just a year before this was taken, he commanded the defense against Germany and personally fought in the trenches alongside his men all while serving as king — something unheard of at the time or even today. His wife Elisabeth (in white) also put herself in harm’s way working as a nurse on the frontlines while his son Leopold III (left) enlisted as a private at the age of 14, seeing action as well. As prince, Albert would often tour Belgium’s working class neighborhoods in disguise to develop an understanding of their living conditions. If you’re into biographical stories, I definitely recommend looking more into this very rare and true leader. #theOGundercoverboss

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Charles Ponzi and his wife Rose leaving the Massachusetts State House in 1934 after his appeal to remain in the US was denied. He came to Boston from Italy in 1903 with $2.50 to his name, and after working odd jobs as well as spending time in prison for forgery and smuggling, he set up an investment company in 1919. Realizing he could buy and resell international postage coupons for a profit (since Europe was recovering from WWI, inflation rates were in his favor), he attracted investors by guaranteeing they would receive a 50% return within 45 days or 100% within 90 days. While this was completely legal, what his clients didn’t know was that their money was being used in a cycle to pay back previous investors rather than to purchase the actual coupons, and in less than a year Ponzi personally made around $250,000 PER DAY (~$3.2 million in 2018). However he was very careless, and after a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation by the Boston Post he pleaded guilty to 86 counts of mail fraud, served another 10 years in both federal and state prisons, was deported to Italy, and later spent the the rest of his days broke in Rio de Janeiro. Although he was not the first commit this type of fraud, his notorious rise and fall made the act of relying on the flow of money from new investors to pay back old ones became known as a "Ponzi Scheme." In short, Ponzi arrived in Boston without sauce and therefore was lost, but in the end was lost in the sauce.

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The final picture from my Prague Spring series, which shows two men outside the Czech Radio Building walking towards Soviet tanks. Around 15 protesters and employees died defending the station, but held off troops long enough for broadcasts about the invasion to reach the rest of the country. (August 21, 1968)

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