Back In The Good Old Days <Thread #2>

Four men climbing Brooklyn Bridge as part of a test for those wishing to be appointed to paint the bridge, 1926.

The Taj Mahal at night with bright full moon, Agra, India, 1962.
Photography by Eliot Elisofon.

"Is there life before death?" Boston, 1975.
Photograph by Nick DeWolf.

Evolution of the VW Beetle, 1951-1990.

A gorgeous hand-tinted photograph of Jerusalem from 1914.

Chichen Itza, Mexico, before cleaning and restoration, 1892.
From the Peabody Museum Archives, Harvard University.

The Hollywood sign was changed by a prankster in 1976, following the passage of the state's relaxed marijuana law.

A very large organ pipe cactus in Baja California, 1895.
Photograph by Leon Diguet.

New York skyline in 1931.

Classical period Greek helmets, from the Olympia Museum storage room.

Toronto skyline circa 1930 vs 2013.

Atmospheric diving suit, built by Alphonse and Théodore Carmagnolle in 1882. Currently viewable at the 'Musée National de la Marine' in Paris.

A man and his dog on the Overhanging Rock in Yosemite National Park, 1924.

How to Kiss a Girl, 1911.

The junction of Steep Street and Trenchard Street, Bristol, England 1866.

The sign reads "R. Holloway Dealer in Marine Stores," and it was likely a rag and bone shop. Such stores made money from the Victorian practice of collecting rags, bones and other unwanted household items for resale.

A pigeon fitted with a camera for doing aerial surveys, France, circa 1910.

Moving a house using draught horses. San Francisco, 1908.

New York City, 1953 charisma design.

Cologne Cathedral rises from the destruction caused by Allied bombing raids, 1945.

Best $19.50 ever spent. 'Red Hot Chili Peppers' tickets with special guests 'Nirvana' and 'Pearl Jam' circa 1992.

Car show in the 1950s.
Photo from the Custom Car Photo Archive. Colorized by Rik Hoving.

Tourists at Disneyland tour a plastic 'house of the future' built by Monsanto Chemical Company, 1958.

'Girls in the Window.' Photograph by Ormond Gigli, 1960.

Vertical view of Manhattan, New York, 1944. Photograph by Andreas Feininger.

Dagen H. The day Sweden changed from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right, 1967.