History in pictures

[jason]

Benjamin, the last Tasmanian Tiger, at Beaumaris Zoo in 1933.

 

[jason]

Sno-Cat hangs precariously over Crevasse during Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, November/December 1957.

 

[jason]

Pile of Bison skulls in the 1870's.

 

[Grandpa]

I wonder if they were able to save the snow cat?

 

[jason]

I wonder if they were able to save the snow cat?

The best I could find on it. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/12/trans-antarctic-expedition-getting.html

 

[jason]

Fishing for change during The Great Depression.

 

[jason]

Montreal Canadiens vs. New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 12, 1957.

 

[jason]

Worker on the Empire State Building, 1931

 

[jason]

Sword exercise, U.S.S Newark, Circa 1900

 

[jason]

Admiral Robert Peary on the deck of the "Roosevelt" during his Artic Expedition in search of the North Pole, 1907.

 

[oldsarge]

I was sent a few emails a while back loaded with some great pictures from history. I don't know how to get them here from my email...any ideas?

 

[bsmit212]

Sarge. I would try to save them to your computer from the email then upload them here like other pictures.

 

[jason]

LIke bsmit212 said, it would be easiest to save to computer and upload here.

 

[jason]

Taking a nap during lunch

 

[jason]

A reentry team, wearing protective gear and gas masks, prepares to enter the tunnel leading to the area where a nuclear weapon was tested, Nevada Test Site.

 

[jason]

Umapine, a chief of the Cayuse Indians. September, 1909.

 

[jason]

A Native African Witch-Doctor dresses as an American P-40 Warhawk during a ritual dance, 1944.

 

[jason]

Female Soviet partisan snipers - members of the Kovpak resistance detachment operating in Nazi-occupied Ukraine. 1940's

 

[jason]

Recording an episode of "Gang Busters", true crime radio show, New York, 1930's

 

[jason]

Man tries to sell his car following the stock market crash c. 1929.