Before you is a series of stunning photos that give us a unique insight into the goings-on in our world during the early and middle 20th century. I love these 'windows' into our past. Looking through, you see such interesting sights!
Bruce Lee training with the legendary martial artist Ip Man, 1955.
Piper leads people outside the dugout during the First World War.
Baileys Circus, 1924.
French Farman circa 1911 - 12
Capitol Building, home of the U.S. legislature during construction in the middle of the 19th century.
The first Cadillac dealership in New York.
During the construction of the Eiffel Tower, late 19th century.
Mobster Al Capone and his son at a baseball game.
Girls delivering ice, a profession that was traditionally reserved for men, 16 September 1918.
Titanic's giant propellers dwarf their creators, 1911.
Survivors of the Titanic, April 1912.
Zeppelin balloon over the Capitol Building in Washington.
Charlie Chaplin appears on a public street in New York, 1918.
SS soldiers in typical order during an assembly of the Third Reich.
Japan's fatal attack on Pearl Harbor, which caused the U.S. to enter the World War II, December 1941.
A Japanese zero plane shot down over the pacific during world war II. These planes served the infamous kamikaze pilots.
The German city of Dresden after an aerial bombing by the Allied nations, world war II.
Hitler's bunker after the conquest of Berlin, 1945.
Victory flight of the Allies after World War II.

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