Rare Historical Photos # 6

18-year-old new Miss America of 1924

Group of women gather on a rooftop to observe a boxing match, 1930s

New Zealand’s Maori soldiers performing a Haka during
World War II in North Africa

Muhammad Ali training under water in Miami, 1961

The Walking Library in Ramsgate, London, England.
The girl went around the streets and from door to door
so that people could borrow books for a week at the price of two Pence.

British execution of Zahraan, the Egyptian peasant of Denshawai after
the Denshawai "Incident" of 1906. Full story can be found Here.

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Gas-mask and gas-proof pram were sold in England on the eve of WWII

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Operation Babylift was the name of the mass evacuation of children from
South Vietnam to the United States and other countries,
including Australia, France, and Canada at the end of
the Vietnam War from April 3–26, 1975

Spaghetti Eating Contest

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

A 19th century family photograph with a little secret. The natural blurriness
the mother and father have is caused by their movement as shutter speeds
were extremely slow at the time. The daughter, however, is perfectly still and that's
because she was dead. Apparently the habit of taking photos with deceased
family members wasn't uncommon. A similar old trick can be found in the
photo-article Maman Invisible — The Peculiar 19th-Century Photography Trick.

 Illegal booze being poured out a Detroit window during Prohibition (1920-1933)

West Germans stare down the East after a young woman made it across the line

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Rare Historical Photos # 9

Rare Historical Photos # 10 — Women's Special Edition 

Rare Historical Photos # 11

Rare Historical Photos # 12

Rare Historical Photos # 13

Maman Invisible — The Peculiar 19th-Century Photography Trick.

Early 1900s Paris in Colours

1920s Egypt in Colours

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