Each of these pictures has an interesting story to tell. Some are more than 100 years old. If you enjoy history as much as I do, then I am sure that you will appreciate viewing them.
The photo above is a boxing match on board the USS Oregon in 1897
Construction of the Statue of Liberty in 1884
Fourteen-year-old Osama bin Laden – he’s second from the right. Bell bottom pants – pink car – expensive shops, nice threads, about 24 people out smiling – looking hip for the day.
Leo Tolstoy tells a story to his grandchildren in 1909.
Steamboats on the Mississippi River in 1907
New York ‘s Times Square in 1911
Child labourers in 1880
The first photo following the discovery of Machu Pichu in 1912
Elvis in the Army
The 1912 World Series Red Sox vs NY Giants
Bill and Hillary Clinton playing volleyball in 1975 – a future US President
The Beatles in 1957
California lumberjacks work on Redwoods. Thousands of tree rings in these ancient trees – each over 1000+ years old or even much older…such a shame…irreplaceable giants
Fidel Castro lays a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial
Grounded aircraft on September 11, 2001, await orders
Hitler in Paris after its conquest by the Germans in 1940
The Great San Francisco Fire and Earthquake of 1906
A Native American overlooking the newly completed transcontinental rail road in 1868
Nagasaki , 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945
The London sky following a bombing and dogfight between British and German planes in 1940
The last known Tasmanian Tiger photographed in 1933. The species is now extinct.
A shell shocked reindeer looks on as World War II planes drop bombs on Russia in 1941
