Vintage

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

Boston and Maine Railroad depot, Salem, Massachusetts ca 1910. Close-ups in comments [1600×1173]

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Young Kamikaze pilot Yukio Araki holding a puppy, taken one day before his death at the Battle of Okinawa, 1945 [1686 x 2061]

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A zookeeper pours water on a penguin on a hot day, 28 August 1930 [980×729]

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Businessman and three times prime minister Silvio Berlusconi sits with a .357 Magnum on his desk, as he feared being kidnapped by the Mafia, 1977 – [2048×1536]

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Falsework and temporary tracks allow regular streetcar service through the Twin Peaks tunnel to continue despite heavy construction connecting the old streetcar tunnel to the new Muni Metro subway system, San Francisco, CA, ca. 1970s [1200×1170]

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Chinese Machine Gun Crew, Battle of Shanghai, 1937 [950×633]

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