Subject: Sharing Some Great Photos .. .... And descriptions as we wonder what it was like to be there and surprises us with something we have never seen. Look carefully at each picture. There are some you have never seen before and they are amazing. A boxing match on board the USS Oregon in 1897. Samurai taken between 1860 and 1880. A shell shocked reindeer looks on as World War II planes drop bombs on Russia in 1941 The last known Tasmanian Tiger photographed in 1933. The species is now extinct. Winston Churchill out for a swim. Typical swim suit of the day The London sky following a bombing and dogfight between British and German planes in 1940. Nagasaki , 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945. A Native American overlooking the newly completed transcontinental railroad in 1868. The Great San Francisco Fire and Earthquake of 1906. A Japanese plane is shot down during the Battle of Saipan in 1944. The original Ronald McDonald -- played by Willard Scott! -Hitler in Paris . Grounded aircraft on September 11, 2001 await orders. British SAS back from a three month long patrol of North Africa , January 18, 1943. Disneyland employee cafeteria in 1961. The first McDonalds. - buy em by the bag ---- on the sign Fidel Castro lays a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial. California lumberjacks work on Redwoods. Thousands of tree rings in these ancient trees each over 1000+ years old or even much older. It is an evergreen, long-lived, monoecious tree living 1200-1800 year s or more. ... An estimated 95% or more of the original old-growth redwood forest has been cut In 1850, old-growth redwood forest covered more than 2,000,000 acres (8,100 acres by... 1968, by which time nearly 90% of the original redwood trees had been logged. Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his wife on the day they were assassinated in 1914, an event that helped spark World War I. The 1912 World Se ries. Bill a nd Hillary Clinton playing volleyball in 1975. A future US President Elvis in the Army. The first photo following the discovery of Machu Pichu in 1912. Child laborers in 1880. New York s Times Square in 1911. Construction of Christ the Redeemer in Rio da Janeiro , Brazil . Steamboats on the Mississippi River in 1907. The Beatles meet Muhammad Ali. The construction of Disneyland . Arnold Schwarzenegger on the day he received his American citizenship. Fourteen year-old Osama bin Laden. Hes second from the right. -bell bottom pants - pink car - expensive shops, nice threads, About 24 people out smiling --- looking hip for the day and not one woman has their face or head covered Construction of the Statue of Liberty in 1884. A different world today...thanks for looking pass it on to someone who enjoys a bit of history Subject: Sharing Some Great Photos .. .... And descriptions as we wonder what it was like to be there and surprises us with something we have never seen. Look carefully at each picture. There are some you have never seen before and they are amazing. A boxing match on board the USS Oregon in 1897. Samurai taken between 1860 and 1880. A shell shocked reindeer looks on as World War II planes drop bombs on Russia in 1941 The last known Tasmanian Tiger photographed in 1933. The species is now extinct. Winston Churchill out for a swim. Typical swim suit of the day The London sky following a bombing and dogfight between British and German planes in 1940. Nagasaki , 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945. A Native American overlooking the newly completed transcontinental railroad in 1868. The Great San Francisco Fire and Earthquake of 1906. A Japanese plane is shot down during the Battle of Saipan in 1944. The original Ronald McDonald -- played by Willard Scott! -Hitler in Paris . Grounded aircraft on September 11, 2001 await orders. British SAS back from a three month long patrol of North Africa , January 18, 1943. Disneyland employee cafeteria in 1961. The first McDonalds. - buy em by the bag ---- on the sign Fidel Castro lays a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial. California lumberjacks work on Redwoods. Thousands of tree rings in these ancient trees each over 1000+ years old or even much older. It is an evergreen, long-lived, monoecious tree living 1200-1800 year s or more. ... An estimated 95% or more of the original old-growth redwood forest has been cut In 1850, old-growth redwood forest covered more than 2,000,000 acres (8,100 acres by... 1968, by which time nearly 90% of the original redwood trees had been logged. Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his wife on the day they were assassinated in 1914, an event that helped spark World War I. The 1912 World Se ries. Bill a nd Hillary Clinton playing volleyball in 1975. A future US President Elvis in the Army. The first photo following the discovery of Machu Pichu in 1912. Child laborers in 1880. New York s Times Square in 1911. Construction of Christ the Redeemer in Rio da Janeiro , Brazil . Steamboats on the Mississippi River in 1907. The Beatles meet Muhammad Ali. The construction of Disneyland . Arnold Schwarzenegger on the day he received his American citizenship. Fourteen year-old Osama bin Laden. Hes second from the right. -bell bottom pants - pink car - expensive shops, nice threads, About 24 people out smiling --- looking hip for the day and not one woman has their face or head covered Construction of the Statue of Liberty in 1884. A different world today...thanks for looking pass it on to someone who enjoys a bit of history
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