Mrsgunka sent me two emails with several old photographs. I selected the most interesting from the combined collections. Thanks, MrsG.
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The Statue of Liberty's torch is parked in front of the western side of Madison Square in 1876 |
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Women welders at Lincoln Motor Company, 1918 |
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Times Square, 1922 |
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Greyhound, 1923 |
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The dedication of the Washington Monument, 1885 |
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The first photo of the Earth from the moon taken by Lunar Orbiter, 1966 |
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Southwest Airlines stewardesses, 1962 |
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The funeral of Victor Hugo, 1885
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Hannah Stilley, born 1746, photographed in 1840. Possibly the earliest
born person captured on film |
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"Högertrafikomläggningen" - the day Sweden switched from driving
on the left to driving on the right, 1967 |
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The Dalai Lama at age 2 in 1937 |
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The London Underground in 1890 |
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Smuggling beer during prohibition sometime between 1920 and 1933 |
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Illuminated tires invented by Goodyear in 1961 |
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Directional sound finders used to detect incoming enemy planes in 1917 |
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Construction of The Lincoln Memorial, 1921 |
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Arnold Schwarzenegger in New York for the first time, 1968 |
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Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison performing at a wedding, 1958 |
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Ernest Hemingway's passport photo, 1923 |
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Robin Williams as a cheerleader, 1980 |
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Cameramen recording the lion roar for the MGM logo |
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Mt Rushmore construction, 1939 |
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Construction of the Eiffel Tower, 1880 |
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William Harley and Arthur Davidson, 1914 |
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Frank Sinatra asks Lou Gehrig for an autograph, 1939
[Gehrig's disease inspired the ice bucket challenges] |