Some great/interesting historical photos...

[Aphex]

The 1st Tour de France. Maurice Garin, in white, won the Tour.

A lion in a sidecar in a 'Wall of Death' - 1930s

The famous Hollywood sign, which originally said 'Hollywoodland'. The last four letters were removed in 1949

A man finds out that the victim of a car accident was his own wife. Brooklyn, 1936

 

[Aphex]

Workers pose during construction of 60-story tall Chase Manhattan Bank, 1955

Bengali colonial woman carries a British merchant on her back. India, 1903

The Grand Prix in Monaco, 1955

 

[Aphex]

A high school football game continues as a fire rages on at a school in Northfield, Massachusetts, 1965

A London policeman gives tea to a homeless man after a V1 attack that killed his wife and destroyed his home, 1944

Children playing with a guillotine, unknown year

Beach accident at Coney Island draws knot of people. The reviving victim lies in center, attended by lifeguards. 1951

 

[Jimmy the Gent]

great photos, aphex. keep em coming...

 

[Aphex]

Kamikaze pilots just before setting out on their flights

Kids dressed up for Halloween in 1900

Workers carrying a car across a river in Nepal, 1948

The delivery of Norwich Council's first computer. 1957

 

[Aphex]

An experiment to find out if there's a correlation between smoking and cancer, 1970

The bloodstained coat of Franz Ferdinand

The first Glastonbury festival. 1500 people paid £1 for a ticket, including unlimited free milk from the farm

A blind musician in Times Square, 1944

 

[Aphex]

A cigarette break during the Tour de France, c.1920s

Testing helmets in 1912

A goodbye kiss between a soldier and his wife, 1950

London at night, 1940s

 

[Aphex]

John Smith, aka Gaa-binagwiiyaas; a Chippewa Indian who lived in Minnesota, at the age of 129

A beggar running alongside King George V's coach. England, 1920

Two Dog Acrobats in Paris, 1953, by Marc Riboud

Participants of the 'Miss Lovely Eyes' contest, Florida, 1930s

 

[Pattie O Slabs]

A cigarette break during the Tour de France, c.1920s

Testing helmets in 1912

A goodbye kiss between a soldier and his wife, 1950

London at night, 1940s

Cushy number.

 

[Afro_Samurai]

Bengali colonial woman carries a British merchant on her back. India, 1903