re: Another Historical Photos Thread

A lot of great music came from these bands...

Glenn Miller and his Orchestra:


Benny Goodman and band members, c. 1938:


Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra:


Artie Shaw with band members:


The Count Basie Orchestra:


Gene Krupra and his band:


Duke Ellington and his Orchestra:

Old Time Radio Greats:

George Burns and Gracie Allen (Burns and Allen Show):


Jack Benny (Jell-O Program):


Jim and Marian Jordan (Fibber McGee and Molly):


Fred Allen (Texaco Town):


Bob Hope (The Pepsodent Show):


Orson Welles (The Shadow and the Mercury Theater):


Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll (Amos N’ Andy):


Edgar Bergen and Charlies McCarthy (Chase and Sanborn Hour):


And some real newsmen of the day:

Edward R. Murrow (CBS European/London Correspondent):


William L. Shirer (CBS European/Berlin Correspondent):


Bob Trout (CBS Today In Europe, The World Today, and World News Today):


H.V. Kaltenborn (First CBS, later NBC news correspondent):

American soldiers walk hand in hand with children dressed in Volendammer costume.
The children were in an orphanage at Simpelveld. Our liberators could show themselves at home in Holland. Location - Castle Hoensbroek



Willie Nelson ca.1960



Bob Ross 1961



Marilyn Monroe on her first photo shoot as a model, 1946.



Prostitutes in the Red light district, Amsterdam, late 19th century




Jun 8, 1992 - Pink Pop Festival Megaland, Landgraaf, Netherlands

Baton Rouge International Speedway located in what is now Prairieville. The track had a lot of controversy attached and was the sight of New Orleans Pop Festival in 1969. It was a very nice track and frequently visited by a few of the big name NASCAR racers.

Joe Montana & Bill Walsh drawing up plays in the dirt/grass, 1985


A trolley turning the bend of a section of the Mount Lowe line, Los Angeles County, c. 1910


Salvador Dali and Ed Sullivan, 1961




US Marine giving an interned child candy, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1944



Streets of New York 109 years ago


Queen Elizabeth II firing L85 battle rifle 1993

I love old photos. Great thread

Thx for starting this thread. Fascinating would be an understatement!

Zuo Zongtang, Marquis Kejing (also romanised as Tso Tsung-t'ang; [tsw?` ts?´?t????]; 10 November 1812 – 5 September 1885), sometimes referred to as General Tso, was a Chinese statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty.[1]


This guy was named after my favorite Chinese dish - General Tso's chicken.




Photograph of Zuo Zongtang, late 19th century


Born in Xiangyin County, Hunan Province, Zuo sat for the imperial examination in his youth but obtained only a juren degree. He then spent his time studying agriculture, geography and military strategy

In 1851, he started his career in the Qing military by participating in the campaign against the Taiping Rebellion.

In 1862, he was recommended by Zeng Guofan to serve as the provincial governor of Zhejiang Province. During his term, he coordinated Qing forces to attack the Taiping rebels with support from British and French forces

For this success, he was promoted to Viceroy of Min-Zhe.

After capturing Hangzhou from the Taiping rebels in 1864, he was enfeoffed as a first class count

In 1866, as part of the Qing government's Self-Strengthening Movement, Zuo oversaw the construction of the Fuzhou Arsenal and naval academy. That same year, he was reassigned to serve as the Viceroy of Shaan-Gan, where he oversaw industrialisation in Gansu Province.

In 1867, he was appointed as an Imperial Commissioner in charge of military affairs in Gansu.

During his term as Imperial Commissioner in Gansu, he participated in the suppression of the Nian Rebellion.

In 1875, he was appointed Imperial Commissioner again to supervise military action against the Dungan Revolt. By the late 1870s, he had crushed the Dungan Revolt and recaptured Xinjiang Province from rebel forces.

In 1875, the Guangxu Emperor made an extraordinary exception by awarding Zuo a jinshi degree – even though Zuo never achieved this in the imperial examination – and appointing him to the Hanlin Academy. In 1878, in recognition of his achievements, Zuo was promoted from a first class count to a second class marquis.

He was reassigned to serve as the Viceroy of Liangjiang in 1881 and appointed to the Grand Council in 1884, before being made an Imperial Commissioner again to oversee naval affairs.

While Zuo is best known outside China for his military exploits, he also made contributions to Chinese agricultural science and education. In particular, he promoted cotton cultivation to northwestern China as a replacement for cash opium and established a large-scale modern press in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces which published Confucian classics and newer works on agricultural science.[2]

The dish General Tso's chicken in American Chinese cuisine was named in honour of Zuo.

Lenin's eyes pop out of that photo. Scary

Blacks on welfare. Food stamps. Dropping kids like rabbits. Sagging their pants is racist to me