Old photos

1. New York Harbor, end of WWII, 1945.

The liner Queen Elizabeth is filled with troops coming home from war.
My friend Margaret Ross/McCaulder's dad was on this ship coming home from WWII!

2. A boy and two big lobsters that have just been caught on the New Jersey Coast, 1916.


3. 1945: The Mona Lisa painting can finally be opened again after it had been hidden from German troops in 1939.


4. Longacre Square, New York, 1903, one year before it was named Times Square.
That happened because New York Times moved their headquarters there.

Donald Trump would say "the failing New York Times"

5. Hitler's pants after he survived the Wolf Lair assassination attempt in 1944.


6. Imperial Airlines airplane, 1936.   It doesn't look very safe, right?  Seat belts & oxygen masks?

Even then the legroom was tight!

7. April 15, 1912. A Titanic survival boat meets with a rescue ship.


8. A priest praying over the victims of the Titanic, 1912.


9. France, 1959. Kids playing with the guillotine.

And they say that today's video games are violent... 

10. Bruce Lee and his master, 1958.


11. Enjoying a meal in the car while getting cooled air piped in the car.

This is a drive-in restaurant, in Texas, 1957. 

12. MGM opening credits in the making, 1928.

Yes, that's how they did it! 

13. Hitler and Speer looking at the Schwerer Gustav, the biggest gun ever used in battle.


14. Transporting a 5 MB hard drive seemed like a serious job back in 1956


15. This is how they tested shoes back in 1937.


16. First Wimbledon as an international tournament, 1883.


17. 1993. Queen Elizabeth II tests a military rifle.


18. Coca-Cola being introduced to France, 1950.

I would rather have Merlot

19. Human-sized chess with actual soldiers. Russia, 1924.

20. Oil Crisis, 1973. People are having picnics on the deserted highways.


21. The unbroken seal to the tomb of Tutankhamun, 1922.

It had been untouched since his reign, 1332–1323 BC. 

22. Enjoying the snow: Alfred Hitchcock and his grandchildren, 1960.