World History...Old-School(flicks inside!)

[ter1413]

Jewish refugees, approaching allied soldiers, become aware that they have just been liberated, April, 1945

Prohibition- Alcohol barrels to be burned, 1924

Samurai ca. 1860-1880

Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Louis Armstrong plays for his wife in front of the Sphinx by the pyramids in Giza, 1961

 

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Bombs dropped on Kobe, Japan, 1945

German flying ace, The Red Baron and his dog, 1916

Pyramid of captured German helmets, New York, 1918

The first official riders in New York Citys first subway, 1904

A vac sealed sachet of one of the astronauts children during Apollo 11

 

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The headquarters of Benito Mussolini and the Italian Fascist party in Italy, 1934

A Japanese family returning home from a relocation center camp in Hunt, Idaho on May 10, 1945

9 Kings in Windsor Castle, May 20th, 1910

First picture ever taken in space, 1946

Douglas MacArthur signs formal surrender of Japan, 1945

 

[Grand Potentate]

I love these photo threads ter1413 . Thanks for taking the time to post them up.

 

[ter1413]

Martin Luther King Jr removing a burned cross from his front yard with his son at his side. Atlanta Ga 1960

The Kennedy trio in the mid 30s as teenagers John, Bobby and Teddy

Hitler looking at the Gustav Railway gun, 1942

Powder Monkey on the USS New Hampshire, 1864

JFK and LBJ during the Cuban Missle Crisis, 1962

 

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Alerted by the smell of a broken bottle of liquor, Federal Agents inspect a “lumber truck”. Los Angeles, 1926

Joseph and magda Goebbels on their wedding day. Best man- Adolf Hitler, 1931

Three archers, Japan, ca.1860-1900

Soviet soldiers take a break to watch an acrobatic show on the march towards Berlin 1945

Ruby Bridges, first african-american to attend a white elementary school in the South Nov. 14th, 1960

 

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Armstrong post-moonwalk

Mark Twain inside the laboratory of Nikola Tesla, 1894

Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan in the general’s tent near Antietam battlefield October 3, 1862

 

[OfficePants]

Jimi Hendrix in a dune buggy.

 

[OfficePants]

Titanic in dry dock

Hoover dam

 

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Auto wreck in Washington D.C. circa 1920

The Hindenburg crash of 1937

The Beatles 1962.

 

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London "Fog"-London was covered in “fog” at the beginning of the 20th Century, culminating in the Great Smog of 1952

Part 1

 

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Part 2

 

[Zé Ferreira]

This is officially my favorite thread on WDWV. Bravo.

 

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The only known photograph of an African American Union soldier with his family. 1863-65

Johnny Cash performing for prisoners at Folsom Prison – Jan. 13th 1968.

Microsoft staff photo from December 7, 1978.

 

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Rare photos of the Statue of Liberty under construction in 1883:

 

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Before and after D-Day: Rare color photos depict life during World War II

 

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42nd Street in Manhattan, 1928
Here's what the south side of 42nd Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, in Manhattan looked like in 1928. A year later, the structures would be torn down to build the Daily News building.

Union Square, 1924
Union Square was always a busy place! Here, cars of the era are parked at the famous New York City landmark in 1924.

Holland Tunnel, 1926
Hope this wasn't during rush hour! New Jersey Governor A. Harry Moore and New York Governor Al Smith shake hands at the state border inside the Holland Tunnel in 1926.

 

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March on Washington-MLK

 

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Woodstock NY-1969

 

[Zé Ferreira]

The color WWII-era (and earlier ones) continue to blow my mind. Through various sources, one "knows" that the 60s existed in color, but prior to that it is almost jarring to see "old" photographs in color - almost to the point of subliminally believing that life existed in black and white.

Obviously that's folly, but it's just so striking to see color photographs from about 1950 and prior. It makes the scenes almost more relatable, if that makes any sense.

 

[ter1413]

The color WWII-era (and earlier ones) continue to blow my mind. Through various sources, one "knows" that the 60s existed in color, but prior to that it is almost jarring to see "old" photographs in color - almost to the point of subliminally believing that life existed in black and white.

Obviously that's folly, but it's just so striking to see color photographs from about 1950 and prior. It makes the scenes almost more relatable, if that makes any sense.

It most def does!

 

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Harley Davidson founder William Harley and Arthur Davidson.

Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger hanging out in 1969.

Pablo Picasso with Bridgette Bardot in 1956.

Frank Sinatra getting an autograph from Lou Gehrig in 1939.

The Rolling Stones in 1963.

Queen Elizabeth during her WWII service.

The first Walmart which opened in 1962.

Bruce Lee dancing.

Charlie Chaplin and Albert Einstein

Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937.

 

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Fidel Castro and Malcolm X discussing politics in 1960

Muhammad Ali talking someone out of jumping from a building in 1981

Martin Luther King Jr. and Marlon Brando.

President FDR’s funeral in 1945.

Diane Keaton and Al Pacino on set of The Godfather in 1972.

Elvis Presley during his army service in 1958.

Adam West (Batman) and Leonard Nemoy (Spock).

Young Bill Clinton meets JFK.

Amelia Earhart’s last haircut in 1937.

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates discussing the future of computing in 1991.

Ernest Hemingway’s passport photo from 1923

 

[Grand Potentate]

Those are great