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re: Interesting historical pictures thread (add captions please)

Posted on 9/11/13 at 9:59 pm to
Posted by beejon
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Posted on 9/11/13 at 9:59 pm to
Vicksburg landing...abt 1905-1906





New Orleans landing....abt 1868





New Orleans landing...1905 (note the block of ice being brought on board)




Link for steamboat fans



This post was edited on 9/11/13 at 10:02 pm
Posted by Wally Sparks
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Posted on 9/12/13 at 10:48 am to
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The headquarters of Benito Musolini and the Italian Fascist party. Rome, ~1930.
Posted by Napoleon
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Posted on 9/12/13 at 11:47 am to





Walt Disney watching the castle being built


oldest known photo of New York.
(Upper West Side)


In 1827, Joseph Nicephore Niepce made the first known photographic image using the camera obscura. The camera obscura was a tool used by artists to draw.
Posted by heypaul
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Posted on 9/12/13 at 2:39 pm to
I'll post more when I get home
Posted by heypaul
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Posted on 9/28/13 at 8:28 am to

The partially excavated Sphinx. Late 1800's.



F1 pilot ejects at extremely low altitude. The pilot survived with multiple fractures. 1962.



Manhattan, New York City. Circa 1908.



L Motors dealership that specialized in selling Dodges and Plymouths. New York City, USA, 1948



Notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar and his son in front of the White House. 1980's.



Einstein's office at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, photographed on the day of his death, April 18, 1955.
Posted by heypaul
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Posted on 9/28/13 at 8:44 am to

Release of Windows 95.



Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his wife on the day they were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (June 28, 1914). These assassinations were a contributing factor to the start of World War I.



The first photo upon discovery of Machu Picchu, 1912.



Johnny Cash performing for prisoners at Folsom Prison. January 13, 1968.


Train Derailment at Gare Montparnasse, Paris, France. 1895.



Princeton students after a Freshman / Sophomore snowball fight. Princeton, NJ, 1893.


Posted by kywildcatfanone
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Posted on 9/28/13 at 10:29 am to
Posted by deltaland
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Posted on 9/28/13 at 11:23 am to
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Princeton students after a Freshman / Sophomore snowball fight. Princeton, NJ, 1893.


That's one hell of a snowball fight
Posted by Byron Bojangles III
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Posted on 9/28/13 at 11:35 am to
This is the best thread in the history of TD
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
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Posted on 9/28/13 at 11:41 am to
quote:


That's one hell of a snowball fight



Probably a slushball fight.
Posted by DaddyDut16
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Posted on 9/29/13 at 9:28 am to
Very well done fellas! Amazing thread!!
Posted by KingRanch
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Posted on 9/29/13 at 9:29 am to
I read this whole thread yesterday!



Posted by RoyalBaby
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Posted on 9/29/13 at 9:49 am to
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The Las Cruces (N.M.) Sun News reported that Frank H. Parrish of Las Cruces positively identified the young man on the left of the photograph as Dan Dedrick, an ID that he says is the "clincher" to identifying the friend standing next to Dedrick. That's the outlaw Billy the Kid, Parrish says.
Posted by MaroonWhite
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Posted on 12/13/13 at 12:28 pm to
Another bump for a great thread in case anyone missed it.
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 1/6/14 at 7:43 am to
Saw this link on FB this morning, and immediately thought of this badass thread.

Lots of cool pics (and captions) there.
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
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Posted on 1/6/14 at 8:59 am to
Like a boss!

Posted by LSUGUMBO
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Posted on 1/6/14 at 9:11 am to


Posted by SA Tiger
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Posted on 1/6/14 at 5:33 pm to
(1869) Generals Lee, Magruder, Beauregard, and other minor Confederate generals, philanthropists, and statesmen. White Sulphur Springs, VA
World War I



Train carrying British soldiers in France.


Posted by Adam4LSU
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Posted on 1/6/14 at 6:13 pm to
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Child labor, early 1900s.


Bet he wasn't watching anal sex porn at 7 years old.
Posted by Wally Sparks
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Posted on 4/20/14 at 11:44 am to
It's been 42 years since Apollo 16 landed on the moon (April 20, 1972).

Here's astronaut Charlie Duke saluting the flag:

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