35 Captivating Images from the Days of Old

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The Twin Towers Under construction 1971.

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Marilyn Monroe In Amagansett, New York, 1957

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Testing a bulletproof vest, 1923.

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The Punt Gun could discharge over a pound of shot at a time that could kill as many as 50 birds. This depleted stocks of wild waterfowl and by the 1860s most US states had banned the practice.

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Mount St. Helens Eruption, 1980. (Photo By R. Lasher)

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The face of a hockey goalie Terry Sawchuk before masks became standard game equipment, 1966.

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Huge New Jersey lobsters, these were not even record-holders.

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George Moore aka The Living Skeleton and Fred Howe aka The Fatman, Two Circus Performers from 1890s.

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LAPD police officers going undercover in 1960 to catch purse snatchers.

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Civil War veteran Samuel Decker poses with the prosthetic arms he made for himself... somehow.

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Lockheed Martin Employee Sally Wadsworth Working On The Fuselage Of A P-38 Lightning In California In 1944.

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Bonnie and Clyde's car following the shootout that ended the two outlaws. The gunfire barrage was so loud that many members of the posse experienced temporary deafness.

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Sir David Attenborough As A Young Man, Late 1950s.

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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) And His Long-Time Friend John T. Lewis (Probably Twain's Inspiration For The Character "Jim" In "Huckleberry Finn"), Standing Together At Quarry Farm, Elmira, New York - 1903

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Remember that photo of the construction workers having lunch on the unfinished Empire State Building? Well here’s the photographer Charles Ebbets taking that photo on September 20th, 1932.

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First Nations Husband And Wife, (A. Ross, 1886).

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The Sioux Nation Of Native Americans Teepees Spread Across The Great Plains In 1800s

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French tank gunner wearing a British Splatter Mask, October 12, 1918. The splatter mask was designed to help protect a tank crew member’s face from shrapnel when looking through the view ports. The mask was leather and had metal eye covers and a chainmail skirt to cover the mouth and chin.

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A Photo Of An Engineer Wiring An Early IBM Computer, 1958.

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Silent Film Actress, Delores Costello, Drew Barrymore's Grandmother, 1928

21.

The Huffy Radio Bicycle From The 1950s

22.

Men In Suspenders Posing On The Brooklyn Bridge

23.

1984 New York City Subway Ride

24.

Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, Is Greeted By His Family, Returning Home After More Than Five Years As A Prisoner Of War In North Vietnam

25.

American Athlete Jesse Owens Fills Up A Car At A Petrol Station In His A Uniform Of Cap, Shirt And Bow Tie. Owens Worked As A Petrol Pump Attendant To Help Finance His Studies At Ohio State University. (United States, 1935)

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Blackfoot Native Americans On The Roof Of The Mcalpin Hotel, Refusing To Sleep In Their Rooms, New York City

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An Italian Child Arriving At Ellis Island, Early 1900s. (Us)

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Telephone Tower, Before They Figured Out Bundling Lines Into Cables. There Are 5000 Lines In This Tower (1890)

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Madison Square, New York City Ca.1900

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Over 3,000 Workers Who Build The Chase Manhattan Bank In New York City Pose For A Photo Near The End Of Constructional Work, August, 1964

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A Man Recording A Cassette Tape At A Music Festival In The 1980s

32.

In 1938 1800 Veterans Of The Civil War Attended An 75th Anniversary Reunion At Gettysburg, Pa. The Youngest Was 88 Years Old, And The Oldest Claimed To Be 112 Years Old

33.

Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Photographed In New York City By Richard Avedon, 1963

34.

Stop When Pedestrians Are In The Crosswalk!

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One Of The First Traffic Signals In New York City, 1922