Rare Photos Of History

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    Are they for real. ahhhh!
     
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    Grand Central Station, in the 1920’s before tall skyscrapers obscured the windows and blocked out the sunlight.

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    I drove through the town where this was cast on May 1, 1956 and was shot at. The town was a commie bastion and they were celebrating May Day. I had U.S. government license plates and that did not set well. I took off like a bat out of hell to say the least.
     
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    :D
     
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    Also known as "Högertrafikomläggningen" (right-hand traffic diversion). Quite the mouthful.
     
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    That must have been quite an undertaking, so it needed a $10 word. :D I wonder if all the cars were left or right-handed steering & controls. Imagine trying to drive on the right if your steering wheel is also on the right. Yikes.
     
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    Nuking Bikini Atoll 1946-58.
     
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    Scenes from the Warsaw Ghetto.. circa 1942.
     
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    Prohibition agents dump liquor out of a raided building, 1929.
     
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    This picture is from the Great San Francisco Earthquake and fine. It look like no one is rushing home (or maybe they live there ?), but they are just sitting around and watching the whole city go up in flames.

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    A Detroit Electric, an all-electric car, makes a promotional tour through the Cascade Mountains from Seattle, WA, to Mt. Rainier, circa 1919.

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    Electric auto at re-charging station

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    Both from The Library of Congress
     
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    Electric cars back a century ago. Wonder why they never took off.
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    This photo was taken at a nuclear test site in Nevada in 1953, only 16 milliseconds after the first ever nuclear detonation.
     
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