Posted on 12/25/2021 4:40:26 PM PST by MarvinStinson
Postman in Chicago with a load of Christmas parcels in 1929.
A girl and her kitten smile for the camera, 1955.
Home of Dracula--The imposing Bran Castle in Romania, 1920.
Ziegfeld girl Doris Eaton Travis.
Member of the Queen's Guard Sentry and friend at the Tower of London in 1953.
An unconscious Babe Ruth after running into a wall chasing a foul ball
during the first game of a doubleheader with the Senators in 1924.
Old style waitressing.
18-year-old Bela Lugosi, in 1901, long before he came to the United States.
Skull of Roman legionnaire from the Gallic Wars--52 BC.
Statue of Liberty in its original copper form before it was transported to New York City.
Photo booth portrait, 1960s.
Line of customers at the Grand Opening of the first McDonalds in Moscow, 1990.
The San Andreas Fault shortly after the 1906 quake that ripped San Francisco apart
Photo of a Moroccan Jewish woman in traditional clothing.
Breastplate of 19 year-old Antoine Fraveau - killed in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Betty Robinson was the first Olympic Gold Medalist for the Women's 100m dash in 1928.
She was only 16 years old.
"I can remember breaking the tape, but I wasn’t sure that I’d won. It was so close.
But my friends in the stands jumped over the railing and came down and put their arms around me,
and then I knew I’d won. Then, when they raised the flag, I cried."
Salvador Dalí walking his anteater in Paris, 1969.
Colorized photograph of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna in 1887.
She was married to Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, the second youngest son
of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, in 1884. After her husband’s death she opened
the Convent of Saints Martha and Mary and became its abbess in 1909.
She operated the convent until she was killed in 1918.
Photograph of worker standing on the unfinished Golden Gate Bridge in 1935.
Very nice!
Thank you and Merry Christmas!
Thanks for these.
More please!.. Thank you...
Great photos.
Thanks for posting.
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Congrats for posting “anteater” for probably the first time on FR
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Coolio!
Hey, a real treat. TY.
Good stuff.
Thanks...Merry Christmas to you!
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