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  White House--Major Russell Harrison and Harrison children--Baby McKee and sister on goat cart (read more)

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  We used to have an aga. It was great as it kept the house really warm because you can't turn them off. Story shared by Jack ... (read more)

  Stephen Freeman Primary School
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  Phones - and mobiles in particular – have transformed our personal communications. I used to love the old Bakelite handsets my parents had. I remember how ... (read more)

  Tony Robinson
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  The first electric razor was patented in 1928 by Jacob Schick and they entered the commercial marked in 1930s. In the 1950s Anthony Horrowitz, an engineer ... (read more)

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  The AGA stove was invented in 1922 by Gustaf Dalen. The AGA is made from cast iron and can therefore absorb the heat from a low ... (read more)

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  In the 1920s, disposable filter bags for upright vacuum cleaners were introduced, an important cleaning 'first'. This photo shows how, prior to this advance, bags would ... (read more)

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  The phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison. Whilst others had invented sound-recording devices, the phonograph could both record and playback the recorded sound. The vibrations of ... (read more)

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  In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first patent for the telephone. Acording to Bell's laboratory notebook, the first works spoken over his new telephone ... (read more)

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  In 1876 Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA patented the Carpet Sweeper. It was a mechanical device for cleaning carpets and worked by a rotating ... (read more)

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  Wilbur in prone position in damaged machine, on ground after unsuccessful trial of December 14, 1903, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Photographs shows the shadow cast by ... (read more)

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  This has to be later than 1924 because the monument in the background was dedicated in 1938. http://www.ga.wa.gov/visitor/victory/victory.htm (read more)

  poultra
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  From Library of Congress: "View of a marching band in a funeral procession probably on Wazee Street in Denver, Colorado. They play instruments that include: baritones, ... (read more)

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  Nearly a mile straight down and only a step--from Glacier Point (N.W.) across valley to Yosemite Falls, Yosemite, Cal. New York : Underwood & Underwood, publishers, ... (read more)

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  Man and woman standing on rock extending from top of cliff; woman is raising her right leg as though to step off; Yosemite National Park, California. (read more)

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  Photograph shows men standing along the side of a barge in New York Harbor as Harry Houdini steps into a crate on the edge of the ... (read more)

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  Group of women from Women Strike for Peace holding placards relating to the Cuban missile crisis and to peace. (read more)

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  Kennedy Airport: The Beatles wave to the thousands of screaming teenagers after their arrival, 1964. (read more)

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  Nice project (read more)

  mislav.gluscevic
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  Can that 40 be 401? it must be! but why that listing is not found in 1941 directory is interesting... (read more)

  Jon Voss
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  In this version of the Polk guide, there is a Wanto Co at 401 8th, owned by T Matsuda - perhaps this is it?http://www.archive.org/details/oaklandberkeleya00polk (read more)

  zyrcster
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  This photo is a total mystery and I've spent quite a bit of time over the years trying to locate its exact location. A larger version ... (read more)

  Jon Voss
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  West side of elevation of original 1883 building and west side elevation of c. 1890 first rear addition; and the front elevation of the original 1883 ... (read more)

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  Immortalised in Russell Lee's series of photos showing Pie Town life at the tail end of the great depression, this Smithsonian article revisits the town 65 ... (read more)

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  Immortalised in Russell Lee's series of photos showing Pie Town life at the tail end of the great depression, this Smithsonian article revisits the town 65 ... (read more)

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  Immortalised in Russell Lee's series of photos showing Pie Town life at the tail end of the great depression, this Smithsonian article revisits the town 65 ... (read more)

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