I love seeing these fascinating photos from days gone by, which seem sometimes like yesterday, and sometimes, as I look at the world around us currently, like a 10 lifetimes ago... |
Workers at Disneyland in the Cafeteria, 1961. |
A bar in New York the night before prohobition starts, 1920. |
Jacky Kennedy-Onassis watching her husband John Kennedy debating Richard Nixon, 1960. |
106 year old Armanian woman defending her home with an AK47. |
Alfred Hitchcock serving tea to Leo the famous lion that roars in the beginning of every MGM movie, 1957. |
Red army soldiers standing watch for planes, 1917. |
Orwell wright, one of the famous brothers, flying for 9 minutes and 45 seconds to set a new record, 1911. |
German girls in a massive folk dance during a Nazi party convention, 1938. |
Robert F. Kennedy sleeping on the floor of the plane during election campaign, 1968. |
Players of the baseball team 'Chicago Cubs' with their maskot, 1908. |
The famous boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Cleveland Williams, 1966. |
New yorkers on their way to work, reading about the death of John Kennedy, 1963. |
Salvador Dali caught on a fish eye camera as he signs books for fans, 1963. |
The last 4 couples left of a dance marathon in Chicago, 1930. |
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