Retro Photo (Anything Retro)

[golfdelta21]

Historical pictures 1931-1959 part 1

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Bookstore ruined by an air raid, London 1940

 

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Historical pictures 1931-1959 part 2

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Hitler's officers and cadets celebrating Christmas, 1941


Advertisement for Atabrine, an anti-malaria drug. Sign
was put up at the 363rd station hospital in Papua,
New Guinea during WWII

 

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Historical pictures 1931-1959 part 3

Sharing bananas with a goat during the Battle of Saipan ,
ca. 1944


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Historical pictures 1960-1975

A space chimp poses for the camera after a
successful mission to space in 1961


Construction of the Berlin wall, 1961


The original Ronald clown of McDonald's in 1963


Apollo I crew members rehearsing their water landing in 1966


5:00 P.M., September 3rd, 1967
Sweden changed from driving on the left side to driving
on the right - this was the result


President Richard Nixon trying to use chopsticks while
visiting China in 1972


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Hard working women from a cotton mill, 1909

 

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Tehran, Iran 1960s-70s

 

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Joe Strummer’s handwritten lyrics for London Calling, 1979

 

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Billboard swearing Manhattan Project workers to secrecy, 1945

 

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The Beatles reading and answering letters from fans, 1964

 

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Paris The Louvre during the Second World War

 

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1968 Philips car radio

 

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A real, restored picture of Abraham Lincoln from 1862. They used this picture to make the penny

 

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The first interracial kiss on American TV took place November 22, 1968 between Captain James T. Kirk and Uhura

 

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The Twin Towers during Christmas, 1995

 

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Filming Batman and Robin climb a wall in the 1960s

 

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London Pub in 1893

 

[MustangJack]

Saturday Night Live's Roseanne Roseannadanna

Best. TV. Ever.

 

[MustangJack]

Sure they are just climbing a wall here? :rofl:

 

[trencherman]

Sure they are just climbing a wall here? :rofl:

Sometimes, it does feel like climbing the wall.

 

[golfdelta21]

The ghosts of WWII

Taking old World War II photos, Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov carefully photoshops them over more recent shots to make the past come alive. Not only do we get to experience places like Berlin, Prague, and Vienna in ways we could have never imagined, more importantly, we are able to appreciate our shared history in a whole new and unbelievably meaningful way.