Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Old Photos

"Waiting for the
                gong." Aboard the U.S.S. Oregon circa 1897


1912 World Series


Fidel Castro laying a wreath at the
                Lincoln Memorial in Washington, 1959


British SAS back from a 3 month long
                patrol, North Africa, January 18, 1943


Japanese plane shot down during the
                Battle of Saipan, near Saipan; circa June 15 – July 9,
                1944


Fallout cloud above the Japanese city of
                Nagasaki, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in
                1945


Contrails above London after dogfight
                between british and german aircraft. September
                1940


Benjamin, the last Tasmanian Tiger, at
                Beaumaris Zoo in 1933


A shell shocked reindeer as World War II
                planes drop bombs, by Yevgeny Khaldei, Mourmansk, Russia,
                1941


Earliest aerial photograph of an American
                city, titled "Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It" –
                Taken from a hot air balloon Oct, 1860


Mount Rushmore Before
                Carving


Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke's family
                photo left behind on the moon -1972


Brighton Swimming Club in their top hats
                and swim suits, 1863


The Mighty Titanic Prepares to Leave
                Port. 1912


Liberated Jewish man holds NAZI soldier
                at gunpoint during WWII, unknown date


Colourized image of Osama Bin Laden (age
                14, second from right) and Family in Sweden,
                1971


Leo Tolstoy telling a story to his
                grandchildren, 1909


Photographer Lewis Hine shot images of
                young boys smoking cigarettes to emphasize the harmful effects
                of child labor. ca. 1880


John McCain being captured by Vietnamese
                civilians in Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi-1967


The Berlin Wall coming down. (November
                11, 1989)


German air raid on Moscow,
                1941


Men eating bread and soup in a breadline
                during the Great Depression

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

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