Cards "Engaged", "Divorced", "Married". Of the Russian Empire. 1900s.
Categorically unambiguous postcards that could be sent without text.

     British posters of the Second World war.

                Stewardess ocean liners passenger company "White Star Line"  

                Violet Constance Jessop survived three shipwrecks, 

                surviving on "Olympic" (20 September 1911), 

                Titanic (14 April 1912) and "Britannic" (21 November 1916). 

                She died in 1971 aged 84 years, of heart failure.

                               Wedding dress Audrey Hepburn, 1969

                       Robert Wadlow, the giant of Illinois, 

                       was the tallest man in history - a growth of 272 cm.

                       He died at the age of 22.

                 Berlin wall - the best place for drying clothes. GDR, 1963

              In Scottish Gaelic has no words for "Yes" and "no". 

              Agreement and disagreement are expressed in complete sentences.  

              When Gaelic children learn English, they first explain why we need 

              "Yes" and "no" and what do they mean.