Discover the Untold Past: 47 Fascinating Historical Images That Reveal Secrets of Our World
Abandoned Baby Sleeping In Desk Drawer At Los Angeles Police Station , ( 1971 ) Policewoman Pat Johnson , 28, Tends A Baby Girl , About 9 Months Old, Who Was Found Alone And Crying In A Downtown Hotel Room In Los Angeles , California
Baby was placed in file drawer for a nap after she was fed milk, Jell-O and cottage cheese. She later was taken to a foster home. The hotel manager called police after receiving complaints that the baby had been crying for hours .
The photo of the sleeping baby was taken by Times staff photographer Cal Montney on July 8, 1971.
In 2006 , the Safely Surrendered Baby Law took effect in California.
Brothel Candles. At Some Of The Lesser Brothels , This Box Of Match Candles Are Used By Women As A Timer . A Man Can Pay His Dues And Then Light The Candle . Once The Candle Goes Out , The Session Is Over
Travelling Hairdresser ‘ Stop Me ‘ The Entrepreneurial Spirit Was Alive And Well Back In The 1920’s As This Enterprising Young Lady Demonstrates With Her Traveling Hairdresser Business
An Iron Worker Balances Himself On A Beam 15 Floors High. Ge Building , Rockefeller Center , 1932 Photographer Charles Clyde Ebbets
Aerial View Of Over 400,000 People At Woodstock , 1969
The Woodstock Music Festival began on August 15, 1969, as half a million people waited on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, for the three-day music festival to start. Billed as “An Aquarian Experience: 3 Days of Peace and Music,” the epic event would later be known simply as Woodstock and become synonymous with the counterculture movement of the 1960s. Woodstock was a success, but the massive concert didn’t come off without a hitch: Last-minute venue changes, bad weather and the hordes of attendees caused major headaches. Still, despite—or because of—a lot of sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll and rain, Woodstock was a peaceful celebration and earned its hallowed place in pop culture history
After The War Ended In May 1945, It Took Months To Transport All Those Men And Women Home Again, And Some Didn’t Arrive Until Just Before Christmas
the guys who didn’t have a wife or girlfriend waiting for them didn’t exactly suffer – they had plenty of attention from the opposite sex!
In 1949, Bedridden French Artist Matisse Used His Apartment In The Hôtel Régina In Cimiez, To Prepare Designs For The Chapel Of Rosary In Vence , Which Was Of Similar Size
Fair Fun 1930s Two Young Women Enjoying Themselves On The ‘ Caterpillar ‘ Ride At Southend Fair, Essex, October 1938 … Photo By Kurt Hutton
1937 : A Mother Fastening A Notice Reading ” Please Mr Motorist , Watch Out For Me ,” Onto Her Son’s Back Before He Sets Out On A Trial Bicycle Ride . By Hulton Archive
On A Balcony In Paris , The Refresh Break With Family A Parisian Family During The Heatwave Of The Summer Of 1937
Kuba Komet 1950s
Meet Kuba Komet , the mothership of Space Age entertainment systems . This rocket-like structure includes a 23″ black and white television , eight speakers , a Telefunken phonographs and a multi-band radio receiver .
At the time of release in 1957 , The Komet cost more than a year’s average wage
In 1931 , Mary Smith Earned Six Pence A Week In East London By Shooting A Pea Into The Windows Of The Sleeping Workers. Knocker-Uppers Also Used Long Bamboo Sticks, Batons And Canes To Rouse Residents Of The Upper Floors
We Will Not Gas Ladas Until … Soviets Withdraw When The Soviet Union Invaded Afghanistan , Some Gas Stations In Toronto Refused To Gas Ladas. 1980s
