During the last years of World War I, the United States deployed more than 20,000 Indian and Harley-Davidson motorcycles overseas.
Military Balloon, Virginia, 1862
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Professor Thaddeus S. Lowe’s military balloon was used to survey the Battle of Fair Oaks.
Kids at School, Washington, D.C., circa 1910
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Note Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” on the blackboard behind. And on the other blackboard is The Children’s Song by Kipling: “Land…
Dr. Bryun was an ambulance surgeon in New York City in the early 1900s. On her first day at work, she saved…
Hot dog cart, New York, 1936
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A vendor with his Tellas Busy Bee cart, stands at West St. and North Moore, Manhattan.
Elvis Presley and other young men being sworn into the US Army as part of their induction at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas on…
Pie Automat, New York, 1936
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Coin-operated Pie Automat at 977 Eighth Avenue (Manhattan) in 1936.
Christmas Demonstrators at White House, 1922
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December 22, 1922. Demonstrators at White House with a sign saying: “Mr. President, let’s have an old-fashioned Christmas,” and showing Santa Claus carrying…