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The liner Queen Elizabeth is filled with the American troops coming home from war. Wow!



2 A boy and two big lobsters that have just been caught on the New Jersey Coast, 1916.



3 1945: The Mona Lisa painting can finally be opened again after it had been hidden from German troops in 1939.



4 Longacre Square, New York, 1903, one year before it was named Times Square. That happened because New York Times moved their headquarters there.



5 Imperial Airlines airplane, 1936. It doesn’t look very safe, right?



6 April 15, 1912, a Titanic survival boat meets with a rescue ship.



7 A priest praying over the victims of the Titanic, 1912.



8 France, 1959. Kids playing with the guillotine. And they say that today’s video games are violent!



9 Bruce Lee and his master, 1958.



10. Enjoying a meal in the car while getting cooled air piped in the car. This is a drive-in restaurant, in Texas, 1957.



11. MGM opening credits in the making, 1928. Yes, that’s how they did it!



12. Hitler and Speer looking at the Schwerer Gustav, the biggest gun ever used in battle.



13. Transporting a 5 MB hard drive seemed like a serious job back in 1956.



14. This is how they tested shoes back in 1937.



15. First Wimbledon as an international tournament, 1883.

 

16. 1993, Queen Elizabeth II tests a big gun.



17. Coca-Cola being introduced to France, 1950.



18. Human-sized chess with actual soldiers, Russia, 1924.



19. Oil Crisis, 1973. People are having picnics on the deserted highways.



Old interesting PICTURES


 
Her Majesty and Prince Phil – same brooch, same pearls, same love.


We see many old photos, but this set is really special…  
Hans Christian Anderson

 
Winston Churchill, 1895


 
Mahatma Gandhi dancing


 
Sophia Loren

 
Albert Einstein


 
Paul Gaugin

 
Vincent van Gogh

 
John Wayne, 1930 (aged 23)

 
Elizabeth Taylor... this could have been X rated.


 
Alfred Hitchcock, 1920’s


 
Paul Newman, served in the Pacific in WW2

 
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow


 
Confederate general Robert E Lee. Did you know that when Lee joined the confederacy, his farm was taken and later became Arlington National Cemetery?


William, Diana, Harry

 
Edgar Allan Poe poses with Abraham Lincoln in Mathew Brady’s Washington ,D.C. studio, 1849

 
Ernest Hemingway as an American Red Cross volunteer during World War I, 1918

 
Mark Twain, aged 15, 1850



Mother Teresa, What a find...!!!


Early American Photography..... #2

MARVELOUS

This is an incredible collection of tinted photochromes from the dawn of the 19th century hiding away in the Beinecke rare books and manuscript library.

Published by the Detroit Photographic (which no longer exists),

the firm's photographers traveled the country snapping the sights of North America to be printed on postcards and sold to the public.

Ocklawaha River, Florida, 1902


Gold's Curio Store, Santa Fe, New Mexico, circa 1897.

Pulpit Terraces from Yellowstone National Park circa 1898. They may have changed names to the Travertine terraces .


Glacier Point and South Dome, Yosemite Valley, 1898

The Lobby, Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone Park, ca 1897, still open .

Navajo Woman Weaving a Blanket, 1902

Interior of Corridors, Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1906.


Old Caretaker at Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1897

California grapefruit, 1902

The Arcade, Cleveland, 1901.

Glen Afton Spring, near Pen Mar Park, 1903.


The Old South Church, Boston, 1900. The second oldest church building in Boston, built in 1729.


St. Charles Street, New Orleans, 1900

Old French Courtyard, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1903

Circular Bridge, Mt. Lowe Railway 1897-1924. It was "the grandest scenic trip on earth - champagne and caviar served."

Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona, c. 1902.

The Giant's Club and Kettle, Green River, Utah, 1898

Crevasse Formation in Illecillewaet Glacier, Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, circa 1902

Pack Trail Ready for Mines, Colorado, 1904

Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde, from the Ruins, 1904. The structure built by the Ancestral Puebloans is located in Mesa Verde.

Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia, 1901.


The Glory of Azaleas, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley, South Carolina, 1901- Magnolia Plantation & Gardens , Charleston

Temple Square, Salt Lake, 1898. Built as a Mormon temple in 1847, the Temple is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Salt Air Pavilion, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1901. Burned down in 1925.

Box Canyon, Ouray, Colorado, 1904.

Sutro Baths, San Francisco, 1900. Built in 1896. The facility burned down in June 1966.

Carmel Bay near Monterey, California, 1900.

South View, Hotel del Coronado, California, 1899. Still open for business by the sea.

Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, California, 1902. The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory.

The Cliff House, San Francisco, California. 1899. Boasting the best views in San Francisco.

The Boardwalk, Atlantic City, 1900

Home of Rip Van Winkle in Sleepy Hollow, Catskill Mountains, 1902.

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