Annie Edison
Taylor (1838-1921), the first person to survive
going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She did it in
1901 because she needed money, and after doing it
said she wouldn't recommend it to anyone!
Only known
authenticated photo of Billy the Kid,ca. 1879
Jesse
James, approximately 16 years old
Advertisement for Atabrine, an anti-malaria drug.
Sign was put up at the 363rd station hospital in Papua,New Guinea during
WWII
How
could parents ensure that their children were getting sunlight and fresh
air when living in apartment buildings? The baby cage, ca.
1937
Little
girl comforting her doll in the ruins of her bomb
damaged home, London , 1940
Unknown
soldier in Vietnam , 1965
1920's
lifeguard
1928
fashion show at the beach
Measuring bathing suits in the early 1920s.
If they were too short, the women would be fined
Testing new bulletproof vests,
1923
A mom and
her son watch the mushroom cloud after an atomic test 75 miles away, Las
Vegas , 1953
Illegal
alcohol being poured out during Prohibition, Detroit 1929
The
Ford Theater, where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
Children eating their Christmas dinner
during the Great Depression: turnips and
cabbage
Annette Kellerman promoted women's right to
wear a fitted one-piece bathing suit, 1907. She was arrested for
indecency.
The
original Ronald clown of McDonald's in 1963
President Richard Nixon trying to use
chopsticks while visiting China in 1972
Construction of the Manhattan Bridge ,
1908
Construction of the Berlin wall,
1961
Hitler's officers and cadets celebrating
Christmas, 1941
Abraham Lincoln's hearse,
1865
Frozen
Niagara Falls , 1911
Last
prisoners of Alcatraz leaving, 1963
A
penniless mother hides her face in shame
after putting her children up for sale, Chicago ,
1948
Recovering
bodies after the Titanic disaster, April 1912
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
Melted and
damaged mannequins after a fire at Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum in London ,
1930
New York
City fire station, ca. 1912
Operation Babylift: Vietnamese orphans
transported by airplanes to America in 1975
Santa
Claus in New York, ca. 1900
5:00
P.M., September 3rd, 1967 Sweden changed from driving on the left side to
driving on the right - this was the result
Unpacking the Head of the Statue of
Liberty delivered June 17, 1885
Apollo
I crew members rehearsing their water landing in
1966
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