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Above is a rare photo of The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in 1861.       Look carefully at the following pictures. Some you probably haven't seen before. They are amazing. Enjoy! :)

Charlie Chaplin in 1916 at the age of 27,


A 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!


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


Jesse James, approximately 16 years old,


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


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


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


Unknown soldier in Vietnam, 1965.


1920's lifeguard.


1928 fashion show at the beach,


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


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 poured out during Prohibition,
in Detroit, 1929.


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


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


Apollo I crew rehearsing their water landing in 1966.


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




Construction of the Manhattan Bridge, 1908.


Construction of the Berlin wall, 1961.


Hitler's officers and cadets celebrating Christmas, 1941.


The Ford Theater, where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.


Abraham Lincoln's hearse, 1865.


Last prisoners of Alcatraz leaving, 1963.


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


Recovering bodies after the Titanic disaster,
April 1912.


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.


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


New York City fire station, ca. 1912.


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


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


Santa Claus in New York, ca. 1900.


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


Alice Huyler Ramsey (Nov,11, 1886 - Sept. 10, 1983),
the first woman to drive across the US from coast
to coast, 1909. Only 152 miles out of the total
3600-mile trip were made on paved road.


Chinatown Squad of the San Francisco Police Department
posing with sledge hammers and axes in front of August
Pistolesia's grocery store at 752 Washington Street, 1895.
They specialized in raiding opium dens and gambling rooms
and their method was simple.


Opium den in San Francisco, 1900


North American native Chilocco Indian Agricultural
School basketball team in 1909.
(Originally, the swastika was a sign of good fortune.)


A horse-drawn fire engine of Engine No. 39 leaving
Fire Headquarters at 157 East 67th Street for the
last time after being replaced with a motorized fire
engine, New York City, February 19, 1912.


Lawn mowers of the White House grounds, 1918


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


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