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30 Unique Photos From Our Past
Photographs have long been used to record special and unique moments birthdays,
weddings and the occasional selfie are all commonplace. But these next 30 photographs go
beyond the norm they encapsulate the mood, tone and values of yesteryear, a compelling
account of the evolution of our values if you will. From landmarks in history, strange feats of
physical endurance through to peculiar devices & oddball characters we hope this series ofimages will astound, confound and enthrall you.
01. Unpacking the Head of the Statue of Liberty delivered June 17, 1885
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02. The hippo belonged to a circus and apparently enjoyed pulling the cart as a trick1924
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03. Charlie Chaplin in 1916 at the age of 27
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04. Annie Edison Taylor (1838-1921), the first person to survive going over NiagaraFalls in a barrel in 1901.
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05. Sharing bananas with a goat during the Battle of Saipan, ca. 1944
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06. Advertisement for Atabrine, an anti-malaria drug. Papua, New Guinea duringWWII
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07. Artificial legs, United Kingdom, ca. 1890
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08. 1920's Lifeguard
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09. Bookstore ruined by an air raid, London 1940
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10. Testing new bulletproof vests, 1923
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11. Suntan vending machine, 1949
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12. A space chimp poses for the camera after a successful mission to space in 1961.
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13. Unknown soldier in Vietnam, 1965
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14. Little girl comforting her doll in the ruins of her bomb damaged home, London,1940
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15. Illegal alcohol being poured out during Prohibition, Detroit 1929
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16. Austrian boy receives new shoes during WWII
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17. Construction of the Berlin wall, 1961
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18. Animals being used as a part of medical therapy in 1956
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19. Hitlers officers and cadets celebrating Christmas, 1941
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20. Children eating their Christmas dinner during the Great Depression: turnips andcabbage.
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21. The real Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin, ca. 1927
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22. Abraham Lincolns hearse, 1865
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23. A most beautiful suicide 23 year old Evelyn McHale leapt to her death from anobservation deck (83rd floor) of the Empire State Building, May 1, 1947. She landed on
a United Nations limousine
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24. A mom and her son watch the mushroom cloud after an atomic test 75 miles away,Las Vegas, 1953
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25. A penniless mother hides her face in shame after putting her children up for sale,Chicago, 1948
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26. Annette Kellerman promoted womens right to wear a fitted one-piece bathingsuit, 1907 She was arrested for indecency.
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27. Martin Luther King Jr. with his son by his side removing a burnt cross from hisfront yard, 1960
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28. Walter Yeo, one of the first people to undergo advanced plastic surgery & a skintransplant.
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29. Princeton students after a freshman vs. sophomores snowball fight in 1893
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30. Melted and damaged mannequins after a fire at Madam Tussauds Wax Museumin London, 1930