Historical Vintage

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Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota: c. 1932. Workmen working on the face of George Washington on Mt. Rushmore.

France: June, 1944 Allied soldiers and medics carrying stretchers wade ashore after disembarking from transport vessels along the French coast.

Washington, D.C., April 22, 1971 Viet Nam veterans, who are opposed to the war in Viet Nam, demonstrate on the steps of the Supreme Court Building.

Women and children demonstrate in front of the Capitol against the Vietnam War, Washington DC, June, 22, 1972

Yeovil, England: December 3, 1939 Children who were evacuated from London during WWII excitedly greet the Southern Railway Evacuation Special train as it pullls in with their parents and relatives for a visit.

Miami, Florida: December 14, 1963. Cassius Clay who is training in Miami for his title fight against Sonny Liston, takes part in a pre football game parade.

Fishers of Men - Royal Style New Helicopter Rescue Device -- The scoop net brings a 'rescued' man alongside the helicopter cabin. The Royal Navy has taken to 'fishing nets' to save life at sea. A new scoop net used in rescue operations is capable of lifting a person out of the water as a helicopter moves overhead at walking pace. Not only does this ***** possibility of further ***** or unconscious ***** a disadvantage of the ***** rescue by harness but it is ***** useful if raising people *****

***** Telescope Presented to Royal Observatory. The most ***** reflecting telescope ever installed at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. ***** there were so eager to bring TT into immediate *****, have been using it for several weeks before its formal hiding the donor, Mr. W.J. Yapp. The official acceptance of ***** took place on June 2nd., by the first lord of the admiraly, Sir Bolton Eyres - Monsell. Adjustments being made on the new telescope. July 01, 1934. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agen

Japanese Pow (Sydney). October 13, 1945. (Photo by Official Photograph U.S. Navy).;Japanese Pow (Sydney).

Patterned By Huge TNT Blast -- The earth shoots skyward in this unusual pattern, May 229 as Army engineers detonate 160 tons of TNT in the most powerful non-atomic explosion in history on desert of western Utah. May 28, 1951. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Service personnel carry rockets from jeep to launching platform. November 16, 1949.

300 Teams Take Part In Hindenburgh Route March -- This year, for the first time, the Nazi Storm Troops organisation undertook the a arrangements for the Hindenburg route march which has been undertaken by the Sport-Club Komet since 1905. All records for entrants were broken and nearly 300 teams set off on the 35 km. long track. In Postfenn in the Grunewald entrants had to pass through a 500m, long stretch of tear gas and mist which they braved masks. May 27, 1938. (Photo by Sport & General Press

Egyptian Paratroopers Stage First Mandeuvers Captain Steimel (right, first name not available), German Instructor, runs to the waiting aircraft with an Egyptian paratrooper, during the first manoeuvres of the newly created Egyptian paratroop unit, November 29th. A Dakota aircraft of the Egyptian Royal Air Force took off from the Almaza Military Airport, with four Egyptian parachutists during the manoeuvres and later the parachutists baled out over a field. German experts who for several months h

Aid For Sunken Sub Crew Rushed From New York -- Navy men loading equipment aboard the U.S. Navy tug Sagamore at the Brooklyn Navy Yard today as the Sagamore was readied for a trip to Portsmouth, N.H., southeast of which the submarine Squalus sank today. The Sagamore was towing pontoons and carrying other equipment which she used in rescue work when the S-4 sank off Provincingtown, Mass. May 23, 1939. (Photo by by Wide World Photo).

Bomber's clothing..5 Leather 5 - He puts on fleecy-lined earlier suit. Boots are pliable leather, fleece-lined. September 12, 1950.;Bomber's clothing..5 Leather 5 - He puts on fleecy-lined earlier suit. Boots are pliable leather, fleece-lined.

Japanese Pow (Sydney). October 13, 1945. (Photo by Official Photograph U.S. Navy).;Japanese Pow (Sydney).

Carillon Bells Arrive -- Here workmen are shown, at left, completing the unloading of the 55 British made Carillon Bells. In the centre the ten ton Churchill bell can be seen. Synchronization of these chimes is so true that the slightest jar on the part of those transporting them could ruin their tune. November 4, 1947. (Photo by Wide World Photos).

World's Largest Telescope -- John L. Thomas, treasurer of the Corning glass works, contemplates the world's largest piece of glass, the 200-inch telescope disc now being prepared for shipment from corning to California. February 22, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

World's First Hydrogen Bomb Victim -- The scene in a Tokyo Hospital as Kuboyama is being given medical treatment. Aikichi Kuboyama, one of the 23 Japanese fishermen who were showered with radioactive ashes near Bikini waters last March when the U.S. made an H-Bomb tests has just died as the result of this test, and now the Japanese Government are asking for compensation from the U.S. for the family of Kuboyama. September 24, 1954.

