Great Historical Photos

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  • 07-27-2013, 05:50 PM
    GB1
    Great Historical Photos
    This one's a little more about history than photography, so I posted it here!

    Some great historical photos









    Miss America 1924





    Helen Keller Meeting Charlie Chaplin





    Leather gloves worn by Lincoln to Ford's Theater on the night of his assassination. Blood stains are visible at the cuffs.



    Phoebe Mozee (aka: Annie Oakley). Famed for her marksmanship by 12 years old, she once shot the ashes off of Kaiser Wihelm II's cigarette at his invitation. When she outshot famed exhibition marksman Frank Butler, he fell in love with her and they married. They remained married the rest of their lives.



    Very Young Lucy Lucille Ball around 1930



    This is one of five known X-rays of Hitler's head, part of his medical records compiled by American military intelligence after the German's surrendered and declassified in 1958. The records also include doctor's reports, diagrams of his teeth and nose and electrocardiograms. He had bad teeth, lots of fillings and crowns.



    Two Victorian sideshow performers boxing - the fat man and the thin man.



    Amy Johnson, English aviator 1903-1941 One of the first women to gain a pilot's licence, Johnson won fame when she flew solo from Britain to Australia in 1930. Her dangerous flight took 17 days. Later she flew solo to India and Japan and became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic East to West, she volunteered to fly for The Women's Auxiialry Air Force in WW2, but her plane was shot down over the River Thames and she was killed.



    Prison Garb 1924. Belva Annan murderess whose trial records became the musical "Chicago."


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    Female photojournalist Jessie Tarbox on the street with her camera, 1900s.



    Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the South Pole. At approximately 3pm on December 14, 1911, Amundsen raised the flag of Norway at the South Pole and named the spot Polheim — “Pole Home.”



    The extraordinary life of Maud Allen: Seductive US dancing girl who was sued for being too lewd, outed as a lesbian, and fled London after being branded a German spy who was sleeping with the prime minister's wife.



    John Fitzgerald Kennedy



    Caroline Otero, courtesan, the most sought after woman in all of Europe. She associated herself with the likes of Prince Albert I of Monaco, King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, Kings of Serbia, and Kings of Spain as well as Russian Grand Dukes Peter and Nicholas, the Duke of Westminster and writer Gabriele D’Annunzio. Six men reportedly committed suicide after their love affairs with Otero ended. Two men fought a duel over her. She was famed for her voluptuous breasts.



    Wedding day photograph of Abraham and Mary taken November 4, 1842 in Springfield, Illinois after three years of a stormy courtship and a broken engagement. Their love had endured.



    Billie Holiday at two years old, in 1917



    Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Walter Reed Hospital flu ward." One of the very few images in Washington-area photo archives documenting the influenza contagion of 1918-1919, which killed over 500,000 Americans and tens of millions around the globe. Most victims succumbed to bacterial pneumonia following influenza virus infection.



    Filming the MGM Logo



    Amelia Earhart



    Mae Questel ca. 1930’s, the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, Minnie Mouse, Felix the Cat (for three shorts by the Van Beuren Studios), Little Lulu, Little Audrey and Casper, the Friendly Ghost



    Bea Arthur (née Bernice Frankel) (1922-2009) SSgt. USMC 1943-45 WW II. Enlisted and assigned as typist at Marine HQ in Wash DC, then air stations in VA and NC. Best remembered for her title role in the TV series “Maude” and as Dorothy in "Golden Girls".



    In 1911, Bobby Leach survived a plunge over Niagara Falls in a steel barrel. Fourteen years later, in New Zealand, he slipped on an orange peel and died.



    Emily Todd was Mary Todd Lincoln's half-sister. In 1856 she married Benjamin Helm, a Confederate general. After Helm's death in 1863 Emily Helm passed through Union Lines to visit her sister in the White House. This caused great consternation in the Northern newspapers. Emily Helm took an oath of loyalty to the Union and was granted amnesty



    Three days before his 19th birthday, George H.W. Bush became the youngest aviator in the US Navy.



    Market Street, San Francisco after the earthquake, 1906.



    All-American Girls Baseball, 1940s



    c. 1943 : Breast Protectors for War Workers



    Mary Ellen Wilson (1864–1956) or sometimes Mary Ellen McCormack was an American whose case of child abuse led to the creation of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. As an eight-year old, she was severely abused by her foster parents, Francis and Mary Connolly.



