Photos of Old

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Hey all! I'm always on the lookout for awesome pics from the past. If you've got one you really like, email it to photosofold(dot)tweets(at)gmail(dot)com! Be sure to include any important information you've got (date, location, etc) and your Twitter handle if you want shoutout!

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The bustling and busy harbour at Balaklava in #Crimea - 1855. #Ukraine #history #Europe #Europeanhistory #1800s #1850s #historical #HistoricalPhotos

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Engineer Gustave Eiffel (right) and four others pose for a photo at the summit of the newly constructed #EiffelTower, circa 1888. #Paris #France #history #architecture #TopHats #1800s

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Camels and riders stand on a flooded plain near the Pyramids in #Egypt ca. 1890s. #Africa #history #1800s #historicalphotos

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Baseball card for "Honest John" Morrell, who played for the #Boston Beaneaters. The team eventually went on to become the #Atlanta @Braves. Circa 1885.

#MLB #BaseballCards #Baseball #sports #UShistory #history #sportshistory #1880s #1800s

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A dapper man enjoys the view from on top of #Tennessee's #UmbrellaRock, circa 1890-1910.

#TheWayWeWere #US #USA #History #USHistory #TN

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Pin-up legend Bettie Page poses for a crowd of photographers on set. #1940s #40s #pinup #glamor #photography #sexy #BettiePage #vintage #oldschool #history #pinupgirl

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Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman, star of Casablanca and many other classic #Hollywood films, was born #OnThisDay in 1915, and died on this day in 1982 at exactly 67 years of age.

#Moviehistory #history #filmhistory #star #celebrity

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#OnThisDay in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr made his famous "#IHaveADream" speech in #WashingtonDC at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
#CivilRights #MLKjr #MLK #OTD #UShistory #history #1960s #CivilRightsMovement #MartinLutherKing #USA #BLM #BlackLivesMatter

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Photographers brace against the snow and wind at President Taft's inauguration - March 4, 1909.

#USA #UShistory #Taft #POTUS #history

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Theodore Roosevelt (seated in carriage) on the way to his second inauguration ceremony - March 4, 1905.

#USA #UShistory #history #POTUS #1900s

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A shoe market in #Seoul, #SouthKorea ca. 1900

#history #1900s #ROK #Korea #Corea #Asia #Korean #Koreanhistory

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A group of men pose with the RMS Titanic before launch. May 31, 1911.

#history #Southampton #maritime #1900s #1910s

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A group gathers in front of a hut in the camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards during the Crimean War, ca. 1855.

#war #history #Europe #Ukraine #Crimea #Russia #wartime #1800s #militaryhistory

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A young textile worker at the Loray Mill poses for a portrait in 1908. The boy had "been at it right smart two years" at the Gastonia, North Carolina textile factory. #UShistory #1900s #history #childlabor #USA #NorthCarolina #NC

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Tourists post for a death-defying photo at Glacier Point overlooking the #Yosemite Valley in 1887.

#1880s #1800s #NationalPark #NationalParks #UShistory #history

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#OnThisDay in 1986, the Rutan Model 76 Voyager landed at Edwards Air Force Base in #California, becoming the first aircraft to travel around the globe without refuelling with a total flight time of 9 days, 3 minutes 44 seconds.
#1980s #aviation #history #US #USA #ThisDayInHistory

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#OnThisDay in 1989, Romanian communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu was overthrown after days of violent conflict. Here, he and his wife Elena flee by helicopter as huge crowds cheer. #Romania #revolution #communism #Europe #history #EU #TodayInHistory #1980s #ColdWar

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#OnThisDay in #history... surprisingly little seems to have happened. The @Wikipedia entry for Dec 20 has just 36 entries under "events" - 8 pre-1900 and just 3 pre-1800. So here's a picture of #Rush bassist/singer Geddy Lee in 1980.

#1980s #rockandroll #music #quietday

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#OnThisDay in 1890, Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota leader, was killed at the #StandingRock reservation. This is a portrait taken ca.1883.
#UShistory #history #USA #NativeAmerican #FirstNations #Indigenous #1800s #1890s #NorthDakota #SouthDakota

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Ernesto "Che" Guevara delivers a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in 1964.

#Che #revolution #rebellion #communism #UN #worldhistory #history #1960s #CheGuevara #UnitedNations #Cuba #Marxism #Argentina