In 1919, the first 'Metropolitan Police Women Patrols' took to the streets of London.
Registered in Old retro photos
Rural mail carrier in his winter uniform, Sweden, 1900.
A little boy walking to his friends encounters British soldiers around the corner in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (1973)
A young Barack Obama with his mother, Ann Dunham, in 1985.
Belgium coal miners crammed into a coal mine elevator after a day of work, circa 1900.
Students protesting a Brooklyn high school dress code that banned slacks for girls in 1942
Members of the National Women's Party demonstrating at the White House in 1918.
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (on the left) around 1915, who later became known as Mother Teresa.
Here is a rare look at Thomas Edison in a moment with Henry Ford.
Coca-Cola was first introduced back in the 1880s.
A Pigeon Bus from WWI, served as a collecting point for messenger pigeons from the front lines.
Chester E. MacDuffee proudly stands next to his newly patented, 550 lb diving suit, 1911.
Here's a vintage Harley motorcycle from 1904.
Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he delivered his famous, “I Have a Dream,” speech during the Aug. 28, 1963.
Crowded ship bringing American troops back to New York harbor after V-Day, 1945.
17-year old Pelé in Sweden before the 1958 World Cup.
American soldiers discover Manet's “In the Conservatory” that was hidden (amongst other Nazi loot) in the salt mines of Merker, Germany. 1945.
The cathedral of Amiens during WWII
French colonial officers in Ivory Coast with native wives, 1915
Robert Wadlow (b. 1918) is the tallest person in documented history. Due to an overactive pituitary gland, he was taller than his father at age 8 and continued to grow
Niagara Falls in the winter of 1888.
