Amazing Historical Photos Give A Glimpse Of The Past (15 pics)

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1924 Ringling Brothers and Barnun & Bailey “Circus of Freaks”

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Germans returning after the Battle of Berlin gaze up at the new order of things, Berlin, July 1945

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Surreal picture of a Zeppelin under construction, ca. 1935

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The Statue of Liberty as seen from Jersey City in 1973

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The red light district in Seoul, Korea, marked as off limits to American G.I’s, 1945

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A 15 kiloton nuclear weapon detonates about 10 km from the cannon it was fired from, Nevada Test Site, May 1953

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Citizen Kane premiere, 1941

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Hannah Stilley, born 1746, photographed in 1840. More than likely the earliest born individual captured on film

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Colorized NYC Lower East Side 1890′s

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The roaring 20′s

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Marilyn Monroe tries to go shopping while fans and media watch, 1957

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LAPD Officers went undercover and dressed up as women to catch a purse snatcher in 1960

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Emperor Meiji in full court dress, 1872

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“Bandit’s Roost” off Mulberry Street, New York City, 1887