Interesting Historical Photos. Part 6 (23 pics)
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U.S. chess prodigy, Bobby Fisher, playing 50 opponents simultaneously at his Hollywood hotel on 12 April 1964. He won 47, lost 1 and drew 2
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W.H. Murphy, inventor of bulletproof vest, takes slug to the chest from deputy 1923
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The very first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, 1931
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Stjepan Filipović of the socialist Yugoslav Partisans shouts “death to fascism, freedom to the people!” while being hung by Axis forces (1942)
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A Swedish volunteer in the Winter War. Northern Finland, February 20, 1940
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Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas, 18th April 1935
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June 28, 1956: Smog testing with human subjects
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Last prisoners of Alcatraz leaving 1963
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Stephen Hawking and his wife Jane, 1965
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A girl who grew up in a concentration camp draws a picture of “Home” while living in a residence for disturbed children. Poland, 1948
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Samuel Reshevsky, age 8, defeating several chess masters at once in France, 1920
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When the first bananas came to Norway. 1905
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Busy Japanese street, 1950
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Old Cincinati Library, looking at one of the large cast-iron book alcoves that lined the Main Reading Hall, circa 1900
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Hitler (on the right) during his military service some time between 1916 – 1919
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Harold Agnew, carrying the plutonium core of the Nagasaki Fat Man bomb
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Gregori Rasputin with his admirers (1914)
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Kate Capshaw, Steve Spielberg, George Lucas, & Harrison Ford on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – 1984
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Opium Den, Singapore – 1941
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Actress Jean Harlow at a celebration of the return of beer, 1933
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A Circus Billboard, 1931
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The Hindenburg successfully landed in Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 1936
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Canadian Swimsuit Model, Montreal, 1946