    Sacajawea. Stolen, held captive, sold, eventually reunited the Shoshone Indians. She was an interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark in 1805-1806 with her husband Toussaint Charbonneau. She navigated carrying her son, Jean Baptiste, on her back. She traveled thousands of miles from the Dakotas the Pacific Ocean. The explorers, said she was cheerful, never complained, and proved to be invaluable. She served as an advisor, caretaker, and is legendary for her perseverance and resourcefulness.



    Zelda Boden, circus performer, ca. 1910.



    A Confederate and Union soldier shake hands during a celebration at Gettysburg in 1913. Image from the Library of Congress. July 1-3, 2013 marks the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.



    Geraldine Doyle, who was the inspiration behind the famous Rosie the Riveter poster.



    Vintage Baked Potato Cart. A legitimate fast food lunch option back in the day.



    Black physicians treating in the ER a member of the Ku Kux Klan



    Cyclists ride in the first running of the Tour de France, in 1903.



    Sergeant Stubby (1916 or 1917 – April 4, 1926), was the most decorated war dog of World War I and the only dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat. America's first war dog, Stubby, served 18 months 'over there' and participated in seventeen battles on the Western Front. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants (holding him there til American Soldiers found him).



    Nightwitches - Female Russian bombers who bombed Germany during WW2. They had old, noisy planes & the engines used to conk out halfway through their missions, so they had to climb out on the wings mid-flight to restart the props. To stop Germans from hearing them & starting up the anti aircraft guns, they’d climb to a certain height, coast down to German positions, drop their bombs, restart their engines in midair & get the hell out of dodge. Their leader flew 200+ missions & was never captured.



    Marilyn Monroe meets Queen Elizabeth II, London, 1956 Both women are 30 years old.


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    Chief Petty Officer Graham Jackson plays “Going Home” as FDR’s body is borne past in Warm Springs, GA, where the President was scheduled to attend a barbecue on the day he died. April, 1945.

  • 08-01-2013, 03:55 AM
    georgimz
    Re: Great Historical Photos
    Realy great photos. Thanks for sharing them :)
  • 03-28-2015, 12:42 AM
    yashminwala
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    Nice historical photos, thanks for sharing these pictures.
  • 04-02-2015, 11:15 AM
    HavenHuman
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    very interesting! thanks for these photos
  • 04-09-2015, 10:37 PM
    johnson5
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    Wow what a Great Historical Photos these are, which you mention here. Thanks very much for Show them.
  • 05-01-2015, 03:19 AM
    jontyrodhas
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    Yes i am also agree with you buddy
  • 06-22-2015, 08:40 PM
    leonaroger
    Re: Great Historical Photos
    The traditional historical photos are captured in well manner. Really good to see an amazing art. Thanks for sharing.
  • 06-24-2015, 06:24 AM
    johnnydeep
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    Wow wooow.... What a photo. thank you man
  • 07-03-2015, 09:45 AM
    Reb
    Re: Great Historical Photos
    Getting hold of such historical pics really value a lot. I still has one such picture that my grandpa has given me of our home which was given to me 60 years before.
  • 07-06-2015, 02:58 AM
    struatbroad
    Re: Great Historical Photos
    yes of course
  • 07-08-2015, 08:53 PM
    Liz
    Re: Great Historical Photos
    WOW! I just found this thread - better late than never.....

    Thank you so much for posting these. I loved viewing each one. I will view them again tomorrow (when it's a bit earlier in the day and I'm awake!).

    Awesome! Thanks again.

    Liz
  • 07-30-2015, 02:42 AM
    shaunmichael5
    Re: Great Historical Photos
    ok why not dude
  • 08-08-2015, 11:21 AM
    thebest
    Re: Great Historical Photos
    thanks for sharing, looks cool.
  • 08-11-2015, 01:06 AM
    Lap82
    Re: Great Historical Photos
    Great pictures. The world wouldn't be same without pictures. And could be even better if it were invented some yers before.
  • 08-27-2015, 03:05 AM
    anushkasharma
    Re: Great Historical Photos
    These photos are beautiful, thank you for sharing.
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    saisaanvi
    Re: Great Historical Photos
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  • 10-08-2018, 05:29 AM
    saisaanvi
    Re: Great Historical Photos
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