Beißen Gedanken: Very Rare Photos

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Very Rare Photos - Part 3‏

This is part 3 of some very rare pictures.... some of them heart wrenching.... happiness of a child on receiving a pair of used torn shoes during WWII.

The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in 1861

Hippo cart in 1924. The hippo belonged to a circus and apparently enjoyed pulling the cart as a trick

Charlie Chaplin in 1916 at the age of 27

Suntan vending machine, 1949

Annie Edison Taylor (1838-1921), the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She did it in 1901 because she needed money, and after doing it said she wouldn't recommend it to anyone!

Only known authenticated photo of Billy the Kid, ca. 1879

Sharing bananas with a goat during the Battle of Saipan , ca. 1944

Jesse James, approximately 16 years old

Advertisement for Atabrine, an anti-malaria drug. Sign was put up at the 363rd station hospital in Papua, New Guinea during WWII

How could parents ensure that their children were getting sunlight and fresh air when living in apartment buildings?
The baby cage, ca. 1937

Hotel owner pouring acid in the water when black people swam in his pool, ca. 1964

Bookstore ruined by an air raid, London 1940

Little girl comforting her doll in the ruins of her
bomb damaged home, London , 1940

Animals being used as a part of medical therapy in 1956

Artificial legs, United Kingdom , ca. 1890

Unknown soldier in Vietnam , 1965

1920's lifeguard

1928 fashion show at the beach

Former slave showing whipping scars

Measuring bathing suits in the early 1920s. If they were too short, the women would be fined

A space chimp poses for the camera after a
successful mission to space in 1961

Testing new bulletproof vests, 1923

A mom and her son watch the mushroom cloud after an atomic test 75 miles away, Las Vegas , 1953

Walter Yeo, one of the first people to undergo advanced plastic surgery. His eyelids were damaged in World War I,and he got a skin transplant to replace them.