Sunday, July 24, 2016


Here's some more great old historical photo's.
Here is the way they parked cars in NYC during the 1930's. 
Wouldn't you love to own this group of cars today?!

A worker helping to build the Empire State Building in the 1930's,
during the Great Depression era.  No safety equipment used here and
very dangerous work.

It took great courage to be a steel worker during this period, where
they weren't required to use any safety lines. 


dinosaur footprints in the clay.

This is what NYC looked like in the late 1800's.  A busy place. 
I wonder who had the job of picking up all the road apples from the


A Normandy Beach landing photo they don't show in textbooks -
troops, WWII.

Library hidden in a cave, a unique repository of ancient manuscripts
known as the Library Cave . A hidden cache of 50,000 books
and hidden in the cave since the early 11th century.

Nome , Alaska between 1887-1901
He knew where the money was!


still dirt!

highest temperature recorded in the United States . 
You remember "20 mule team Borax"?


Baptism in the river. From "Appalachian Life" photographic study.

No other family in American history has suffered a wartime loss like
that of Waterloo's Sullivan family. The Sullivan's gave up their five sons
in a World War II tragedy that has never been forgotten. They all were
serving on the same ship that was sunk. The Navy changed its policy,
after that tragedy, about next of kin serving on the same ship.

presence at the christening of the destroyer U.S.S. Sullivans named in
their honor.
Can you even start to imagine the grief this poor lady had?

Righting the overturned hull of USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor ,
19 March 1943


  1. What a fascinating compilation of historical photos. I've made a list to go read more about the stories behind them. Thank you for sharing.

