Some 
more old photos…………..I love old photos…… they tell such a 
story…….
Blessings,
These 
are fabulous photos. I hope you enjoy them as much as I 
did.
The 
Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in 1861
Hippo 
cart in 1924. The hippo belonged to a circus and apparently 
enjoyed pulling the cart as a trick
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 
Only 
known authenticated photo of Billy the Kid,ca. 
1879
Sharing 
bananas with a goat during the Battle  of 
Saipan , ca. 
1944
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 
How 
could parents ensure 
that their children were getting 
sunlight and fresh air when living in apartment buildings?
sunlight and fresh air when living in apartment buildings?
The 
baby cage, ca. 1937
Hotel 
owner pouring acid in the water when black people 
swam in his pool, ca. 1964
swam in his pool, ca. 1964
Bookstore 
ruined by an air raid, London 
Little 
girl comforting her doll in the ruins of her 
bomb damaged home,London 
bomb damaged home,
.
Animals 
being used as a part of medical therapy in 1956
.
Artificial 
legs, United 
Kingdom 
.
Unknown 
soldier in Vietnam 
1920's 
lifeguard
1928 
fashion show at the beach
Former 
slave showing whipping scars
Measuring 
bathing suits in the early 1920s. If they 
were too short, the women would be fined
were too short, the women would be fined
A 
space chimp poses for the camera after a 
successful mission to space in 1961
successful mission to space in 1961
Testing 
new bulletproof vests, 1923
A 
mom and her son watch the mushroom cloud after an atomic 
test 75 miles away,Las 
Vegas 
test 75 miles away,
Walter 
Yeo, one of the first people to 
undergo advanced 
plastic surgery. His eyelids were damaged in World War I,
and he got a skin transplant to replace them.
plastic surgery. His eyelids were damaged in World War I,
and he got a skin transplant to replace them.
Illegal 
alcohol being poured out during Prohibition, 
Detroit 
Austrian 
boy receives new shoes during WWII
The 
Ford Theater, 
where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
Children 
eating their Christmas dinner during the 
Great Depression: turnips and cabbage
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.
a fitted one-piece bathing suit, 1907… She was
arrested for indecency.
snowball fight in 1893
Martin 
Luther King Jr. with his son by his side 
removing a burnt cross from his front yard, 1960
removing a burnt cross from his front yard, 1960
The 
original Ronald clown of McDonald's in 1963
Apollo 
I crew members rehearsing their water landing in 
1966
President 
Richard Nixon trying to use chopsticks while 
visitingChina 
visiting
Construction 
of the Manhattan  
Bridge 
Construction 
of the Berlin 
Hitler's 
officers and cadets celebrating Christmas, 
1941
Abraham 
Lincoln's hearse, 1865
Frozen 
Niagara Falls 
Last 
prisoners of Alcatraz  leaving, 
1963
A 
penniless mother hides her face in shame after
putting her children up for sale,Chicago 
putting her children up for sale,
Putting 
on a crinoline (skirt support), 1855
Recovering 
bodies after the Titanic disaster,
April 1912
April 1912
.
A 
most beautiful suicide 
- 
23 year old Evelyn McHale 
leapt to her death from an observation deck (83rd floor)
of theEmpire  State  Building 
on a United Nations limousine…
leapt to her death from an observation deck (83rd floor)
of the
on a United Nations limousine…
The 
real Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin, 
ca. 1927
ca. 1927
Melted 
and damaged mannequins after a fire at 
Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum inLondon 
Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum in
New 
York City fire station, ca. 1912
Operation 
Babylift: Vietnamese orphans transported by 
airplanes toAmerica 
airplanes to
Santa 
Claus in New York, ca. 1900
Smallpox 
victim, New 
York 
5:00 
P.M., September 3rd, 1967 
Sweden 
Unpacking 
the Head of the Statue of Liberty 
delivered June 17, 1885
delivered June 17, 1885
 
 
 
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