Historical Photos (22 pics)
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Very interesting selection of historical 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
