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Mark Twain at Oxford 1907. (Corbis)

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there's no pic oswald

 Works for me Oswald.

Thanks greatly appreciated

Ive always admired him, there's a reason why hes called father of American literature

Glad all of you liked it. I'll post more. Thanks again!

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Thursday, April 18, 1946 Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ: A truly historic moment. Jackie Robinson of the Montreal Royals crosses home plate after belting a home run against the Jersey City Giants. Robinson, being congratulated by teammate George "Shotgun" Shuba, has broken professional baseball's insidious color line which he would do in the majors the next year with the Brooklyn Dodgers. This moment was long overdue too late, unfortunately, for such greats as Josh Gibson. (Corbis)

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Just trying this out.

I've been on boards before with this "smite" thing.  It really got to be a popularity contest, with little reference to quality of posts. :-\

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"Marlboro Man"

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Flanders Field 1917 (greatwar.ne)

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Texas Rangers pose with dead Mexican bandits October 8, 1915. (greatwar.ne)

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Left to right: GWB, Chenney, and Karl Rover?

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London Tuesday, April 16, 1912: A newsboy hawks papers with news of the Titanic. (Corbis)

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Brooklyn Wednesday, April 9, 1913: Surrounded by team members, Mary Ebbets, daughter of Dodger owner Charles Ebbets, raises the American flag as Ebbets Field is dedicated. (Corbis)

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Clark Cable and Jean Harlow in Red Dust, a 1932 MGM release. (Corbis)

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"Little Boy" being loaded into the Enola Gay in 1945.

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Mikhail Bakunin

One time colleague of Karl Marx, father of Russian anarchism.

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From my grandfather's album, Gostivar in Macedonia, 1939.

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Birmingham, AL Tuesday, May 21, 1918: Boy Scouts and Red Cross nurses raise funds during World War I.

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U.S. Marines land in Veracruz in May, 1914. (Corbis)

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How historic do thay have to be?

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"The Standoff" - 1989: One brave student stands against a colomn of tanks in Tiananmen Square in China.

This picture always gives me chills... and the video is even better (I have that too).

Excellent picture of courage. As to how historic-there are no rules I know of!

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Crowd at the famous "Big Thursday" annual football game between Clemson University and the University of South Carolina, won 7-0 by Clemson, at Carolina Stadium in Columbia, S.C., October 24, 1956.

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Woodstock '69 - I was so born in the wrong decade.

I'm sure BBW feels the same way.

 Hey thats me !!  Third row down on the right fifth one over!! ;D ;D

I know I'm gonna sound like a "tool bag" when I ask this, but are you serious?

 
Don't worry...the brown acid ain't poison man... it's just BAAAD ACID!

Not really but it could have been.
 ;D ;)

Noooo, you sound more like a douchebag.

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Wild Bill

OK Cynic check,,,,,I wonder how many of those guys only went on the off chance of getting laid?

Heh, I didn't see that before.

I would have liked to be in my prime in 1984 or 1969. Not when Limp Bizkit is #1 on the charts.

I'm glad I wasn't born in '69 (no homo).

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Grand Central Station, Manhattan Thursday, December 1, 1932: Cocky actor James Cagney turns the tables on the paparazzi of the day as he arrives in New York City. (Corbis)

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France after it falls to the Nazi's

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1931: A group of Marquette University students clown for the camera. The young man in the middle with his head cocked and his arms on classmates' shoulders is none other than Joseph R. McCarthy who twenty years later conducted Communist investigations with very mixed results.

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Chicago Monday, July 4, 1932: New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives by airplane with his family to address the Democratc National Convention. He is the first candidate to fly to a convention. Roosevelt defeated incumbent President Hoover on November 8, 1932 to win his first of four terms. (Corbis)

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Striking still of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 masterpiece Notorious. (Corbis)

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Sorry.  Just not funny. :(

GWB, Cheney and Rove would be more likely to welcome them with open arms and amnesty! ::) ::) ::)

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Friday, October 26, 1951 Somewhere in Korea: Here you see a real-life MASH unit in action during the Korean War. Grim dedication. (Corbis)

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Tuesday, October 17, 1944 Fleet Hospital, New Caledonia: Bob Hope broadcasts his radio program while entertaining the wounded of World War II. With him are Frances Langford, Tony Romano and Hope's longtime sidekick, Jerry Colonna. (Corbis)

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What was Saddam Hussein doing with them?

