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Mar 19, 2017, 4:37:10 PM3/19/17
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AWESOME photos
 
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/aa/03/c1/aa03c1f0d6a4b2bac631f7eb8226551b.jpgCamping out in 1918.
 
Early Version of American Gothic Photo posted by: Dianne Bowders My grandparents pose in an early version of American Gothic, with a groundhog killed on their Manchester Twp. farm. Note: Photo taken circa 1914, from our family photo album.:
This couple pose in an early version of American Gothic, with a groundhog killed on their Manchester farm. It's dinner!  Note: Photo taken circa 1914, from a family photo album.
 
A.G. Wallihan, photographer. Augusta Wallihan Grocery Shopping. Albumen print, circa 1895. Standing over one of her many trophy mule deer, subsistence-and-sport huntress Gusty Wallihan appears every inch the frontier matron with her dressy bonnet, prairie-pattern cartridge belt, floral-embroidered gauntlets, hunting knife, and Remington-Hepburn rifle.:Standing over one of her many trophy mule deer, subsistence-and-sport huntress “Gusty” Wallihan appears every inch the frontier matron with her dressy bonnet, prairie-pattern cartridge belt, floral-embroidered gauntlets, hunting knife, and Remington-Hepburn rifle.  1895
 
circa 1910. Check out the baby riding behind them:
At least this one won’t be quite as dangerous as the old single wheeled models.  Look in the trailer over the
back wheel.  They have their baby in there!
 
Changing street lamps 1910's style.
This was the approved way to change the street lamps in 1910.  Cool!
 
Old Harley Davidson police motorcycle and mobile booking center. &Awesome.:
A single Paddy Wagon.  Never knew they had such a vehicle!  This is way cool.   Needs a barrier between them.
 
Mobile Home - Photographic Print - 1926:
Here is an early motor home, built in 1926.
 
Dupont Car Camp Recreational Vehicle, 1910s:
This is a travel tent accessory  built in 1910.
 
Vintage treadmills, 1920:
These are vintage treadmills in the 1920’s.
 
1920's Refrigerator:
This is a 1920’s refrigerator.  Only the elite could afford such a thing, and most still had the old ice boxes.
 
First hair dryer - about 1920, holy moly:
A hair dryer in the 1920 Salon.  What a contraption!
 
Chester E. Macduffee next to his newly patented, 250 kilo diving suit, 1911:
Chester E. MacDuffee next to his newly patented, 250 kilo diving suit, 1911
 
Circus:
A postcard from the 1800’s advertising a knife throwing act with the traveling circus.  How would you like that job?
 
A strongwoman balances a piano and pianist on her chest. (1920):
A Strong woman balances a piano and the pianist on her chest.  1920
 
London in the 1920's ~ Telephone Engineer ~ Mayfair:
London, in the 1920’s, this was a telephone engineer.  What a job!
 
Two young girls in a West Germans street chat with their grandparents in the window of their home in the Eastern sector, separated only by a barbed wire barricade. It was a common occurrence for families, who had once only lived on the opposite side of the street from one another, to become separated by the ever growing Berlin Wall.:
Two young girls in a West German street chat with their grandparents in the window of their home in the Eastern sector, separated only by a barbed wire barricade. It was a common occurrence for families, who had once only lived on the opposite side of the street from one another, to become separated by the ever growing Berlin Wall.
 
A Gibson Girl in her corset in the early 1900s. Those poor women!:
A Gibson Girl in her corset in the early 1900’s.  Those poor women.  This was one fad that really hurt a lot of women for life.  HOPE YOU ENJOYED LOOKING BACK IN U.S. HISTORY  http://cdn-cf.aol.com/se/smi/0201d20638/02
 


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