Back In The Good Old Days

Prince Albert poses for a portrait on the pitch as he attends the Civil Service Annual Athletic Sports event at the Chelsea stadium in England in 1920.

Children playing with toys in Berlin, Germany in 1926.

Poor children share a bowl of food in Bolshoi Murashkin, Russia in 1904.

Models take their pet rabbits to the beach in California, US in 1937.

A saloon in a tent in a mining town in California, US in 1900.

A variety of men dance at an openly gay club in Paris, France in 1933.

An Australian battalion on one of the Pyramids at Giza, Egypt in 1915.

Men and women march in a womens suffrage parade in London, England in 1900.

Officials looking for disease or lice on arriving immigrants at Ellis Island off New York City, US in 1923.

Roy Burston with family and friends all using early versions of a boogie board or bellyboard at the beach in Australia in 1924.

A rebel is about to be executed at the early stages of the Mexican Revolution in Mexico in 1910

3 Men are working on creating a better stockings in the US in 1940.

Last known photo of the Mercenaries that were hired to help prevent a Communist invasion of the Republic of Val Verde, 1987



( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Verde_(fictional_country) )

185,440 people die in the third wave of the Flu Pandemic.

Dial telephones are introduced by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. The first rotary dial telephones in the Bell System installed in Norfolk, Virginia.

The pop-up toaster, short wave radios, and arc welders were invented in the US in 1919.

January 15, 1919 – The Boston Molasses Disaster:

A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, killing 21 and injuring 150.

1919 - An act of the United States Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park.

Great pics, thanks

louie wrote:

Great pics, thanks

You're welcome. Feel free to post any you may come across.

More than 100 years ago acoustic mirrors along the coast of England were used to detect the sound of approaching German zeppelins.

The concave concrete structures were designed to pick up sound waves from enemy aircraft, making it possible to predict their flight trajectory, giving enough time for ground forces to be alerted to defend the towns and cities of Britain.

Full story and more pics at https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-46348917

The Wise And Powerful wrote:

3 Men are working on creating a better stockings in the US in 1940.

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