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A drunken man placed in a basket and carried away in Istanbul Turkey, 1960s. Basket men were hired for the sole purpose of taking patrons home when they were too drunk to stand up.
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In 1958, car seat safety was rudimentary, with seats not being equipped with any straps. Instead, these seats depended on the mother extending her arm to prevent the baby from toppling forward.
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In 1960, David Latimer planted a garden inside of a bottle and sealed it shut. He opened the bottle and watered the plant in 1972 and sealed it for good. It has been a self sustaining ecosystem for 60 years.
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In 1954, Marilyn Monroe entertained over 100,000 American troops in Korea during a organized show titled "Anything Goes."
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In 1942, the U.S. government decided that detaining Japanese-American citizens was the least harmful option among several difficult choices. Approximately 100,000 Japanese-Americans were placed in camps as a result.
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In 1954, Marilyn Monroe entertained over 100,000 American troops in Korea during a organized show titled "Anything Goes."
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This is Jonas Salk (1914 - 1995), who chose not to patent his 1955 polio vaccine to ensure its affordability for the millions unable to pay.
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Madam C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove in 1867, was a pioneering African American entrepreneur and philanthropist who is renowned for becoming the first self-made female millionaire in America.
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A Lady Charging Her Electric Car, 1912
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A drunken man placed in a basket and carried away in Istanbul Turkey, 1960s. Basket men were hired for the sole purpose of taking patrons home when they were too drunk to stand up.
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5MB IBM hard drive, 1956.
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In 1960, David Latimer planted a garden inside of a bottle and sealed it shut. He opened the bottle and watered the plant in 1972 and sealed it for good. It has been a self sustaining ecosystem for 60 years.
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Children in London celebrate Christmas in an underground bomb shelter, December 25, 1940.
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The hanging of "Mary the Elephant" (also known as "Murderous Mary") was publicly executed for killing her handler in 1916. It was meant to be a warning to other "criminal" elephants.
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First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Kennedy sits with her children on Christmas morning in 1962.
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In the 1920s, Belgian coal miners would ride up together on a crowded elevator after a tough day underground. Covered in coal dust, their tired faces showed the challenges they faced.
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1958. Jimmy Armstrong aka The Dwarf Clown at Clyde Beatty Circus in Palisades, New Jersey. From photographer Bruce Davidson’s series ‘Circus’.
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Treatment for headaches in 1895.
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Brooklyn Supreme was once the largest horse in the world. He had a weight of 1450 kg and 199 cm tall , 1930.
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A sailor in drag, 1906.
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In 1960, David Latimer planted a garden inside of a bottle and sealed it shut. He opened the bottle and watered the plant in 1972 and sealed it for good. It has been a self sustaining ecosystem for 60 years.
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Lunch Atop A Skyscraper, 1932
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First known photo of the Taj Mahal, 1855.
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Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 1888. It was finished a year later, March 1889.
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The Natural History Museum, London, established in 1881.
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97 year old comic about what would happen if "pocket telephones" were to be invented.
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Two little kids dancing on the streets of New York City, c. 1940.
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The Natural History Museum, London, established in 1881.
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97 year old comic about what would happen if "pocket telephones" were to be invented.
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Human chess being played 100 years ago in Leningrad, Soviet Union.
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Babe Ruth Resigns, 1948. He died two months later.
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Crowds celebrate surrender of Germany in Times Square New York, May 7th, 1945.
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Robert Pershing Wadlow, the tallest man in history. Born in 1918.
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Charlie Chaplin and Anna Pavlova, 1922
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No Dog Biscuits Today, 1939
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Downtown Los Angeles photographed in 1901, and again in 2001, exactly 100 years later.
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The day Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to driving on the right, 1967.
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Times Square, 1978.
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The Statue of Liberty before it was transported to America - France, 1886.
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NASA Scientists in 1961.
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Acrobats Balance On Top Of The Empire State Building, c. 1934.
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Just a kid with their furry riding hog, 1914
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The Man Who Refused To Salute Hitler. August Landmasser fell in love with a Jewish woman who, before they could marry, was sent to a concentration camp. Before he would be sent to a labor camp, this picture captured Landmasser in 1936”
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Two little kids dancing on the streets of New York City, c. 1940.
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The Times Square Kiss, 1945 Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt
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A man recording a cassette tape at a music festival in Poland, 1980s.
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The inside of a comercial airplane in 1930.
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Coca-Cola bottle, 1906.
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1961. East German soldier ignores orders to let no one pass by helping a young boy cross the newly built Berlin Wall, to reunite with his family.
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The Natural History Museum, London, established in 1881.
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