Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin preparing to become the first human to ever travel into space.

A couple rides a motorized scooter (called the Autoped in 1923).

It was capable of reaching speeds of up to 20 mph.

Photographer Margaret Bourke-White taking a photo from the top of a NYC building in 1935.

This is what a television set looked like in the mid 1930s.

Airline Flight Board, 1940s

Airline schedules were all tracked manually before computers.

This is the first photo of the first-ever broadcast of a human face transmitted on television (London, 1923).

The photo was taken when John Logie Baird gave the world’s first public demonstration of television at his laboratory in London.

“A few seconds before happiness”, 1955 (France)

Nettie Adams with her 8 sons, all of whom served in World War II. They all returned safe and sound.

New York City banned pinball in 1942, with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia famously ordering police to raid arcades and smash pinball machines with sledgehammers.

The Great Sphinx and Pyramid of Khafre, 1914

One of the earliest known color photographs of the Giza Plateau, taken using the autochrome process.

“Taking a leap”, 1961 (Berlin)

East German border guard Conrad Schumann jumps over barbed wire into West Berlin during the early days of the Berlin Wall.

Outdoor classroom in the Netherlands, 1957

After World War II, some Dutch schools experimented with outdoor classrooms, believing fresh air reduced the spread of diseases.

Grand Central Terminal, 1929 (New York City)

Sunlight streams through the tall windows of Grand Central Terminal, now blocked out by buildings.

John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office in the 1960s at the famous Resolute Desk in the White House.

Baltimore Railroad Station, 1890s (Baltimore)

A photo that captures the dramatic intersection of horse carriages and modern trains.

This is sculptor Gutzon Borglum’s 1/12th scale model of what Mount Rushmore National Memorial was supposed to look like. It was never fully completed due to a lack of funding.

College Dorm, 1910

Interesting to see the desire to decorate college dorm rooms hasn’t changed in over 100 years…

Keeping His Post, 1974 (Ontario)

A policeman keeping his post, despite a massive Canadian flood

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