Gas Explosion Injures Five -- Firemen battle flames after gasoline from a broken line exploded at nearby Lawndale today, injuring five persons, three seriously. Officers cud the explosion occurred when workmen on a sewer repair gang broke a six-inch under-ground gasoline line. A store was destroyed by the resulting fire And a house was partially burned. Windows throughout the area were broken end utility wires were ripped down. December 29, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Designed For Living, Space Living That Is -- This space suit was shown scientists from 12 nations attending the third international Astronautical Congress at Stuttgart, Germany recently. The scientists discussed pooling their designs for space travel and this suit was one of many innovations presented. September 4, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

One of the 13 bells being unloaded from the steamship Excalibur at Jersey City, New Jersey. In background is the skyline of New York City. Thirteen replicas of the Liberty Bell, the first shipment of 52 to be used in connection with the Independence Savings Bond campaign of the U.S. Treasury Department, arrived recently (April 21, 1950) in the United States from Annecy, France, where they were cast. During the 6-week campaign, which begins May 15, 1950 and ends July 4, 1950, the bells will be ex

89R - Monte Bello Atomic Bomb Test. November 11, 1952.

George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) U.S. Cavalry Officer

Mount St Helen's volcanic eruption; Washington State; USA 1980

Dressed For High Flying - Feaf Bomber Command, Japan -- With his head covered by a fur perka reminiscent of the men of the great Northwest, 1st Lt. Carl L. Hinchey, 1207 Grand St., Duncan, Okla., a U.S. Air Force B-29 Superfort pilot with the 98th Bomb Wing in Japan, is ready, in his protective clothing, for another high altitude bombing attack against Communist targets in North Korea. Because the Superforts sometimes bomb from high altitudes, the hazard of sub-zero weather at such levels adds t

This is The Falcon -- This is the falcon... The air-to-air missile which tracks down and destroys its target... The American air force recently released details of their latest air-to air missile - the falcon. designed to destroy enemy bombers long before they reach their targets. Described as the only missile with a brain of its own, the Falcon will, once its target has been pointed out, follow the target until it is destroyed. The six-foot, 100lb falcon is to be supplied to fighter interceptor

Pilotless Bombers En Route For Germany A view of the ***** Matador in launching position. The U.S. Air Force Martina-Matador-equiped pilotless bomber planes are now ***** way to Western Germany for a tour of ***** having left their training site at ***** recently. The first two Matador- ***** force pilotless bomber squadrons ***** recently transferred to the tactical command. March 21, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper).

His Bayonet replaced by a wire cutter, this masked soldier of the 4th infantry Brigade forced a way through a fence at Seymour to allow supporting troops to dash to the front line. April 26, 1937.

A Giant Visitor -- From Out Of The Clouds: Greeted by the wild cheers of enthusiastic spectators and the whir of airplane propellers, the stately R-100, Newest dirigible king of the Atlantic, Gracefully points its nose toward the new $1,000,000 Mooring-Mast especially constructed in her new world. This view, taken from the ground, shows the giant visitor just before actual contact with the mast had been established by means of the land and aerial cables which had been hocked together. January 8,

USA, New York City, Coney Island, Steeplechase Park

Jordan, close up of cactus with city view behind

Brazil, Sao Paulo, skyscraper

USA, General Motors model F7 locomotive, 4500 H.P. diesel

England, Chapel of the Knights of the garter

USA, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Telescope in Allegheny Observatory at University of Pittsburgh

USA, California, Los Angeles, Broadway from 7th Street

Egypt, Giza, Aeroplane flying over Giza Pyramids

Sea gulls flying over shrimp on boat

USA, New York City, Queensboro Bridge, traffic

USA, New York City, street scene

Iceland, Reykjavik, harbor

Guatemala, Antigua, farmer's market

USA, New York City, Times Square, night

USA, North Carolina, three miles below Ridgecrest, Southern Railway freight train crossing Blue Ridge Mountains, just before entering Licklog Tunnel

USA, New York State, New York City, 56th Street and Park Avenue Tulips in center strip

USA, New York City, Coney Island, people in queue to baths

Low angle view of oil well

South Africa, Kimberley, De Beers Diamond Mines, tailings dump

Rear view of old fashion Ford

USA, New York State, New York City, Empire State Building in heavy lightning

USA, California, San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge

photograph (1895) of the Hotel de Ville, City Hall, in Paris, France

Miner waiting for ride home, Capels, West Virginia, USA, Marion Post Wolcott, U.S. Farm Security Administration, September 1938

Man standing in front of Hotel Bar, Big Piney, Wyoming, USA, Marion Post Wolcott, U.S. Farm Security Administration, September 1941

Thomas Madrigal greasing Locomotive Train in Roundhouse, Rock Island Railroad, Blue Island, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, April 1943

John Kelsch, Blacksmith, at forge in Blacksmith Shop at Roundhouse, Rock Island, Railroad, Blue Island, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, April 1943

Miss Rosaleen McCarren, one of the many women now working for the Supplee-Wills-Jones Milk Company, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, June 1943

Member of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps waiting for Train, Union Station, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, January 1943

1900s 1910s PORTRAIT THEODORE TEDDY ROOSEVELT 26TH PRESIDENT GRINNING DURING 1912 FAILED BULL MOOSE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

1900s 1910s CAPTAIN ROBERT SCOTT BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER ANTARCTIC EXPLORER LOOKING AT CAMERA DIED AFTER REACHING SOUTH POLE 1912

1920s TWO GAR AMERICAN CIVIL WAR VETERANS FROM KANSAS AT PARADE SITTING NEXT TO YOUNG BOY SCOUT IN ROCHESTER NEW YORK USA

Ismail Pasha; known as Ismail the Magnificent (1830 - 1895); Khedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1863 to 1879; when he was removed at the behest of the United Kingdom.

