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This is no April Fool’s joke: In 1970, several students living on the 23rd floor of Lincoln Tower purchased a 1961 VW bus from a local junkyard. They then disassembled the bus, carried it to their room, and reassembled it. “I did it just for the heck of it,” one student said.

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Beatrice Keiller and Greta Westin, 1896, Sweden.

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Taxi service, 1925, Sweden. The taxi owner "gladly accepted" brännvin (Scandinavian vodka) as payment.

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Posters designed by Karl Bickel in the early 20th century.

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Vintage photos of Cyd Charisse, the dancing star of Hollywood’s golden era.

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Myrna Loy during the filming of ‘The Mask of Fu Manchu’ (1932).

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Amazing photographs captured Harlem fashion scenes in 1950.

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8:32 a.m. May 18, 1980: Mount St. Helens erupts and becomes the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in U.S. history. This hiker witnessed the eruption from neighboring Mount Adams, about 37 miles (60 km) to the east. A moment captured by photographer John V. Christiansen, and published in a 1981 National Geographic magazine.