Interesting Old Pictures

[Del]

The Microsoft staff in 1978.

The last known Tasmanian Tiger photographed in 1933. The species is now extinct.

The London sky following a bombing and dogfight between British and German planes in 1940.777

Nagasaki, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945.

Grounded aircraft on September 11, 2001 await orders.

Construction of Christ the Redeemer in Rio da Janeiro, Brazil.

Construction of the Statue of Liberty in 1884.

Hoover Dam under construction

 

[dholliday]

love these...show us more!

 

[Del]

Testing of new bulletproof vests, 1923

Illegal alcohol being poured out during Prohibition, Detroit, 1929

Unpacking the head of the Statue of Liberty, 1885

Hitler inspects the prototype model for the new Air-cooled type 1

Arsenal vs Rangers

 

[Hellerad]

Testing bullet proof vest, 1923

 

[Hellerad]

And @Del beat me to it...

 

[bignev23]

Loads of old Liverpool ones on here, put your postcode in at the bottom to see ones from your area.

http://www.liverpool-city-group.com...ult&letter=D&sb=17&so=descend&view_records=Go

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Did you know that the Statue of Liberty was modelled on a black woman?

 

[Del]

Charles Godefroy taking his Nieuport 11 “Bébé” through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on August 7th, 1919.

Construction of the Eiffel tower in July, 1888.

photo is believed to be the last photo ever taken of the RMS Titanic before it sunk in April 1912.

Hitler inspecting the massive 800mm “Schwerer Gustav” railway gun from afar.

 

[The Esk]

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

reminds me of Matt Dawson that every single time.

 

[dholliday]

people just looked older back then...

 

[steken1]

Sound them Del.

Any of plane crashes?

 

[The Esk]

people just looked older back then...

Without googling - anyone know which match, when, and its significance?

 

[Del]

October 1, 1940: A line of soldiers march in British Columbia on their way to a waiting train as five-year-old Whitey Bernard tugs away from his mother’s hand to reach out for his father

PoW Horace Greasley defiantly confronts Heinrich Himmler during an inspection of the camp he was confined in. Greasley alsofamously escaped from the camp and snuck back in more than 200 times to meet in secret with a local German girl he had fallen in love with.

U.S. Army troops wade ashore during the D-Day Normandy landings on June 6, 1944.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Without googling - anyone know which match, when, and its significance?

Is this the German game? ( complete guess)