Mosaics on the Shakh-i Zindeh walls mosque. Samarkand , Russia by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, 1863-1944, photographer.

Crowds in front of Stock Exchange

Four Children in Alley, South Chicago, Illinois, USA, John Vachon, Farm Security Administration, July 1941

A Zulu and his Wives, South Africa, Photochrome Print, George Washington Wilson, 1890's

First Army Men and Equipment Crossing Ludendorff Railroad Bridge, Remagen, Germany, Rhineland Campaign, 1945

Group of Mexican Laborers on Flatbed Truck after a day in Melon Fields, Imperial Valley, California, USA, Dorothea Lange, Farm Security Administration, June 1935

Deputy Group Commander George S. Roberts with photographer Toni Frissell, Portrait Standing on Airplane Wing at Air Base, Ramitelli, Italy, Toni Frissell, March 1945

Man Working in Window and Man Standing in Doorway, E.J. Crane Watchmaker and Jewelry Store, Richmond, Virginia, USA, 1900

Duel of gentlemen. Two men have started a pistol duel. An arranged historical scene. Sweden Photo Kristoffersson ref EA10-11

Penny farthing bicycle. A man is riding a penny-farthing bicycle besides a man on a regular bicycle. 1930s

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. 1868-1918. The last emperor of Russia. Pictured with his son Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich.

1940s TWO US NAVY PILOTS WEARING LEATHER FLYING HELMETS AND PARACHUTES STANDING READY BY PROPELLER BIPLANE

1930s DEPRESSION ERA LOWER EAST SIDE PUSHCART SCENE WITH EASTERN EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT VENDORS AND CUSTOMERS NEW YORK CITY USA

1930s ELEPHANT AND WORKERS ERECTING BIG TOP CIRCUS TENT

1940s 1950s AERIAL VIEW THE PENTAGON ARLINGTON VA USA

Couple Waiting for Train to Minneapolis, East Dubuque, Illinois, USA, John Vachon for Farm Security Administration, April 1940

Farmer who Supplements his Income by Selling Ice, Huntsville, Arkansas, USA, Arthur Rothstein for U.S. Resettlement Administration, August 1935

C-46 Transport Plane with P-40 Single-Engine Fighter Plane in Background, Office of War Information, March 1943

Yacht Columbia, America's Cup Winner, New York Harbor, New York City, New York USA, Detroit Publishing Company, 1901

Ferdinand Minoja 's (1884-1940) winning Isotta-Fraschini at the Brescia circuit crossing the line without its front left tire, September 1, 1907, Italy, photograph by A Croce, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIV, No 36, September 8, 1907.

1930s KIVA LADDER AND ADOBE BUILDING ARCHITECTURE ACOMA PUEBLO NEW MEXICO USA

1960s JULY 1969 APOLLO 11 COMMAND MODULE OVER THE SURFACE OF THE MOON

WASHINGTON MONUMENT WITH CHERRY BLOSSOMS WASHINGTON DC USA

1970s ANONYMOUS SILHOUETTED PEDESTRIANS WALKING ON SIDEWALK WITH CARS PARKED ALONG CURB BENEATH ELEVATED TRAIN NEW YORK CITY USA

1920s 1930s VIEW THROUGH DOORWAY TO PEOPLE FEEDING PIGEONS IN FRONT OF ST. MARKS CATHEDRAL VENICE ITALY

1940s ABOARD THE HIAWATHA RAILROAD TRAIN ENGINEER IN CAB OF LOCOMOTIVE WITH HAND ON THROTTLE COPY LOOK MAGAZINE IN POCKET

1930s GROUP OF MEN ADVERTISING AD PARADE TROOP HOLDING MARKETING ADVERTISING SIGNS AND BANNERS KOBE JAPAN

1910s 1940s LAUNCHING BATTLESHIP ARIZONA JUNE 1915 SHIP SUNK PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER 7 1941 BROOKLYN NAVY YARDS NEW YORK CITY USA

1930s DISPLAY OF FOODS WITH PRICES FRONT OF GROCERY STORE ASTORIA QUEENS NEW YORK CITY USA

1930s 1940s PEOPLE RIDING CYCLONE ROLLER COASTER CONEY ISLAND BROOKLYN NY USA

Café Wha, Street Scene at Night, Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA, August 1961

Group of People on Subway, New York City, New York, USA, July 1961

Elevated Subway Station and #1 Train, 125th Street, New York City, New York, USA, July 1961

Chteau de Chambord, Chambord, France, 1961

Cityscape and Harbor, Monaco, 1961

Facade of a building. Le Havre. (Photo by: Godong/UIG)

Vendors at Fruit Stand, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Russian Empire, Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, 1910

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