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Sunday, 5 June 2016

Aviation pioneer Hubert Fauntleroy Julian leans against a railing on the Queen Mary ocean liner as it arrives in New York City


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An aerial view of hunting complex, The Circus, which is about a mile east of The Hill.


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Aerial view of Fayetteville, vintage 1923


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A view of one of the swimming pools on board the 1,020ft ocean liner in March 1936, two months before her maiden voyage


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A group of men play a game of ring toss on the Queen Mary's deck in this undated photo


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Monday, 23 May 2016

Group of fire fighters pose with N.C. Forest Service pickup truck in front of an agricultural field with smoky woods behind it. Men have water packs, pitchforks and other hand tools


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In October 1889, Paris was buzzing with the opening of a new music hall which claimed it would become a temple of song and dance - The Moulin Rouge


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It opened to the public in 1883 and the bridge construction took 14 years involved more than 600 works


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It wasn't until 1878 that La Société Internationale du Canal Interocéanique obtained the rights to build a version of the Panama Canal


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Monday, 16 May 2016

Golden Gate Bridge. Construction commenced on January 5, 1933, and the bridge was open to vehicular traffic on May 28, 1937.


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Fighting fires near Camp Angeles at Angeles National Forest, Calif. July 1922


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Enormous locks were constructed either side of the canals in 1913


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Dressed in rain gear, judges at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, October 14, 1964,


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De Lesseps pushed ahead with the plans, hired 40,000 men and started the construction in 1881


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Construction workers pose inside an 18-foot wall culvert at Gatun Locks construction site


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