The past is a foreign country

They say miracles are past. [W. Shakespeare]

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Odd things: Manchester by the Sea, animals made of scrap 1935 Photo: Leslie Jones Source: Boston Public Library

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Princess Elizabeth and two of her Corgi dogs. July 1936 Photo: Getty Images

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Ferris wheel. World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair) 1893

Source: Library of Congress

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Manhattan, New York Union Square West, looking north from 14th Street and Broadway

Undated Source: New York Historical Society

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Tamil coolie plucking tea leaf c. 1875 Charles Scowen & Co Source: photohistorytimeline / flickr

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Important message 1907 Source: National Library of Norway

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1928 Young grape pickers gather at the vineyard of Baron Langwerth-Simmern in Eltville, Germany. Wine is still grown on the estate, which dates back to 1711.

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Beautiful legs contest. Palisades Amusement Park near New York. 1951 Source: Corbis

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Frankfurter Queen 1956

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Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky. Girls gymnastics class, 1934 Photo: Lafayette Studios

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Men on a train A freight train sitting on a high trestle with two men standing on the roof of one of the cars. 1908 Source: The Huntington

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Woman wearing a flu mask in 1919

Source: Getty Images

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Repairing the bike

c. 1895

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7 people posing at Villa Tullinberget, Oslo c. 1863-1883 Photo: Ole Tobias Olsen Source: Oslo Museum

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A Snowman Peeks into the Oval Office as President Barack Obama Signs Bills 16. Dec. 2016 Photo: Pete Souza Source: National Archives

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Canoeists in a Boat Cave, Wisconsin Dells

c. 1890-95

Photo: Henry Hamilton Bennett

Source: MoMA

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A good catch

Worthing seaside resort, Sussex, England 1930-1935

Source: The Memory of the Netherlands