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65 Extremely Rare And Fascinating Pictures From American History That Will Completely And Totally Change Your Perspective On The Past
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Every picture just keeps getting more interesting than the last one. Hi, I’m Dave, author of all those articles your aunt sent you that you may or may not have clicked on.These include: the most-read post in BuzzFeed history, this ode to grocery store music, the new and improved high school GED test, and this stunning exposé. This one is from 1860, before he became President. Pineapple, cottage cheese, and a glass of milk. Poor form by the guy in the front row to the right. You hate to see it. This is from New York City's Tompkins Square Park. Ladders and poles, folks, get yer ladders and poles. This was in 2001 while it was being renovated. Thornton actually ran a successful modeling agency after all this. What are you going for? Might be partridge and orange jelly tarts for me. How much do you think shipping cost on that? Construction on Mount Rushmore started in 1927 and was finished in 1941. This guy literally saw the British coming. Respect. You'll notice it folds into a trunk. Only the finest for old George. Can't say I'd be too pleased about this job. Some cool-looking extra-terrestrial dudes. This picture, from 1860, is called "Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It." It was held at a place called Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City, New Jersey. Dempsey won. Those items next to him are objects he would identify throughout the experiment to show he was still lucid. She won the French Open in 1956 and later won at Wimbledon and at the US Open. It sounds like it's funny, but I assure you: it is not. This is the interior of a Handley Page Type W plane. This is what they did before Happy Hour. As you probably now, it was named in honor of Amerigo Vespucci and was "the first map to depict clearly a separate Western Hemisphere, with the Pacific as a separate ocean." It cost 25 cents but you can safely assume the memories lasted a lifetime. According to the photo's caption, pictured here are "A Rockwitz (312lbs), comedian Eddie Carvey (250lbs), David Burns (475lbs) and F C Kupper (351lbs)." Members had to be at least 200 pounds to join. It was taken in 1846. Right around the time when the sewage was probably killing everyone inside. The world record at the time was 25 people stuffed into a phone booth. Truly an example of the triumph of the human spirit. Lemme get the uh... pigs feet and orange juice. Never thought you'd see a dinosaur being airlifted, did you? Even traffic lights were art back in the day, back in the day being 1929, of course. The vote happened in 1870, five decades before the 19th Amendment granted voting rights to all American women. Feel free to describe the heart in the comments. Apparently, he didn't get the job because of his "massive legs." And then he brought it to New Jersey, naturally. It never circulated publicly but if it did I would use it to buy 100,000 Arizona iced teas.