 ;D ;D ;D ;)

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Tuesday, October 10, 1916 Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn baseball fans await buying tickets for game three of the 1916 World Series. The Flatbush faithful would watch their beloved Robins defeat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 for their only series win. The younger men in caps evoke images of James T. Farrell's Studs Lonigan. (Corbis)

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The 1928 Cleveland Indians
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A Cy Young baseball card
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Byron Nelson, Tiger before there was Tiger.
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Just imagine: 511 wins. Unbelievable! Great pictures and images!

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If Roger Clemens pitches until he's 60, he might break it.

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Saturday, October 1, 1932 Wrigley Field, Chicago: New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic presidental nominee, has a chat with Yankee Manager Joe McCarthy and Cubs Manager Charlie Grimm just prior to the start of game three of the 1932 World Series. It was in this game, a 7-5 Yankee win, that Babe Ruth is said to have pointed to the stands and then hit a home run. (Corbis)

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You have a point there! ;)

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So that is where McCarthyism started.

Well, all he has in his hand is his cap! ;)

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Chicago Friday, February 26, 1965: Muhammed Ali, then known by his birth name of Cassius Clay, is surrounded by bodyguards as he walks the wintry street of Chicago. Ali is attending a three day convention of Black Muslims led by Muhammed Elijah and he has had death threats against him as retaliation for the assassination of Malcolm X. (Corbis)

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Saturday, October 27, 1923 Yankee Stadium, The Bronx: Coach Hugo Bezdek's Penn State Nittany Lions and Coach "Fats" Spears' West Virginia Mountaineers battle it out in the third quarter of their matchup of unbeaten teams. The two squads, both far from home, battled to a 13-13 tie. Penn State ended the year at 6-2-1 while West Virginia was 7-1-1. (Corbis)

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Was Joe Pa coaching back then?

Joe Pa and Papa Bobby Bowden too! ;)

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 ???

Sorry for the confusion. Both were undefeated and untied when they played. At the end of the season, Penn State won 6, lost 2 and tied 1 while West Virginia won 7, lost one and tied one. Hope that clears it up for you.

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ah, yes it does, thanks, should have guessed that. 

I was thinking since they were both playing far from home and it was a titled, if informally, matchup, that this was a post season bowl game.  That is what I get for looking at an early twentieth century photograph through an earlty twenty first century mind set.


As an aside, cool photos oswald, thanks for sharing them!

You are quite welcome. I enjoy posting them. It was a mid-season game. A lot of big college teams played in the Big Apple-Army and Notre Dame did for years. Press exposure probably.

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Bradenton, FL Monday, March 6, 1961: Milwaukee Braves rookie Joe Torre, left, is shown with his older brother Frank as he readies for his first big league spring training. Who knew at the time what a great career, both as a player and manager, awaited this young man, then just 20 years old. (Corbis)

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Saturday, October 10, 1914 Shibe Park Philadelphia: Legendary Boston Mayor John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, grandfather of President John F. Kennedy, is shown (in the top hat) with catcher Hank Gowdy of the 1914 Miracle Boston Braves just prior to the second game of the World Series. The Braves won 1-0 on the way to a four game sweep of Connie Mack's Philadelphia A's.

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Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address.

Amazing! 144 years old.

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Thursday, January 1, 1925 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: Christy Walsh, center, pioneering sports agent, is shown with two of his clients-Glenn S. "Pop" Warner, Stanford University coach, and Knute K. Rockne, University of Notre Dame coach. Rockne's Fighting Irish defeated Warner's Cardinals that day 27-10 behind the Four Horsemen backfield. (Corbis)

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Editorial cartoon slamming Al Capone in 1931.

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Washington, DC Saturday, March 26, 1932: A small group of communists are shown as they demonstrate against Japanese aggresion in China. (Corbis)

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Friday, August 8, 1919: Throngs of workers walk across the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan heading back to Brooklyn. A transit strike was the reason. (Corbis)

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I love this one. It was a random photo on photobucket when I uploaded something.

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Only now I would say "when you ride alone, the terrorists win."

