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Monday, 25 August 2014

A journalist dashes across a bridge between to rescue a baby during Civil War in 1936


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The crowd was so large that some fans had to cross over the track before the race and watch the event from the infield. June 1949


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The completed Sydney Harbour Bridge, circa 1936.


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On March 19, 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened. Here's a look back at some historic photos of its construction Australia


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Sunday, 24 August 2014

Young Mustansar Hussain Tarar aka Chacha ji in 1956 in his college days


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Italian heavy artillery guns are pictured on the Italian Front in this 1918 handout picture


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British officers observe artillery fire during the battle of the Somme in this 1916 handout picture


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British aeroplane shows bomb damage Feb 16 1918


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A horse wears a flannelette gas mask at the Chemical Development Laboratory, Philadelphia in 1919


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A German observation post is pictured on the Yser Front in Belgium, in this 1917


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Tuesday, 19 August 2014

On a misty day in 1930, high over the ships in the harbour, the two halves of the Harbour Bridge are almost ready to be joined


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Here's the start of the first-ever NASCAR Strictly Stock (now Sprint Cup Series) race at Charlotte Speedway. The three-quarter mile dirt track hosted a starting field of 33 cars.


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The Turkish Hospital in Damascus on 1 October 1918, shortly after the entry of the Australian 4th Light Horse Regiment


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Damascus in flames as the result of the French air raid on October 18, 1925


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Friday, 15 August 2014

A huge crowd fills both the grandstands and the infield for the first-ever NASCAR Strictly Stock race at Charlotte Speedway June 19, 1949


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