Historical Vintage

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Chicago, Illinois: c. 1928 The steel freighter, "Michigan", getting a spring cleaning and a fresh coat of paint in the shipyards at South Chicago.

Woman hanging Sign promoting American Education Week to Wall of Education Department office, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943

Chinese Soldier with Bayoneted Rifle, small Child in background, World War II, United China Relief, Member Agency of the National War Fund, USA, artwork by Baldridge, Lithograph, 1943

Sergeant George Camblair reading an article in a magazine while relaxing after dinner, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, September 1942

Children at Movie House on Saturday Afternoon, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Farm Security Administration, January 1940

Chief Justice William Rehnquist administering Oath of Office to George Bush on west front of U.S. Capitol, with Dan Quayle and Barbara Bush looking on, Architect of the Capitol Collection, January 20, 1989

Thomas Madrigal greasing Locomotive Train in Roundhouse, Rock Island Railroad, Blue Island, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, April 1943

Construction Worker sitting on Car before leaving for Evening Shift, Camp Livingston, Alexandria, Louisiana, USA, Marion Post Wolcott, U.S. Farm Security Administration, December 1940

Miner waiting for ride home, Capels, West Virginia, USA, Marion Post Wolcott, U.S. Farm Security Administration, September 1938

Religious Sign on Highway between Columbus and Augusta, Georgia, USA, Marion Post Wolcott, U.S. Farm Security Administration, December 1940

George H.W. Bush announcing his candidacy for President, his wife Barbara Bush, mother Dorothy Walker Bush and his children in Background, Thomas J. O'Halloran, May 1, 1979

Sergeant George Camblair taking Girlfriend to Movies while on Weekend Furlough, Washington, D.C., USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, September 1942

Member of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps waiting for Train, Union Station, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, January 1943

John Kelsch, Blacksmith, at forge in Blacksmith Shop at Roundhouse, Rock Island, Railroad, Blue Island, Illinois, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, April 1943

Miss Rosaleen McCarren, one of the many women now working for the Supplee-Wills-Jones Milk Company, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, June 1943

Man standing in front of Hotel Bar, Big Piney, Wyoming, USA, Marion Post Wolcott, U.S. Farm Security Administration, September 1941

John Lewis, Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, speaking at meeting of American Society of Newspaper Editors, Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, April 16, 1964

Enlisted Men going through Calisthenics Routine, Air Service Command, Daniel Field, Georgia, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, July 1943

Sergeant George Camblair learning to drive a Tank, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, September 1942

Child of Albert Lynch, Farm Security Administration Client, Dummerston, Vermont, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Farm Security Administration, August 1941

Chinese Children preparing Junior Red Cross Celebration for Abraham Lincoln's Birthday, Public School 108, Mott Street, Chinatown, New York City, New York, USA, American National Red Cross Collection, January 29, 1920

Japanese-American Girls playing Volleyball, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943

Miss Teal, Nurse, and Doctor W.R. Stanley giving treatment in Venereal Disease Clinic. Enterprise, Alabama, USA, Marion Post Wolcott, U.S. Farm Security Administration, April 1939

U.S. President Lyndon Johnson with South Korean President Park Chung-hee, Washington, D.C., USA, Thomas J. O'Halloran, May 17, 1965

U.S. President Richard Nixon with former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower during Eisenhower Dollar Presentation, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, July 27, 1971

U.S. President Jimmy Carter with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, April 5, 1977

U.S. First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (center, back) and U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon (right), greeting British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, British Deputy Prime Minister Anthony Eden (2nd left) at White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Thomas J. O'Halloran, June 25, 1954

Cuban Workers exiting for the day, Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Warren K. Leffler, November 12, 1962

U.S. President Lyndon Johnson greeting Robert and Ethel Kennedy at White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, September 3, 1964

U.S. President John Kennedy, seated portrait in Rocking Chair, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, October 24, 1962

Cuban Workers exiting for the day, Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Warren K. Leffler, November 12, 1962

1900s 1910s CAPTAIN ROBERT SCOTT BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER ANTARCTIC EXPLORER LOOKING AT CAMERA DIED AFTER REACHING SOUTH POLE 1912

