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Historical Photos That Will Change Your Opinion Of The Past

20 photos that give an alternate perspective on the days of old.

1.

A failed concept for portable TV created in 1967.

2.

Salvador Dali with his pet anteater in 1969.

3.

This monowheel was built in 1932, and could reach speeds of 25 miles an hour.

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4.

A policeman judges best ankle in 1930.

5.

These wooden bathing suits pictured here in 1929, were made to help buoyancy.

6.

A fugitive is being dragged by border patrol, as he desperately attempts to escape to Mexico.

7.

Contestants for Miss Lovely Eyes compete in Florida, 1930.

8.

Sound finders were used during World War I to detect enemy planes.

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9.

Orphans of the Vietnam War are flown to the USA, during Operation Babylift in 1975.

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10.

Women paint their legs in 1942, to make it seem as if they are wearing stockings.

11.

Alfred Hitchcock has tea with Leo, the MGM lion.

12.

Kegs of beer are attached to a spitfire for the troops in Normandy.

13.

A woman throws a killer right while boxing on a rooftop in the 1930s.

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14.

No self-respecting New York man left his home without a hat in 1939.

15.

Hundreds of people walk across a walkway of chairs, during floods in Paris.

16.

A woman waits for her massive hoops to be completed, in a London dress shop, 1860.

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17.

The real Christopher Robin with his bear, Winnie the Pooh.

18.

In 1968, a Soviet soldier chases a young man through the streets of Prague, for throwing stones at a tank.

19.

Steven Spielberg takes pictures of miniatures that would feature in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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20.

This man decides to go against the grain, by refusing to perform a Nazi salute in 1939.

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