Historical Photos That Will Change Your Opinion Of The Past
20 photos that give an alternate perspective on the days of old.
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A failed concept for portable TV created in 1967. -
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Salvador Dali with his pet anteater in 1969. -
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This monowheel was built in 1932, and could reach speeds of 25 miles an hour. -
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A policeman judges best ankle in 1930. -
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These wooden bathing suits pictured here in 1929, were made to help buoyancy. -
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A fugitive is being dragged by border patrol, as he desperately attempts to escape to Mexico. -
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Contestants for Miss Lovely Eyes compete in Florida, 1930. -
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Sound finders were used during World War I to detect enemy planes. -
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Orphans of the Vietnam War are flown to the USA, during Operation Babylift in 1975. -
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Women paint their legs in 1942, to make it seem as if they are wearing stockings. -
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Alfred Hitchcock has tea with Leo, the MGM lion. -
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Kegs of beer are attached to a spitfire for the troops in Normandy. -
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A woman throws a killer right while boxing on a rooftop in the 1930s. -
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No self-respecting New York man left his home without a hat in 1939. -
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Hundreds of people walk across a walkway of chairs, during floods in Paris. -
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A woman waits for her massive hoops to be completed, in a London dress shop, 1860. -
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The real Christopher Robin with his bear, Winnie the Pooh. -
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In 1968, a Soviet soldier chases a young man through the streets of Prague, for throwing stones at a tank. -
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Steven Spielberg takes pictures of miniatures that would feature in Raiders of the Lost Ark. -
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This man decides to go against the grain, by refusing to perform a Nazi salute in 1939.
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