Here are the photos in the category "First and Last."
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| The back of the Hoover Dam just before it was submerged and never seen again. [1936] |
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View from the top on the opening day of the Empire State Building. [1931] |
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| The very first Rockefeller Christmas Tree is revealed to the public. [1931] |
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| Traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge moments after it opened seen from atop one of the arches. [1937] |
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| Crowds flock to the first World Series Game in New York. [1912] |
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| The first ever underground train journey. Edgware Road Station, London. [1862] |
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| Norway receive their first ever shipment of bananas. [1905] |
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| Three men run in the marathon at the first modern Olympic Games. [1896] |
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| The last few prisoners of Alcatraz leave as the prison is shut down for good. [1963] |
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| Race organisers attempt to stop Kathrine Switzer from competing in the Boston Marathon. She became the first woman to finish the race. [1967] |
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| The last known photo of the Titanic above water. [1912] |
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| The iceberg that is thought to have sunk the Titanic. Black and red paint is smeared along the side. [1912] |
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| The traffic jam at the Brandenburg Gate as East and West Germans cross freely on the first Saturday after the fall of the Berlin Wall. [November, 1989] |












