GlenPettit 1,714 #1 Posted March 8, 2015 These are genuinely unique 'OLD' photos. I doubt if you have seen even one of these. They are both interesting and truly historical. The Statue of Liberty's torch is parked in front of the western side of Madison Square in 1876 . A German Tank almost falls off a Russian bridge on July 4, 1941 . The first armed airplane of the Serbian army in 1915 . Women welders at Lincoln Motor Company in 1918 . Times Square in 1922 . The dedication of the Washington Monument in 1885 . Race official Jock Semple tries to push Kathy Switzer off the road after she attempts to run the Boston Marathon, which at the time was men's only. Number 390 pushing Jock away was Kathy's boyfriend. 1967 . Trapeze mining in Bonne Terre Missouri 1917 . Julia Clark in her Exhibition Plane, 1911. Miss Clark was the third woman to receive a pilot's license from the Aero Club of America. She was the first female pilot to die in an air crash in the United States in 1912 . Greyhound in 1923 . The crew of the USS Lexington abandon ship following torpedo strikes on May 9th, 1942 . The first photo of the Earth from the moon taken by Lunar Orbiter in 1966 . The attack on Pearl Harbor taken from one of the attacking Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941 . Southwest Airlines stewardesses in 1972 . Inside the turrets of the USS Massachusetts, 1898 . The funeral of Victor Hugo in 1885 . Hannah Stilley, born 1746, photographed in 1840. More than likely the earliest born individual captured on film . A balancing act atop the Empire State Building in 1934 . Ansel Adams, 1979. He broke his nose during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and never had it fixed . "Högertrafikomläggningen" - the day Sweden switched from driving on the left to driving on the right (1967). The Dalai Lama at age 2 in 1937 . The London Underground in 1890 . Paul McCartney takes a selfie in 1959 . Smuggling beer during prohibition sometime between 1920 and 1933 . Illuminated tires invented by Goodyear in 1961 . Directional sound finders used to detect incoming enemy planes in 1917 . The aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake . The PGM-11 "Redstone" - the World's First Nuclear Missile displayed in Grand Central Station, July 7, 1957 . Construction of The Lincoln Memorial in 1921 . No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5646 / Virus Database: 4299/9173 - Release Date: 02/24/15 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 51,766 #2 Posted March 8, 2015 ​ Seeing the illuminated tires on an Edsel seems appropriate. We should follow the lead of Sweden, half of the drivers are already on the wrong side of the road anyway! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KC9KAS 4,741 #3 Posted March 8, 2015 Thank you Glen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 36,945 #4 Posted March 8, 2015 Imagine a set of those Goodyear illuminated tires on a WH... at our big shows, Friday night cruise? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dclarke 4,011 #5 Posted March 8, 2015 Thanks, Glen! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 14,908 #6 Posted March 8, 2015 I don't know where you come up with this stuff, but I'm glad you do. Thanks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 19,566 #7 Posted March 8, 2015 I fly often for work and its always United Airlines....but if Southwest stewardess's go back to shorty-shorts I'll fly Southwest everytime! Thanks for posting these pics. Mike.............. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trouty56 565 #8 Posted March 8, 2015 Great Photos..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brrly1 1,146 #9 Posted March 8, 2015 Thanks for another great history lesson Glen! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 38,950 #10 Posted March 8, 2015 Imagine a set of those Goodyear illuminated tires on a WH... at our big shows, Friday night cruise? Maybe people won't plow into each other! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 2,545 #11 Posted March 8, 2015 Great pics as always, thanks for sharing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
