Monday 8 December 2014

Rare Historical Photos # 6



Rare Historical Photos # 6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
18-year-old new Miss America of 1924

Rare Historical Photos # 6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
Group of women gather on a rooftop to observe a boxing match, 1930s

Rare Historical Photos # 6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
New Zealands Maori soldiers performing a Haka during
World War II in North Africa

Rare Historical Photos # 6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
Muhammad Ali training under water in Miami, 1961

Rare Historical Photos # 6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
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.

Rare Historical Photos # 6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
British execution of Zahraan, the Egyptian peasant of Denshawai after
the Denshawai "Incident" of 1906.
Full story can be found Here.

Rare Historical Photos # 6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
Boo

Rare Historical Photos # 6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
Gas-mask and gas-proof pram were sold in England on the eve of WWII

Rare Historical Photos # 6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Rare Historical Photos # 6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
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

Rare Historical Photos # 6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
Spaghetti Eating Contest

Rare Historical Photos # 6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
This

Rare Historical Photos # 6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
Rare Historical Photos # 6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
Louis Armstrong plays for his wife in front of the Sphinx by
the Pyramids in Giza, 1961

Rare Historical Photos #6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
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.

Rare Historical Photos # 6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
 Illegal booze being poured out a Detroit window during Prohibition (1920-1933)

Rare Historical Photos #6 by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
West Germans stare down the East after a young woman made it across the line


ALSO VIEW:

Rare Historical Photos # 1

Rare Historical Photos # 2


Rare Historical Photos # 3


Rare Historical Photos # 4 

Rare Historical Photos # 5


Rare Historical Photos # 7

Rare Historical Photos # 8
 


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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