Photo History Talking

This 102 yr old man drove the same Rolls Royce for 82 years -- A 1928 Rolls Royce. Mr. Allen Swift ( Springfield , MA ) received this 1928 Rolls-Royce Piccadilly-P1 Roadster from his father, brand new – as a graduation gift in 1928.  He drove it up until his death last year … At the age of 102! He was the oldest living owner of a car that was purchased new.  Just thought you’d like to see it. It was donated to a Springfield museum after his death.  It has 172,000 miles on it, still runs like a Swiss watch, dead silent at any speed and is in perfect cosmetic condition. (82 years). 172,000 miles not kilometers!! 

Cats catching squirts of milk during milking at a dairy farm in California, 1954 -Thank You everyone who’s been very supportive of us building this amazing community. Remember to invite a friend by tagging them when you see something you love. 

Charles B. Tripp, the armless man and Eli Bowen, the legless man, riding a tandem. 1890s

Salvador Dali at a book signing, taken with a fisheye lens. By Philippe Halsman, 1963.

A Colt 38 with a small camera that automatically takes a picture when the trigger is pulled. C. 1938

Traffic jam in Berlin as thousands of East Germans move into West Berlin on Saturday after the fall of the Wall, 1989

A family in Texas in 1953 had a pet lion named Blondie. They never had any incidents with her and she died of old age

“I don't care that they stole my idea. I care that they don't have any of their own.” - Nikola Tesla

A Coca Cola company delivery truck in Knoxville, 1909.

Nagasaki, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945.

The Human Statue of Liberty. 18000 men were used for this photo! Iowa, 1918. The day on which the photograph was taken was extremely hot and the heat was intensified by the mass formation of men. The dimensions of the platting for the picture seem astonishing. The camera was placed on a high tower. From the position nearest the camera occupied by Colonel Newman and his staff, to the last man at the top of the torch as platted on the ground was 1,235 feet, or approximately a quarter of a mile. The appended figures will give an adequate idea of the distorted proportions of the actual ground measurements for this photograph: Base to shoulder: 150 feet. Right arm: 340 feet. Widest part of arm holding torch: 12-1/2 feet. Right thumb: 35 feet. Thickest part of body: 29 feet. Left hand (length): 30 feet. Tablet in left hand: 27 feet. Face: 60 feet. Nose: 21 feet. Longest spike of head piece: 70 feet. Flame on torch.: 600 feet. Torch and flame combined: 980 feet. Number of men in flame of

Last photo of all four Beatles together ; August 22nd, 1969