1900s 1910s PORTRAIT THEODORE TEDDY ROOSEVELT 26TH PRESIDENT GRINNING DURING 1912 FAILED BULL MOOSE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

A photograph taken during the Gandhi movement in India. People crowd the streets of Amritsar to watch a demonstration of the disciples of Gandhi. Dated 20th century

***** Telescope Presented to Royal Observatory. The most ***** reflecting telescope ever installed at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. ***** there were so eager to bring TT into immediate *****, have been using it for several weeks before its formal hiding the donor, Mr. W.J. Yapp. The official acceptance of ***** took place on June 2nd., by the first lord of the admiraly, Sir Bolton Eyres - Monsell. Adjustments being made on the new telescope. July 01, 1934. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agen

Carillon Bells Arrive -- Here workmen are shown, at left, completing the unloading of the 55 British made Carillon Bells. In the centre the ten ton Churchill bell can be seen. Synchronization of these chimes is so true that the slightest jar on the part of those transporting them could ruin their tune. November 4, 1947. (Photo by Wide World Photos).

World's Largest Telescope -- John L. Thomas, treasurer of the Corning glass works, contemplates the world's largest piece of glass, the 200-inch telescope disc now being prepared for shipment from corning to California. February 22, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

One of the 13 bells being unloaded from the steamship Excalibur at Jersey City, New Jersey. In background is the skyline of New York City. Thirteen replicas of the Liberty Bell, the first shipment of 52 to be used in connection with the Independence Savings Bond campaign of the U.S. Treasury Department, arrived recently (April 21, 1950) in the United States from Annecy, France, where they were cast. During the 6-week campaign, which begins May 15, 1950 and ends July 4, 1950, the bells will be ex

Japanese Pow (Sydney). October 13, 1945. (Photo by Official Photograph U.S. Navy).;Japanese Pow (Sydney).

Japanese Pow (Sydney). October 13, 1945. (Photo by Official Photograph U.S. Navy).;Japanese Pow (Sydney).

Dressed For High Flying - Feaf Bomber Command, Japan -- With his head covered by a fur perka reminiscent of the men of the great Northwest, 1st Lt. Carl L. Hinchey, 1207 Grand St., Duncan, Okla., a U.S. Air Force B-29 Superfort pilot with the 98th Bomb Wing in Japan, is ready, in his protective clothing, for another high altitude bombing attack against Communist targets in North Korea. Because the Superforts sometimes bomb from high altitudes, the hazard of sub-zero weather at such levels adds t

Bomber's clothing..5 Leather 5 - He puts on fleecy-lined earlier suit. Boots are pliable leather, fleece-lined. September 12, 1950.;Bomber's clothing..5 Leather 5 - He puts on fleecy-lined earlier suit. Boots are pliable leather, fleece-lined.

300 Teams Take Part In Hindenburgh Route March -- This year, for the first time, the Nazi Storm Troops organisation undertook the a arrangements for the Hindenburg route march which has been undertaken by the Sport-Club Komet since 1905. All records for entrants were broken and nearly 300 teams set off on the 35 km. long track. In Postfenn in the Grunewald entrants had to pass through a 500m, long stretch of tear gas and mist which they braved masks. May 27, 1938. (Photo by Sport & General Press

A Giant Visitor -- From Out Of The Clouds: Greeted by the wild cheers of enthusiastic spectators and the whir of airplane propellers, the stately R-100, Newest dirigible king of the Atlantic, Gracefully points its nose toward the new $1,000,000 Mooring-Mast especially constructed in her new world. This view, taken from the ground, shows the giant visitor just before actual contact with the mast had been established by means of the land and aerial cables which had been hocked together. January 8,

Patterned By Huge TNT Blast -- The earth shoots skyward in this unusual pattern, May 229 as Army engineers detonate 160 tons of TNT in the most powerful non-atomic explosion in history on desert of western Utah. May 28, 1951. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Aid For Sunken Sub Crew Rushed From New York -- Navy men loading equipment aboard the U.S. Navy tug Sagamore at the Brooklyn Navy Yard today as the Sagamore was readied for a trip to Portsmouth, N.H., southeast of which the submarine Squalus sank today. The Sagamore was towing pontoons and carrying other equipment which she used in rescue work when the S-4 sank off Provincingtown, Mass. May 23, 1939. (Photo by by Wide World Photo).

