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Background imageVintage Collection: Ski Lift At Saint-Sauveur

Ski Lift At Saint-Sauveur
Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, Canada: c. 1953. A lovely day on the slopes as this couple breeches the top of the slope before a run back down the mountain

Background imageVintage Collection: Portrait of Marie Curie

Portrait of Marie Curie
Paris, France: December 26, 1923 A portrait of Marie Curie, who with her husband, discovered radium

Background imageVintage Collection: Movie star Sophia Loren

Movie star Sophia Loren
Greece: 1957 Movie star Sophia Loren in a scene from the film Boy on a Dolphin

Background imageVintage Collection: The New Pramobile

The New Pramobile
London, England: c. 1930. The latest invention in transportation and baby care at the British Industries Exhibition is the new fangled Pramobile, with a speed of 1.5 mph. Its made by Dunckley

Background imageVintage Collection: Woman Wearing Nylon Stockings

Woman Wearing Nylon Stockings
United States: c. 1950. A woman legs from the back showing the seams in her stockings

Background imageVintage Collection: Young French Lovers On A Swing

Young French Lovers On A Swing
Dole, France c. 1906 A little French boy on a swing woos his girl with a kiss and a hug

Background imageVintage Collection: A Real Dog And Pony Show

A Real Dog And Pony Show
United States: c.1940 s. A real dog and pony show, complete with clowns and a unicycle

Background imageVintage Collection: A World War II hand to hand combat battle scene

A World War II hand to hand combat battle scene
Asia, August, 1943. A World War II hand to hand combat battle scene. The image was published in The World At War P. 63, Vol. 12

Background imageVintage Collection: Baseball fans at Yankee Stadium

Baseball fans at Yankee Stadium
New York, New York September 29, 1955 Baseball fans at Yankee Stadium

Background imageVintage Collection: The start of the 160 mile Miami to Nassau powerboat race

The start of the 160 mile Miami to Nassau powerboat race
Miami, Florida: April 14, 1961. The start of the 160 mile Miami to Nassau powerboat race as the leaders churn through Government Cut on the way to the Gulf Stream

Background imageVintage Collection: Smoking Army Nurses

Smoking Army Nurses
Russia: 1947. Four U.S. Army nurses share a light for their cigarettes during a break. They are part of the first medical group to be stationed with the U.S. bomber bases in Russia

Background imageVintage Collection: Harry Truman and MacArthur

Harry Truman and MacArthur
Wake Island, Pacific Ocean: October 15, 1950. President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur meet at Wake Island

Background imageVintage Collection: Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuba: 1962 The Soviet freighter Anosov, rear, being escorted by a Navy plane and the destroyer USS Barry, while it leaves Cuba probably loaded with missiles under the canvas cover seen on deck

Background imageVintage Collection: Jacqueline Bestows A Kiss

Jacqueline Bestows A Kiss
Caracas, Venezuela: November 16, 1961 Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy gives five year old Maria Gianetta a kiss after the little girl presented her with an orchid upon her arrival at the airport here

Background imageVintage Collection: Japanese WWII Peace Envoy

Japanese WWII Peace Envoy
Washington D.C.: November 17, 1941. Saburo Kurusu, (right) Japans special envoy for a final attempt at peace, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, and Kichisaburo Nomura

Background imageVintage Collection: Hughes Around The World Flight

Hughes Around The World Flight
Paris, France: July 12, 1938 The scene at Le Bourget airport at dawn as Howard Hughes and crew prepares to take off for Moscow on the next stage of their around the world flight

Background imageVintage Collection: Emperor Hirohito On Snow Drift

Emperor Hirohito On Snow Drift
Fukui Prefecture, Japan: November 7, 1933. Emperor Hirohito of Japan, mounted on his favorite white horse, Snow Drift, as he directed the annual war maneuvers in western Japan

Background imageVintage Collection: Prince Hirohito Golfing

Prince Hirohito Golfing
Tokyo, Japan: August 16, 1926 Prince Hirohito watches his ball after his drive at the Tokyo Golf Club

Background imageVintage Collection: Emperor Hirohito Coronation

Emperor Hirohito Coronation
Kyoto, Japan: November, 1928 The Kashikodokoro, Ark of the Sacred Mirror, dedicated to the soul of the Sun Goddess, passing in the coronation ceremonies of Emperor Hirohito

Background imageVintage Collection: Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Japan: c. 1935 The Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Background imageVintage Collection: The Emperor of Japan, Hirohito, reviews the officers for Japanes

The Emperor of Japan, Hirohito, reviews the officers for Japanes
Tokyo, Japan: 1928. The Emperor of Japan, Hirohito, reviews the officers of the new training school for Japanese Boy Scouts. The school has been established by the Department of Education

Background imageVintage Collection: Emperor Hirohito Visits Farm

Emperor Hirohito Visits Farm
Japan: March 19, 1948 Emperor Hirohito visits the farming communities to learn first hand the problems they are having. Here he watches a farmer till a rice paddy with a crude spade

