History in Pictures


Andy Griffith in North Carolina 1938
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Cotten Mill worker in Floyd County, Georgia
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Experience the breathtaking beauty of Niagara Falls, a testament to nature’s wonder!
Circa • Early 1900s
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Two Cherokee Indians looking over a cliff in the Great Smokey Mountains
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I’ve spent the entire evening scrolling through this wonderful collection of photographic history. Thank you so much! I think the evolution of the camera allowed anyone, not just the privileged, to become the archivist of their own histories leaving the next generations the visual evidence of their origins. But of course, there were those who used those little boxes with great artistic facility too. Those folks captured more than just a time period, but the realities of life with a stark, sometimes poignant and unflinching focus on the deeper essence our humanity. I was especially impressed with the one of “Jimmy Armstrong, aka The Dwarf Clown at the Clyde Beatty Circus " and the comments of his photographer, Bruce Davidson. " I found something in Jimmy that was more than loneliness, it was a story about surviving.” That’s the magic of artistic action when artists themselves reflect on their work and suddenly see they captured more than they were consciously aware of when they created it. What a lovely evening!

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New York 1918 Hotel Astor Automobile Salon: White, Bodies by Rubay
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Central Park New York City New York 1914
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Penn-Station Drug Store 1910
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Penn Station 1910 Trains inside the station

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On the night of June 15, 1959, “Superman” actor George Reeves and his fiance Leonore Lemmon went out drinking in Los Angeles. When they returned home, Reeves went to bed, but Lemmon kept the party going with three guests. Around 1 a.m., Reeves walked downstairs and complained about the noise that Lemmon and her friends were making. When he turned to go back to the bedroom, Lemmon reportedly said, “He’s going upstairs to shoot himself.” The guests then heard a noise, and Lemmon stated, “See, he’s opening the drawer to get the gun.” Then a shot rang through the house. “I told you, he’s shot himself,” Lemmon said.

Nobody called the police for 45 minutes, but when they arrived, they quickly ruled Reeves’ death a suicide — despite the fact that there were three bullet holes and no fingerprints on the gun. To this day, many people are convinced that Reeves didn’t kill himself at all. Some believe he was taken out by the Mafia on the orders of Eddie Mannix, the general manager of MGM Studios whose wife had a three-year-long affair with Reeves. Others think Lemmon murdered him in a fit of passion — then had her friends help her cover it up.
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Lafayette Street Bridge -Tampa, Florida , 1925,
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Thanks I’m glad someone likes them… It’s almost like we are looking through the camera back in time.

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1938 – Can it fly? Pitkin Brothers Service Station located at 1101 Valley Boulevard, El Monte. Gas is selling for 14¢ per gallon. Photo by Julius Shulman
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This is how the system of 5 000 telephone lines in Stockholm looked like in 1890.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand posing as a mummy on a trip to Cairo in 1896
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Ferris Wheel from the Chicago World’s Fair, 1893. Each of the 36 cars held 60 people for a total of 2160 passengers.

For the World’s Fair of 1893, Chicago planners desperately wanted something to compete with the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower had been standing for four years, having been completed for the Parisian World’s Fair. The city of Chicago entertained many submissions, but most of the submitted sketches looked like Eiffel Tower knock-offs and were not very innovative. Along came George Washington Ferris with his submission of a circular construction that moved and was taller than the recently installed Statue of Liberty. The committee originally turned him down as the entire “Ferris Wheel” contraption was deemed deadly and wildly impractical.
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Behind the scenes of “All in the Family”
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One of two known surviving tea chests from the December 16, 1773, Boston Tea Party when 340 tea chests were dumped into Boston Harbor by rebelling colonists.

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Child abuse—1960
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Pre-WWII Logo of Citizen’s National Bank

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Commencement of the American Airlines flight attendant graduation ceremony in 1954.
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Anna Haining Bates, who at 7’11" was one of the tallest women to ever live, with her 7’8" husband Martin van Buren Bates. 1870s.
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The Original Interior to Grauman’s Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California. Opened in 1922.

Gutted in 1998, but partially restored to its original glory in 2023.
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Happy 166th birthday Calamity Jane, May 1, 1852.
Calamity Jane famously posed in 1903 next to the grave of her friend Wild Bill Hickok on Mt. Moriah above Dea!
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We are using the word “invented” very loosely here.
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Always enjoy these “history” pictures!! :rofl:

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Some moving pictures…

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How are you @yyyyythats6ys ? I miss your History In Pictures. Hope all is well.

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This is video, but does anyone have any thoughts on this?
I’ve seen multiple vids like this lately, where people have made a collage of old pictures from major American cities, that either crashes with “our timeline” or have some other things that’s weirs about them.

