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Friday, February 7, 2014

Old Photos - very rare

 The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in 1861
 
 Charlie Chaplin in 1916 at the age of 27
 
 Suntan vending machine, 1949
 
 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 said she wouldn't recommend it to anyone!
 
 
Advertisement for Atabrine, an anti-malaria drug. Sign
was put up at the 363rd station hospital in Papua,
New Guinea during WWII
 
 Little girl comforting her doll in the ruins of her
bomb damaged home, London, 1940

 Testing new bulletproof vests, 1923
 
 A mom and her son watch the mushroom cloud after an atomic test 75 miles away, Las Vegas, 1953
 
 Illegal alcohol being poured out during Prohibition,
Detroit 1929
 
 The Ford Theater, where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
 
 
Children eating their Christmas dinner during the
Great Depression: turnips and cabbage
Thanks Kerry


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