Gas Explosion Injures Five -- Firemen battle flames after gasoline from a broken line exploded at nearby Lawndale today, injuring five persons, three seriously. Officers cud the explosion occurred when workmen on a sewer repair gang broke a six-inch under-ground gasoline line. A store was destroyed by the resulting fire And a house was partially burned. Windows throughout the area were broken end utility wires were ripped down. December 29, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Pilotless Bombers En Route For Germany A view of the ***** Matador in launching position. The U.S. Air Force Martina-Matador-equiped pilotless bomber planes are now ***** way to Western Germany for a tour of ***** having left their training site at ***** recently. The first two Matador- ***** force pilotless bomber squadrons ***** recently transferred to the tactical command. March 21, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper).

Egyptian Paratroopers Stage First Mandeuvers Captain Steimel (right, first name not available), German Instructor, runs to the waiting aircraft with an Egyptian paratrooper, during the first manoeuvres of the newly created Egyptian paratroop unit, November 29th. A Dakota aircraft of the Egyptian Royal Air Force took off from the Almaza Military Airport, with four Egyptian parachutists during the manoeuvres and later the parachutists baled out over a field. German experts who for several months h

TWA Airport Terminal, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Queens, New York, USA, photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, March 1965

Democratic U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm Announcing her Candidacy for U.S. Presidential Nomination, Thomas J. O'Halloran, January 25, 1972

Four African American Students Talking to Reporter during recent Civil Rights Activities involving other Alabama State College Students, Montgomery, Alabama, USA, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, March 1960

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973), 36th President of the United States 1963-1969, Half-length Portrait as Senate Majority Leader, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, September 1955

Members of the Kennedy Family, including Rose Kennedy (standing center) in the Presidential Box at the Gala Opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., USA, photographer Thomas J. O'Halloran, Warren K. Leffler, September 8, 1971

Suffragists Protest U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's Opposition to Woman Suffrage, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Photograph by Burke & Atwell, October 1916

1920s TWO GAR AMERICAN CIVIL WAR VETERANS FROM KANSAS AT PARADE SITTING NEXT TO YOUNG BOY SCOUT IN ROCHESTER NEW YORK USA

Belgian colonial period Congo. Africa became a centre for ivory hunting from elephants killed for sport; or ivory 1900

Mount St Helen's volcanic eruption; Washington State; USA 1980

American soldier Versailles standing in the hall of mirrors 1944. World War two

British officers during the Crimean war 1854

carrier pigeon used by the British army; to carry messages during world war one

Ismail Pasha; known as Ismail the Magnificent (1830 - 1895); Khedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1863 to 1879; when he was removed at the behest of the United Kingdom.

Women doing war work. Assembling naval signal lamps; England during world war one 1916

world war one listening device to detect enemy aircraft

Tuberculosis ward of the Hasköy Hospital for Women; Istanbul; Turkey 1900

Designed For Living, Space Living That Is -- This space suit was shown scientists from 12 nations attending the third international Astronautical Congress at Stuttgart, Germany recently. The scientists discussed pooling their designs for space travel and this suit was one of many innovations presented. September 4, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

His Bayonet replaced by a wire cutter, this masked soldier of the 4th infantry Brigade forced a way through a fence at Seymour to allow supporting troops to dash to the front line. April 26, 1937.

