Some old pictures.

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The original design for Mount Rushmore, 1923 Mount Rushmore has become an American iconic piece of artwork. Many don't know the process it took to complete the masterpiece. Here is a photo of the original design in 1923 before the work was started on the actual mountain.

When you think of public executions, usually people think of old history photos from the 1700s or possibly the 1800s. However the last public execution actually occurred a lot closer today than most of us would like to believe. This is a photo of the last public execution in the United States in Kentucky in 1936.

The sinking of the Titanic is quite arguably the most famous sinking of any ship. From all the press it got at the time for being the “unsinkable ship” that sunk to the famous block buster movie, almost everyone has heard of the tragedy that took many passengers life. Here is the last photograph of the Titanic before it sunk in 1912.

This is a rare photo captured of the Hindenburg Disaster in 1937. Rare, because in 1937 cameras were not as accessible as they are today. Not everyone had a personal camera on them, so for this moment to be captured was shocking for the time.

Iconic figures of the 1900’s Hellen Keller and Charlie Chaplin meet in 1919. Hellen Keller famous for creating braille and Charlie Chaplin famous for his silent films were both photographed here.

The roar at the start of MGM motion pictures is one that has become an iconic sound in Hollywood. Not everyone realizes that the roar is actually one of a real lion. That lion’s name was Jackie. She's pictured here during the recording of the famous roar.

 

When you hear the name Telsa today most of us think of the expensive car. Telsa was actually the creator of the “Magnifying Transmitter”. Here he is pictured with his machine in 1899.

When you think of wild sea life one doesn't typically think of New Jersey. However this Great Manta was caught in Brielle, New Jersey in 1933. The Great Manta weighed over 5,000 pounds.

 

Antarctica had been a mysterious land, unexplored for centuries. The British were one of the first to lead in the expedition of the inhabitable continent in 1911. They released some never before seen photographs of the continent. This is a photo from their expedition of a grotto iceberg they explored.

Woodstock is one of the most famous concerts of all times. When people think of the hippy age, Woodstock is undoubtedly a word that is conjured with the era. Here is a photo of the massive crowds gathered for the concert.

During the early 1900s, the building methods for the iconic New York skyline of today weren't the safest. In fact, many construction workers died in the process of constructing some of these high rise buildings. Here is a photograph of a construction worker for the Empire State building just hanging on a crane about New York City with no safety harness, very common for the time.

The nuclear bombing in reaction to the bombing of Pearl Harbor is one of the pieces of our dark destructive past. The United States bombed Hiroshima, Japan in 1945. This is a devastating photograph of one of the victim’s “nuclear shadows”.

The great Sphinx in Egypt has become one of the great wonders of the modern world. Today, millions of people make the expedition to Egypt to get a glance of the pyramids and the Sphinx. However, it was excavated until 1878, here is a photo of the excavation.

 

The great winter of 1911 in North America is one that went down in the history books. Temperatures of the time broke records. Even the great Niagara Falls complete froze over, here is a photograph of the falls completely frozen.

President John F. Kennedy was rumored to have had an affair outside his marriage to Jackie Kennedy with Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn at the time was one of Hollywood’s iconic film stars. Rumors grew after this photo of the two was released.