Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Some of the few interesting things my uncle forwards me

RARE HISTORICAL PHOTOS

 

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September 1933 - Adolf Hitler breaks ground on his ambitious plans to link all major German cities with highways.  This ceremony kicked off construction of the Frankfurt-am-Maine - Darmstadt/Mannheim highway.

 

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Betty White at home with her dog in 1952

 

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An iceberg photographed in 1912 bearing an unmistakable mark of black and red paint.  It is believed that this is the iceberg that sake the Titanic.

 

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Ham the chimp returns to Earth following his historic 16 minute space flight in 1961.

 

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The rather luxurious seating area of the submarine, The Protector, in 1902.

 

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The fuel tanks of the B-24H Liberator "Little Warrior" explode over Germany after being hit by anti-aircraft guns in 1944.

 

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The Kennedy family leave the funeral of John F. Kennedy in 1963.

 

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Native American couple, Situwuka and Katkwachsnea in 1912.

 

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Camp Commandant Amon Goeth, infamous from the movie "Schindler's List", on the balcony of his house overlooking Plaszow labor camp, Poland . 1943-44.

 

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Construction of the Sydney Opera House in 1966.

 

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1945 - German POWs weep and sit in disgust as they watch footage shot at a German concentration camp.

 

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June 1915, Gallipoli: a Turkish sniper/sharpshooter, dressed as a tree, is captured by two Anzacs.

 

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Dinosaurs are transported on the Hudson River to the 1964 World's Fair.

 



 

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Children for sale in Chicago , 1948.  Some parents sold their children due to poverty.

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Mourners pay their respect to slain civil rights leader, Medgar Evars in 1963.  His killer was finally convicted in 1994.

 

 

 

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Union prisoners receive rations at Fort Sumter in 1864.

 

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The mugshot of Tokyo Rose, 1946.

 

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A rescue boat comes alongside the crippled USS West Virginia shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

 

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Two childhood friends unexpectedly reunite on opposite sides of a demonstration in 1972.

 

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Survivors of the Titanic are taken on board the Carpathiain 1912.

 

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Wieluń just after German Luftwaffe bombing the 1st of September 1939. Not only did this bombing provide a spark for World War II, but it is generally believed to be the first terrorist bombing in history.

 

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Soviet soldiers stand dumfounded at a large pile of human ashes found at the Majdanek concentration camp in 1944.

 

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A burial at sea on board the USS Lexington in 1944.

 

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Crowds rush through the castle on Disneyland 's opening day in 1955.

 

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A lion rides in the sidecar during a performance of The Wall of Death carnival attraction at Revere Beach , Massachusetts in 1929.

 

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Future presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush with Governor George Wallace at a BBQ in 1983.

 

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Dr. Werhner von Braun and Walt Disney in 1954.

 

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T he Statue of Liberty photographed during a power failure in 1942.

 

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The RMS Olympic, the Titanic's sister ship, in wartime camouflage in 1915. 


 

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Anastasia shares a smoke with her father, Tsar Nicholas II two years before their assassination in 1916.

 

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Soldiers comfort each other during the Korean war in the early 1950's.

 

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Stephen Hawking marries Jane Wilde in 1965.

 

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Albert Einstein brings sexy back in 1932.

 

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What is thought to be the oldest known war photograph: New Hampshire volunteers depart for the Mexican War in 1846.

 

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Coney Island in 1905.

 

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George W. Bush plays a little dirty rugby for Yale in 1966.

 

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Arnold Schwarzenegger shows off to some elderly women in the 1970's.

 

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Six year-old Arthur Conan-Doyle in 1865.

 

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Construction of Hoover Dam in 1934.

 

 

 

 

 


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