This is The Falcon -- This is the falcon... The air-to-air missile which tracks down and destroys its target... The American air force recently released details of their latest air-to air missile - the falcon. designed to destroy enemy bombers long before they reach their targets. Described as the only missile with a brain of its own, the Falcon will, once its target has been pointed out, follow the target until it is destroyed. The six-foot, 100lb falcon is to be supplied to fighter interceptor

Fishers of Men - Royal Style New Helicopter Rescue Device -- The scoop net brings a 'rescued' man alongside the helicopter cabin. The Royal Navy has taken to 'fishing nets' to save life at sea. A new scoop net used in rescue operations is capable of lifting a person out of the water as a helicopter moves overhead at walking pace. Not only does this ***** possibility of further ***** or unconscious ***** a disadvantage of the ***** rescue by harness but it is ***** useful if raising people *****

World's First Hydrogen Bomb Victim -- The scene in a Tokyo Hospital as Kuboyama is being given medical treatment. Aikichi Kuboyama, one of the 23 Japanese fishermen who were showered with radioactive ashes near Bikini waters last March when the U.S. made an H-Bomb tests has just died as the result of this test, and now the Japanese Government are asking for compensation from the U.S. for the family of Kuboyama. September 24, 1954.

89R - Monte Bello Atomic Bomb Test. November 11, 1952.

Service personnel carry rockets from jeep to launching platform. November 16, 1949.

South Africa under the Apartheid administration. 1955. Apartheid was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s. Apartheid was characterised by an authoritarian political culture based on baasskap (or white supremacy), which encouraged state repression of Black African, Coloured, and Asian South Africans for the benefit of the nation's minority white population.

Photograph of Paul Reynaud (1878-1966) a French politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of France during the First World War. Dated 20th century

Photograph the Turbinia, the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Dated 20th century

photograph (1895) of the Hotel de Ville, City Hall, in Paris, France

Colour photograph of a nose wheel and landing gear assembly for a B-25 bomber under construction in a western aircraft plant, North American Aviation, Inc., Calif. Dated 1942

Rocky Flats Plant, Critical Mass Laboratory. Experimental control panel for Uranium and plutonium experiments in the uS nuclear weapons programme.

Photograph of female workers installing fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the 'Flying Fortress,' the B-17F is a later model of the B-17 which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men, and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions. Dated 1942

Photograph shows General Eisenhower meeting with generals Patton, Bradley, and Hodges on an airfield somewhere in Germany. Dated 1945

Mosaics on the Shakh-i Zindeh walls mosque. Samarkand , Russia by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, 1863-1944, photographer.

David Lloyd George (left) and Winston Churchill (right) British politicians and later prime Ministers

American soldiers in Germany recover and document stolen paintings after the collapse of the Nazi regime 1945

American soldiers in training at a camp in France during world war one 1917

On guard at the Russian Legation, Peking, China during the Boxer Rebellion 1901

east over Marble Bridge toward the Forbidden City, Peking, 1901. photographic print on stereo card, Indian soldiers and two Chinese men in front of a gate.

Negro tenant's home beside the Mississippi River levee, near Lake Providence, Louisiana, USA. 1940

Arrow maker, an Ojibwa American Indian brave c1903.

Vesta's Temple, Rome, Italy between 1890 and 1900.

Dwellers in Circleville's 'Hooverville,' central Ohio. 1938 Summer.

Sixth grade school room in the Latvian USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).between 1930 and 1940

Eiffel Tower, full-view, looking toward the Palais du Trocadéro, Paris, France. Published between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. photomechanical print : photochrom, colour.

Covered shopping Arcade, Rotterdam, Holland; between 1890 and 1900.

aerial view of the pyramids, Egypt. The two largest pyramids of Giza. Taken from the west. 1932

Two giant cannon on the deck of the French battleship Gaulois on its way to the Dardenelles 1916.

Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear device, conducted by the United States Army on July 16, 1945 as a result of the Manhattan Project, in the Jornada del Muerto desert, New Mexico, at the new White Sands Proving Ground. Trinity used an implosion-design plutonium device, informally nicknamed 'The Gadget'.

february 1937. Queen Elizabeth and King George VI leave for a family christening.

Teaching hospital with nurses and a doctor, France 1900

World War 1 - President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) a month before the March 5 1917, addresses the crowd in front of the Capitol building in Washington, the inaugural address of his second presidency.

Police on guard at a barricade in Berlin. General civil strife in Berlin arose as the anarchy following the collapse of the Imperial Government in 1918.

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