Background imageVintage Collection: Author Robert Graves

Author Robert Graves
World: c. 1974 Poet and scholar Robert Graves

Background imageVintage Collection: WWII Generals Meet In England

WWII Generals Meet In England
England: April 21, 1944 Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower (L) chats with Lt. Gen. Carl D. Spaatz (C), Chief Of U.S. Strategic Air Forces in England, and Lt. Gen. James H

Background imageVintage Collection: Italian poet Dante Alighieri

Italian poet Dante Alighieri
Italy: c. 1300 Engraving of Italian poet Dante Alighieri by C.E. Wagstaff

Background imageVintage Collection: Dante In Florence

Dante In Florence
Florence, Italy: c. 1300 An engraving of Dante Alighieri by C.H. Jeens in 1888

Background imageVintage Collection: Castro Honors Yuri Gagarin

Castro Honors Yuri Gagarin
Havana, Cuba: July 26, 1961 Cuban Premier Fidel Castro leans on the presidential palace balocony during a celebration for Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin

Background imageVintage Collection: Sir Robert Baden-Powell

Sir Robert Baden-Powell
Birkenhead, England: c. 1926 Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Chief Scout and founder of the Boy Scouts, (left) and the Prince of Wales, who is the Chief Scout in Wales

Background imageVintage Collection: Robert Baden-Powell

Robert Baden-Powell
England: c. 1930 Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy and Girl Scouts

Background imageVintage Collection: Opera Star Marian Anderson

Opera Star Marian Anderson
Paris, France: March 5, 1949 Opera contralto Marian Anderson as she arrives in Paris after crossing on the H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth

Background imageVintage Collection: World Speed Skating Champion

World Speed Skating Champion
Norway: 1915. Oscar Mathisen, world speed skating champion. He was World All-Around Champion:1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914. He also set 14 world records

Background imageVintage Collection: Okinawa Reverts Back To Japan

Okinawa Reverts Back To Japan
Tokyo, Japan: May 15, 1972 Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, far right, wipes his eyes as Vice-President Spiro Agnew reads the Presidential proclamation reverting Okinawa back to Japan

Background imageVintage Collection: A closeup of an elephants head

A closeup of an elephants head
c. 1973. A closeup of an elephants head

Background imageVintage Collection: A Kiss On A Rose

A Kiss On A Rose
France: c. 1933. A French couples postcard

Background imageVintage Collection: Keyhole Embrace

Keyhole Embrace
France: c. 1933. A French color postcard with a couple embracing in a keyhole

Background imageVintage Collection: Unusual Meeting On The Slopes

Unusual Meeting On The Slopes
United States: c. 1923. A woman skier on the mountain slope wearing a sash and western hat shakes hands with a man on skis in a one piece bathing suit and carrying a parasol

Background imageVintage Collection: Two Lovers In A Canoe

Two Lovers In A Canoe
United States: c. 1935. Two lovers in a canoe, listening to a portable radio

Background imageVintage Collection: Tourists In Caracas

Tourists In Caracas
Caracas, Venezuela: c. 1915 Tourists in front of the statue of Simon Bolivar in the Plaza of Caracas. Bolivar was the liberator of South America

Background imageVintage Collection: Boy Playing Accordian On Steps

Boy Playing Accordian On Steps
United States: c. 1910 A little boy in a sailors outfit stands on his front steps next to an older boy playing a large accordian

Background imageVintage Collection: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Moscow, Russia: c. 1910. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, founder of the Bolshevist Revolution, which he called The Great Experiment

Background imageVintage Collection: Mexican Rebel Commanders

Mexican Rebel Commanders
Mexico: November 20, 1913. The commanders of the highly regarded Mexican rebel machine-gun regiment. Left-Right: Captain Antonio Guirrero, Colonel Alvaro Obregon, Captain Jose Rocha

Background imageVintage Collection: Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco, California: c. 1939. A Matson Liner goes under the Golden Gate Bridge as it heads out across the Pacific

Background imageVintage Collection: French Cannoniers In Indochina

French Cannoniers In Indochina
Indochina: c. 1910. French cannoniers instructing the Indochinese in the use of modern armaments

Background imageVintage Collection: San Francisco Panorama

San Francisco Panorama
San Francisco, California: 1906. The business district of San Francisco just a few months before the earthquake

Background imageVintage Collection: SF Victorian Promotion

SF Victorian Promotion
San Francisco, California: c. 1900. A photo stage promoting the thrill ride, The Chutes, in San Francisco

Background imageVintage Collection: Prince Of Wales Visit

Prince Of Wales Visit
Baroda, India: January 4, 1922. These gorgeously gilded, painted, and draped elephants were part of the celebrations provided for the Prince of Wales by the Gaekwar of Baroda

Background imageVintage Collection: Futewa Member With Gernade

Futewa Member With Gernade
Cairo, Egypt: June 2, 1967 A female member of the Futewa, or Naitonal Guard battalions made up of UAR student volunteers, pulls the pin from a hand gernade with her teeth during training in a camp

Background imageVintage Collection: Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower
Paris, France: c. 1889 The Eiffel Tower was built by Gustave Eiffel for the International Exhibition of Paris in 1889 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the start of the French Revolution



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