SenseiG
18-09-2013, 22:20
There are so many "old photos" floating about the internet. This group is pretty thought provoking.
Testing football helmets in 1912
http://i.imgur.com/waUpcP3.jpg
The Titanic in dry dock 1912
http://i.imgur.com/rq2Akve.jpg
Carl Akeley posed with the leopard he killed with his bare hands after it attacked him, 1896
http://i.minus.com/iw1DQnomDfSqW.jpg
The smallest shop in London – a shoe salesman with a 1.2 square meter shoe store, 1900
http://i.imgur.com/XycSpXq.jpg
A beggar running alongside King George V’s coach. England , c. 1920
http://i.imgur.com/ZXglizq.jpg
Allied soldiers mock Hitler atop his balcony at the Reich Chancellery, by Fred Ramage, 1945
http://i.imgur.com/eJlsDdK.jpg
13 June 1944: An English brewery donates a sizable amount of fresh beer
for the troops fighting in Normandy and a unique delivery method is created,
strapping kegs to the underwings of Spitfires being shipped to forward airfields.
Flying at 12 000 feet chills the brew to perfection
http://i.imgur.com/12B5ETV.jpg
An aerial view of the WWI Loos-Hulluch trench system in France .
British trenches are situated on the left of the photo, and German trenches
on the right – in the middle of the two is no man’s land. July 22, 1917
http://i.imgur.com/bfyPIV8.jpg
A man trying to sell his car after losing all in the Great Crash of 1929
http://i.imgur.com/AUWo4QC.jpg
Wedding rings from WW II concentration camps.
Each pair of rings represents a family, a marriage, a couple. 1945
http://i.imgur.com/zTQJt2J.jpg
Leonard Siffleet, captured Australian commando who fought in WWII,
moments prior to being beheaded by a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy. 1943
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/LeonardGSiffleet.jpg
Iranian woman in the era before the Islamic revolution by Ayatollah Khomeini. Iran , 1960
http://i.imgur.com/V4jPcPD.jpg
A shot from atop Pittsburgh ’s Cathedral of Learning during game 7 of the 1960 World Series.
The Pirates defeated the Yankees with a walk off home run by Bill Mazeroski.
Photo was taken moments after the home run
http://i.imgur.com/yQlGLTn.jpg
The Muffin man in 1910 London
http://i.imgur.com/2wKhAZT.jpg
Animal Tamer Captain Jack Bonavita sitting down with some of his cats, ~1870s
http://i.imgur.com/iAVfKxD.jpg
1865: Hanging hooded bodies of the four Lincoln assassination conspirators
http://i.imgur.com/CuQJ0Qh.jpg
The morning after a long night awaiting a Viet Cong ambush that never came
40 miles East of Saigon , Vietnam , 1965
http://i.imgur.com/q9y45oC.jpg
A man having his nose measured during Aryan race determination tests, 1940
http://i.imgur.com/HnlsjB5.jpg
Loggers in California with the felled giant ‘Mark Twain redwood’, 1892
http://i.imgur.com/vBoAsJI.jpg
The last Jew in Vinnitsa , 1941
http://i.imgur.com/BmKxkVO.jpg
US Government mockups of how Hitler could have disguised himself
http://i.imgur.com/pvN1I28.jpg
NASA before Powerpoint
http://i.imgur.com/AGiAcRl.jpg
The end of WWII is celebrated in Moscow ’s Red Square . May 9, 1945
http://i.imgur.com/mlO1RzJ.jpg
Testing football helmets in 1912
http://i.imgur.com/waUpcP3.jpg
The Titanic in dry dock 1912
http://i.imgur.com/rq2Akve.jpg
Carl Akeley posed with the leopard he killed with his bare hands after it attacked him, 1896
http://i.minus.com/iw1DQnomDfSqW.jpg
The smallest shop in London – a shoe salesman with a 1.2 square meter shoe store, 1900
http://i.imgur.com/XycSpXq.jpg
A beggar running alongside King George V’s coach. England , c. 1920
http://i.imgur.com/ZXglizq.jpg
Allied soldiers mock Hitler atop his balcony at the Reich Chancellery, by Fred Ramage, 1945
http://i.imgur.com/eJlsDdK.jpg
13 June 1944: An English brewery donates a sizable amount of fresh beer
for the troops fighting in Normandy and a unique delivery method is created,
strapping kegs to the underwings of Spitfires being shipped to forward airfields.
Flying at 12 000 feet chills the brew to perfection
http://i.imgur.com/12B5ETV.jpg
An aerial view of the WWI Loos-Hulluch trench system in France .
British trenches are situated on the left of the photo, and German trenches
on the right – in the middle of the two is no man’s land. July 22, 1917
http://i.imgur.com/bfyPIV8.jpg
A man trying to sell his car after losing all in the Great Crash of 1929
http://i.imgur.com/AUWo4QC.jpg
Wedding rings from WW II concentration camps.
Each pair of rings represents a family, a marriage, a couple. 1945
http://i.imgur.com/zTQJt2J.jpg
Leonard Siffleet, captured Australian commando who fought in WWII,
moments prior to being beheaded by a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy. 1943
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/LeonardGSiffleet.jpg
Iranian woman in the era before the Islamic revolution by Ayatollah Khomeini. Iran , 1960
http://i.imgur.com/V4jPcPD.jpg
A shot from atop Pittsburgh ’s Cathedral of Learning during game 7 of the 1960 World Series.
The Pirates defeated the Yankees with a walk off home run by Bill Mazeroski.
Photo was taken moments after the home run
http://i.imgur.com/yQlGLTn.jpg
The Muffin man in 1910 London
http://i.imgur.com/2wKhAZT.jpg
Animal Tamer Captain Jack Bonavita sitting down with some of his cats, ~1870s
http://i.imgur.com/iAVfKxD.jpg
1865: Hanging hooded bodies of the four Lincoln assassination conspirators
http://i.imgur.com/CuQJ0Qh.jpg
The morning after a long night awaiting a Viet Cong ambush that never came
40 miles East of Saigon , Vietnam , 1965
http://i.imgur.com/q9y45oC.jpg
A man having his nose measured during Aryan race determination tests, 1940
http://i.imgur.com/HnlsjB5.jpg
Loggers in California with the felled giant ‘Mark Twain redwood’, 1892
http://i.imgur.com/vBoAsJI.jpg
The last Jew in Vinnitsa , 1941
http://i.imgur.com/BmKxkVO.jpg
US Government mockups of how Hitler could have disguised himself
http://i.imgur.com/pvN1I28.jpg
NASA before Powerpoint
http://i.imgur.com/AGiAcRl.jpg
The end of WWII is celebrated in Moscow ’s Red Square . May 9, 1945
http://i.imgur.com/mlO1RzJ.jpg