INCREDIBLE PHOTOS FROM YESTERYEAR I
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Three Princeton students pose after the Freshman, Sophomore snowball fight. 1893. Princeton , NJ . |
Only known photo of an African American Union soldier and family. c1863-65 |
Last four couples standing in a Chicago dance marathon. ca. 1930 |
"Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers." After realizing a woman was running Boston marathon organizer Jock Semple went after Kathrine Switzer. Other runners blocked him and she went on to finish the race. 1967. |
Johnny Cash performing for prisoners at Folsom Prison January 13, 1968 |
Louis Armstrong plays for his wife in front of the Sphinx by the pyramids in Giza , 1961 |
Alerted by the smell of a broken bottle of liquor, Federal Agents inspect a "lumber truck". Los Angeles , 1926 |
Cow shoes used by Moonshiners in the Prohibition days to disguise their footprints, 1922 |
Russian peasants getting electricity for the first time in 1920 |
Three archers, Japan , ca.1860-1900 |
"The Long Walk" British Army EOD Tech approaches a suspect device – Date Unknown |
A Native American looks down at a newly-completed section of the transcontinental railroad. Nevada , about 1868 |
Tereska, a child in a residence for disturbed children, grew up in a concentration camp. She drew a picture of "home" on the blackboard, Poland , 1948 |
The earliest known photograph of men drinking beer. Edinburgh Ale, 1844 . |
Jewish refugees, approaching allied soldiers, become aware that they have just been liberated, April, 1945 |
Microsoft staff photo from December 7, 1978 |
Martin Luther King Jr removing a burned cross from his front yard with his son at his side. Atlanta Ga 1960 |
A Japanese family returning home (Seattle, Washington) from a relocation center camp in Hunt, Idaho on May 10, 1945 |
9 kings featured in one photo (Windsor Castle, 20 May 1910) |
Siberian bear hunting armour suit |
New York man reads a newspaper, headline reads "Nazi Army Now 75 Miles From Paris ." May 18, 1940 |
The headquarters of Benito Mussolini and the Italian Fascist party in Italy, 1934 |
The Kennedy trio in the mid 30s as teenagers: John, Bobby and Teddy |
The first official riders in New York City ’s first subway, 1904 |
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