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Monday, February 24, 2014

VERY RARE HISTORICAL PHOTOS Part 1


 Betty White at home with her dog in 1952
 
 
 An iceberg photographed in 1912 bearing an unmistakable mark of black and red paint.  
It is believed that this is the iceberg that sank theTitanic.
 
 
 Ham the chimp returns to Earth following his historic 16 minute space flight in 1961.
 

 The rather luxurious seating area of the submarine,  
The Protector, in 1902.
 
 
 Medical students pose with a cadaver around 1890.
 

   The fuel tanks of the B-24H Liberator "Little Warrior" explode over Germany after being hit by 
anti-aircraft guns in 1944.
 
 
 The Kennedy family leave the funeral of John F. Kennedy in 1963.
 
 Native American (Sioux?) couple, Situwuka and Katkwachsnea in 1912.
 
 
 Camp Commandant Amon Goeth, infamous from the movie "Schindler's List", on the balcony of his house overlooking Plaszow labor camp, Poland . 1943-44.
 
  
 Construction of the Sydney Opera House in 1966.
 
 
 1945 - German POWs weep and sit in disgust as they watch footage shot at a German concentration camp.
 
 
  June 1915, Gallipoli: a Turkish sniper/sharpshooter, dressed as a tree, is captured by two Anzacs.
 
   
Dinosaurs are transported on the Hudson River  
to the 1964 World's Fair.
 
 
 The Golden Gate Bridge around 1935.
 
     Children for sale in Chicago , 1948.  Some 
parents sold their children due to poverty.

3 comments:

  1. Betty always loved the color green and her favorite snack was popcorn.

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  2. Really great photos, we should really think about some of them. How many people today even know where Gallipoli is or why it's significant?

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