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Title: 30 Unique Photos From Our Past
Post by: imran on August 05, 2013, 09:27:31 AM
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 of images 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 trick 1924

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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 Niagara Falls 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 during WWII

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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. Hitler's officers and cadets celebrating Christmas, 1941

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20. Children eating their Christmas dinner during the Great Depression: turnips and cabbage.

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21. The real Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin, ca. 1927

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22. Abraham Lincoln's hearse, 1865

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23. A most beautiful suicide – 23 year old Evelyn McHale leapt to her death from an observation 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 women's right to wear a fitted one-piece bathing suit, 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 his front yard, 1960

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28. Walter Yeo, one of the first people to undergo advanced plastic surgery & a skin transplant.

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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 Tussaud's Wax Museum in London, 1930

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