Many old photos take you through history, although it is a black and white photo trace, but it can not erase the story of these moments.
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Elvis Presley in the Army (1958)
Elvis presley spent time in the army from March 1958 to March 1960. His monthly salary is $78, plus $1,000 from the record label.
What is different is that the U.S. military has special departments and dedicated teams to serve Elvis Presley. The U.S. Navy set up a "Elvis Presley" company, which was composed of friends of Elvis Presley from Monfith. As an added bonus, Elvis Presley has its own private residence where it can perform in Las Vegas.
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Tanning self-service vending machine (1949).
In 1949, despite the financial downturn in the United States, people were willing to invest in interesting vending machine inventions. People are trying to design self-service machines that can design multiple fields, including tanned vending machines. At chicago's annual vending machine convention, Betty Dutter, a famous model at the time, demonstrated how to use the nozzle, explaining that in just 30 seconds and for just a dime, everyone could complete a complete tanning job. Interestingly, self-service tanning services were invented 20 years before ATMs. Obviously, banks are not as important as having bronze skins. The brain hole and aesthetic of laowai were also strange at that time.
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A man who is measuring the size and will face a fine if the clothes are too short (1820s)
In the United States in the 1920s, before the advent of bikinis, if it was easy to wear on the beach too revealing, there would be a special law enforcement team to measure, exceeding the size limit, and face fines or arrests. At that time, not only women, but even men had to be half-naked, and T-shirts and swimming trunks were standard. It seems a bit bizarre today.
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Martin Luther King Jr. pulling away a charred cross with his son (1960)
On April 25, 1960, members of the Ku Klux Klan in Atlanta burned crosses in front of several black homes in the city. Martin Luther King's residence was one of the targets.
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Hotel Manager Pours Sulfuric Acid While Black Swims (1964)
In 1964, civil rights activist Mimi Jones and six others entered an isolated hotel pool where manager James Bullock poured hydrochloric acid into it, claiming he was cleaning up the pool. Jones and her swimmers were dragged to prison, along with more than 40 other civil rights protesters, including 16 rabbi (Jewish clerics) who tried to dine at the white restaurant at Monson Motor Lodge.
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Lifeguard on the beach (1904)
Although it is a black and white photo, you can still see the traces of tanning of the body, and the dress is much tighter than it is now. In the United States in the 1820s, there were still female lifeguards, and Americans at that time were quite conservative about the problem of unsuitability between men and women.
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Girl in Prosthetics, England (1890)
The girl in the studio was wearing a pair of prosthetic legs. The legs were made by James Gillingham (1839-1924), a shoemaker in Chad, Somerset. In 1863, a local man lost an arm while firing a cannon to celebrate, and Gillingham began making prosthetics. He then began to manufacture prosthetics on a permanent basis, and the city of Chad eventually became a major centre for the British prosthetic industry.
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A Mother with Her Child Watches a Mushroom Cloud Tested for Atomic Bombs in Las Vegas (1953)
Las Vegas became famous in the 1950s because of atomic bomb tests. The local government has also developed tourism projects, and many people come to visit the scene of the atomic bombing. One reporter described: "An astonishingly bright cloud is rushing into the sky like a huge umbrella. You try to stand firm, first a wave of heat, then a shock wave, strong enough to push someone who is not prepared to be knocked down. This report immediately sparked an atomic bomb frenzy that swept across the United States. Just to witness the violent power of the atomic bomb, Las Vegas suddenly became a popular tourist attraction, tourists flocked to it, and every time the atomic bomb exploded, countless onlookers would gather to watch.
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A mother hides her face for selling her baby (1948)
In this tragic photo, four children are shown on the porch and their mother hides her face in front of a photojournalist. The woman, Lucille Chalifoux, was only 24 years old at the time, but was pregnant with her fifth child at the time. Lucille and her husband, Ray, 40, were in danger of being kicked out of the apartment. Ray lost his job as a coal truck driver. Faced with the prospect of homelessness and the daunting task of feeding so many people, they chose to auction off their children. Within two years, the four children in the photograph, as well as the one she was carrying, were sold or given to other families.
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In World War II, the boy receives a new pair of shoes (1946)
Werfel, a 6-year-old Austrian orphan, held a new pair of shoes given to him by the American Red Cross, and his face was filled with infinite joy. Shame on the peace now!
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Hitler's officers and cadets celebrating Christmas (1941)
The picture is somewhat chilling, almost surreal: Adolf Hitler hosts a Christmas party surrounded by his Fellow Nazis. The swastika armband complements the glitter of ornaments and metal foil; Candles illuminate the festive scene. In the face of this, we may ask how Nazi leaders could reconcile the ideologies of hatred, conquest, and extermination with the joyful spirit of the holidays, let alone the celebration of the birth of the Jewish Christ.
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At Christmas during the Great Depression, children ate potatoes and cabbage.
This photograph reflects the situation of families in most of the United States during the Great Depression.
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The Real Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin (1927)
August 21, 2020 is the 100th birthday of Christopher Robin, the son of writer A.A. Milne, and the prototype of the Winnie Bear is a gift christopher Robin received on his first birthday, with its long arms and straight posture that seems to be a far cry from today's cartoon image, the original name of the teddy bear was Edward. The plot of his son playing with a toy inspired his father to create the legendary Winnie the Pooh series.
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The Last Prisoners of Alcatraz Island Leave (1963)
Alcatraz Island is officially known as "Pelican Island", and was named after the island's watery pelican when it was discovered by the Spaniards in the 18th century. Pelican Island is within easy reach of the city of San Francisco but surrounded by unusually cold waters, and its geography made it a prison by the federal government in 1934. It is alleged that many prisoners who tried to escape from prison were blocked by the sea, and were either caught or died of illness, and the reputation of "Alcatraz" spread. Today, the prison has become a tourist attraction, where Nicolas Cage's film "Brave To Die Island" was filmed.
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A mannequin that melts and is damaged after a fire at Madame Tussauds London (1925)
The grotesque scene above shows the aftermath of a catastrophic fire at Madame Tussauds in London in 1925. When a fire engulfed the upper floors, the entire building became a terrifying room.