21 Fascinating Pics from the Vaults of History
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Helen Keller, the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, photographed sitting down in Looe, Cornwall, UK on 6th May 1932
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Salvation Army ‘Doughnut Girls’ distributing treats to GIs during WWI (this is the origin of Donut Day). c.1917
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The Italian motor torpedo boat MAS 15 in 1918. One hundred years ago, she sank the Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent Istvan
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The first international animal superstar Jumbo the elephant and his keeper Matthew “Scotty” Scott 1882
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Getting cooled air piped into the car while enjoying a meal at a drive-in restaurant in Houston, Texas 1957
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Benjamin, the last known thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) in Hobart Zoo, Australia. Thylacines were able to open their jaws up to 80 degrees. 1933
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Future President Gerald Ford with teammate Willis Ward at the University of Michigan in 1934. Ford threatened to quit the team when Ward was benched for a game against Georgia Tech, who at the time refused to play against black players
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Dorothy Counts – The First Black Girl To Attend An All White School In The United States – Being Teased And Taunted By Her White Male Peers At Charlotte’s Harry Harding High School, 1957
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