When thinking about the past, it feels like a surreal reality that sometimes could be more difficult to imagine than the future. But seeing photos from 1800 and 1900 feels even weirder since it is actual proof of it happening. And more importantly, people's lives don't seem to be boring or dull. On the contrary, they look risky, weird, fun, and simply put - entertaining to my futuristic human eyes. I am sure, if these people had the internet back then, we would be greeted with quality memes from past times. So, after all, we are not that different, just with other possibilities.

But I don’t want to romanticize the olden times. They did have pretty harsh legislation, and it wasn’t easy if you did not fit into the ideology of that time. And even though we have our own challenges nowadays, I’d rather be here and now. Though it feels interesting to see how the Statue of Liberty or the Eiffel Tower looked when they were still under construction, as well as simpler things, such as people's fashion, their lazy Sunday afternoons, and even dogs doing chores.

Thankfully, a Facebook page called 'Old Photos' keeps us posted on the past, and today we want to invite you to delve into these vintage photos part 2. Feel free to check out part 1 here, and for more, you can also visit our posts of important historical images and old photos in real life.

#1 A Beautiful Little Girl In New York, 1958

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#2 A Snow Lady, 1892

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#3 It's Not About Where You Are, Its Who You're With

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With the first camera, there came the first photo ever that was taken in 1826. French scientist Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, after taking a photo titled View from the Window at Le Gras, at his family’s country home, became the first photographer in the world.

Photography is an important part of our lives that has been used in a variety of ways up to this day. Unlike paintings of events or portraits of certain people, photography finally gave society an option to capture those true moments of what was happening.

Going through these old images allows us to travel to the craziest places, like the Saloon in 1890, where children were not only allowed but also could order child-sized beers. What a time.

#4 A Ghostly Yet Mesmerizing Image From 1900

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#5 Annie Oakley Shooting A Gun Over Her Shoulder Using A Hand Mirror, 1899

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#6 Net Fix And Chill, Irish Fishermen, Ireland 1910

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When going through images of olden times, you can also notice improvements in photo cameras by the quality of the pictures. But that is not the only thing that gives it away. Smiles can also be a factor. If you see a person refusing to smile in an old image, that does not necessarily mean that living in 1800, for example, was sad or depressing. Very early technology could not capture those beautiful smiles.

The explanation behind that is a long exposure - the time that the camera needed to take the picture in - which meant that people had to stay as still as possible to avoid blurriness.

#7 Yellow Magpie, Arapaho Man, 1898

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#8 A Cat's Life On The Farm, 1951

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#9 Kiowa Couple Lone Wolf And Etla, 1860

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The other reason, which is also valid in explaining why people seemed so unhappy in the old photos, is because photography was heavily influenced by painted portraits. Paintings were used to immortalize a representation of a person in time, while today, it is used for capturing a moment in life. Even after technological advances in cameras made it possible to photograph people faster, the tradition hadn’t made that transition as quickly. If you think of it, that can be seen even today, where technology has advanced in milestones, while some people still choose to live by the traditions of the past.

#10 Witches From 1875

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#11 Anne Frank Pokes Her Head Out Of Her Family's Flat In Amsterdam, 1942

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#12 Apache Woman And Child, 1898

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Some more bizarre ideas of early photography were that it was considered a passage to immortality. So instead of photographing alive, happy people, there are many portraits of individuals who recently passed.

Compared to today, when it is considered weird to take photos at funerals, it only shows how far we have come. It is interesting to think of how photography will evolve in the future, and maybe one day, we will be looking back at the photos from these days with confusion and relief that it is not ok to do what we did anymore.

#13 A Couple Dancing On Ice-Skates On Whitestone Pond, Hampstead, London, 1933

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#14 Even The Window Cleaners Wore Suits 100 Years Ago

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#15 Photographer Above The Skies Of Berlin, 1912

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#16 Women Boxing On A Roof, 1938

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#17 Do We Have Such Accurate Halloween Costumes These Days?

