Fascinating Photos Collected From History
Nathan Johnson
Published
11/15/2016
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the past was a fascinating place
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Aryan Race Testing, 1940 -
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A pile of American bison skulls waiting to be ground for fertilizer, mid-1870s -
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Women in Chicago being arrested for wearing one piece bathing suits, without the required leg coverings. 1922 -
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Richard Nixon at his wife’s funeral, June 26, 1993 -
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President Truman holding a newspaper that stated he lost after winning the election November 3, 1948 -
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Japanese Leaflet dropped on Americans during WWII -
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Jackie Kennedy watching her husband debate Richard Nixon, 1960 -
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American soldiers rest near a small Christmas tree on Hill 875 near Dak To, Vietnam, 25 December, 1967 -
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Appalachian “hillbilly revolutionaries” from the Young Patriots Organization team up with members of the Black Panther Party for a “Free the Panthers” event, late 1960s. The Young Patriots wore a rebel Confederate flag on their blue jean jackets and berets, and fought against racism. They participated in demonstrations against police brutality and housing discrimination. In 1971, a portion of the Young Patriots attempted to build a national organization, renamed the Patriot Party, which had no relation to the right-wing group of the same name. -
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Dwight Eisenhower was the first U.S. President to use a teleprompter during the 1952 presidential campaign -
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Gangster Mickey Cohen standing amongst the front pages of newspapers that helped make him the city’s’ most infamous citizen – 1960 -
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PC Frederick Godwin offers tea and sympathy to a now homeless man, who returned home from walking his dog to find his house destroyed and wife killed by a V1 flying bomb. London 1944 -
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Finnish soldier, moments before execution for desertion, December 20, 1941 -
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Releasing a messenger pigeon, WW1, 1914 -
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A messenger dog leaps over a German trench during World War 1, 1915 -
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Aerial Photographs of Auschwitz taken by an British Reconnaissance plane. The main crematorium can be seen on the lower right. Poland , 1944 -
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Iranian woman in the era before the Islamic revolution by Ayatollah Khomeini. Iran, 1960
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