Historical pictures

[Red Lead]

Participants of the 'Miss Lovely Eyes' contest, Florida, 1930s

 

 

 

Louis Armstrong plays for his wife in front of the Sphinx by the pyramids in Giza, 1961

 

 

Mongolia - a woman sentenced to death by starvation

 

 

 

Head of the Statue Of Liberty, Paris 1878

 

 

Russian peasants getting electricity for the first time in 1920.

[Mike D]

Worlds largest steam locomotive, Union Pacific's "Big boy".in Echo Canyon, Utah. c1950s. 25 were built and ran from 1941-1959.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

 

Runcorn-Widnes Bridge under construction, c.1960.  The old transporter bridge (in the foreground) was still in use at the time.

[Mike D]

 

The Big hole, Kimberley, South Africa 1950s.

[Mike D]

"Norman Wisdom was a great Laurel and Hardy fan and was tickled pink when, in the 1950s, Stan and Babe dropped into his dressing room after one of his shows to say how much they had enjoyed his performance"

[Mike D]

In 1984, we can see Attilio Bettega attack the famous Fafe jump on the Portuguese rally with spectators lining the stage and standing on the road

[KopOut]

Phillipe Coutinho deftly fires the winning goal, in a thrilling encounter with Manchester City in April of the 2013-2014 Premier League season. Liverpool won 3-2, to stay top of the league with just 4 matches to play. It was a closely contested season finale, with the Reds right in the mix.....

 

[Melchett]

*inhales dramatically*

[General Dryness]

*Censored*

 

No. Fucking. F. On. The. Fucking. GF.

[Mike D]

 

Tony Pond in one of the extremely fast Metro 6r4s, barrels towards spectators in the 1986 Tour de Course, some dont seem to be paying much attention.

[Red Lead]

The Beatles meet Muhammad Ali.

 

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger on the day he received his American citizenship.

 

 

Fourteen year-old Osama bin Laden.  He's second from the right

 

 

A liberated Jew holds a Nazi at gunpoint.

 

 

Ferdinand Porsche (yes, THAT Porsche) showcasing the Volkswagen Beetle to Adolf Hitler in 1935.

 

 

Mount Rushmore as it appeared in its more natural state.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Nikola Tesla relaxes with a good book.

 

[General Dryness]

I wouldn't like to see his leccy bill.

[Red Lead]

Eleven year-old Adolf Hitler.

 

 

Hitler's bunker.

 

A shell shocked reindeer looks on as World War II planes drop bombs on Russia in 1941

 

 

The London sky following a bombing and dogfight between British and German planes in 1940.

[Chairman Meow]

 

Tony Pond in one of the extremely fast Metro 6r4s, barrels towards spectators in the 1986 Tour de Course, some dont seem to be paying much attention.

 

To quote Michele Mouton "you have to think of them as soft trees" or words to that affect anyway.

 

I was trying to avoid motorsport pictures in here.

 

But fuck it. 

 

 

Juha Kankkunen with Kilimanjaro in the background on the Safari Rally.

 

 

Juan Manuel Fangio with his home built Chevrolet which he did the old style South American road races in. 

[Mike D]

The beginning of Google, all its staff in 1999.

[Mike D]

Motorsport can make for great pictures.

 

A british team win at the Le Mans 24 hours in 1988.

Brits pour onto the race track complete with Union jack flags to greet the winning Jaguars. The last british car to win before was Jaguar in 1956.

[KopOut]

Apologies to the forum. I can be stupid at times. I was looking for a little light relief, and missed the obvious.

[Mike D]

Ian brady, Mira Hindley and a cat, 1960s.

[Frank Dacey]

 

Liverpool's own speedway ace, Peter Craven, showing why he was known as the 'wizard of balance,

[Stu Monty]

Petty shit thing to be the wizard of really. Not quite in the same ballpark as being a wizard of fire, ice or electricity is it?

 

"So how do you defeat your enemies?"

 

"I have to hope they're stood somewhere precarious then I fuck with their inner-ear".

[Lee909]

Not historical pics but this websites good and they are a interesting twitter follow

http://www.fascinatingpics.com/

[Mike D]

Cecil Rhodes relaxing, South Africa c 1900.

[Frank Dacey]

Petty shit thing to be the wizard of really. Not quite in the same ballpark as being a wizard of fire, ice or electricity is it?

 

"So how do you defeat your enemies?"

 

"I have to hope they're stood somewhere precarious then I fuck with their inner-ear".

 

I'd agree if you were a superhero or something like that but if you're riding a 500cc motorbike with no brakes at 60 mph a few feet away from a solid wood safety fence then balance is the thing to be a wizard of.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Ian brady, Mira Hindley and a cat, 1960s.

This tells you everything you need to know about cats.  Even in this company, the cat looks like the evil one.