[BITList] An interesting set of old photos

Thu Jun 13 02:47:14 BST 2013

Makes 2013 seem almost reasonable
frank

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The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in 1861

http://i.imgur.com/fYNtUlp.jpg

Hippo cart in 1924. The hippo belonged to a circus and *_apparently_* 
enjoyed pulling the cart as a trick.

http://i.imgur.com/9r51Ajq.jpg

Annie Edison Taylor (1838-1921), the first person to survive going over 
Niagara Falls in a barrel. She did it in 1901 because she needed money, 
and after doing it, she said she */_wouldn't recommend it_/* to anyone!

http://i.imgur.com/xF25Dcq.jpg

Only known authenticated photo of Billy the Kid, ca. 1879

http://i.imgur.com/pO5sofA.jpg

Sharing bananas with a goat during the Battle of Saipan, ca. 1944

http://i.imgur.com/eEqQzmm.jpg

Jesse James, approximately 16 years old

http://i.imgur.com/m54a5n9.jpg

Advertisement for Atabrine, an anti-malaria drug. Sign was put up at the 
363rd station hospital in Papua, New Guinea during WWII.

http://i.imgur.com/EapWqzl.jpg

How could parents ensure that their children were getting sunlight and 
fresh air when living in apartment buildings? The baby cage, ca. 1937

http://i.imgur.com/cd2j0Iq.jpg

Hotel owner */_pouring acid in the water when black people swam_/* in 
his pool, ca. 19*/_64_/*

And at that time the US was criticising other parts fo the world for 
racis*/_m_/*

http://i.imgur.com/qAjiMuf.jpg

Bookstore ruined by an air raid, London 1940

http://i.imgur.com/nfDavPE.jpg

Little girl comforting her doll in the ruins of her bomb damaged home, 
London, 1940

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http://i.imgur.com/2jKswih.jpg

Animals being used as a part of medical therapy in 1956

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http://i.imgur.com/sqZ3iXP.jpg

Artificial legs, United Kingdom, ca. *1890*

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http://i.imgur.com/TUCTkQN.jpg

Unknown soldier in Vietnam, 1965. And we've not yet learned

http://i.imgur.com/1tyynx6.jpg

1920's lifeguard

http://i.imgur.com/HeatUgz.jpg

1928 fashion show at the beach

http://i.imgur.com/9ErZn4S.jpg

Former slave showing whipping scars

http://i.imgur.com/OOa6hYD.jpg

Measuring bathing suits in the early 1920s. If they were too short, the 
women would be fined.

In the late 1960s Spain, Portugal and other countries did not allow 
bikinis nor men with longish hair

http://i.imgur.com/gBYsGWf.jpg

A space chimp poses for the camera after a successful mission to space 
in 1961.

http://i.imgur.com/OhcCF3B.jpg

Testing new bulletproof vests, 1923

http://i.imgur.com/yHO2FtW.jpg

A mom and her son watch the mushroom cloud after an atomic test 75 miles 
away, Las Vegas, 1953.

http://i.imgur.com/lka74m0.jpg

Walter Yeo, one of the first people to undergo advanced plastic surgery. 
His eyelids were damaged in World War I, and he got a skin transplant to 
replace them.

http://i.imgur.com/3VPSyJL.jpg

Illegal alcohol being poured out during Prohibition, Detroit 1929

http://i.imgur.com/i1DBQPH.jpg

Austrian boy receives new shoes during WWII

http://i.imgur.com/r4Beb0v.jpg

The Ford Theater, where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated

http://i.imgur.com/uzADvMK.jpg

Children eating their Christmas dinner during the Great Depression: 
turnips and cabbage.

http://i.imgur.com/hdDdNhV.jpg

Annette Kellerman promoted women's right to wear a fitted one-piece 
bathing suit, 1907... She was arrested for indecency.

http://i.imgur.com/pNZ7Tf5.jpg

Princeton students after a freshman vs. sophomores snowball fight in 1893

And we thought snowballs were soft!

http://i.imgur.com/dbCQ1iv.jpg

Martin Luther King Jr. with his son by his side removing a burnt cross 
from his front yard, 1960

http://i.imgur.com/rblEQ2H.jpg

The original Ronald clown of McDonald's in 1963

http://i.imgur.com/gx6Ytjm.jpg

Apollo I crew members rehearsing their water landing in 1966

http://i.imgur.com/aGqBeOo.jpg

President Richard Nixon trying to use chopsticks while visiting China in 
1972

Holding them well. It's the slurping that has his attention.

http://i.imgur.com/6qQ6xB7.jpg

Construction of the Manhattan Bridge, 1908

http://i.imgur.com/2vFOZCb.jpg

Construction of the Berlin wall, 1961

http://i.imgur.com/g3y5sSn.jpg

Hitler's officers and cadets celebrating Christmas, 1941

http://i.imgur.com/MTpAYcp.jpg

Abraham Lincoln's hearse, 1865

http://i.imgur.com/cW4X9Bk.jpg

Frozen Niagara Falls, 1911

http://i.imgur.com/huEAPey.jpg

Last prisoners of Alcatraz leaving, 1963

http://i.imgur.com/gY5r2VE.jpg

A penniless mother hides her face in shame after putting her children up 
for sale, Chicago, 1948

As usual, where is the father?

http://i.imgur.com/7G8mAES.jpg

Putting on a crinoline (skirt support), 1855

http://i.imgur.com/zYiWtc1.jpg

Recovering bodies after the Titanic disaster, April 1912

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http://i.imgur.com/tz5ATzY.jpg

A most beautiful suicide - 23 year old Evelyn McHale leapt to her death 
from an observation deck (83rd floor) of the Empire State Building, May 
1, 1947.

She landed on a United Nations limousine... so little damage to her body?

http://i.imgur.com/Ef4XpWN.jpg

The real Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin, ca. 1927

Charming. Just gorgeous!

http://i.imgur.com/MRsebDJ.jpg

Melted and damaged mannequins after a fire at Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum 
in London, 1930

http://i.imgur.com/XpPOHrT.jpg

New York City fire station, ca. 1912

http://i.imgur.com/oAVGYXa.jpg

Operation Babylift: Vietnamese orphans transported by airplanes to 
America in 1975

http://i.imgur.com/aqyPaQ0.jpg

Polish children examined by German officers to see if they qualified as 
Aryan, and would be allowed to live

http://i.imgur.com/OazRRQo.jpg

Santa Claus in New York, ca. 1900

http://i.imgur.com/bBquDyX.jpg

Smallpox victim, New York, 1881

http://i.imgur.com/EWqeLvn.jpg

5:00 P.M., September 3rd, 1967 Sweden changed from driving on the left 
side to driving on the right - this was the result!

http://i.imgur.com/zKPJMxY.jpg

Unpacking the Head of the Statue of Liberty delivered June 17, 1885.

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