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History Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln (1861)


History Listening to music in art class (1957)


History Office life before the invention of AutoCAD and other drafting softwares. (1970s)


History 4 generations in 1 picture (1880s)


History New York City, 1949 Elevator operator brings his television to work so he could watch the first


History Black Friday, 1964 in Downtown Nashville, Davidson Co. Middle Tenn


History A geography class in Boston, November 11 1872


History Carolyn Jones the future Morticia Addams enjoying a Coca-Cola in 1956


History Harley-Davidson School for Motorcycle Mechanics 1917


History Frank Sinatras Dressing Room Request


History McDonalds 1976


History Kodack Photo Booth


History 5th Ave & E 42nd Street 1908


Macy’s Canned Food Department 1913 History


This photo captures a massive organ pipe cactus in Baja California in 1895.


This photo, taken in April 1910 at 1:00 am, shows pin boys working in Subway Bowling Alleys in Brooklyn, New York,

Before the advent of automated pinsetting machines in bowling alleys, resetting the pins after each turn was the job of a pinsetter, often referred to as a “pin boy.”

Former pin boy Paul Retseck once shared his experience with Scientific American, explaining that the role demanded speed and efficiency: “You really had to work fast, or the bowlers would yell at you, ‘Hey, get moving!’”

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You’ve got enough material here for an interesting picture book, yyyyythats6ys!

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History 1850 Market Street Nashville, TN This is the oldest known picture of Nashville, TN


History Portland in Washington, DC the city’s first luxury apartment building


History Mother and daughter watch a tall ship navigate the Thames in London, 1880


History This is an 1882 Photo of a Workman installing Electric Cables on Pearl Street in Manhattan’s Financial Distriict.


history World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, circa 1893a


history World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, circa 1893


History Downtown Charlotte 1984


History After spending $100,000 on 32 handguns and 10 Mercedes-Benzes for Christmas in 1970, Elvis boarded a jet and headed for the White House. He wanted to meet President Nixon to get a Federal Narcotics badge

History Vintage cars in blizzard traffic on West Side Highway.
History Vintage cars in blizzard traffic on West Side Highway.


History Radio City Music Hall, 1939

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A man photographed next to Soyuz rockets in the steppes of Kazakhstan in 1980

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History Gold Depository at the New York Federal Reserve, 1959

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1954 kindergarten report card
11 things that were actually
expected of kindergartens back in 1954

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1980’s Computer Lab

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A Teenager at an Elvis Concert in 1957

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Teaching Math in the Late 70’s in Southern California

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The Biltmore Estate, located in Asheville, North Carolina, is the largest privately-owned home in the United States. It was built between 1889 and 1895 by George Washington Vanderbilt II, a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. Designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt in the style of a French château, the 250-room mansion is a masterpiece of the Gilded Age.

The estate originally spanned 125,000 acres, though much of the land was later sold or donated to form what is now the Pisgah National Forest. The Biltmore House features a grand banquet hall, a library with over 10,000 volumes, and a stunning winter garden. Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, known for designing New York City’s Central Park, crafted the surrounding gardens and grounds.

The estate opened to the public in 1930 to generate income during the Great Depression and has remained a popular tourist destination ever since. Today, it remains a privately-owned estate, managed by Vanderbilt’s descendants, and continues to attract visitors from around the world with its historical significance, architectural grandeur, and breathtaking landscapes.

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This is a picture of the first refrigerator for home use created by Fred W. Wolf in 1913

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Tourists in the crown of the Statue of Liberty, 1980s

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Will’s Pawn Shop | August 1976 | Vine St, Cincinnati, Ohio
[original part of the David L Smith collection]

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Masonic Home at Springfield, Ohio.
Late 19th century photo

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Sled race in Central Park, NYC. 1934.

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Ellis Island

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The Empire State Building in the 1920s, with an airship docked at the top of the building

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History Handwrapping hershey kisses at the factory 1936
Handwrapping hershey kisses at the factory 1936

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History This is the closed Carriage Entrance for the Old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan in 1894
This is the closed Carriage Entrance for the Old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan in 1894

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Men Working in W. 129th Street sewer New York circa 1911

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A spectator looks over a model of the World Trade Center displayed in Frankfurt (Germany) in March 1965 as construction of the skyscrapers was scheduled to get underway

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The Spirit of Energy on the c1932 Art Deco Nimo building in Syracuse, NY

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1890 A Couple Uses a Courting Stick, which is a long hollow stick that allowed couples to whisper sweet nothings to each other

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Native Americans in 1908. Photo taken by Edward Curtis

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Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1940 Recess at Locust Grove School

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A female firefighting team on a converted motorcycle in London, 1932

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Frozen Niagara Falls, 1911

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View from the Ferris wheel at Coney Island, July 5, 1947

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A woman operates an early version of a dishwasher

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1899 2 women stroll by a line of carriages near madison square garden

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Manhattan at night by Chris Nova

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