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Saturday, 28 June 2014

Painters hang from suspended wires on the Brooklyn Bridge Oct 7, 1914


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The main concourse of Grand Central Terminal, in New York, is seen from the Campbell apartment in this 1937.


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This is a photograph of breaker boys – child labour used to separate coal from slate. This image helped lead the nation to outlaw child labour


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IBM San Jose 1958


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Sigurd Risting in the mouth of a fin whale in Shetland 1912


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Direction Board at Mall Lahore c. 1960s


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Friday, 20 June 2014

River view of Boulder (Hoover) dam site. Mohave County, Arizona 1904


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The rarely-seen upstream face of Hoover Dam, May 1935


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Tourists gather around one of the generators in the Nevada wing of the powerhouse of Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) to hear its operation explained. 1940


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The view from New Jersey A man peers across the Hudson River into Manhattan from his perch on the George Washington Bridge on December 22, 1936


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21 years ago, in 1993 Dick Smith and John Wallington made the first non-stop flight across Australia in a hot air balloon.


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Thursday, 19 June 2014

The Third Avenue elevated train rumbles across lower Manhattan in this undated photo. City Hall can be seen in the background


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The headline of the newspaper the man in this May 18, 1940 photo reads 'Nazi Army Now 75 Miles From Paris. This picture shows the corner of Sixth Avenue and 40th Street in Manhattan


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Workers dig in Delancy Street on New York's Lower East Side in this photo dated July 29, 1908


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Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, waves goodbye as he boards a helicopter at the White House on August 4, 1974,


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This circa 1983-1988 photo shows 172 Norfolk Street, which is now the Angel Orensanz Foundation, in New York.


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19 March 1932 Crowds cross the newly opened Sydney Harbour Bridge


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Friday, 13 June 2014

ohn F. Kennedy Jr. salutes his father’s coffin along with the honor guard


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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong put his left foot on the rocky Moon. It was the first human footprint on the Moon


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General Gouraud marching in Aleppo 13 September 1920


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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima Joe Rosenthal, 1945


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The stirring image of the Hindenburg zeppelin going down in flames helped galvanize public opinion on the dangers of airships and end their era once and for all 1937


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Neil Armstrong snapped this image of fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin during the first human trip to land on the Moon. It became a testament to American innovation and dedication 1969


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Monday, 9 June 2014

the site of the first McDonald's restaurant, San Bernardino, California. Only part of the sign remains from the original structure


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Taughannock Falls State Park in 1940's


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Rome-Colosseum-Meta-Sudans-and-Arch-of-Constantine-1860


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Friday, 6 June 2014

Workmen remove a Ferrari that was found buried in the yard of a home in LA. The car had been reported stolen in 1974.


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General Electric plant 1949


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Sears, Pittsburgh 1938


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Roy Knabenshue’s airship in flight above the Raymond Hotel in Pasadena, California. 1912


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The main street of, Bethlehem. It was created in 1880 in Paletsine


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Parents of Allama Iqbal


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Thursday, 5 June 2014

The oldest operating McDonalds on Lakewood and Florence in Downey California The restaurant is almost unchanged in appearance since it opened in 1953


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Sunday, 1 June 2014

Photo from 1955, of Ray Kroc's first restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois


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Goodyear hangar, Akron OH c.1930


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The famous 1969 photo of astronaut Buzz Aldrin with Neil Armstrong reflected in his helmet and the Lunar lander in the background.


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This shot is from a movie during 1950's, released in the days of madness about flying saucers


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Philadelphia 1935


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