Fascinating old photos

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[gorush]

I hope you enjoy these as much as I did.

[Graybeard58]

Me in 1945, born a bit too late to help defeat the Germans, I was the co pilot of the Enola Gay however:

[ctdonath2]

Yes, the Monroe-Kennedy picture is a fake. I remember it being part of an art exhibit of provocative fakes, including ones of Queen Elizabeth on the toilet and of Ozzy Ozborne training for the London Marathon. See http://alisonjackson.com

[MosesKnows]

I forget who Harvey was

Firestone.

[TurboZamboni]

Osama’s inspiration for his hit song, “Pink Cadillac”.

[holden]

Near Omuta was where my father was when it exploded.

HF

[tanuki]

Wow! I had no idea this place existed.

[LivingNet]

LOL!! Freepers are the best.

[MWestMom]

For later viewing.

[gorush]

A. served one day in office.
David Rice Atchison, the senate pro tem. He was sworn in instead of Zachary Taylor who refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.

B. was arrested for running over an old woman?
Franklin Pierce...charges were later dropped

C. was declared an Enemy of the State?
John Tyler after joining the Confederacy

D. was the first to leave the U.S. as President?
Woodrow Wilson

E. ran unopposed for the office of President? (there were two)
Washington and Monroe

F. was blind in one eye? (there were two)
Teddy Roosevelt, his left eye, Wilson, his right eye

G. was given the oath of office by his father?
Calvin Coolidge

H. was the first President to enjoy gas lamps in the White House?
James K. Polk

[tanuki]

BTW, what was your father’s story?

[CottShop]

[[Nice to see a well dressed crowd at a ball game in 1912. Before the collapse of civilization, long before.]]

Before overweight peopel discoverd skin tight spandex you mean?

[potlatch]

Thank you gorush, these are great. I liked seeing the one of the SanFrancisco fire after the earthquake.

I once found a forum with a huge thread of old pictures and spent a couple of hours looking at them! The main thing I noticed, was that the people were all dressed neatly AND you didn’t see any fat people!! Sorry if that offends anyone, but it’s true.

[luvie]

Very true as to the weight of people then. No chips and re-fried beans back then. LOL!

[potlatch]

Or excess beer and wine either, lol.

[holden]

I suppose the relevant slice of his life for these purposes here may be found in post 39, above.

HF

[tanuki]

I missed that post-thank you! I hope his life was peaceful after that.

[gorush]

My pleasure...you might enjoy this site (If, indeed, it is not the one you referred to)
http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/New/Originals2/index.html

[gorush]

Or this...
http://www.old-picture.com/

[potlatch]

Thanks so much for both your posts and links, I’ll enjoy browsing through both of them.

The site I mentioned was on a forum with a huge continuing thread of old photos all through the years. A hodge-podge, but once you got started you just couldn’t stop looking, lol.

[SunkenCiv]

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