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#18 Tourists Drink Tea Atop The Great Pyramid, 1938

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#19 Mother Home Schools Her Children In Transylvania, Louisiana, 1937

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#20 Inuit Man Warms His Wife’s Feet, Greenland, 1890's

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#21 Two Ladies Leaving A Polling Station, London, 1929

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#22 A Saloon That Allowed Children Their Own Child-Size Beers, Wisconsin, 1890

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#23 A Young Edwardian Lady From 1910

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#24 Frank Lentini, An Owner Of 3 Legs, 4 Feet, 16 Toes, And 2 Functioning Sets Of Genitals

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#25 Queen Elizabeth II In 1945

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#26 1850s Young Fashionable Teen With A Slight Smirk

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#27 Grandma Patching The Only Pants Of Her Grandson, 1907

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#28 Rear View Of Young Couple Snuggling Behind The Wheel Of His Convertible As They Watch Large Screen Action Behind Rows Of Cars At A Drive-In Movie Theater

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#29 A Young Man Enjoying His First Dance

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#30 A Portrait Taken Of A Woman While She Was Mid-Sneeze

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#31 The Earliest Known Photo Of Abraham Lincoln, 1840

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#32 First Photograph Of A Tornado Near Garnett, Kansas. April 26, 1884

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#33 A Family In Front Of Their Summer Home. Stockholm, Sweden, 1867

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#34 Soldiers Peel Onions While Using Gas Masks To Stop Them From Crying, 1941

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#35 Real Japanese Samurai, 1866

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#36 Northumbrian Miner At His Evening Meal, 1937

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#37 Old Fashion Playground

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#38 Albert Einstein Plays His Beloved Violin, 1941

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#39 J W Waldron's Smith & Bicycle Works In Brighton, England. C. 1900

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#40 London Nomads⁣, 1877⁣

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#41 Stylish Victorian Woman

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#42 Mother And Son, Ireland, 1890

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#43 One Of The First Original Selfies, Taken With A Stick, 1934

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#44 Two Girls Standing Outside Of A Snow Fort, 1910

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#45 Leola King, America’s First Female Traffic Cop, 1918

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#46 Tattooed Family In 1910

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#47 Two Amphicars Crossed The English Channel In 1965

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#48 Hershey Kisses Being Individually Hand-Wrapped, 1935

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#49 The Hand And The Torch Of The Statue Of Liberty Being Built In A Paris Studio Around 1876

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#50 A Boy And His Owl, 1933

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#51 No One Is Helping These Guys Clean The House!

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#52 A Woman Riding An Autoped

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#53 A Policeman Judges An Ankle Competition At Hounslow, London, 1930

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#54 McDonald Brothers In Front Of Soon To Open 1st Ever Mcdonald’s, 1948

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#55 Female Worker Bottling Ketchup At The Original Heinz Factory Circa 1897. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

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#56 Testing Of New Bulletproof Vests, 1923

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#57 A Graduation Ceremony, 1895

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#58 Woman Stomping Grapes In Frascati, Italy In 1957

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#59 This Is How People Went To The Beach In 1910

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#60 A Cameraman Filming Over Baker Street , London 1930

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#61 Learning To Ride A Bicycle, 1895

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#62 Newsgirl And Newsboy. New York, 1896

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#63 Nocturnal View From Notre-Dame Overlooking The Hotel-Dieu, Paris, 1933

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#64 Atlantic City Beach, 1890s

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#65 A Lazy Sunday Afternoon, 1908

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#66 Protesters March During Prohibition, Chicago, 1920's

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#67 New Parents Of Quadruplets, Late 1880s

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#68 Golf Ball Collector, 1920s

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#69 A Policeman Holds Up Traffic To Allow Four Egg Chicks To Cross A Bridge, 1966

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#70 Oglala Girl With Her Puppy Sitting In Front Of A Tipi, Pine Ridge Reservation, 1891

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#71 Daredevil Jammie Reynolds In 1917

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#72 A Woman At A Cafe In Paris With Her Pet Cheetah, 1932

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#73 Bricklayer, 1928

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#74 Man Standing On Lap Of Colossal Figure Of Ramses, 1856

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#75 Drunken Women Fighting On A Rooftop. London, 1902

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#76 Mrs. Dyson In Her Kitchen. Saint Mary's County, Maryland In 1940

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#77 A Salesman Has His Motorized Roller Skates Refueled. Connecticut, 1961

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#78 Firefighters Trying To Stop Fire At The Equitable Life Building During A Snowstorm, Manhattan, 1912

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#79 Inside A Train, 1800s

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#80 A Family Is Forced To Leave Their Home During The Great Depression, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, June, 1938

