Monday, August 19, 2013

Wow! Old Photographs ... Thx clay V & Sarah R!

Some old ~ some never seen .

 WOW!


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Subject: Old Photographs


The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in 1861
Charlie Chaplin in 1916 at the age of 27
Suntan vending machine, 1949
Annie Edison Taylor (1838-1921), the first person to
survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She
did it in 1901 because she needed money, and after
doing it said she wouldn't recommend it to anyone!
Only known authenticated photo of Billy the Kid,ca. 1879
Jesse James, approximately 16 years old
Advertisement for Atabrine, an anti-malaria drug. Sign
was put up at the 363rd station hospital in Papua,
New Guinea during WWII
How could parents ensure that their children were getting sunlight and fresh air when living in apartment buildings? The baby cage, ca. 1937
Hotel owner pouring acid in the water when black people
swam in his pool, ca. 1964
Little girl comforting her doll in the ruins of her
bomb damaged home, London, 1940
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Unknown soldier in Vietnam, 1965
1920's lifeguard
1928 fashion show at the beach
Measuring bathing suits in the early 1920s. If they
were too short, the women would be fined
Testing new bulletproof vests, 1923
A mom and her son watch the mushroom cloud after an atomic test 75 miles away, Las Vegas, 1953
Illegal alcohol being poured out during Prohibition,
Detroit 1929
The Ford Theater, where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
Children eating their Christmas dinner during the
Great Depression: turnips and cabbage
Annette Kellerman promoted women's right to wear
a fitted one-piece bathing suit, 1907⦠She was
arrested for indecency.
Martin Luther King Jr. with his son by his side
removing a burnt cross from his front yard, 1960
The original Ronald clown of McDonald's in 1963
Apollo I crew members rehearsing their water landing
in 1966
President Richard Nixon trying to use chopsticks while
visiting China in 1972
Construction of the Manhattan Bridge, 1908
Construction of the Berlin wall, 1961
Hitler's officers and cadets celebrating Christmas, 1941
Abraham Lincoln's hearse, 1865
Frozen Niagara Falls, 1911
Last prisoners of Alcatraz leaving, 1963
(Me, seventh in line :-)
A penniless mother hides her face in shame after
putting her children up for sale, Chicago, 1948
Recovering bodies after the Titanic disaster,
April 1912
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A most beautiful suicide - 23 year old Evelyn McHale
leapt to her death from an observation deck (83rd floor)
of the Empire State Building, May 1, 1947. She landed
on a United Nations limousineâ¦
Melted and damaged mannequins after a fire at
Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum in London, 1930
New York City fire station, ca. 1912
Operation Babylift: Vietnamese orphans transported by
airplanes to America in 1975
Polish children examined by German officers to see if
they qualify as Aryan, and would be allowed to live
Santa Claus in New York, ca. 1900
5:00 P.M., September 3rd, 1967
Sweden changed from driving on the left side to driving
on the right - this was the result
Unpacking the Head of the Statue of Liberty
delivered June 17, 1885





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