Historical pictures

[Sugar Ape]

Golden Gate bridge construction, 1937.

 

 

First pig to fly, 1909.

 

[Sugar Ape]

‘Kids on Bradford Estate’, by Don McCullin, 1970s.

 

 

Sailors at Pearl Harbor watch as the USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese attack. December 7, 1941

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Early 1930s postcard of the art deco Midland Hotel in Morecambe.

 

 

(This is where I spent last night for my brother's wedding.  It's pretty impressive.)

[General Dryness]

Morecambe. Sorry to hear that mate, YNWA etc.

 

I hope the wedding went well despite the location. Fucking awful place.

[KMD7]

 

Woman sweeping in Eldon st York sometime in the 1950's

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Morecambe. Sorry to hear that mate, YNWA etc.

 

I hope the wedding went well despite the location. Fucking awful place.

All we really got to see of Morecambe was the inside of that hotel - which is superb - and the view across the bay (which, technically, isn't Morecambe) so it was great.  

[Duff Man]

Jane Fonda looking absolutely fucking smoking there.

[polymerpunkah]

 

 

Graves from the Franklin Expedition, unsuccessful seekers of the Northwest Passage.

 

They've discovered one of Franklin's ships. Don't know which it is.

 

Should be interesting to see what they find on board. Morbid, but interesting.

 

Regarding the above, I recommend you read The Terror by Dan Simmons. Quite a long read, but I really enjoyed it.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terror_%28novel%29

 

Listened to this one while hiking in bear country. Good story.

[Nunavut Patrick]

They've discovered one of Franklin's ships. Don't know which it is.

 

Should be interesting to see what they find on board. Morbid, but interesting.

 

 

 

Listened to this one while hiking in bear country. Good story.

Been poking around there for a long time. They won't find bodies as they abandoned the ships, resorted to canabalism and their graves are scattered across the Arctic as some went looking for help.

[Nunavut Patrick]

‘Kids on Bradford Estate’, by Don McCullin, 1970s.

 

 

Sailors at Pearl Harbor watch as the USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese attack. December 7, 1941

 

 

Three star jumper. Classic.

[VladimirIlyich]

Three star jumper. Classic.

And its 'halfway up his back.'

[Carvalho Diablo]

A Louisiana slave in 1863

 

[Carvalho Diablo]

The only known photo (apparently) of Einstein demonstrating E=mc2

 

[Bjornebye]

 

Tories on there way to a conference 1983

[alles ist gut]

 

Tories on there way to a conference 1983

 

Actually Prince Harry and 'chums' on a recent stag weekend.

[VladimirIlyich]

 

Tories on there way to a conference 1983

Somebody rep this man.

[Trumo]

That's Groucho, Zeppo, Harpo, Chico and Gummo's other brother - Deutche.

[Bjornebye]

[KMD7]

 

George Harrison outside his house in Speke in the 1950's.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/roosevelt/

 

Below is a photo showing the first presidential motorcade (first open-top one, to boot). The car is a Columbia Electric Victoria Phaeton. Roosevelt is on the left. On the right is Colonel Jacob Greene, chairman of Hartford citizen’s committee. Note the chauffeurs at the back: one of them is steering with a tiller. The car is flanked by policemen on bicycles. Columbia bicycles. Notice anything missing? Chains. The bicycles are shaft-drive models. Pope was banking on shaft-drives to take-off big-time. They didn’t. Pope was also banking on electric cars to take off-big time. They didn’t either. Not every Pope is infallible.

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Jack Johnson defeating "the Great White Hope" Jim Jefferies, Reno Nevada, July 4th 1910

 

[JohnnyH]

Who took this photo then?

[Mook]

 

Supposedly the last photo ever taken of Freddie Mercury.

All that money and he couldn't buy a decent pair of trousers.

[Bjornebye]

Who took this photo then?

 

Thats the idea. 

[Dougie Do'ins]