VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS

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The old photographs below were sent to me by Leo M – thanks, Leo.

Some of them are jaw-dropping, many show how far we have come since then and some are quite poignant.

(And some have been posted in Bytes before).

A look to the past.

As someone once said: “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift, that is why it’s called the present.” I know, corny. But true.

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The liner Queen Elizabeth filled with the American troops coming home from war.

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A boy and two big lobsters caught on the New Jersey Coast, 1916.

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1945: The Mona Lisa painting being opened again after it had been hidden from German troops in 1939.

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Longacre Square, New York, 1903, one year before it was named Times Square. It was so named because the New York Times moved their headquarters there.

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Imperial Airlines aeroplane, 1936.

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April 15, 1912, a Titanic survival boat meets with a rescue ship.

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A priest praying over the victims of the Titanic, 1912.

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France, 1959. Kids playing with the guillotine.

(My comment: Note that they have even placed a bucket to received the head. Horrific.)

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Bruce Lee and his master, 1958.

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Enjoying a meal in the car while getting cooled air piped in the car - a drive-in restaurant, Texas, 1957.

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MGM opening credits in the making, 1928.

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Hitler and Speer looking at the Schwerer Gustav, the biggest gun ever used in battle.

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Transporting a 5 MB hard drive, 1956.

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Testing shoes, 1937

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First Wimbledon as an international tournament, 1883.

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Human-sized chess with actual soldiers, Russia, 1924.

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Oil Crisis, 1973. People are having picnics on the deserted highways.

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