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General => General discussion => Topic started by: VR6Lee on 20 March 2014, 22:58

Title: Some interesting historical photos
Post by: VR6Lee on 20 March 2014, 22:58
The 1st Tour de France. Maurice Garin, in white, won the Tour.
(http://i.imgur.com/szB2pBf.jpg)

A lion in a sidecar in a 'Wall of Death' - 1930s
(http://i.imgur.com/GZOyY9N.jpg)

The famous Hollywood sign, which originally said 'Hollywoodland'. The last four letters were removed in 1949
(http://i.imgur.com/WqC6evn.jpg)

A man finds out that the victim of a car accident was his own wife. Brooklyn, 1936
(http://i.imgur.com/4JErBMW.jpg)

London, 1899
(http://i.imgur.com/UFiBOzX.jpg)

Workers pose during construction of 60-story tall Chase Manhattan Bank, 1955
(http://i.imgur.com/qURl3t9.jpg)

Bengali colonial woman carries a British merchant on her back. India, 1903
(http://i.imgur.com/b74uF7n.jpg)

The Grand Prix in Monaco, 1955
(http://i.imgur.com/8zVVsVm.jpg)

Sheffield FC in 1865
(http://i.imgur.com/T5gsBC6.jpg)

A high school football game continues as a fire rages on at a school in Northfield, Massachusetts, 1965
(http://i.imgur.com/fKByqlm.jpg)

A London policeman gives tea to a homeless man after a V1 attack that killed his wife and destroyed his home, 1944
(http://i.imgur.com/FgjgX3V.jpg)

Children playing with a guillotine, unknown year
(http://i.imgur.com/wri1seD.jpg)

Beach accident at Coney Island draws knot of people. The reviving victim lies in center, attended by lifeguards. 1951
(http://i.imgur.com/kWrN0sN.jpg)

Rioting in Derry, 1969
(http://i.imgur.com/f9AVOXg.jpg)

A one-legged race in New York, 1918
(http://i.imgur.com/mDOyUB2.jpg)

World's first hockey team - Montreal, 1881
(http://i.imgur.com/BWq8YOH.jpg)

Kamikaze pilots just before setting out on their flights
(http://i.imgur.com/SUrqtIC.jpg)

Kids dressed up for Halloween in 1900  :evil:
(http://i.imgur.com/xSzf3IY.jpg)

One of the first self-portrait photos, 1839
(http://i.imgur.com/qP7pug5.jpg)

Execution by firing squad in Iran, 1979
(http://i.imgur.com/sgefTWV.jpg)

A cow watches Belgian cyclist Jules Buysse, who won the first stage of the Tour de France in 1926
(http://i.imgur.com/Bk8V8Nd.jpg)

Workers carrying a car across a river in Nepal, 1948
(http://i.imgur.com/nn6JDHK.jpg)

The delivery of Norwich Council's first computer. 1957
(http://i.imgur.com/OY7xIiF.jpg)

Will add more later ......
Title: Re: Some interesting historical photos
Post by: DubFan on 21 March 2014, 11:13
Interesting stuff.
Where did it all come from?
Title: Re: Some interesting historical photos
Post by: Organisys on 21 March 2014, 13:18
The 1st Tour de France. Maurice Garin, in white, won the Tour.
(http://i.imgur.com/szB2pBf.jpg)

Thats actually a modern day photo of Hackney high Street, bunch of hipsters off to work on their single speeds.

 :grin:
Title: Re: Some interesting historical photos
Post by: VW BUSH on 23 March 2014, 14:57
The 1st Tour de France. Maurice Garin, in white, won the Tour.
(http://i.imgur.com/szB2pBf.jpg)

Thats actually a modern day photo of Hackney high Street, bunch of hipsters off to work on their single speeds.

 :grin:

Actually its Clapham high road :grin: