Incredible Photos From History

Occasionally my uncle sends me emails that aren't filled with conspiracy theories and/or right-wing rhetoric.

Sometimes, they should be put online for the whole world to view. 

Like this one.

Last four couples standing in a Chicago dance marathon. ca. 1930. Three Princeton students pose after the Freshman, Sophomore snowball fight. 1893. Princeton, NJ.   "Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers." After realizing a woman was running Boston marathon organizer Jock Semple went after Kathrine Switzer. Other runners blocked him and she went on to finish the race. 1967.   The only known photograph of an African American Union soldier with his family. c1863-65   Russian peasants getting electricity for the first time in 1920 Johnny Cash performing for prisoners at Folsom Prison – Jan. 13th 1968   Cow shoes used by Moonshiners in the Prohibition days to disguise their footprints, 1922 "The Long Walk" British Army EOD Tech approaches a suspect device – Date Unknown   Tereska, a child in a residence for disturbed children, grew up in a concentration camp. She drew a picture of "home" on the blackboard, Poland, 1948   A Native American looks down at a newly-completed section of the transcontinental railroad. Nevada, about 1868   Microsoft staff photo from Dec. 7, 1978   Jewish refugees, approaching allied soldiers, become aware that they have just been liberated, April, 1945   New York man reads a newspaper, headline reads "Nazi Army Now 75 Miles From Paris." May 18, 1940   Three archers, Japan, ca.1860-1900   The earliest known photograph of men drinking beer.  Edinburgh Ale, 1844 Alerted by the smell of a broken bottle of liquor, Federal Agents inspect a "lumber truck". Los Angeles, 1926     Martin Luther King Jr removing a burned cross from his front yard with his son at his side. Atlanta Ga 1960   A Japanese family returning home (Seattle, Washington) from a relocation center camp in Hunt, Idaho on May 10, 1945   9 kings featured in one photo (Windsor Castle, 20 May 1910)   Louis Armstrong plays for his wife in front of the Sphinx by the pyramids in Giza, 1961   The headquarters of Benito Mussolini and the Italian Fascist party in Italy, 1934   The Kennedy trio in the mid 30s as teenagers; John, Bobby and Teddy The first official riders in New York City's first subway, 1904           ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 9.0.0.2308, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.20930) http://www.pctools.com ======

 

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