Rare Historical Photos (44 pics)

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How people used cabs, NYC, 1900

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A young girl in London, 1906

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Testing a helmet, 1912

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Woman riding an autoped, the early motor scooter, 1916

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People using triple-decker buses in Berlin, Germany, 1926

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Berlin Zoo handler gives Roland, a 4,000 pound elephant seal, a snow bath, the 1930s

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People watching a television set for the first time at Waterloo Station, London, 1936

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4 skiers sunbathe in the snow in Sun Valley, Idaho,1946

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Teenagers dancing and socializing at a party, 1947

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Fashionistas back in the day, Los Angeles, 1950s

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My grandpa at age 16 with his new guitar, 1956, Greenwood, Mississippi

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Listening to a record during music class, 1957

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My sis and I, 1962-ish... On the back, it says “Doing the Twist.”

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Girl on a scooter, New York, 1964

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Teenage meet-up on Main Street, Caldwell, Idaho, June-July 1941

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My grandmother preparing on her wedding day, 1968

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My mom’s all-girl rock band in the 1960s

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Late-night phone calls at the girls’ dorm, 1970

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Before the smartphone, reading while shaving, 1977

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Kids dressed for Halloween on a school bus, the 1980s

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A nerd in the 1980s

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My pops finally beating Super Mario Bros. on Christmas night, 1988. The Nintendo was a present for “me and my sister.”

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This mother is helping her son through a tough level in Super Mario Land on a Nintendo Gameboy in 1989.

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My birthday, 1991. Long Island, New York

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Russian emperor Nicholas II and his cousin, George V, King of the UK. Can you guess who’s who?

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The world’s first Ferris wheel construction in Saint Louis, USA, 1904

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New White Star Line liners the Titanic and the Olympic in the port of Belfast in 1912, one month before one of them sank.

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Vladimir Lenin, Russian politician, disguised as an ordinary worker, 1917

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16-year-old Margaret Gorman, posing for photographers after becoming the USA’s first “Miss America” in 1921.

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Girls from the Russian Women’s Battalion who fought during World War I

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King of Denmark, Christian X, riding through German-occupied Copenhagen without security.

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Robert Wadlow, the tallest man in the world, reached 8 ft 11.1 in in height and weighed 439 lbs.

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Rosa Parks, an American who fought against racial segregation, including on public transport

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Little heiress to the British throne, princess Elizabeth, bored at a concert for children in Westminster, 1937

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Rabbits that literally occupied Australia, 1938

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Woodstock festival, 1969. There were more than 400,000 people.

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Che Guevara with his wife Aleida March and their 4 kids

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Alfred Hitchcock during the Frenzy filming, 1972

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Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and Fidel Castro

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Mickey Mouse with Hirohito, an emperor who had been ruling Japan when it was bombed by the USA

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A bitten apple left near an Apple store in London on October 6, 2011, the day after Steve Jobs’ death

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A Japanese self-defense soldier smiling and holding a baby who survived a devastating tsunami, 2011