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Lobby advertisement for Hitchcock's 1944 masterpiece Lifeboat. (Corbis)

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1957: American Motors President George Romney talks things over with ten year old son Mitt. (Corbis)

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Monday, November 14, 1977: Cleveland's feisty young Mayor Dennis Kucinich smiles for the camera. (Corbis)

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Grainy photo of Lt. Cmdr. John McCain as a POW in an Hanoi Hospital in Feb. 1968. (Corbis)

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Hillary Clinton as a Wellesley College freshman in 1965. (Corbis)

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Washington, DC Wednesday, May 23, 1973: Fred Thompson, Senate Watergate Committee minority counsel, listens to evidence. (Corbis)

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Hilary is good looking there.

I'm surprised.

We all looked better when we were eighteen.

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1914 baseball card of rookie Babe Ruth of the Baltimore Orioles of the International League.

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Two photos of a young Mike Huckabee.

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1978: High school photos of Barack "Barry" Obama.

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High school & college photos of Rudy Giuiliani.

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Ron Paul-U.S.A.F. Flight Surgeon

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Saturday, January 6, 1945: Navy Lieutenant George H.W. Bush and his bride, Barbara Pierce, walk down the aisle at the First Presbyterian Church of Rye, NY. (Corbis)

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A young and smiling Joe Biden

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A young and serious Chris Dodd

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A young, thin Bill Richardson

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Tuesday, April 16, 1940 Griffith Stadium Washington, DC: With his trade mark cigarette holder at a jaunty angle, President Franklin D. Roosevelt watches the season opener between the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox. Unfortunately for the President and 31,000 other loyal fans, the Senators lost 1-0 to the Red Sox. (Corbis)

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Could you imagine a Presidential Candidtae smoking at an appearance today?

I wonder who the last Pres who smoked was.

Clinton, but he didn't inhale.

Before I read the caption my eye was first drawn to the guy at FDR's left and I thought it might be Capone. Not possible with FDR there though, or at that date.

Anyone remember the commercial with Ken Griffey Jr. who was asked if he chewed tobacco, and he answered "yes, but I don't spit"?

Clinton occasionally smoked cigars and occasionally used them in other ways! ;)

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NO, I mean a full time, dyed in the wool Malboro Man or some such

In that case, it probably was FDR. At least as for as smoking publicly.

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What about LBJ?

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Well wigs, here is a photo of LBJ as a senator in 1954 so you are right.

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Saturday, November 30, 1940: Desi Arnaz carries his bride Lucille Ball across the threshold
of their hotel room. I Love Lucy was eleven years in the future. (Corbis)

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O.G. Villard

Oswald Garrison Villard is little remembered today but from the late 1910s through the early 1930s, he was the crusading editor of The Nation, the legendary journal of opinion. Below is information on Garrison.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAvillard.htm

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The Nation for July 23, 1932, late in the Villard era. This issue included a review of Young Lonigan, the first novel in James T. Farrell's Studs Lonigan trilogy.

i think left to right: cheney, g-dubya, rover (just cause of their size)

 :laugh: ;)

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Moscow, Sunday, May 1, 1932: Soviet citizens throng Moscow streets during a Stalinist May Day.

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Birmingham, AL Tuesday, May 21, 1918: Boy Scouts and Red Cross volunteers unite to raise money
for the war effort.

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I never mentioned it before but I really like this thread.

It's fun to me too. Like a time machine!

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Prohibition racketeer Jack "Legs" Diamond, a cigarette dangling from his lips, struts down a New York street on Thursday, April 23, 1931. Diamond would be "rubbed out" in December of the year. (Corbis)

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I've been looking for a pic. of doughboys in France 1914. Any suggestions?

Here is an excellent site for World War I photos. Including some rare color ones and some very graphic ones.

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http://www.greatwar.nl/

Still searching.....

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Here is a still from a lost silent film: "Babbitt" from 1924. Based on Sinclair Lewis' satirical novel of the same name, Willard Lewis, right, appeared as Geprge F. Babbitt while Carmel Meyers was Tanis Judique. (Corbis)

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Here is yet another lost silent film based on a famous novel: The original 1926 version of "The Great Gatsby".
This version of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic featured Lois Wilson as Daisy Buchanan and Warner Baxter,
famed for "42nd Street", as Jay Gatsby. A point of local pride: Lois Wilson was a Birmingham girl. ;)
(Corbis)

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