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Belgian miners, 1900

By Andrew Piper
September 30, 2018
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A circus hippopotamus, harnessed to a wagon, 1924

By Carol Pearson
September 28, 2018
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The Barnes circus hippo “Lotus” was trained to wear a harness and draw a two wheeled cart behind it. 1924.

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The Beatles before they became superstars, 1961

By Andrew Piper
September 20, 2018
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The Beatles perform for 18 people in a modest club in the town of Aldershot, December 1961. A year and a half later they would be superstars.

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First female taxi driver in France Madame Decourcelle, Paris, 1909

By Carol Pearson
September 17, 2018
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The Grocery Store, USA, 19th century

By Andrew Piper
September 13, 2018
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Marilyn Monroe with Cary Grant on set of Monkey Business, 1952

By Anna Ramirez
September 8, 2018
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Here Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe are speaking with the film’s director Howard Hawks. Oscar-winning Milton Krasner is right behind Hawks, standing…

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Golden Gate Bridge opening, San Francisco, May 27,1937

By Carol Pearson
September 1, 2018
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The Golden Gate Bridge was constructed from January 1933 to May 1937. By then it was the longest suspension bridge in the…

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Women arrested on a New Jersey beach due to their indecent swimsuits in 1920.

By Carol Pearson
August 26, 2018
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Mark Twain holding an experimental electronic lamp in Tesla’s lab, 1894

By Carol Pearson
August 25, 2018
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Though Mark Twain was much older then Tesla, they were friends. The writer even tested Tesla’s rejuvenating electric current. But the experiment didn’t…

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Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Prague, 1968

By James Maurer
August 20, 2018
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