Showing posts with label historical photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historical photos. Show all posts

Monday, November 18, 2013

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.
Albert Einstein looking fabulous.


Albert                                                           Einstein's                                                           Diploma
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

Native                                                           Railroad                                                           overlook
A Native American overlooking the newly completed transcontinental railroad in 1868


A Japanese plane is shot down during the Battle of Saipan in 1944.

Franz                                                           Ferdinand with                                                           his wife
Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his wife
on the day they were assassinated in 1914 -
an event that  spark
ed World War I





The 1912 World Series
  

Mississippi                                                           Steamboats
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                                                           1884
Construction of the Statue of Liberty in 1884



Thanks for looking.
Pass it on to someone who enjoys a bit of history.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Rare Collection of Historical Photos - email from jksw






 


Photos/descriptions that tell us what it was like to be there and,
surprise us with something we didn't know and hadn't seen.




Description: Real Samurai
Samurai taken between 1860 and 1880.




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A shell shocked reindeer looks on as World War II planes drop bombs on Russia in 1941















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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.













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Nagasaki, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945.











Description: Native Railroad overlook
A Native American overlooking the newly completed transcontinental railroad in 1868.







Description: great fire and earthquake in San Francisco   April 18th, 1906
The Great San Francisco Fire and Earthquake of 1906.





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A Japanese plane is shot down during the Battle of Saipan in 1944.
















British SAS back from a three month long patrol of North Africa, January 18, 1943.






Description: Disney Cafeteria
Disneyland employee cafeteria in 1961.














California lumberjacks work on Redwoods.














Description: Franz Ferdinand with his wife
Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his wife on the day they were assassinated in 1914,
an event that helped spark World War I.









Description: Elves Presley in the Army
Elvis in the Army.





Description: Machu Picchu discovery
The first photo following the discovery of Machu Pichu in 1912.







Child laborers in 1880.









Steamboats on the Mississippi River in 1907.







Leo Tolstoy tells a story to his grandchildren in 1909.






Description: The Beatles and Muhammad Ali
The Beatles meet Muhammad Ali.













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Fourteen year-old Osama bin Laden. He's second from the right.









Description: Construction of the Statue of Liberty 1884
Construction of the Statue of Liberty in 1884.