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9/4/13

HISTORY THROUGH PHOTOS


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This photo is from 1860-1900 in Japan. Three archers are practising as Samurai’s tradition of being ready for fights.
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The date is May 18, 1940. A man is reading newspaper standing in the streets of New York. The headlines said that day: ”Nazi Army Now 75 Miles From Paris.”
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Dance Marathons were really famous those days. The photo shows the last four couples standing in a Chicago dance marathon in 1930.
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Microsoft staff photo from December 7, 1978
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This is when the very famous Johnny Cash performed for prisoners at Folsom Prison – Jan. 13th 1968
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Her name was Tereska, a child in a residence for disturbed children, grew up in a concentration camp. She drew a picture of “home” on the blackboard.
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Martin Luther King Jr removing a burned cross from his front yard with his son at his side. Atlanta, 1960
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This is the photo of a Native American looking down at a newly-completed section of the transcontinental railroad.
Nevada , about 1868
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This is a very important moment in the history of marathon. The woman is Kathrine Switzer. The first woman who ran a marathon.
Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers!” After realizing a woman was running Boston marathon organizer Jock Sem.
If you want a better coverage of that day, watch this video.
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The only known photograph of an African American Union soldier with his family. 1863-65
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And finally the story of Moonshiners. They were the illegal alcohol distillers and distributed and … during the prohibition times in USA.
They used these so called “Cow Shoes” to disguise their footprints, 1922

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