Journey Into the Past: 45 Must-See Historical Photos
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1. Punt Gun
![punt gun](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/punt_gun.jpg)
The Punt Gun could discharge over a pound of shot at a time that could kill as many as 50 birds. This depleted stocks of wild waterfowl and by the 1860s most US states had banned the practice.
2. General Amrbose Burnside
![general amrbose](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/genera_amrbose.jpg)
Civil War General Amrbose Burnside, whose unusual facial hair led to the coining of the term “sideburns”
3. Crown in New York
![Crown in New York](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/unhatted_heads.jpg)
A picture of a crowd in New York, 1939 (there is not one unhatted head)
4. The First Bulletproof Vest
![The First Bulletproof Vest](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/testing_bulletproof_vest.jpg)
Testing a bulletproof vest, 1923
5. Class Divide
![Class Divide](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/class_divide.jpg)
A photo illustrating the class divide of pre-war Britain, 1937
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6. American Troops
![American Troops](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/crowded_ship.jpg)
Crowded ship bringing American troops back to New York harbor after V-Day, 1945
7. Adolf Hitler
![Adolf Hitler](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/adolf_hitler.jpg)
A rare color photo of Adolf Hitler showing the blue color of his eyes.
8. German Soldier
![German Soldier](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/german_soldier.jpg)
German soldier taking aim from the back of a trained horse, 1935
9. Dagen H
![Dagen H](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/dagenh.jpg)
Dagen H, the day Sweden switched sides of the road, 1967
10. Animal Therapy
![Animal Therapy](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/animals_medical_theraphy.jpg)
Animals being used as part of medical therapy, 1956
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11. Women’s Rights
![Women’s Rights](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/annette_kellerman.jpg)
Annette Kellerman promotes women’s right to wear a fitted one-piece bathing suit, 1907. She was arrested for indecency
12. Annie Edison Taylor
![Annie Edison Taylor](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/annie_edison_taylor.jpg)
Annie Edison Taylor, the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, 1901
13. Artificial Legs
![Artificial Legs](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/artificial_legs.jpg)
Artificial legs, UK, ca. 1890
14. Atabrine
![Advertisement for Atabrine](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/atabrine.jpg)
Advertisement for Atabrine, anti-malaria drug, in Papua, New Guinea during WWII
15. New Shoes
![New Shoes](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/austrian_boy_new_shoes.jpg)
Austrian boy receives new shoes during WWII
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16. Berlin Wall Construction
![Berlin Wall Construction](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/berlin_wall_construction.jpg)
Construction of the Berlin wall, 1961
17. Ruined Bookstore
![Ruined Bookstore](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/bookstore_london.jpg)
Bookstore in London ruined by an air raid, 1940
18. Boxing Match
![Boxing Match](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/boxing_match.jpg)
A boxing match on board the USS Oregon in 1897
19. British SAS
![British SAS](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/british_sass.jpg)
British SAS back from a 3-month patrol of North Africa in 1943
20. Young Charlie Chaplin
![Young Charlie Chaplin](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/charlie_27.jpg)
Charlie Chaplin at age 27, 1916
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21. Children for Sale
![Children for Sale](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/children_for_sale.jpg)
Mother hides her face in shame after putting her children up for sale, Chicago, 1948
22. Great Depression
![Great Depression](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/christmas_dinner.jpg)
Christmas dinner during Great Depression: turnips and cabbage
23. Disneyland Employee Cafeteria
![Disneyland Employee Cafeteria](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/disneyland_employee.jpg)
Disneyland Employee Cafeteria in 1961
24. The Making of Eiffel Tower
![The Making of Eiffel Tower](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/eiffel_tower.jpg)
Construction of the Eiffel Tower in 1888
25. Elvis in the Army
![Elvis in the Army](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/elvis_in_army.jpg)
Elvis in the Army, 1958
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26. Gas-Resistant Pram
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Woman With A Gas-Resistant Pram, England, 1938
27. Mourning Dog
![Mourning Dog](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/george_patton.jpg)
George S. Patton’s dog mourning his master on the day of his death.
28. Bread and Soup
![Bread and Soup](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/great_depression.jpg)
Bread and soup during the Great Depression
29. The President and the Businessmen
![The President and the Businessmen](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/henry_ford.jpg)
Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren G. Harding (29th president of USA), and Harvey Samuel Firestone (founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.) talking together
30. Hindenburg Disaster
![Hindenburg Disaster](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/hindenburg_disaster.jpg)
Hindenburg Disaster, May 6, 1937
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31. Hippopotamus Pulling Cart
![Hippopotamus Pulling Cart](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/hippo_cart.jpg)
Circus hippo pulling a cart, 1924
32. Battle of Saipan
![Battle of Saipan](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/japanese_plane.jpg)
A Japanese plane is shot down during the Battle of Saipan in 1944.
33. Leo Tolstoy
![Leo Tolstoy](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/leo_tolstoy.jpg)
Leo Tolstoy telling a story to his grandchildren in 1909
34. Lifeguard Outfit
![Lifeguard Outfit](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/life_guard.jpg)
Lifeguard on the coast, 1920’s
35. Little Girl
![Little Girl](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/little_girl_doll.jpg)
Little girl with her doll sitting in the ruins of her bombed home, London, 1940
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36. Discovery of Machu Pichu
![Discovery of Machu Pichu](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/machu_pichu.jpg)
The first photo following the discovery of Machu Pichu in 1912.
37. Construction of Manhattan Bridge
![Construction of Manhattan Bridge](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/manhattan_bridge.jpg)
Construction of the Manhattan Bridge in 1908
38. Original Ronald McDonald
![Original Ronald McDonald](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/original_ronald_McDonald.jpg)
The original Ronald McDonald, 1963
39. The Young Osama bin Laden
![The Young Osama bin Laden](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/osama_bin_laden.jpg)
14-year-old Osama bin Laden (2nd from the right)
40. Samurai Warriors
![Samurai Warriors](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/samurai_warriors.jpg)
Samurai warriors taken between 1860 and 1880
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41. The Soldier and the Goat
![The Soldier and the Goat](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/sodier_banana_goat.jpg)
Soldier shares a banana with a goat during the battle of Saipan, ca. 1944
42. Statue of Liberty
![Statue of Liberty](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/statue_liberty.jpg)
Unpacking the head of the Statue of Liberty, 1885
43. Titanic
![Titanic](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/titanic.jpg)
Titanic leaves port in 1912.
44. War is Hell
![War is Hell](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/war_is_hell.jpg)
Unknown soldier in Vietnam, 1965
45. Real Winnie the Pooh
![Real Winnie the Pooh](https://myzne.com/img/life/2092/winnie_pooh.jpg)
The real Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin, ca. 1927
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