21 Fascinating Pics from the Vaults of History

solidsnake4545 Published 06/30/2018 in wow

For those who live with one foot in the future and one foot in the past.

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1. Harley-Davidson assembly line. 1909
2. Harriet Tubman in 1911 at age 89
3. The Kennedy family children, 1928
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5. Helen Keller, the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, photographed sitting down in Looe, Cornwall, UK on 6th May 1932
6. Last Person to be Publicly Executed in France 1939
7. Salvation Army ‘Doughnut Girls’ distributing treats to GIs during WWI (this is the origin of Donut Day). c.1917
8. The Italian motor torpedo boat MAS 15 in 1918. One hundred years ago, she sank the Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent Istvan
9. Japanese Special Forces, Ready to Attack During the Battle of Shanghai, 1937
10. Hiroshima before and after the atomic bombing on August 6th, 1945
11. The first international animal superstar Jumbo the elephant and his keeper Matthew “Scotty” Scott 1882
12. Getting cooled air piped into the car while enjoying a meal at a drive-in restaurant in Houston, Texas 1957
13. Benjamin, the last known thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) in Hobart Zoo, Australia. Thylacines were able to open their jaws up to 80 degrees. 1933
14. Luftwaffe bomber crew patched up, apparently shot down in the Leningrad region in 1941.
15. Future President Gerald Ford with teammate Willis Ward at the University of Michigan in 1934. Ford threatened to quit the team when Ward was benched for a game against Georgia Tech, who at the time refused to play against black players
16. 40,000 bison hides stacked in Dodge City in 1878.
17. Dorothy Counts – The First Black Girl To Attend An All White School In The United States – Being Teased And Taunted By Her White Male Peers At Charlotte’s Harry Harding High School, 1957
18. Teenagers at a Rock ‘n roll dance in the 50’s
19. Women trainees of the LAPD practice firing their newly issued revolvers, 1948
20. Cowboys drinking at a saloon in Tascosa, Texas 1907
21. Men unloading a banana boat in New York 1900s

1. Harley-Davidson assembly line. 1909
2. Harriet Tubman in 1911 at age 89
3. The Kennedy family children, 1928
4.
5. Helen Keller, the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, photographed sitting down in Looe, Cornwall, UK on 6th May 1932
6. Last Person to be Publicly Executed in France 1939
7. Salvation Army ‘Doughnut Girls’ distributing treats to GIs during WWI (this is the origin of Donut Day). c.1917
8. The Italian motor torpedo boat MAS 15 in 1918. One hundred years ago, she sank the Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent Istvan
9. Japanese Special Forces, Ready to Attack During the Battle of Shanghai, 1937
10. Hiroshima before and after the atomic bombing on August 6th, 1945
11. The first international animal superstar Jumbo the elephant and his keeper Matthew “Scotty” Scott 1882
12. Getting cooled air piped into the car while enjoying a meal at a drive-in restaurant in Houston, Texas 1957
13. Benjamin, the last known thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) in Hobart Zoo, Australia. Thylacines were able to open their jaws up to 80 degrees. 1933
14. Luftwaffe bomber crew patched up, apparently shot down in the Leningrad region in 1941.
15. Future President Gerald Ford with teammate Willis Ward at the University of Michigan in 1934. Ford threatened to quit the team when Ward was benched for a game against Georgia Tech, who at the time refused to play against black players
16. 40,000 bison hides stacked in Dodge City in 1878.
17. Dorothy Counts – The First Black Girl To Attend An All White School In The United States – Being Teased And Taunted By Her White Male Peers At Charlotte’s Harry Harding High School, 1957
18. Teenagers at a Rock ‘n roll dance in the 50’s
19. Women trainees of the LAPD practice firing their newly issued revolvers, 1948
20. Cowboys drinking at a saloon in Tascosa, Texas 1907
21. Men unloading a banana boat in New York 1900s