Historical photo's... Most of these have not been around previously...

Construction of the Berlin wall, 1961



Illegal alcohol being poured out during Prohibition,
Detroit 1929



Former slave showing whipping scars



Construction of the Manhattan Bridge , 1908



Smallpox victim, New York , 1881



Polish children examined by German officers to see if
they qualify as Aryan, and would be allowed to live

 

How could parents ensure that their children were getting
sunlight and fresh air when living in apartment buildings?
The baby cage, ca. 1937


Martin Luther King Jr. with his son by his side
removing a burnt cross from his front yard, 1960


Hotel owner pouring acid in the water when black people
swam in his pool, ca. 1964


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



Jesse James, approximately 16 years old


Frozen Niagara Falls , 1911

 

some evocative pictures there, but this one is just 'nice' looks like it would fit in on a wall almost anywhere, along with pictures of the NY skyline or those of the fellas sat on an RSJ 20 storeys high eating their lunch.

 

black n white the good old days huh?

 

What happened to the photo of Jesse James?

 

How could parents ensure that their children were getting
sunlight and fresh air when living in apartment buildings?
The baby cage, ca. 1937 shouldnt this go on the tail gate

 

Oooh the Amescador of the apartment block!

 

I got fed up uploading to photobucket

 

yeah, i was looking forward to a train picture.

 

really interesting pictures , fascinating stuff

 

Those are amazing photos!

 

Ooops, sorted

 

A mom and her son watch the mushroom cloud after an atomic
test 75 miles away, Las Vegas , 1953


Princeton students after a freshman vs. sophomores
snowball fight in 1893



Only known authenticated photo of Billy the Kid,ca. 1879


Suntan vending machine, 1949


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…



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

 

That last one was on the cover of Life Magazine, one of the best photojournalistic shots ever.

 

Measuring bathing suits in the early 1920s. If they
were too short, the women would be fined



Hippo cart in 1924. The hippo belonged to a circus and
apparently enjoyed pulling the cart as a trick



5:00 P.M., September 3rd, 1967
Sweden changed from driving on the left side to driving
on the right - this was the result



Testing new bulletproof vests, 1923



Charlie Chaplin in 1916 at the age of 27

 

Last two



Apollo I crew members rehearsing their water landing
in 1966



A penniless mother hides her face in shame after
putting her children up for sale, Chicago , 1948

 

I often thought of trying to sell the oldest unmarried daughter. Ms.T forbade the selling of the child as we might have had to supply a return guarantee

 

do you offer try before you buy on said item?

 

When I wanted to sell her, it would have been illegal &/or immoral to try before buying

 

bloody human rights lefty do-gooders!