Retro Photo (Anything Retro)

[DBOL777]

 

[gorgik9]

I lived with my parents in my maternal grandparents big house in the early 1960s, and the first TV set I ever saw was a Zenith.

 

[trencherman]

"The quality goes in before the name goes on."

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[MustangJack]

 

[jeanlouis]

 

[W!nston]

Baghdad, Iraq, 1965

 

[W!nston]

The Apollo 10 command module over the Moon, May 22, 1969

 

[brmstn69]

Don't worry, the toddler with his shirt off is actually 19. Can you guess who these guys are? Hit Thanks for the answer and to see how they look today...

 

[MustangJack]

Harry Houdini With Wife Bess

 

[trencherman]

It did not matter to the couple whether their first child turns out to be a girl or a boy, as long as he or she fits in the cannon.

 

[MustangJack]

Yes! And would take over the family business after Harry made his final escape.

 

[golfdelta21]

Suntan vending machine, 1949

 

[golfdelta21]

Histrical pictures 1855-1899 part 1

Putting on a crinoline (skirt support), 1855

 

[golfdelta21]

Historical pictures 1855-1899 part 2

1 The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in 1861
2 The Ford Theater, where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
3 Abraham Lincoln's hearse, 1865

 

[golfdelta21]

Historical pictures 1855-1899 part 3

Unpacking the Head of the Statue of Liberty
delivered June 17, 1885
Artificial legs, United Kingdom , ca. 1890
Princeton students after a freshman vs. sophomores
snowball fight in 1893

Edited to remove disallowed content

 

[golfdelta21]

Titanic 1912

In April 1912 the Titanic sank with more than 1500 victims
Photo 1 is actual picture of life boat survivors.
Photo 2 is people waiting for the Carpathia to Arial in New York city.
(The Carpathia was the vessel that rescued the survivors.)
Photo 3 Recovering bodies after the Titanic disaster,
April 1912

 

[golfdelta21]

Historical pictures 1900-1930 part 1

Edited to remove disallowed content

Annie Edison Taylor (1838-1921), the first person to
survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She
did it in 1901 because she needed money, and after
doing it said she wouldn't recommend it to anyone!


Frozen Niagara Falls , 1911

 

[golfdelta21]

Historical pictures 1900-1930 part 2

1920's lifeguard


Measuring bathing suits in the early 1920s. If they
were too short, the women would be fined


1928 fashion show at the beach

 

[golfdelta21]

Historical pictures 1900-1930 part 3

Construction of the Manhattan Bridge , 1908


New York City fire station, ca. 1912


Testing new bulletproof vests, 1923

 

[golfdelta21]

Historical pictures 1900-1930 part 4

Hippo cart in 1924. The hippo belonged to a circus and
apparently enjoyed pulling the cart as a trick


Edited to remove disallowed content


Illegal alcohol being poured out during Prohibition, Detroit 1929