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The thing about history is that there's just so much
of it to learn. In fact, if you set your mind to it, you could learn
about a new historical event that has occurred from this moment back,
every ten minutes, every single day for the rest of your life, and still
not run out of new information.
Most people know about big historical world events, but the truly
fascinating part of history are all of the small moments that are woven
into its complex and incredible tapestry. We've shown you some of these
moments here and here, but we think this might be the best collection of
historical images yet.
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Most likely the first Indian woman in the western US to own a car in
1916.
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The Las Vegas Strip in 1968.
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Soldiers looting after a San Francisco
earthquake in 1906. It is said that 3,000 people died and about 80% of
the city was destroyed.
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Coney Island, NYC in 1949.
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Dental students observing in the Oral Surgery Clinic at the Philadelphia
General Hospital in 1910.
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Sylvain Dornon, the man who walked from Paris to Moscow on stilts in
1891. The trip took him 58 days.
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The Lincoln Memorial being erected in 1922.
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A New York City winter in 1905.
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A building collapses after a 1965 fire in Iran.
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A huge boxing match at Yankee Stadium in 1923.
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Little girl visiting the Los Angeles Alligator Farm in
the 1920s. Safety regulations have changed a lot since then.
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Hayat Durrani Water Sports Academy, is the only water
sports training center in Balochistan.
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The Lion's Gate Bridge under construction near
Vancouver, 1938.
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Dinner on horseback at Sherry's Restaurant in New York
City, 1903. |