Friday, March 4, 2016

"Rarely Seen “Enchanted” Moments of US History"

h/t AllenS
A horse-drawn fire engine of Engine No. 39 leaving Fire Headquarters
at 157 East 67th Street for the last time after being replaced with
a motorized fire engine, New York City, February 19, 1912.

A life guard and a doctor attempt to save a swimmers life on Coney Island Beach, 1940.
The woman in the center chose the worst moment for a smile.
Alice Huyler Ramsey (November 11, 1886 – September 10, 1983),
the first woman to drive across the United States from coast to coast, 1909.
Only 152 miles out of the total 3600-mile trip were made on paved road.

Arnold Schwarzenegger on his first time in New York, 1968

Barack Obama posing with a group of friends that called themselves
the Choom Gang, Hawaii, c. 1979. Choom was slang for smoking marijuana.

Burnt District Coffee House in Chicago after the Fire, 1871.
Chicago entrepreneurs quickly reacted to establish or reestablish
businesses in the fire district.

In 1967, challenging the all-male tradition of the Boston Marathon,
Kathrine Switzer, at the time a headstrong 20-year-old junior
at Syracuse University, entered the race. Two miles in, a race
official tried to physically remove her from the competition.

Children play a game on the Xerox Alto, one of the first personal computers
with a graphic user interface, 1973. Its monitor was switchable between
portrait and landscape mode.

Chinatown Squad of the San Francisco Police Department
posing with sledge hammers and axes in front of August Pistolesi’s
grocery store at 752 Washington Street, 1895.
They were specialized in opium dens and gambling rooms
and their method was simple.

Coney Island, NY, 1940

Couple and friend being abused in a restaurant for the latter being black,
USA, 1963 

Drive-In restaurant on West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles,1932 

Elvis Presley joins the Army, 1958

Hanging of a stagecoach robber in Texas, c. 1890-1900

John Travolta takes Princess Diana for a dance in the White House, 1985

La Plaza, as seen from the Pico House. Pueblo Los Angeles, c. 1869

Lawn mowers of the White House grounds, 1918 

Log motor home by Wade, interior 

Log motor home by Wade, 1922

Minoru Yamasaki (right) posing with a model
of the World Trade Center he designed, 1964 

Motorcycle chariots, 1920s

Neighbors of Japanese origin were already unwanted in some
neighborhoods in 1923

New York City sidewalks filled with trash during the
1968 strike of sanitation workers.

North American native Chilocco Indian Agricultural School
basketball team in 1909.

North American native switchboard operator, 1925

Opium den in San Francisco, 1900 

Portrait of hockey goalie Terry Sawchuk before face masks became standard in 1966

President Carter with engineers and solar panels newly installed on the
White House, 1979. President Reagan had them removed in 1986,
to be reinstalled by President Obama in 2010

Robin Williams joins the stunning women of the Denver Broncos’ Pony Express
as profootball’s first male cheerleader and prances before 70,000 cheering fans in
Denver’s Mile High Stadium.


Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan posing with clay soldiers at the Mausoleum of
Emperor Qin Shi Huang, 1984

Slave auction place, c. 1870

Statue of Liberty as seen from Jersey City, 1963

Telephone wires in New York, 1887

Three friends take a joyride on their ‘new’ vehicle, Ohio, c. 1924

US President Richard Nixon jumps down from the trunk of a limousine which
carried him and Pakistani President Yahya Khan (left, background) in a motorcade
 to Government House after Nixon’s arrival in Lahore on August 1, 1969

Victure Mature, Marilyn Monroe and Queen Elizabeth
(both 30 at the time) meet at a movie premier in London. October 1956

Wood-plank prison in Wyoming, 1893

Workers lay bricks to pave 28th Street in Manhattan, 1930

7 comments:

ricpic said...

According to Wikipedia Alice Ramsey had three other women with her as traveling companions, but none of the other women could drive. She changed tires nineteen times. Made the trip in 1909 at age 22 and interestingly she was a married woman (1907) who already had one child. Trip from Manhattan to San Francisco took 59 days. How did she do it? She followed telephone poles in the hope they would take her to the next town. I guess they mostly reached the towns because according to the article they only had to sleep rough once. Surrounded by Indians with drawn bows in Nevada.

Dust Bunny Queen said...

I love these old photos. The history that is preserved is fascinating.

Just think how bleak it will be in 100 years when all of the photo history that we have today is gone because digital photos, unlike tangible photos, are easily erased or lost because technology has changed.

Our descendants will miss being able to see photos of their ancestors or photos of the times and places. Gone gone gone and we will be nothing be a vague memory because we didn't preserve our own history.

The convenience of digitized photographs is a poor trade off for future generations to be able to connect with the past.

bagoh20 said...

I suspect the woman is smiling in the second photo because it's her husband who got pulled out of the water by her lover, and he took his time getting to him. Just a suspicion.

Dad Bones said...

Great photos. Thanks

William said...

I enjoyed looking at the photos. Thanks for posting. The woman who made the transcontinental auto trip didn't wear a floor length overcoat for reasons of warmth. Horseshit was everywhere. I'm not speaking metaphorically. It was literally everywhere, and you had to cover up. I'm not just talking about the wet plops of horseshit. It used to dry out and then the wind would blow it everywhere. That's why everyone wore hats. Who wants dried horseshit in their hair. And goggles. You could have dried horseshit blow in your eyes and go blind. And your lungs. I bet a lot of people got horseshit lung disease but it was never properly diagnosed.......Those who complain about CO2 emissions do not take due cognizance of the costs of living in a biodegradable environment. Human beings are the most biodegradable product in a fully biodegradable environment.

AllenS said...

Old happens, and it happens faster than you can imagine. I graduated from high school in 1964, our 50th high school reunion was in 2014. Fifty years before 1964, was 1914, when WWI started, 50 years before that was 1864, the Civil War was still going on. Just think how things have changed.

Amartel said...

The Choom Gang looks like a bunch of rich preppy boys having fun slumming it.
Obama replacing the solar panels originally installed by Carter and removed by Reagan. Tediously typical. Welfare for right-minded rich people stuck in bygone era.
Queen Elizabeth was hot back in the day, even standing next to MM.
Robin Williams was adorable. Miss him.