HISTORICAL PHOTOS - email forwarded by jksw

 These are amazing photos of historical events.

And descriptions as we wonder what it was like  to be there and surprises us with something we have never seen. Some well over 100 years Albert Einstein looking fabulous. Here's his report card!  1896 - highest marks in algebra - physics - geometry, lower marks in languages  The last known Tasmanian Tiger photographed in 1933 - the species is now extinct.  The London sky following a bombing and dogfight between British and German planes in 1940 Nagasaki , 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945 A Native American overlooking the newly completed transcontinental railroad in 1868 A Japanese plane is shot down during the Battle of Saipan in 1944. Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his wife on the day they were assassinated in 1914 - an event that  sparked World War I The 1912 World Series   Steamboats on the Mississippi River in 1907 Leo Tolstoy tells a story to his grandchildren in 1909. Fourteen-year-old Osama bin Laden - he's second from the right. Bell bottom pants - pink car - expensive shops, nice threads, About 24 people out smiling - looking hip for the day. And not one woman has her face or head covered. Construction of the Statue of Liberty in 1884 Thanks for looking. Pass it on to someone who enjoys a bit of history.