Historical Planet
Saturday, 28 June 2014
Painters hang from suspended wires on the Brooklyn Bridge Oct 7, 1914
The main concourse of Grand Central Terminal, in New York, is seen from the Campbell apartment in this 1937.
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
IBM San Jose 1958
Sigurd Risting in the mouth of a fin whale in Shetland 1912
Direction Board at Mall Lahore c. 1960s
Friday, 20 June 2014
River view of Boulder (Hoover) dam site. Mohave County, Arizona 1904
The rarely-seen upstream face of Hoover Dam, May 1935
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
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
21 years ago, in 1993 Dick Smith and John Wallington made the first non-stop flight across Australia in a hot air balloon.
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
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
Workers dig in Delancy Street on New York's Lower East Side in this photo dated July 29, 1908
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,
This circa 1983-1988 photo shows 172 Norfolk Street, which is now the Angel Orensanz Foundation, in New York.
19 March 1932 Crowds cross the newly opened Sydney Harbour Bridge
Friday, 13 June 2014
ohn F. Kennedy Jr. salutes his father’s coffin along with the honor guard
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong put his left foot on the rocky Moon. It was the first human footprint on the Moon
General Gouraud marching in Aleppo 13 September 1920
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima Joe Rosenthal, 1945
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
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
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
Taughannock Falls State Park in 1940's
Rome-Colosseum-Meta-Sudans-and-Arch-of-Constantine-1860
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.
General Electric plant 1949
Sears, Pittsburgh 1938
Roy Knabenshue’s airship in flight above the Raymond Hotel in Pasadena, California. 1912
The main street of, Bethlehem. It was created in 1880 in Paletsine
Parents of Allama Iqbal
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
Sunday, 1 June 2014
Photo from 1955, of Ray Kroc's first restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois
Goodyear hangar, Akron OH c.1930
The famous 1969 photo of astronaut Buzz Aldrin with Neil Armstrong reflected in his helmet and the Lunar lander in the background.
This shot is from a movie during 1950's, released in the days of madness about flying saucers
Philadelphia 1935
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