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Random (but interesting) photos from the 20th century
Posted on 11/30/14 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 11/30/14 at 9:50 pm
I found a few of these in an article and thought I'd share some. I love old photos. Feel free to post yours.
Various kings come together to grieve the death of King Edward VII (1910)
Women campaigning for Prohibition (1904)
A police officer travels with a caged prisoner (1921)
Beauty pageant winners (1922)
A man measures ladies' swim suits to determine if they are appropriate (1920)
A couple ziplining for the first time at a fair (1923)
A mask designed to limit distractions (1925)
Adolf Hitler practicing a speech in front of a mirror (1925)
A one-wheeled motorcycle with a top speed of 93 mph (1923)
An early prototype of the GPS. The map moved when the car did. (1937)
Painter Salvador Dali and designer Coco Chanel take a smoke break (1938)
Infants wear gas masks during a WWII drill in San Francisco (1940)
Soldiers headed to WWII battlefields sneak in one last kiss before shipping off (1942)
A dog sleeps between Russian soldiers (1945)
A jubilant boy celebrates his new pair of shoes (1946)
A whisky dispenser in the workplace (1950s)
Before the arrival of the Taliban, Afghan women in casual dress (1950s)
Paul McCartney takes a selfie (1959)
A barber giving a dog a shave (1961)
A rescue worker attempts CPR on an electrocuted lineman (1967)
Osama Bin Laden on vacation (kneeling in green shirt, front row) in Sweden (1974)
Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham before marriage (1971)
Various kings come together to grieve the death of King Edward VII (1910)
Women campaigning for Prohibition (1904)
A police officer travels with a caged prisoner (1921)
Beauty pageant winners (1922)
A man measures ladies' swim suits to determine if they are appropriate (1920)
A couple ziplining for the first time at a fair (1923)
A mask designed to limit distractions (1925)
Adolf Hitler practicing a speech in front of a mirror (1925)
A one-wheeled motorcycle with a top speed of 93 mph (1923)
An early prototype of the GPS. The map moved when the car did. (1937)
Painter Salvador Dali and designer Coco Chanel take a smoke break (1938)
Infants wear gas masks during a WWII drill in San Francisco (1940)
Soldiers headed to WWII battlefields sneak in one last kiss before shipping off (1942)
A dog sleeps between Russian soldiers (1945)
A jubilant boy celebrates his new pair of shoes (1946)
A whisky dispenser in the workplace (1950s)
Before the arrival of the Taliban, Afghan women in casual dress (1950s)
Paul McCartney takes a selfie (1959)
A barber giving a dog a shave (1961)
A rescue worker attempts CPR on an electrocuted lineman (1967)
Osama Bin Laden on vacation (kneeling in green shirt, front row) in Sweden (1974)
Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham before marriage (1971)
This post was edited on 11/30/14 at 9:59 pm
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Posted on 11/30/14 at 9:53 pm to ClientNumber9
Posted on 11/30/14 at 9:54 pm to ClientNumber9
Some good ones. Always like these threads.
Posted on 11/30/14 at 9:55 pm to ClientNumber9
Thanks for posting these.
Posted on 11/30/14 at 9:57 pm to MaroonWhite
I wonder why the "whiskey dispenser in the workplace" idea didn't catch on...
Posted on 11/30/14 at 9:59 pm to ClientNumber9
Great pictures, but please post in this thread instead to keep it going.
Interesting Historical Pictures Thread
Interesting Historical Pictures Thread
Posted on 11/30/14 at 9:59 pm to ClientNumber9
Osama... 
Where did he go wrong...?
Where did he go wrong...?
Posted on 11/30/14 at 9:59 pm to ClientNumber9
Hillary is such a fricking dog.
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:00 pm to ClientNumber9
Hillary had some nice titties back in the day
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:02 pm to ClientNumber9
"Oh man what a bummer"-no guy ever
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:07 pm to Kafka
Shell-shocked WW1 soldier
This post was edited on 11/30/14 at 10:12 pm
Posted on 11/30/14 at 10:11 pm to ClientNumber9
Graf Zepplin (1939)
Heading to their D-Day landing, these Army Rangers are about to hit the beach. Sgt. Sandy Martin (top left) did not survive the day.
Heading to their D-Day landing, these Army Rangers are about to hit the beach. Sgt. Sandy Martin (top left) did not survive the day.
This post was edited on 11/30/14 at 10:43 pm
Posted on 12/1/14 at 7:38 am to soccerfüt
Good photo. Soldiers looked a lot older back then. Today's front line grunt is 18-22.
Posted on 12/1/14 at 7:42 am to ClientNumber9
quote:
Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison, tired of the inefficient and frustrating airline check-ins, decides to invent his own vehicle. Inspired by watching singer Enrique Iglesias' sexualized singing on TV and by gyroscopes, he invents the gyroscope-powered monowheel "IT".
Posted on 12/1/14 at 7:55 am to stout
Afghanistan
Posted on 12/1/14 at 8:01 am to PuntBamaPunt
quote:
Afghanistan
damn Russians freaked everything up and then freaked it up even more.
Also wasn't Liberia one of the up and coming nations after WWII?
Posted on 12/1/14 at 8:30 am to ClientNumber9
Interesting...good job!
Posted on 12/1/14 at 8:34 am to PuntBamaPunt
Can I have "why religious extremism is bad" for 500 dollars, Alex?
Posted on 12/1/14 at 8:36 am to ClientNumber9
quote:Man, I can only imagine how hopeless and desperate I'd feel in that ship.
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