Rare Historical Pictures ... Thx Sarah R!

 

RARE HISTORICAL PHOTOS

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And descriptions as we wonder what it was like to be there and surprises us with something we have never seen.� Some well over 100 years.

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A boxing match on board the USS Oregon in 1897.

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A shell shocked reindeer looks on as World War II planes drop bombs on Russia in 1941.

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The last known Tasmanian Tiger photographed in 1933 - the species is now extinct.

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The London sky following a bombing and dogfight between British and German planes in 1940.

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Nagasaki , 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945.

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A Native American overlooking the newly completed transcontinental railroad in 1868.

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The Great San Francisco Fire and Earthquake of 1906.

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Hitler in Paris ..

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Grounded aircraft on�September 11, 2001, await orders.

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Fidel Castro lays a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial.

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California lumberjacks work on Redwoods.� Thousands of tree rings in these ancient trees - each over 1000+ years old or even much older...such a shame...irreplaceable giants.

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The Beatles in 1957.

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The 1912 World Series Red Sox vs NY Giants.

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Bill and Hillary Clinton playing volleyball in 1975 - a future US President.

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Elvis in the Army.

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The first photo following the discovery of Machu Pichu in 1912.

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Child laborers in 1880.

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New York 's Times Square in 1911.

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Steamboats on the Mississippi River in 1907.

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Leo Tolstoy tells a story to his grandchildren in 1909.

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Fourteen-year-old Osama bin Laden - he's second from the right.�
Bell bottom pants - pink car - expensive shops, nice threads, about 24 people out smiling - looking hip for the day.� And not one woman has her face or head covered.

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Construction of the Statue of Liberty in 1884.

 

 

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