https://nypost.com/2019/11/19/120-year-old-photo-sparks-greta-thunberg-conspiracy-theories/
Three children operate a rocker at a gold mine on Dominion Creek, Yukon Territory, circa 1898.Eric A. Hegg
Well, she’s impressive, but she’s not that impressive.
Conspiracy theorists are at it again over a 120-year-old photo depicting a girl who bears an uncanny resemblance to teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg.
The photo, unearthed from archives at the University of Washington, shows three children working at a gold mine in Canada, including a girl wearing Thunberg’s signature braid and stoic expression.
Historians believe it was taken around 1898.
Thunberg, 16, took the…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Sometimes I think the news media hasn’t strayed too far from its sensationalist, Victorian roots – stories like this, exaggerated reports of animal attacks, man bites dog, etc. I’m always inclined to believe the man bites dog stories.
The braid in this photo is actually two braids. 🙂