Saturday, 8 December 2012

Another gallery of gems from the past!

Vought F4-U Corsair crashes on the deck of a carrier when the arresting gear failed. Most likely, it's sometime during WW2 in the Pacific Theater.
George Armstrong Custer and some of his fellow soldiers, during the American Civil War. (Colorized)

John F. Kennedy at NASA's Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex in 1962.

The photo is believed to be the last photo ever taken of the RMS Titanic before it sank in April 1912.

1884 De Dion, Bouton et Trepardou Dos-à-Dos is the oldest running car on the planet. It was the first car to participate in an automobile race.
This photo was taken in space right after World War II (1946). A team of soldiers and scientists used a German-made V-2 missile equipped with a camera to capture this shot—making it the first photo in space.
Douglas MacArthur signing the official Japanese surrender instrument aboard the USS Missouri, 1945.

Hitler inspecting the massive 800mm “Schwerer Gustav” railway gun from afar. It was the largest-caliber rifled weapon ever used in combat, and fired the heaviest shells of any artillery piece.

General George S. Patton's Dog, Willie, mourning his best friend on the day of his death

Joseph Goebbels on his wedding day. Hitler was his best man and can be seen behind him in a trench coat and hat.
Howard Carter, an English archaeologist, examining the opened sarcophagus of King Tut. 

An RAF pilot getting a haircut while reading a book between missions.

Manfred von Richthofen, aka “The Red Baron”, petting his dog on an airfield during World War I.

Samurai ~ 1860 – 1880

A team of Brittish SAS soldiers in North Africa, 1943. The cans are full of water or gasoline for long range missions.
Note: They are using the American built, venerable Willys Jeeps instead of the far less reliable Brittish Land Rover.

Soviet soldiers stop for a break in 1945 on the outskirts of Berlin


Tsar Nicholas II goofing around with his friend in 1899


Walt and Roy Disney on the day that they opened the Disney Studio. Beside them are their wives and their mother.

Astronauts: John Young and Charles Duke are training for the Apollo 16 mission, in the New Mexico desert.

During the Apollo 16 mission, Charles Duke left a family photo 
on the moon that was enclosed in a plastic bag

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