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#81 A Rare Look Inside Of A Barbershop, 1869

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#82 US Mail, 1912

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#83 Father And Son Goofing Off, 1910s

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#84 Driver Of Combine Threshing Oats, 1940

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#85 The First Class Gymnasium On Board The Titanic

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#86 Ferris, 7 Years Old, Newspaper Boy In Alabama, 1900's

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#87 A Family Auto Camping In Oregon, 1918

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#88 Niagara Falls In 1912

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#89 Empire State Building Construction Workers In The 1930s

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#90 New York City, 1888

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#91 Forge Workers Beside Part Of The Titanic’s Anchor Chain

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#92 A Group Of Montana Men Advertising For Wives, 1901

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#93 New York Hair Salon, Early 1970s

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#94 Teacher Tantie Huckabee At The Palmetto-Covered One-Room School Near Taylor Creek And Lake Okeechobee, Florida In The 1890s

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#95 Britsh Tourists In Front Of The Great Sphinx, 1910

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#96 Robert Wadlow, The Tallest Man In History, With His Family In 1935

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#97 A Man Looses His Umbrella On A Windy And Snowy Day, 1962

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#98 Newsies And Other Child Laborers Gather Outside A Newspaper Office. February, 1910

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#99 American Woman Welders During World War II

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#100 Dr. Elizabeth Bruyn Sits In The Rear Of Her Horse Drawn Ambulance In The United States, 1911

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#101 Women Having Tea, New Zealand, 1890

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#102 A Lector Reads A Newspaper To Workers In A Cigar Factory, 1900s

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#103 Conjoined Twins Of Mustaches, 1890

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#104 A Horse Smiles, Circa 1958

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#105 Butter-Making In Appalachia, 1917

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#106 A Scottish Farmer Shoeing A Horse, 1921

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#107 A Rare Look Inside The Original Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Factory, 1924

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#108 Carving Eye On Mount Rushmore, 1930s

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#109 Chicago, 1929

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#110 Texaco Station, General Store & Post Office, 1940's

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#111 A Fireman From The London Fire Brigade, Wearing A Smoke Helmet, 1908

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#112 Vancouver, Canada, 1907

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#113 Family Of Cherry Pickers, 1940

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#114 Two Women Train At A Boxing School In Berlin, Germany, 1909

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#115 Traffic Officer Operating A Mechanical Traffic Signal, Philadelphia, 1922

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#116 Woman Talking On A Hand Crank, Oak Telephone, 1900s

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#117 Construction Workers Taking Lunch Break On The Edges Of The Building They're Working On, London, 1929

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#118 A Young Woman In A Skirt Working Out With Boxing Gloves And A Punching Bag, 1890

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#119 View From The Top On The Opening Day Of The Empire State Building, 1931

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#120 Wearing The Latest Style At Longchamp Race's Paris France, 1919

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#121 Steelworker Touching The Tip Of The Chrysler Building During The Construction Of The Empire State Building, 1931

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#122 Workers Reinstall Clock At The Information Booth In Grand Central, New York, 1954

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#123 12 And 14 Year Old Boys Packing Cones At The Workshop Of Sanitary Ice Cream Cone. Oklahoma, 1917

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#124 A Coca Cola Company Delivery Truck In Knoxville, 1909

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#125 Three Homeless Boys Sleep On A Stairway In A Lower East Side Alley, New York, 1890s

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#126 "Lets Bury Dad!", 1915

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#127 Saturday Afternoon In Florence, Alabama, 1942

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#128 The Oldest Known Documented Wheelie, 1936

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#129 Sherwood Logging Camp, 1900

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#130 Women Learn To Shoot, 1915

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#131 The Bathing Hour, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1900s

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#132 "The Old Lady And Her Pets", 1886

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#133 The Eiffel Tower Is Shown Under Construction In 1887

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#134 An Old West Saloon With A Tough Looking Clientele

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#135 New York, 1935

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#136 Some Of The First Volkswagen “Beetles” Produced In West Germany, 1945

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#137 Two Women Crossing The Street During A Blizzard, New York, 1903

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#138 Singer Johnny Hallyday Admires A Bizzarrini 5300 Gt In Paris, 1960

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#139 Studebaker Motor Car In Repair Shop With Garage Mechanic. San Francisco, 1915

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#140 Writing Out A Parking Ticket In Manhattan, 1952

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