Vintage

Historical photographs and pictures taken in the context of a verifiable, historically significant event.

87 years to the day, Rae Samuels holds the last bottle of beer that was distilled before prohibition went into effect in Chicago, Ill., Dec. 29, 1930. The bottle of Schlitz has been insured for $25,000

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Christmas packages destined for soldiers who have been killed or are missing in action await ‘return to sender’ stamps in New York, 1944

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Italian marines lined up in front of the Ermanno Carlotto barracks in the Italian concession of Tientsin (Tianjin), China, 1920s

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Futuristic WWII German Ho-229 Jet Fighter Prototype. 1940s

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Construction of the Statue of Liberty in 1884

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Boys competing in a pie-eating contest at Chicago’s 1933 World’s Fair

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