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[JBR]

Not a big fan of a young child with a lit cigarette but I guess that was just those times . On the other hand, I do believe I have a duplicate of the chair he’s sitting in. It was my Mom’s from when she was a preschooler:

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Hmm, yes. And I too appreciate that the cat isn't smoking (or even have catnip leaves sticking out of its mouth).

 

[Pink Biz]

Amsterdam 1968

 

[RadishRose]

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[RadishRose]

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Mark Twain

 

[hollydolly]

Amsterdam 1968

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that's not far removed from Amsterdam 2023

 

[RadishRose]

Hartford Connecticut, Colt Fire Arms, Women Grinding Barrels, 1914​

 

[Pink Biz]

 

[Flarbalard]

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Uh, I always thought it was the PUSHER "MAN", not MOM.

 

[Pink Biz]

Uh, I always thought it was the PUSHER "MAN", not MOM.

Or grandma!

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Pink Biz]

King George V driving to the Derby at Epsom while a beggar runs alongside his carriage. London England, 1920

 

[Magna-Carta]

1945, the decks of Queen Mary & Queen Elizabeth, each packed with around 14,000 American soldiers returning to New York from Europe after WW2.






Clearly not a photo, but this video adds to the context of the 'Vintage Photographs' posted above:

 

[JBR]

Pure joy, no silicon-chip device required.

 

[Pink Biz]

Portrait of Jessie Tarbox Beals standing on a city sidewalk with her camera. New York 1902.

Beals was the first published female photojournalist and first female night photographer in the United States.

 

[Dustbunny]

Sock Hop

 

[Pink Biz]

Not vintage, but definitely impressive! Czech climber Adam Ondra conquers El Capitan in Yosemite National Park with a free climb.

Adam Ondra is a seasoned pro in rock climbing, with expertise in lead climbing and bouldering.

 

[RadishRose]

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[RadishRose]

thevintagenews.com

Portraits of Native Americans who performed in "Buffalo Bill's Wild West"-1898 | The Vintage News​

 

[Dustbunny]

 

[Mizmo]

The Sack Race

 

[Pink Biz]

 

[Dustbunny]

 

[sailormann]

Survivor Robert McGee was scalped as a child in 1864 by Sioux. Photo taken in 1890.

Yikes! Most victims of scalping didn't survive simply due to the extreme trauma.

 

[sailormann]

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I remember those, and I miss them.

 

[RadishRose]

The Freedom train carrying some of the greatest national treasures of the USA​

Nov 16, 2016 Ian Harvey

The Freedom Train was a train that traveled all across the United States in the late 1940s, carrying some of the greatest national treasures of the USA.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016...f-the-greatest-national-treasures-of-the-usa/